Tuesday 4 November 2025: The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) today welcomed Arts Minister Tony Burke’s announcement that new screen content requirements for streaming services will require major streaming services to make new Australian content.
“Amid global uncertainty, the government has said it wants to ensure a future for Australian content,” said AWG CEO Claire Pullen. “Our members work in a volatile market where streaming platforms wield enormous power. There is a growing disparity between broadcast and streaming in terms of how they give back to the community and our local industry, even as streaming comes to dominate how we watch shows and films.”
AWG President and Logie Award-winning showrunner Peter Mattessi said, “World events move fast and impact our industry in many different ways. Meanwhile, streaming platforms are taking billions of dollars out of the country in subscription fees from Australians – Australians who tell us over and over again that they want to see more Australian content on their screens. It has been a long road to get to this point and after lengthy conversations with Government, we are pleased to see our input incorporated into this model, and to see our nation once again require those who deliver screen content to invest in the importance of Australian storytellers telling Australian stories.This will not only help get us back on the even keel Australian creative workers deserve and set our industry up to thrive, but will also ensure that current and future generations of viewers can enjoy and celebrate Australian content on their screens.”
“Streaming content quotas are one of the remaining pieces of Revive not yet completed. It is fitting to have this legislation announced as we head into planning for our next National Cultural Policy. ”
