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Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 Willis Says No Films for Quota
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An interview with the NSW Chief Minister, Mr Willis, regarding his government's refusal to enforce the film quota legislation aimed at fostering the development of an Australian film industry. The issue had been brought to the fore by playwright Kenneth Cook and film producer Hans Pomeranz leading up to the premiere of their low-budget film, Stockade.

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NSW Film Quotas Kenneth Cook , 1971 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 December 1971; (p. 6) A letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald by Kenneth Cook published on the same day that the film version of his musical play, Stockade premiered and in reply to an interview with the NSW Chief Secretary Mr Willis published in the same newspaper the day before. Cook refers to the fact that the NSW government was enforcing its legislation requiring licenses to be issue before a film could be shown (which effectively put a stranglehold on low-budget filmmakers) while it also refused to enforce the film quota legislation in place to supposedly protect the Australian film industry.
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  • Stockade Kenneth Cook , 1971 single work film/TV
  • 1971
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