throwawayreddit6565 t1_j6lbb9e wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:14 AM

Reply to comment by SpecificAstronaut69 in Australia to Impose Local Content Quotas on Streaming Platforms by Sisiwakanamaru

Another Australian here, I promise we aren't all like this guy 😅

[deleted] t1_j6lmfbz wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:47 AM

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throwawayreddit6565 t1_j6lmm8m wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:49 AM

We don't need content laws though, as multiple people have pointed out it always ends up leading to more garbage reality tv getting created because it's cheap and easy to make. There are better ways to encourage the creation of Australian content without ending up with another variant of 'the farmer wants a wife'.

SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6lmy7j wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:52 AM

And what's your suggestion to fix it, eh?

There's plenty of Seppo shit on air here that's just as bad.

throwawayreddit6565 t1_j6lo1ui wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:02 AM

The easiest way historically is to use a combination of grants and tax breaks. ABC used to pump out some amazing content but sadly the network had a huge amount of its funding continuously stripped over the 12 or so years that we had libs in power federally. At the very least they really need to specify the sort of content that they want to mandated because "More Australian content" is incredibly vague and as I mentioned inevitably leads to more reality garbage getting pumped out.

Either way, the government is attempted to fix this issue without spending money which just isn't an effective way to reach desirable outcomes with respect to encouraging quality content.