25 Jan 2024 – Documentary Australia Foundation – Fiscal Sponsorship This program aims to support independent documentary filmmakers in utilising their films to create positive change in the world. It will elevate projects in all stages of development, production, post-production, distribution, outreach and impact campaigns helping filmmakers who may otherwise not be able to secure the funding they need to see their projects financed, finished and unleashed to have impact.

26 Jan 2025 – Band Association of NSW – Community Band Development Grants Provides funding to support the development and promotion of bands within NSW communities.

29 Jan 2025 – Documentary Australia Fiscal Sponsorship
Grants fiscal sponsorship to independent documentary filmmakers with a quality social impact project. 

4 Feb 2025 – Creative Australia – Storytelling and Recording: First Nations Project Fund supports First Nations media organisations and individuals in creating and sharing culturally significant arts and cultural content. This includes community-based radio and television broadcasting, cultural recordings, community storytelling, and technical media training. The initiative amplifies First Nations voices, fosters cultural preservation, and broadens audience participation through enhanced media production.

14 Feb 2025 – Screen Australia – Proper Loved Up Initiative This program aims to upskill and develop screen practitioners, giving them vital screen credits and be conceived by a First Nations creative.

16 Feb 2025 – Art Music Fund Supports new work that is innovative, displays professional compositional craft and represents a benchmark of excellence in its field.

3 Mar 2024 – Creative Australia – Playing Australia: Project Investment. This program aims to support performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia. It supports organisations to undertake performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia.

3 Mar 2025 – Cultural Fund – Create Grants
Offers grants to Australian creative writers and visual artists to create new work.

4 Mar 2025 – Creative Australia – Arts Projects Individuals and Groups This program aims to fund a range of activities for individuals and groups that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities.

13 Mar 2025 – Screen Australia – Documentary Production: Producer Program – This program aims to provide producers with the flexibility to drive projects both creatively and commercially, with Screen Australia funding as the foundation for growing and securing deals. It is designed to support innovative, distinctive and engaging documentaries with a strong creative vision in the context of today’s evolving media and distribution landscape and the commercial realities of increasingly fragmented sources of finance.

17 Mar 2025 – Create NSW – Arts and Cultural Funding Program: Creative Industries (Connectivity) This program aims to fund for new collaborative opportunities between the arts and cultural sector and the creative industries.

21 Mar 2025 – Cultural Grants Program Supports Aboriginal community organisations across NSW to celebrate Aboriginal culture and hold key cultural events and activities.

30 Apr 2025 – Arts and Cultural Funding Program – 2-Year Multi-year Funding opens 24 Mar 2025 – 2-Year Multi-year funding provides core investment to the NSW arts and cultural sector to support sustainable growth of the industry, with a focus on all NSW citizens being given the opportunity to contribute to and experience arts and culture.

30 April 2025 – Contemporary Music Festival Viability Fund NSW contemporary live music festivals will be supported through Sound NSW’s new two-year funding program which  supports existing large-scale contemporary music festivals presented in NSW with a track record of delivering significant outcomes for contemporary music.

30 Apr 2025 – National Energy Bill Relief for Small BusinessesThe Commonwealth Government has announced that all eligible small businesses will receive up to $325 to help with the cost of their electricity bills in the financial year 2024–25.

30 Jun 2025 – Regional Filming Fund Offsets costs associated with shooting in regional areas of NSW. The objectives of the program are to:
– Increase economic activity in regional NSW, by encouraging NSW screen productions to film outside of metropolitan areas
– Enable regional NSW to benefit from the growth of film and television production in the State.

28 Nov 2025 – Touring and Travel Fund Offers quick response funding for domestic and international touring and travel activity for NSW contemporary music artists, acts and music industry professionals.

 30 Nov 2025  – (1 Feb 2025 opens) –Regional Arts Fund – Quick Response Grants Assists regional NSW artists, arts organisations and communities with funds for professional or skills development, or small project opportunities, at short notice.