Streaming giants — such as Netflix, Disney and Amazon Prime — will be required to invest in making local Australian content under new rules set to be imposed on the industry.
From mid-2024, the federal government will require the major streaming platforms to put some of their revenue back into Australian content.
Details of the new policy are still to be negotiated with both the platforms and the Australian film and television sector, but the sector has previously argued for 20 per cent of revenue.
These rules would also bring the streaming sector into line with free-to-air networks, which are already subject to local content quotas.
The streaming sector is already a significant producer of Australian screen content, spending more than $330 million on the local industry in 2021-22.
Arts Minister Tony Burke said while he appreciates the platforms are already voluntarily producing content, it should be a requirement.
"There is no requirement that [Australian content] be there at all, and the percentages of what we're seeing with Australian content are way down on what traditionally was expected on free to air," he said.
"The days of there being no guarantee of Australian content on streaming services have to come to an end."
The government wants to have the policy details ironed out by the middle of this year, before introducing legislation later in the year, and the policy in place by July 2024.
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Do you support the government forcing streaming services to make more local content if so what content would you like to see
Prefer the american stuff to be honest..