Aussie drama spend dives as cheap docos find favour
Free-to-air broadcasters have cut spending on Australian drama by more than half since 2018, as cheaper documentaries find favour in harder times.
According to new data released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, production spend for Australian dramas, both adult and children, was just $48 million in the most recent financial year.
This has fallen from $103 million in 2018.
Ironic positioning below this article with the piece Screen Australia commits $7.6 million for 100 scripted projects backing diverse storytelling. Sigh .. local audiences are not automatically enchanted with local drama simply because it is local drama that Screen Australia decides must be told to meet diverse storytelling quotas. Screen Australia is a kabal that follows it’s own dogma and with hubris ignore the realities of this article and what local audiences enjoy from local broadcasters/streamers.