Hollywood’s boom and bust relationship with Australia: a potted history

Even before Donald Trump's proposed tariffs, the history of Hollywood making movies in Australia warns us not to get complacent.
Neeson, pictured here in Blacklight, is helping Victoria punch above its weight. Image: Briarcliff Entertainment.

By Andrew James Couzens, CQUniversity Australia

Donald Trump has said the United States should be applying tariffs to movies ‘produced in foreign lands‘. This has the potential to deeply impact the Australian film industry.

Local crews are currently celebrating a boom in big budget production at studios on the Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne. Over the last five years, foreign production has represented almost half of all drama production expenditure in Australia.

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