20 music organisations, including APRA AMCOS, welcome the re-election of the Albanese Labor Government
The sector stands ready to partner on a big future for Australian music with five key priorities
20 music organisations, as part of the Vote Music 2025 platform, today welcomed the re-election of the Albanese Labor Government and its continued support for Australian music, including its commitment to expand the successful Revive Live program.
The industry stands ready to work in partnership with Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, and the wider government on the next chapter of the national cultural policy Revive, to build on strong foundations to ensure Australian music is heard, valued and supported across the country and around the world.
The Vote Music 2025 platform articulates a national agenda to grow music jobs, build stronger communities, and amplify local voices on a global stage. With the government’s re-election, the campaign takes on renewed urgency and shared opportunity.
This is a new era of momentum and possibility, and Vote Music 2025 welcomes the government’s re-election and its commitment to expanding Revive Live. It looks forward to working together to supercharge the future of Australian music.
Australian music is one of the country's greatest cultural assets. It drives jobs, tourism and hospitality. It tells our stories, brings communities together and connects Australia to the world.
Over the past three years, the music industry has made important strides in government investment including the creation of Music Australia, which has laid a strong groundwork for recovery and growth. These investments have made a real and important difference.
But today, Australians are hearing less and less of their own music. Outdated regulations and policies, declining local airtime across platforms, and a fragile live music ecosystem are putting the next generation of artists and the thousands of jobs that rely on them at risk.
Vote Music 2025 is about future proofing Australian music, so it can continue to power jobs, build communities and reach audiences at home and around the world.
The Kid LAROI, Rose, Troye Sivan and Kylie Minogue are topping global charts. Australian artists are headlining festivals and songwriters, composers and producers are shaping international pop, arts music, screen and gaming. The global impact is growing, but without stronger domestic support, that success won't last.
With the global music industry projected to reach US$163.7 billion by 2030, Australia has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become a net exporter of music, creating jobs, growing its global voice and enriching communities nationwide.
Vote Music 2025 imagines a future where Australian music fills the airwaves, pubs and venues, festivals, classrooms and global stages. Where artists and industry can build sustainable careers, and music continues to grow jobs and connect communities across the country.
Vote Music 2025 proposes an exciting pathway forward. It outlines five key priorities that industry and government can pursue together to secure the future of Australian music:
FIVE PRIORITIES TO SECURE THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC:
1. Supercharge Investment in Live Music and Industry Growth
- Secure Music Australia’s future and increase funding to develop and promote artists, grow exports, drive innovation, collect research and deliver songwriting and recording initiatives in schools
- Tax rebates for venues, festivals, and touring artists to boost performances and local economies
- Revive Live expansion to support festivals, regional touring, improve venue infrastructure, and encourage all-ages gigs
- Music pathways for youth through education, touring support, and an under-25 ticket subsidy
2. Strengthen Creative Rights and Innovation
- Strengthen Copyright and Ensure AI Transparency to protect artists and ensure fair compensation
- Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property protections for First Nations music and culture
- Fairer radio royalties by removing outdated caps that limit artist earnings
3. Amplify Australian Music Locally and Globally
- Modernise content quotas to ensure local tunes get radio airplay when it counts and commercial radio plays more Australian music, no matter the format.
- Ensure prominence of Australian music across digital service providers in playlists and through passive listening
- Significant Australian Content (SAC) test and Australian Content and Children’s Television Standards (ACCTS) guidelines reviewed to incentivise screen composition and local music in Australian Government supported screen productions
- A commitment to a quota of Australian content on all streaming video on demand platforms in line with the Revive commitment of 2024.
- Global touring initiatives ensuring Australian audiences see more local artists supporting international acts - restoring a long-held industry norm
- Arena ticket levy to reinvest revenue from major events into grassroots live music
4. Strengthen Communities and Audience Growth
- Support Act investment over the forward estimates to fund mental health and crisis relief services for music professionals
- Digital inclusion programs ensuring all Australians, regardless of location, can access music and creative opportunities
- Public liability reform to help venues operate sustainably
- Workplace safety initiatives to create respectful workspaces for all artists and industry workers
5. Expand Global Exports and Cultural Diplomacy
- Reciprocal cultural programs strengthening ties with Indo-Pacific music markets•
- Diplomatic and diaspora engagement leveraging global networks to promote Australian music
- Export grants and visa support making it easier for Australian artists to tour and build international careers.
For further information, visit votemusic.org.au