Launched by Anthony Albanese at Melbourne live music pub the Espy, the policy offers welcome support for the beleaguered industry
A joint statement issued by the Liberal shadow arts and communications ministers, Paul Fletcher and Senator Sarah Henderson, said Labor’s plan to impose content quotas was “an obvious attempt to add some substance to its distinctly thin national cultural policy”.
“Why has the communications minister, who is meant to be responsible for screen content policy, agreed to be sidelined by the arts minister?”The chief executive of Screen Producers Australia, Matthew Deaner, said a 20% quota would protect Australian stories and culture. Ormston said the establishment of a Centre for Arts and Entertainment Workplaces would address many of the concernsover systemic discrimination, bullying, harassment and assault.
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