With only 2% Australian content on streaming services, a lack of scripted Australian content on Free to Air, and the defunding of youth theatre, can Australian stories survive without govt support?

With a 19% budget cut just announced, youth theatre being defunded, income going backward for visual artists, and shows cancelled for two years, what is the future of Australian arts?

In the last decade, Streaming services like Netflix have stormed the market with more than 17 million subscriptions in Australia as of January 2021. Yet despite being set to make a billion dollars in revenue from Australia, there is less than 2 percent Australian content.

Join us as TV, film, and stage writers discuss what the future of Australian TV is without screen quotas or some of the revenue generated in Australia being used to tell Australian stories.

Location: 16th Street Actors Studio

We will be Livestreaming this event on the Fund the Arts Facebook page from 6:30

With 81 percent of Australian writers earning less than $15,000 per annum, attracting only 6 percent of Australia Council funding, and an ever diminishing arts funding pie, what is the future for literature and publishing in Australia?

Join author Emily Bitto, Editor of Australian Book Review Peter Rose, literary agent Clare Forster, and arts and media academic and Fund the Arts Ambassador, Dr Ben Eltham as they discuss the issue and what type of approach is needed to help Australian literature to thrive, not just survive.

Go to Readings Hawthorn or click on the poster to register for a Livestream of the event.