{"id":2748,"date":"2019-05-13T05:53:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T05:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2019-05-13T05:53:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T05:53:55","slug":"labors-plan-for-australias-creative-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/13\/labors-plan-for-australias-creative-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"LABOR&#039;S PLAN FOR AUSTRALIA&#039;S CREATIVE ECONOMY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Shorten Labor Government will invest $85 million to boost Australia\u2019s creative industries \u2013 supporting more jobs and more investment across our growing creative economy.<br \/>\nThis election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government which will grow jobs in\u00a0our creative industries, or more of the Liberals\u2019 cuts and chaos.<br \/>\nAustralia\u2019s creative industries are world-class \u2013 but more investment is needed to ensure that local industries get the investment they need to compete on the rapidly changing world\u00a0stage.<br \/>\nThe creative economy includes services across\u202fmusic and performing arts;\u00a0web and software design;\u00a0gaming;\u00a0film and broadcasting;\u00a0publishing and visual arts;\u00a0architecture and design.<br \/>\nCreative skills are the backbone of many fast-growing industries, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alp.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=942ebc4c1cf8fc522a4f4c50e&amp;id=d6bae8b88c&amp;e=551552b6c2\">creative employment<\/a>\u00a0includes employment in the creative industries, as well as creative jobs embedded outside the creative industries in the wider economy.<br \/>\nAs the trend to automation continues, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alp.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=942ebc4c1cf8fc522a4f4c50e&amp;id=2cc6a59b04&amp;e=551552b6c2\">demand for creative skills is expected to increase<\/a>, so understanding the role and influence of the creative industries will be critical to positioning Australia to benefit fully from new technologies and sources of growth.<br \/>\nThat\u00a0is why\u00a0Labor\u00a0will\u00a0invest\u00a0$85 million\u00a0in\u00a0Australia\u2019s Creative Economy to support start-ups, small and medium sized businesses and attract international investment to create the skilled jobs of the future in Australia\u2019s creative industries.<br \/>\nLabor\u2019s\u00a0investment will include new investments of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$60 million into the ABC and SBS for Australian screen content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>$25 million to reinstate the Australian Interactive Games Fund.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After six years of Liberal cuts and policy inertia, only a Labor Government will advance Australia\u2019s Creative Economy.<br \/>\nOur creative industries have huge potential to deliver significant economic, employment, creative, cultural and other benefits for Australia and the world.<br \/>\nBut there are worrying signs that our local sectors are missing out on the global expansion in\u00a0the\u00a0creative industries, which are projected to grow exponentially.<br \/>\nThe Liberals have undermined and stalled Australia\u2019s progress as a Creative Economy at every turn.<br \/>\nUnder the Liberals, we have a copper broadband network that costs more and does less, our policy and regulatory frameworks have fallen out of date and key programs and services have been cut, including the ABC, SBS, Screen Australia and the Australian Interactive Games Fund.<br \/>\nLabor is proud that Australia has one of the most sophisticated creative sectors in the world, but we can\u2019t afford to rest on our laurels as investment stalls, exports fall, our talent moves\u00a0offshore\u00a0and our neighbours outpace us.<br \/>\nAustralia is well placed to benefit from the development of this job-generating sector, and Labor is taking a strategic and hands-on approach to ensure we do.<br \/>\nLabor will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Convene a\u00a0<em>Creative Economy Summit\u00a0<\/em>to gather the best ideas to boost and accelerate Australia\u2019s creative economy.<\/li>\n<li>Formulate a\u00a0<em>Creative Economy Strategy 2030<\/em>\u00a0to harness and facilitate the cultural and industrial benefits of Australia\u2019s creative skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Reform the policy and regulatory framework for media and communications.<\/li>\n<li>Convene a Taskforce to modernise Australia\u2019s screen content settings.<\/li>\n<li>Invest $60 million into the ABC and SBS for Australian screen content.<\/li>\n<li>Invest $25 million to reinstate the Australian Interactive Games Fund.<\/li>\n<li>Progress First Nations Media\u00a0<em>9 Calls for Action<\/em>\u00a0in partnership with the sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This builds upon and complements related Labor commitments, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$10 million to build a STEAM Innovations Centre.<\/li>\n<li>$3 million to help establish a National Centre of AI Excellence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>$3 million for Augmented and Virtual Reality Equipment for Curtin University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over a decade ago, 1,000 Australians converged on Parliament House in Canberra to discuss \u2018Towards a Creative Australia\u2019 as part of\u00a0Labor\u2019s\u00a0Australia 2020 Summit.<br \/>\nNow it\u2019s time for Australia to look to 2030 and beyond and harness the transformations occurring in communications and the growth opportunities across our creative economy and the globe.<br \/>\nOnly Labor has a Plan for Australia\u2019s Creative Economy because we will make multinationals pay their fair share and close tax loopholes used by the top end of town.<br \/>\nEnd the cuts and chaos.\u202f Vote for change.\u202f Vote for\u202fLabor.<br \/>\nFunding for this commitment has been included in Labor\u2019s\u00a0<em>Fair Go Budget Plan<\/em>, available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alp.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=942ebc4c1cf8fc522a4f4c50e&amp;id=8547e3a12f&amp;e=551552b6c2\">http:\/\/www.alp.org.au\/labors_fiscal_plan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Shorten Labor Government will invest $85 million to boost Australia\u2019s creative industries \u2013 supporting more jobs and more investment across our growing creative economy. This election will be a choice between a united Shorten Labor Government which will grow jobs in\u00a0our creative industries, or more of the Liberals\u2019 cuts and chaos. Australia\u2019s creative industries &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/13\/labors-plan-for-australias-creative-economy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LABOR&#039;S PLAN FOR AUSTRALIA&#039;S CREATIVE ECONOMY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}