Documents Relating To Proposed Local Content Rules And Streaming Services.

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This document is a letter from Netflix objecting to proposed local content rules for streaming services. Netflix argues that mandatory investment obligations for narrowly defined Australian drama would harm content diversity and be unsustainable for the production industry, despite acknowledging streaming services already spend 3.5 times more on Australian drama than traditional broadcasters. Netflix contends the proposed models would exclude qualifying Australian productions such as Nine Perfect Strangers, Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles, and The Test—all produced by Australians in Australia but falling outside the government's eligibility criteria due to genre or production definitions. The letter represents Netflix's formal position opposing the Albanese Government's two proposed regulatory models for local content obligations.