In 2015-2016, Screen Australia, the government body for films ran up $110 million in total expenses while only producing $10 million income of its own, with the taxpayer covering most of the $100 million deficit.
With our budget deficit at $36.5 billion and our economy at a crossroads as China relies less on our commodities, every cent of expenditure counts.
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