10th July 2025
The Australian Music Association has been successful in receiving Core Contribution funding from Music Australia, the government agency supporting contemporary music. This puts the AMA alongside other leading music industry organisations such as the Australian Music Industry Network, Australasian Music Publishers Association Limited, Australian Festivals Association, Australian Live Music Business Council and a dozen others. 
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4th July 2025
The first ban on expanded plastic packaging, in this case moulded foam and plastic packaging materials commonly known as EPS, polystyrene or Styrofoam, has commenced in Western Australia. The AMA has been discussing and researching this issue in collaboration with members, the National Retail Association and the WA Department of Water, Environment & Resources. (Members: download the resources) Continue reading
1st July 2025
The Australian Music Association is launching a new initiative to support exporters of music products. The Music Australia International Conference Contribution (MAICC) provides funding of up to $5000 to attend important international showcase events and trade shows to pursue export development strategies. Businesses producing Australian made music products can apply in the first round to attend events from September 2025 to January 2026, including The NAMM Show, Music China, Guitar Summit, Cremona Musica and PASIC. Continue reading
20th June 2025
Music Australia, the government agency for contemporary music, has released a landmark report on the value of the Australian music industry. The Bass Line establishes the first nationally consistent methodology and analysis of the direct economic contribution of Australia’s music industry. (Read the report.) It provides:
The study finds that the Australian music industry generated revenues of $8.78 billion and contributed $2.82 billion in direct gross value added, or GVA, to the Australian economy in 2023-24.
It also shows strong international demand for Australian music with music exports contributing an estimated $975 million to the total Australian music industry revenue.
The Bass Line also estimates the economic contribution of music industry subsectors in 2023-24:
The Australian Music Association provided data for the Music Retail section of the report, the second largest subsector after live music, with music products being the largest part of the ‘retail’ total alongside recorded music and artist merchandise.
The AMA now publishes its detailed Market Report for members, a publicly available Executive Summary, contributes the same data to the NAMM Global Report for a global comparison of the Australian market to other countries, and now contributes to The Bass Line for a comparison of different sectors within the Australian music industry. The Bass Line is on a fiscal year basis, with the recently published report being for the 2024 fiscal year.
29th May 2025
In 2024 the two major retail employer organisations, National Retail Association and Australian Retail Association, announced a merger. Both organisations currently perform a similar function with a similar purpose to support and represent retailers in Australia, with some differences in their structure, strengths and programs. Continue reading
The overall change in the Australian music products market in 2024, based on inflation-adjusted import values across all sections, was a decline of 10% compared to 2023.
23rd May 2025
The New South Wales Minister for the Arts, John Graham, recently addressed the launch of a report revealing new insights into music education in NSW. The report, commissioned and published by the Music Education: Right From The Start initiative and conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), found that teachers clearly and overwhelmingly understand the value of music in schools but the majority are not confident teaching the subject. Continue reading
As a registered and fully tax deductible charity, operated by Soundhouse Music Alliance, Music for All makes small grants to assist those in disadvantaged circumstances experience the life changing benefits of music making. The Australian Music Association has adopted Music for All as a partner charity and encourages members to support its fundraising work. Continue reading
2nd May 2025
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a consultation paper proposing a new version of the Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence (LIPD) to replace the current 2015 instrument. This licence allows certain classes of low-power radiocommunications devices, including wireless microphones and other wireless audio equipment, to operate without an individual licence. The current instrument is due to sunset on 1 October 2025. Continue reading
23rd April 2025
The AMA Awards are open for nominations, with the 2025 Awards to be presented at the Industry Leadership Summit in Melbourne on 13th October.
