Production Partners
Verified AU service providers, surfaced at the right moment in your booking. Insurance at checkout. Permits when the location needs them. Equipment and catering once you're confirmed.
Insurance
Public liability insurance for Australian productions. Most council and government land bookings require $20M cover.
Marsh (JLT Entertainment)
Top pick30-day shoot cover. $20M PL. Online in minutes.
Instant online purchase, certificate emailed immediately. 30-day policy at $205 covers the $20M public liability threshold required by NSW, VIC and QLD councils. No broker call needed.
Aon Direct Australia
Top pickAnnual photography & film insurance. $20M PL + drone cover.
Annual policy covering $20M public liability, equipment up to $20k, and drones under 5kg — all included. Online purchase, instant certificate. Best for photographers and crews shooting multiple times a year.
Phone: 1800 806 584
Visit Website →BizCover Australia
Top pickCompare PL insurers side by side. $20M available.
Australia's only multi-insurer comparison platform for public liability. Up to $20M coverage, online purchase in under 10 minutes, instant certificate. BizCover has a formal referral partner program with quarterly payouts and a white-label embed option.
Galvaniize Insurance
Top pickAU's specialist film & TV insurance brokers. Single-shoot policies.
27+ years in the screen sector. The only specialist found offering both annual and single-production short-term PL policies at $10M, $20M and $50M limits. Screenworks member discounts. Worth the broker call for larger productions.
Action Entertainment Insurance
Boutique film & video PL specialist.
Sydney-based specialist entertainment insurer. Offers both short-term single-production and annual policies. Phone-first — not instant online — but knowledgeable about AU production requirements.
Bluewell Insurance Brokers
Film & TV insurance that knows the council $20M threshold.
Specialist broker with explicit knowledge of the $20M council requirement for government land. Per-production and annual policies. Quote required by phone.
Phone: 1300 669 664
Visit Website →Howden Australia (Film & Media)
National broker for serious productions.
Film and media insurance with offices in all Australian capitals. Single-production and annual cover. Rapid quote turnaround. Better suited to high-budget productions that need a full broker conversation.
Phone: 1300 904 503
Visit Website →AUZi Insurance
Digital-native PL for video & sound production.
Online-first AU insurer for video and sound production businesses. $5M, $10M and $20M options, instant quote, buy in minutes. Annual policies only.
Permits
Permit facilitation for public land shoots. State film offices and specialist fixers who handle council and Crown land applications.
Fixers in Australia
Top pickWe handle the council permit. You focus on the shoot.
Full-service permit handling — 500+ productions, 13 years. Part of the global NeedAFixer network. Standard 2–6 week turnaround, expedited 1–2 weeks available. The permit add-on partner for any location flagged "permit required" on ShootLocation.
Screen NSW
Top pickFree NSW permit facilitation for eligible productions.
Government film office that liaises directly with NSW councils and land managers. Free service. Can assist international inbound productions and cover location survey costs for eligible projects. Use for complex multi-council NSW shoots.
VicScreen
Top pickFree Victorian permit advisory service.
VicScreen provides free advice and advocacy for productions filming in Victoria. Liaises with City of Melbourne, Crown land and councils. Essential first contact for any VIC shoot requiring permits.
Screen Queensland
Top pickFilm-Friendly Councils across QLD.
35+ Film-Friendly Councils across Queensland trained and signed up. Screen Queensland provides advisory services and liaises with councils and Crown land on behalf of productions.
Fixer Sydney
Sydney permit specialist.
Sydney-based location manager and film fixer. Permit applications, location scouting, crew coordination. Deep local relationships across Sydney councils.
Equipment
Camera, lighting, grip and audio rental houses across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Lemac Film and Digital
Top pick45 years of AU production equipment. Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.
Australia's most established rental house. Camera, audio, lenses, lighting, grip, motion stabilisation. Factory-trained service. Has supported everything from Rosehaven to Young Rock. Three capitals.
Phone: 02 9438 4488
Visit Website →VA Hire
Top pickAt Disney Studios Australia. 34 cinema cameras, 56 primes.
Premium production rental co-located with Disney Studios Australia. 34 digital cinema cameras, 56 spherical primes, 20 anamorphic lenses. 24/7 expert support. Sydney (Moore Park), Melbourne (Port Melbourne), Brisbane (Newstead).
Sharegear
Top pickInstant online camera hire. Melbourne + shipping nationwide.
Australia's most digitally accessible equipment rental. ARRI Alexa 35, Sony Venice 2, Canon cinema, lighting, audio. Live availability, instant booking online, delivery from $45 metro Melbourne, Australia-wide shipping. Weekend special: Friday pickup to Monday counts as one day.
Offshoot Rentals
Melbourne production gear. Instant online quotes.
Preston VIC-based rental house with self-serve instant quote system. ARRI, Canon, Sony, cinema lenses including Signature Primes and Cooke. Good Aputure/Nanlux lighting stock. Account creation in 2 minutes.
Southern Cross Cameras
Boutique cinema rental. Sydney + Gold Coast.
ARRI ENSO, Zeiss Supremes, Sony Venice 2, RED RAPTOR. Roseville NSW and Burleigh Heads QLD. Australia-wide shipping. Custom packages. Quote-based.
Vehicles
Picture vehicles and production unit trucks — from classic cars to greenroom buses.
Picture Vehicles Australia
Top pickNational marketplace for film & TV picture vehicles.
Connects productions with vehicle owners across Australia. Cars, bikes, boats, bicycles, specialty, commercial. Clients include Toyota, CBA, NRMA. Browsable online catalogue. Handles logistics and communication.
Star Cars Agency
Top pick3,000+ classic, vintage & specialty vehicles. Search by postcode.
3,000+ vehicles — classic, vintage, prestige, specialty — available Australia-wide. 20+ years operating. Searchable catalogue by state, era, body style, colour and make. Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide.
Showbiz Film Vehicles
Greenrooms, makeup trucks, wardrobe vans. National.
30+ years in AU production. Custom-built greenroom buses, makeup trucks, wardrobe vehicles, power generation trucks, marquees. Melbourne HQ, services all capitals. For productions with 20+ crew needing on-set unit vehicles.
Catering
Crew catering for location shoots. Mobile kitchens, truck-based caterers, and online-ordering services across NSW and VIC.
Eat and Shoot Through
Top pickSelf-sufficient catering trucks. Melbourne to Cairns.
1,900+ productions since 1987. Purpose-built mobile kitchen with the widest geographic range found — Melbourne to Cairns. The right call for remote and regional location shoots where standard caterers won't go.
Phone: 02 9427 4444
Visit Website →One Pot Catering
Top pickSydney & Melbourne crew catering. Online ordering.
Handmade menus, diverse dietary options, sustainable sourcing. Gold Licence Caterer. Single-day and multi-day. Online ordering via flexcateringhq.com. Sydney and Melbourne.
Kartel Catering
Top pickMelbourne's go-to film set caterer. Online ordering.
Melbourne-first film set catering with off-site prep and on-location delivery. Wide menu. Online ordering at shop.kartel.net.au — more bookable than most production caterers.
Feedwell
Sydney crew catering. 350+ suburb delivery range.
Sydney production crew catering specialist. 350+ suburb delivery range, low minimum orders, worked with all major Australian networks. Free delivery above threshold.
Phone: 02 9252 1982
Visit Website →Legal
Location release agreements for private property shoots. Required to cover trespass liability and commercial use rights.
Arts Law Centre of Australia
Top pickFilm Location Deed of Release. $200. Instant download.
The definitive AU location release template — Film Location Deed of Release, with and without payment. $200 per template (subscribers get up to 50% off). Required for any private property shoot to cover trespass liability and commercial use rights. Download instantly.
Sprintlaw
Custom location release from a lawyer. Fixed fee from $300.
Fixed-fee custom location release form starting from $300 + GST. Includes a lawyer consultation and one amendment. Delivered digitally within 5 business days. Good for productions that need a tailored agreement rather than a standard template.
Drone
CASA-licensed aerial cinematography operators for drone-approved locations.
Flying Glass
Top pickOONP-approved aerial cinematography. Netflix, BBC, Amazon credits.
Australia's most credentialed aerial cinematography company. CASA ReOC + OONP exemption — legally cleared to fly over and near people (most operators cannot). Inspire 3, Inspire 2, Mavic 3 Pro, custom FPV. Clients include Netflix, BBC, Amazon, Disney, National Geographic. Australia-wide + international.
Visionair Media
CASA-licensed drone. Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra.
Pioneer since 2012. Four offices plus national network of pilots. Corporate, commercial, real estate, events and documentary. 1300 55 70 99. Better for location surveys, documentary and commercial work than high-end scripted production.
Phone: 1300 55 70 99
Visit Website →Partners are selected based on AU production relevance, coverage, and direct availability. ShootLocation may receive a referral fee from some providers. We only list services we'd recommend to our own productions.