🇦🇺Australia

Nicht fakturierte Genehmigungsgebühren und Zusatzkosten

Updated: Feb 20266 verified sources

Definition

Australian filming on public land typically attracts structured permit fees, which are often intended to be passed through to the end client, but are frequently forgotten or under‑charged when managed manually across multiple councils and authorities.[1][2][4][5][7][9] Councils such as Yarra City charge separate assessment, inspection and impact‑based filming fees (e.g. AUD 119.70–1,463.40 plus traffic‑related inspection fees).[1] The City of Casey charges an application fee of AUD 150 plus low/high impact permit fees (AUD 150–500).[2] Parks Victoria and other park authorities can charge between AUD 600 and 2,700 per day for commercial filming permits depending on the project nature.[7] Centennial Parklands in NSW charges structured half‑day and full‑day fees for low and high‑impact filming ranging from AUD 1,650 to 3,850 per day, plus separate fees for drone use, parking, rangers and bonds of AUD 1,000–10,000.[4] NPWS schedules also add application and assessment fees (AUD 120–360+), supervision at AUD 60–80 per hour with minimum 3 hours, and environmental management bonds starting at AUD 500–1,500.[5] With multi‑day shoots often spanning several locations and authorities, a single production can easily incur AUD 5,000–20,000 in permits, supervision, parking and bonds. When producers track these in spreadsheets or email chains, a proportion is never invoiced to the client or mark‑ups are omitted. Even a conservative 5–10% under‑billing rate on permit‑related outlays of AUD 100,000–300,000 per year (typical for mid‑sized production houses working across cities and national parks) leads to AUD 5,000–30,000 in direct revenue leakage annually.

Key Findings

Financial Impact: Quantified: 5–10% of permit‑related outlays are commonly not re‑billed — for a production company spending AUD 100,000–300,000 p.a. on permits, supervision, parking and bonds, this equates to approximately AUD 5,000–30,000 per year in lost revenue.
Frequency: Recurring across most medium and large productions using multiple public locations; every shoot with multiple sites and authorities creates new leakage risk.
Root Cause: Decentralised permit acquisition across councils and park authorities, manual entry of fees into budgets, lack of structured link between permits and client invoices, and absence of automated reconciliation between authority invoices and client billing.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Media production players in Australia 🇦🇺 waste AUD 5,000–30,000+ annually by failing to on‑charge council/park permit fees, bonds and surcharges to clients. Automation of permit cost capture and client re‑billing eliminates this revenue leakage.

Affected Stakeholders

Line Producer, Production Manager, Location Manager, Production Accountant, Finance Manager

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Related Business Risks

Kostenüberschreitungen durch verspätete oder falsche Genehmigungen

Quantified: Late application surcharges of 20% on park hire (e.g. Centennial Parklands low‑impact full‑day fee AUD 2,600 → AUD 520 late fee per day) plus incremental supervision and meeting costs can add AUD 1,000–3,000 per affected shoot. For 4–10 such events annually, this is roughly AUD 10,000–30,000 in avoidable fees, with additional rescheduling costs that can easily exceed AUD 20,000 per major shoot day if locations are lost or dates move.

Quantified: For Screen Australia documentary production, a minimum broadcaster licence fee of AUD 10,000 per broadcast hour or feature‑length documentary is required; projects without clear chain of title and rights control will not qualify, effectively losing at least AUD 10,000–30,000 in licence revenue per project, plus typical Screen Australia production funding which can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.[2] Logic-based extension: similar documentation gaps can block private distributor MGs or SVOD/AVOD deals of AUD 50,000–250,000 per feature.

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