Peter McGauran (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Not true! The producer rebate will provide a tax rebate of 40 per cent of eligible Australian expenditure to producers of qualifying feature films and a 20 per cent rebate for other eligible formats, principally television. Then there is the improved location rebate, which increases the existing rebate from 12½ per cent to 15 per cent, and of course we have established the new Australian Screen Authority. As far as I am concerned the government, on behalf of its taxpayers, is doing its job and it is about time filmmakers did their job and made films Australians want to see. I have waited a long time to say that. I feel better and I will say more.

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