Imagine the scene: the Australian government probably was only waiting for the right moment to promote its support agenda for local production, and the decline in investments appeared as the perfect opportunity. The Master of Works thus could present mandatory quotas as an inevitable response, turning a long-standing political desire into an urgent necessity in the face of the drop in spending. This is the difference between the catalyst and the underlying cause; for example, the announcement of quotas would not have been possible without lobbying pressure from local creators long before the decline in investments, which demonstrates the complexity of the narrative.