The Government is seeking community and industry feedback on options to  support Australian stories on our screens in a modern, multi-platform environment.

How it works

Why we want your input
We want to hear from anyone who has an interest in the media and screen sector and to get your views on the ‘Supporting Australian Stories on Our Screens’ options paper.
How you can voice your opinion
You can voice your opinion by providing a submission to this public consultation process. Submissions are due by COB on Friday 12 June 2020.
What will be the outcome of this consultation?
Your submissions will be used to assist Government determine whether action is needed in the longer-term to support a thriving Australian screen sector.

Consultation Information

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The Issue
Consultation Period:  April 15, 2020 09:00 AEST to June 12, 2020 17:00 AEST

On 12 December 2019, the Government released its response and implementation roadmap to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry. In its response, the Government committed to a staged process to reform media regulation towards to a platform-neutral regulatory framework covering both online and offline delivery of media content to Australian consumers.

The Government identified Australian content obligations as one of the first issues it would focus on and that it would release an options paper co-authored by the ACMA and Screen Australia to look at how best to support Australian stories on our screens in a modern, multi-platform environment.

This paper has now been released for a two-month consultation period. The Government will work with industry to further explore the issues facing the media and screen production sectors.

More information

Relevant Documentation

Supporting Australian stories on our screens—options paper

Published 15th Apr 2020

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In response to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Digital Platforms Inquiry (DPI), the government requested that Screen Australia and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) co-author an options paper considering how to best support Australian stories on our screens in a modern, multi-platform environment.

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Started April 15, 2020 09:00 AEST
Ends June 12, 2020 17:00 AEST
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Formal Submission

We invite you to to tell us your views on this topic.

Start date: 15 April 2020
End date/time: 12 June 2020 5pm

Email to send submission to: contentoptionspaper@communications.gov.au.

Postal address to send submission to: Postal submissions are not being accepted due to COVID-19.

Please include:

  • contact name
  • organisation name, if applicable
  • contact details, including telephone number, postal and email addresses
  • confirmation whether or not your submission can be made public—published—or kept confidential.

All submissions to be made public need to meet the Digital Service Standard for accessibility. Any submission that does not meet this standard may be modified before being made public.

If your submission is to be made public, please ensure you do not include any personal information that you don't want to be published.

If your submission is confidential, please ensure each page of the submission is marked as confidential

Please click on the 'Have your say now' button below to upload your submission.