Certainly, in Australia, the link between the decrease in audiovisual investments and the announcement of streaming quotas seems direct, but is it a universal truth? Unlike the Australian situation, a simple reduction in funding does not always trigger such regulatory reactions elsewhere.
What is true in this jurisdictional territory is not necessarily the case in another, where the regime or cultural priorities differ.
In Canada, for example, similar decreases do not systematically lead to such strict quotas, often due to different market considerations.
Political will and a legislative framework predisposed to cultural intervention are crucial contextual factors, without which this relationship is weakened or even non-existent.
Such decisionalism is not merely a mechanical reflex.