Australia has finally pulled the trigger on long-mooted streaming quotas , confirming a landmark bill that will compel streaming platforms including Netflix , Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Stan to invest a fixed share of their Australian revenue or expenditure into homegrown programming.

The bill, to be introduced this week, will require major streamers to allocate roughly 10% of their Australian expenditure or 7.5% of local revenue to Australian drama, documentary, children’s and cultural programming. The move brings the digital giants under a regulatory umbrella that broadcasters have operated beneath for decades — and signals the biggest screen-policy reset since the Producer Offset.

Arts Minister Tony Burke framed the move as cultural common sense. “We should never under

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