The National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive. Currently part of the Australian Film Commission, it will become a separate statutory authority from 1 July 2008.
Legislation (see below) establishing the NFSA as a statutory authority received Royal Assent on 26 March 2008 and will come into effect on 1 July 2008.
- National Film And Sound Archive Act 2008 (No. 14, 2008)
- Screen Australia And The National Film And Sound Archive (Consequential And Transitional Provisions) Act 2008 (No. 13, 2008)
For updates see Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: Film.
Related media releases and speeches are also available on the Minister's website The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP.
The 2008-09 Federal Budget released on 13 May sets out the funding allocated to the new independent NFSA.