Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025

The PRESIDENT (19:20): I will now deal with the Communications Legislation Amendment (Australian Content Requirement for Subscription Video On Demand (Streaming) Services) Bill 2025. I will first deal with the second reading amendment circulated by the opposition. The question is that the amendment on sheet 3558 be agreed to.

Opposition's circulated amendment— At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate notes that: (a) the Coalition has been an unwavering supporter of the Australian screen industry for decades, and is responsible for: (i) establishing the producer offset, the location offset, and the digital and visual effect production offset, which have underpinned support for the sector for almost two decades, (ii) introducing the location incentive, which attracted billions of dollars of investment into Australia in the film industry, (iii) providing in excess of $100 million in financial supports to the Australian screen production industry throughout the COVID pandemic, and (iv) first proposing an Australian content guarantee for streamers in February 2022; and (b) after almost 4 years of inaction, the Government has asked that this bill be passed in just 4 sitting days, having taken the industry by surprise and despite significant concerns about potential unintended consequences".