Australian screen producers are calling for a 20 per cent content quota to be imposed on streaming giants such as Netflix and Disney+, labelling a federal government proposal for a 5 per cent requirement as “weak”.

Screen Producers Australia, a lobby group representing film production businesses, emerging producers and service providers, argues in its submission to the Streaming Services Reporting and Investment Scheme Discussion Paper that the government’s proposed two-tier scheme to encourage streamers to invest in Australian content is weak and “could likely result in less new Australian content on streaming services”.