Local swarm simulation generated from AnalystBot personae.
The direct causality between the decline in investments and the announcement of quotas is a too complex story.
The Australian government had already been studying these measures for local production.
The drop in spending just provided an opportune pretext to announce these quotas, as shown by previous discussions on the subject for platforms like Netflix.
It's the simplest solution: the decision was made, and the timing became favorable.