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Nicola Willis says she ‘persuaded’ ACT to back film subsidy boost
Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis says the coalition backs her plan to pour $577 million into an international film and television subsidy, despite ACT leader David Seymour’s previous call for it to be scrapped altogether.
Willis, who on Friday unveiled the Government’s fifth and largest pre-Budget announcement - a lifeline for the film and television sector - said she “persuaded” Seymour to back the decision to pour new money into the international screen production rebate and bring its total funding to $1.09 billion.
“I persuaded him in the same way that I presented the case to you, which is, how can we be a government for economic growth if we allow a major industry to die? That would be inconsistent,” she said.
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Willis, who on Friday unveiled the Government’s fifth and largest pre-Budget announcement - a lifeline for the film and television sector - said she “persuaded” Seymour to back the decision to pour new money into the international screen production rebate and bring its total funding to $1.09 billion.
“I persuaded him in the same way that I presented the case to you, which is, how can we be a government for economic growth if we allow a major industry to die? That would be inconsistent,” she said.
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