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Music Australia fuels global growth for Australian artists with latest $1 million investment through Export Development Fund

Music Australia is backing the global ambitions of 65 Australian artists, producers, composers and songwriters with the latest round of support through its flagship Export Development Fund.

Sep 11, 2025
SPEED - Jack Rudder

In its sixth round, the program will deliver $1,010,688 in career-defining projects and support a range of international activities designed to expand global reach and strengthen long-term career sustainability. 

The Export Development Fund is a matched funding initiative, designed to elevate emerging, breakthrough, and established acts into the international market, while fostering sustainable and thriving careers. The program focuses on three key pathways: Performance and Touring,  Professional and Artistic Development  and  Market and Audience Development. 

 
Since its launch, the Export Development Fund has backed more than 470 projects, highlighting the importance of a dedicated contemporary music export program in Australia. 

Among the highlights of the 65 supported projects: 

  • Turkish Australian stage and screen composer Ayda Akbal will undertake an International Screen Music Mentorship in Los Angeles under Catherine Joy, CEO & Founder of Joy Music House.
  • ARIA-Award winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Georgia Mooney will travel to Brighton, UK to record her second album with renowned producer Marcus Hamblett.
  • Indie-folk singer songwriter Reuben De Melo will return to India to undertake professional, artistic and market development across four key cities: Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and Goa.
  • Walmatjarri Elder, blues and gospel singer-songwriter, teacher, mentor, human rights advocate, and political activist Olive Knight (Kankawa Nagarra) will embark on her debut European tour with Mississippi Records.
  • Australian indie darlings Ball Park Music are set to embark on their first European and UK tour in a decade, following their national support tour with Oasis across Australia.
  • Genre-bending singer-songwriter Samuel Gaskin will travel to Aotearoa for a two-week songwriting residency and cultural exchange with Te Kura Huia and mentorship from Jen Cloher.
  • Psychedelic surf-rock band Ocean Alley will undertake their first headline tour of Latin America, marking their debut in the region in support of their highly anticipated fifth album, Love Balloon. 


For the full list of recipients, visit Music Australia Awarded grants | Creative Australia.


Applications for the next round of the Export Development Fund close on Tuesday 16 September. 
For more information visit our website.  

Media enquiries: 
Brianna Roberts,  
Media Manager, Creative Australia 
Mobile: 0498 123 541 
Email: brianna.roberts@creative.gov.au 

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

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