Australian drama: taxpayers pay for content locked behind paywalls

Watching half of the Australian TV drama hours broadcast in 2024 required a streaming subscription.
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By Anna Potter, Queensland University of Technology; Amanda Lotz, Queensland University of Technology, and Marion McCutcheon, University of Canberra

Headlines about Screen Australia’s latest annual Drama Report have highlighted one particular figure: a 29% drop in total industry expenditure compared to the year before.

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