Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has welcomed the weekend's election result while emphasising the importance of creating opportunities and certainty for the sector going forward
"The Minister should acknowledge and encourage our home-grown creatives too. The Australians working on local stories and projects, generating IP, creating jobs and running small businesses as they tell our stories; stories that must be told," write Shadow Minister for the Arts and Industrial Relations Tony Burke and Shadow Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland.
If elected, Labor has promised $40 million to the ABC to support drama, comedy, children’s and music programming, and $20 million to SBS to support more Australian content.
If elected, Labor has promised to convene a taskforce to "conclude" the government's Australian and Children's Screen Content Review.