Australian TV dramas are achieving consistently high ratings and Secrets & Lies, Rake and Wentworth are being remade for international audiences.
Making entertainment content available in Australia at the same time or shortly after its overseas release, and at a comparable price, will reduce piracy, according to Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Screen Producers Australia, among others, have lambasted its recommendations as both “reckless†and a threat to local content.
Dual campaigns to fight online piracy worldwide and to withstand any weakening of copyright protection in Australia are stepping up.