New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work reveals the ongoing, devastating impact of COVID-19 on Australia’s arts and entertainment sector and provides a series of recommendations to government that would reboot the creative sector following the crisis.
Key Findings:
- More people work in broad cultural industries (over 350,000) than many other areas receiving greater policy support, including aviation (40,500) and coal mining (48,900)
- The arts and entertainment sector contributed $17 billion in GDP to the Australian economy in 2018-19
- Workers in the sector experience disproportionately insecure and precarious labour market conditions
“Destructive market-first policies eroded the richness and diversity of arts and culture in Australia long before COVID-19 hit,” said Alison Pennington, Senior Economist, Centre for Future Work.
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