It is necessary to trace the feedback loop underlying these quotas, because the simple decline in audiovisual investments is often only a symptom, not the root cause of a new regulatory regime.
Such a measure is a second-order effect of a broader structural pressure, where streaming platforms create a bottleneck for local funding by draining the audience without reinvesting.
For example, European directives like the SMA have already addressed this systemic imbalance long before any fluctuation in Australian figures, showing that quotas are part of a pre-existing political strategy and not just an immediate reaction.