Arts Department declines to tell Senate impact of AUS-US FTA on streaming services’ quota models

Rebecca Rush at the Senate hearings.
Rebecca Rush at the Senate hearings.

The Arts Department has received legal advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) about the impact of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA) but has declined to tell a Senate enquiry how it has shaped their proposed local content quota models for streamers.

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and the Arts instead deferred specific FTA-related questions from Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young to DFAT.

“I’ll be interested to hear what DFAT has to ...