In its submission to a government review obtained by Capital Brief, the streaming giant describes proposals for quotas as “profoundly unfair”.
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John Buckley is media correspondent for Capital Brief, based in Sydney. He previously covered media at Crikey, and his reporting has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, Business Insider, and The Washington Post, among others.
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