On cultural hegemony via deluge

"since the streamers began to make their presence felt, there have been eight official inquires into how best to ensure more Australian content is produced. In that time the regulations mandating the number of hours of Australian content on free-to-air broadcasters have been watered down, public funding for screen production has barely grown, the production industry has become more fragile"

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/commentisfree/2025/nov/09/telling-authentically-australian-stories-on-screen-takes-more-than-ontent-quotas

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