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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Kelly Burke

Australian production companies may have to pay millions in alleged unpaid super after ATO ruling

Neighbours cast at the Logie awards in 2022
Neighbours cast at the Logie awards in 2022. For long-running TV shows, decades of alleged superannuation backpay could now apply for Australian screenwriters. Photograph: Regi Varghese/AAP

Major Australian production companies, including those that produce Neighbours and Home and Away, may be ordered to pay workers millions of dollars in alleged unpaid superannuation after a 2024 tax office ruling.

The Australian Writers Guild (AWG) is gearing up for a challenge against Screen Producers Australia (SPA), after a ruling by the Australian Tax Office last December found that screenwriters in most cases were providing a service to an employer, not selling a product, and therefore must be paid super.

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