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Netflix’s megabid for Warner Bros Discovery's film assets marks the final act in Hollywood’s decades-long battle with Big Tech. And the tech giants are winning.

The suggestion was made by Arts Minister Tony Burke at a screen industry dinner in Canberra on Tuesday evening, more than three months after the government had initially planned to introduce its new framework.

Netflix's Fair Work dispute with a senior employee has roots in long-running performance issues, the streaming company said in denying that a company restructure purposefully denied an employee her right to return to work from parental leave.

The fiercely contested regulatory battle over whether streaming services should be forced to produce a set amount of Australian content is set to conclude in a matter of months.

The government has consistently promised it will introduce local content quota obligations on streaming services by July this year.

Global streaming giant Netflix is calling on Australia to take a leaf out of the UK's book by limiting free-to-air networks to a single, shared app tile on viewers' screens.

Amazon and the lobby group representing HBO have joined Netflix in criticising government proposals to introduce local content quotas for streaming services.

In its submission to a government review obtained by Capital Brief, the streaming giant describes proposals for quotas as “profoundly unfair”.

The Albanese government has all but ticked off two of the four items on its media reform agenda. Now, the stage is set for a clash over streaming content quotas.

A Las Vegas based business led by an Aussie is betting Netflix's blockbuster TV series Squid Game will be as big a hit on gaming floors as it is in living rooms.