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‘We’ve considered this pretty carefully’: Paul Fletcher speaks to green paper proposals, offset changes

Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts Paul Fletcher has doubled down on criticism of the ABC for its response to potential local content obligations, but has sympathised with other industry views on the green paper – namely the call for streaming platforms to spend 20 per cent of their local revenue on Australian content.

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Government relaxes drama and children’s quotas, harmonises Producer Offsets

In a major overhaul of the regulatory system, the Federal Government is scrapping the fixed quotas for local drama, children's programming and documentary and harmonising the film and TV Producer Offsets at 30 per cent.

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Make it Australian campaign heads back to Canberra

The Make it Australian campaign is heading back to Canberra for the first time since the federal election, restating its case for local content requirements to be placed on digital platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.

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Labor outlines plan for the screen industry

If elected, Labor has promised to convene a taskforce to "conclude" the government's Australian and Children's Screen Content Review.

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Offset changes a ‘missed opportunity’ for further reform

Industry guilds and the free-to-air broadcasters alike have expressed dismay over the Federal Government's move late last week to extend the Post, Digital and Visual (PDV) and Location Offsets to online platforms, arguing the government has missed an opportunity to introduce further policies that could benefit the local industry.

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Netflix again rejects the case for a local content quota

As the Make it Australian campaign for local content obligations to be imposed on streaming services intensifies, Netflix is talking up its growing investment in Australian film and TV productions and again rejecting the need for a quota.

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Make it Australian campaign takes the fight to Canberra

Leading lights of Australia’s film and TV industry today urged federal politicians to act to ensure Australian stories continue to be told on Australian screens.

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Plea to MPs amid fears of cuts to content quotas: Protect the screen industry

More than 200 screen industry figures have written an open letter to federal MPs warning that Australian story telling is at risk of being drowned out by overseas content.

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