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.
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason says it is incumbent to consider how the Producer Offset can be further evolved.
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has overruled Screen Australia's decision to reject Lush House's producer offset application
The ABC has restated its opposition to being forced to comply with a local content quota or spending obligations, arguing that would undermine its independence.
Two "massive moveables" - that is, COVID-19 and the delay in legislative changes to the offsets - mean Screen Australia has been scenario planning.
A disturbing number of Australian films are not watched at cinemas, but rather on TV screens, while very few of those viewings are being converted into profit by filmmakers
The government's review of the Australian independent screen production sector has painted an overly positive view of the impact of the tax offsets
The Australian share of the box office has fallen to 1.3 per cent over the first five months of the year