The streaming giants would be forced to spend on Australian content, the commercial broadcasters offered a new licence system, and the role of the ABC and SBS in producing local programming formalised, if policies outlined in a new green paper from the Federal Government are adopted.
"I certainly don't buy in... to the idea that the sky has fallen or the world is over. There is still a lot of government support."
ABC staff have voted overwhelmingly to reject the proposed deferral of a 2 per cent pray rise which was was agreed on in last year’s three-year Enterprise Agreement.
Producers of narrative features and feature documentaries fear that reducing the Producer Offset for films to 30 per cent will have a devastating impact on theatrical releases.
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.
Screen Australia and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) will have more money to invest in productions and skills training respectively thanks to extra funding from the Federal Government.
An international drama created by Matchbox Pictures and two high-profile NBCUniversal US series will shoot in Queensland, spending more than $140 million, thanks to the Federal Government's Location Incentive program.
ABC staff will vote this week on whether or not to accept the Federal Government's request to defer for six months a 2 per cent pay rise that is due to come into effect on October 1.