Producers, directors, writers, actors, cinematographers, and creatives have been vocal in the media to garner political and public support for local content.
Australia has backed away from plans to introduce local quotas on streaming platforms again - The Conversation
Australian stories silenced as govt ponders local content quotas for streaming giants - ScreenHub
Hollywood has been trying to kill Australian stories for 100 years. Has it succeeded? - Crikey
Frustration mounts after local content quotas for streaming giants delayed - The New Daily
Will the government deliver on Australian screen content quotas? - TV Blackbox
Australian government condemned for letting ‘Netflix write the rules’ - C21 Media
Australian government misses deadline for local content streaming quotas - ScreenHub
Commissioning By Streamers In Australia Hits “Bleak” Low, According To Industry Survey - Deadline
Senate committee recommends government prioritise streaming content quotas - IF Magazine
Australian Screen Industry Body Demands Global Streamers Pay Content Levy - Deadline
Aussie screen bodies hit out over delays to streamer regulation at government inquiry - C21 Media
Streamers have paused Australian content commissioning - The Canberra Times
Aussies give Netflix $1 billion a year – let’s ask for half of it back - Mumbrella
Australia joins international call for local content quotas on streaming TV platforms - The Guardian
Screen producers globally want streaming platform regulation to protect local stories - Mediaweek
International producers organisations call for streamer regulation - Screen Daily
Global production industry orgs unite to call for stronger regulation of streamers - Realscreen
Global Production Bodies Unite to Ask Governments to Ensure Streamers Invest More in Local Content - Variety
Global Screen Bodies Demand Robust Streaming Regulation - Deadline
Global production orgs unite to call for stronger streamer regulation - Kidscreen
2024
2023
“IP is a national asset that must be protected” - TV Tonight
Australian Screen Industry Unites to Champion Local Content and Local IP - FilmInk
Make It Australian win: Labor making streamers invest more in funding shakeup - Mediaweek
‘We owe it to Australians’: Bryan Brown takes streaming regulation debate to the National Press Club - IF Magazine
Australian government confirms streaming quotas for streaming platforms - News.com.au
Australia's Streaming Platforms Will Soon Be Required to Make More Local Movies and TV Shows - Concrete Playground
Australian actor Bryan Brown speaks at National Press Club - ABC
National Press Club Address: Bryan Brown - TV Tonight
‘Make local stuff!’: Bryan Brown’s passionate crusade for streamers to produce more Australian shows - The New Daily
Bryan Brown calls for higher Australian content on streaming services - ABC
Streaming quotas a ‘fight for culture’ - City News
Content quotas would spur next $700m MasterChef IP boom: ex-Nine CEO - Australian Financial Review
Screen industry wants rules to hang on to royalties - Daily Mail Australia
Taking Australian Stories to the World - Sydney Morning Herald
Australian show business backs content quotas - The Canberra Times
Streaming War Wages On As Producers Back 20 Per Cent Levy - B&T
Streamers could cope with 20 per cent levy, producers say - Sydney Morning Herald
Regulating streaming services: Government reveals timeline for content quotas - Mediaweek
Australia to launch new streaming quotas in 2024 - Kidscreen
Choose your fighter! Streaming wars go to the next level - Mediaweek
Australian streaming regulation news welcomed by the screen sector - ScreenHub
Australia's streaming quota debate: the final season - The West Australian
Australian Government to apply local content quotas to streamers from 2024 - Mumbrella
Streaming services will be required to produce local content - AdNews
Streamers to be Subject to Local Content Quotas From Next Year - Variety Australia
Streaming platform regulations could be good news for Australia’s screen sector - ScreenHub
Streaming giants to be required to make Australian films and TV under major rules shake-up - ABC
Government to force streamers to make Australian shows, movies - 9News
2022
The Heartbreak High reboot is a global hit. It also sends Australia a message - Sydney Morning Herald
Actors call for local streaming quotas - The Canberra Times
Bryan Brown wants people to be ‘inspired’ by ‘what Australians are doing’ - The Australian
SPA and MEAA put forward measures to shape National Cultural Policy - IF Magazine
SPA welcomes measures addressing Australian content on streaming platforms and national broadcasters - TV Blackbox
Aussie Government Floats SVOD Content Requirements - Kidscreen
Screen Producers Australia slams ‘weak’ streaming service reporting scheme - IF Magazine
Proposed local rules for Netflix, Disney ‘weak’, say screen producers - Australian Financial Review
Make it Australian relaunches campaign - TV Tonight
2021
Make it Australian campaign brings screen representatives to Canberra - IF Magazine
Screen industry turns up the heat for content quotas for streaming services - Mediaweek
SPA calls for streamers to spend 20 per cent of revenue on local commissions - IF Magazine
Government extends screen production assistance, confirms Producer Offset lift - IF Magazine
Roundup: Screen industry in Canberra - Mediaweek
ADG and AWG back call for streamers to face 20 per cent local content requirement - IF Magazine
Why it’s high time Australia had content quotas for streaming platforms - NME
Aussie actors Simon Baker, Bryan Brown, Marta Dusseldorp and Justine Clarke take demands to Canberra - The Australian
Bryan Brown helps secures tax win for Australia film industry - The West Australian
Bryan Brown and Simon Baker celebrate win after convincing government not to dump much-needed tax break for Australian film industry - Daily Mail Australia
Stars lobby for Netflix to face 20 per cent local content quota - Sydney Morning Herald
Australian actors including Simon Baker, Bryan Brown and Marta Dusseldorp descend on Parliament House to push for local content guarantees for streaming platforms - Daily Mail Australia
Show Me The Money - The Australian
Top Australian actors lobby federal MPs to back local content on streaming services - ABC
Aussie Stars Demand Netflix & Co Make More Local Content Before We ‘Fall Immediately Behind' - Pedestrian
Stars descend on Canberra for Aussie shows - 7News
Actors, producers in Canberra to push for local content - TV Tonight
Screen Creatives Visit Canberra to Call for Action on Local Content - FilmInk
Oz creatives call for levy on streamers - C21 Media
Australia has the best stories — help us tell them - The Australian
Screen Producers Australia Welcomes Government’s Commitment To Broadcast Quotas - B&T
Oz gov’t eyes 5% content levy on streamers - C21 Media
Inside story: How Bryan Brown and the Nationals saved Australian film - Sydney Morning Herald
Survey backs local quotas on Streaming platforms - TV Tonight
Majority of Aussies support local content levy on streamers, as SPA renews 20% quota calls - C21 Media
Back film and TV tax changes, industry tells MPs - Australian Financial Review
Streaming Aussie content debate resurfaces - The West Australian
Streamers should be forced to make more Aussie drama: report - The Age
Landmark report supports new rules for streaming services - TV Blackbox
Local TV and film industry wins as government agrees to more generous tax breaks - Sydney Morning Herald
The future of the Australian film industry - Disruptr
SPA urges government to maintain local content quotas - IF Magazine
Don't stop: Arts leaders plead for more help - Brisbane Times
Hands off local quotas - TV Tonight
SPA rejects calls for cuts to Australian content quotas - FilmInk
Dear Prime Minister: Creative industries unite to secure Australia's cultural future - ArtsHub
Screen Producers Australia expresses concerns about content quota suspension - RealScreen
Australian creators fear extension of 'emergency' TV content quotas - Sydney Morning Herald
As COVID-19 bites, industry lobbying pivots to the future - ScreenHub
'If our government wants cultural life to return, it must act now': an open letter from Australia's arts industry - The Guardian
Arts industry NSW: Policy reforms key to restarting industry - Daily Telegraph
Netflix, Apple and Stan could be required to boost Australian content - The Guardian
Australian content on screen - ABC
Screen Producers: quota suspension will delay recovery - TV Tonight
SPA urges new Aussie content regime - C21 Media
Australian guilds and industry bodies put up a united front on media reforms - IF Magazine
Oz industry unites in media reform call - C21 Media
Film industry calls for more local support after Hollywood incentive - Sydney Morning Herald
SPA blasts Free TV Australia’s case for deregulation - IF Magazine
Small business ombudsman says thousands of screen businesses will fail without TV quotas - Sydney Morning Herald
Half of kids' TV and Australian drama to disappear under new quota system, producers say - The Guardian
Oz producers lament lack of gov’t support - C21 Media
Australian TV dramas such as Neighbours feared to be at risk amid local content quota changes - ABC
Aussie producers blast media reforms - C21 Media
Film and documentary producers blast media reforms - C21 Media
Make it Australian campaign relaunches, refuses to accept defeat - ScreenHub
TV content quota changes mean networks and streaming platforms are ‘let off the hook’: screen industry - Mumbrella
SPA welcomes regulation of streamers - FilmInk
Government proposes local content obligations for SVODs, ABC, SBS - IF Magazine
Content quotas proposed for streaming services - ABC
Netflix could be required to spend millions on Australian content - Kidscreen
Streamers face Australian content levy - C21 Media
2020
2019
Make It Australian: Screen creatives call for action on local content - Mediaweek
New report calls for Netflix to support more Australian productions - Sydney Morning Herald
Netflix, Disney, Amazon Prime: Australian content producers and the SVOD boom - Australian Financial Review
Politicians missing in action on local screen activity - ScreenHub
Labor and Australian Greens urge more support for screen sector - IF Magazine
Make it Australian captures political Zeitgeist - at last - ScreenHub
Loud and clear - Labor lays out the path to sector rebuild - ScreenHub
Make it Australian campaign heads back to Canberra - IF Magazine
Industry grabs new weapon in regulation fight - ScreenHub
Film industry wants local content requirements for streaming services - The Australian
Industry delegation lobbies for local content in Canberra - TV Tonight
Government commits to ‘platform-neutral’ media regulation - IF Magazine
Content quotas under review after ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry - TV Tonight
Make It Australian: Actors, producers & writers lobbying today in Canberra - Mediaweek
'The industry will be gutted': why Australian film and TV is fighting for its life - The Guardian
Netflix again rejects the case for a local content quota - IF Magazine
What's the point of making Australian films if nobody gets to see them? - The Guardian
Cate Blanchett joins stars signing open letter that calls on Australia to protect screen industry - The Guardian
Netflix needs Government to impose Australian-content quota to recover industry 'under siege' - ABC
Streaming risk to local film television content - The Australian
Music and screen industries unite to call for Aussie content on streaming services - The Music Network
Screen and Music Industries Call for Changes to Australian Content Rules - FilmInk
Local film and TV content makes up just 1.6% of Netflix’s Australian catalogue - IF Magazine
Netflix And Stan Need Local Content Quotas: Senator Sarah Hanson-Young - Mumbrella
Greens announce plan to boost Australia’s creative industries - FilmInk
Regulators and government agencies must “speak truth to power”: SPA - IF Magazine