Established in 1926, APRA is a not-for-profit company that collects and distributes performing right royalties to composers, songwriters and music publishers in Australia and New Zealand. We directly represent Australasian songwriter and publisher members. We also manage the reproduction rights business of our sister collecting society, the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). This involves collecting royalties from independent record companies, film-makers, educational institutions and others who record or reproduce music in some form.
