Investment in screenwriting

An issue foreseen by many has been that many of Australia's films are by writer/directors, something the industry it seems is trying to note that this is not a rule but an exception as there have been many successful writer/directors make it big commercially here.

One of the issues I see is that it has over the years created a lack of respect to both individual roles. Here is the full article from the Australian Writers' Guild

AWG article.