20,000 Leagues: amount provokes opportunitistic political storm

$20.6m into 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to generate an estimated 2000 jobs. Let's turn on the cynical part of the ScreenHub hive mind and do some arithmetic about the deal..

5 Apr 2013 12:00

David Tiley

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$20.6m into 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to generate an estimated 2000 jobs. Let’s turn on the cynical part of the ScreenHub hive mind and do some arithmetic about the deal..

That raw figure is intriguing. The existing Location Offset is at 16.5% of the Australian spend, and the feds needed $20.6m to bring it up to a competitive level, which is at 30%.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.