It is absurd to suggest that the simple decline in audiovisual investments in Australia was the sole and exclusive driver of the implementation of streaming quotas; this assertion overlooks the inherent complexity of any government decision of such scope. The decrease in spending is an economic fact, but the establishment of regulatory quotas is a deliberate political act, the result of prolonged consultations, not a Pavlovian reaction to a figure. Confusing a statistic with the primary motivation of a government policy is to ignore the sovereignty and strategic objectives of the state. France, for example, implemented quotas long before its audiovisual investments experienced a significant decline, demonstrating that political will often precedes perceived economic necessity.