The federal government has vowed to fight a proposed 100% tariff on Australian-made films after the US president, Donald Trump, posted on his social media platform that he planned to go ahead with the huge levy “on any and all movies made outside the United States”.
Industry experts have described the proposal as bizarre and virtually impossible to enforce, given the global nature of film, with production, financing and post-production often spread across several countries.
The arts minister, Tony Burke, said on Tuesday the government was working with Screen Australia, its lead agency for supporting the development, production and promotion of Australian screen content, and monitoring the situation in the US closely.
“Nobody
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