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Australian Producers Body Demands Urgency On Delayed Streaming Regulation Amid Trump Tariffs
Amid unease over Donald Trump's trade tariffs, the SPA has urged Australia's government to bring in much-delayed streaming regulations.
Though the survey was commissioned before Trump revealed his wide-ranging tariffs on goods exported from most countries around the world (including Australia, which was hit with a baseline 10%), the introduction of content obligations on U.S.-based streamers will not go down well with the administration or the Motion Picture Association, which has been arguing against them. Last week, Deaner released a statement, saying: “I know that the Australian Government has been under enormous pressure from the USA on this front, amply evident from the aggressive position of the Motion Picture Association, which has sought to resist, delay, and read down the local content rules agreed to in the 2004 Australia-US Free Trade Agreement. He added: “The impasse over this regulation is given as the reason for a slowdown in project greenlighting, with each stalled, missed or collapsed commission leading to millions in lost investments, job losses, business uncertainty and less local content production that will continue to affect audiences for years.
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