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An exploding creative economy shows innovation policy shouldn't focus only on STEM

Written by Stuart Cunningham, Distinguished Professor, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology

Australians in creative industries have grown from 3.7% of the workforce in 1986 to 5.5% in the latest census.

Creative services, a subset of the creative economy that includes software and digital content (including web design and games) and social media management and marketing, are growing as much as three times the rate of the overall...

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