Canberra- Australia’s Minister for the Arts, Senator George Brandis, and Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo, on Sept. 7 signed a joint Australia–Singapore film and television co-production agreement. The agreement will make both governments’ film and television production incentives available to producers and will cover the production of new media projects. “Australia and Singapore already enjoy a strong bilateral relationship and this treaty with the Government of Singapore will further encourage creative and business collaboration between our film and new media industries,” Senator Brandis said. Minister Yeo said the co-production treaty would promote both Australia and Singapore as premier destinations for creative filmmaking. “Singapore is becoming a global media hub, and this co-production agreement will spur greater industry collaboration between both countries,” he said. “It will encourage Australian and Singaporean companies to share production resources and help both countries develop their international networks.”