Senate debates

Thursday, 13 February 2025

Documents

Local Content Broadcasting; Order for the Production of Documents

4:04 pm

Photo of Jacqui LambieJacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate take note of the explanation concerning the response to the order relating to Australian content quotas.

One of the main campaigns I have been running through the Jacqui Lambie Network is Make Australia Make Again. I've been doing that since I got into parliament. But a broken promise by this government has one of our industries on its knees—just another one—in your portfolio. I'm talking about our film and TV industry. You might want to listen to this before you go. When this government was elected, Minister Burke promised that he would bring in local content quotas on the streaming platforms Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ et cetera. Let me break it down for those Australians out there who might not know what I'm talking about. Content quotas mean that TV stations have to put our Aussie films and TV shows first. Before Australia had content quotas, it was mainly British and American shows on TV.

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