The Creative Economy Roundtable is a collective of organisations, associations and peak bodies across Australia’s creative industries with a shared commitment to Australia’s creative potential. 

We come together to advocate for recognition, settings and support for the shared interests of Australia’s creative industries via industry data, policy contributions, convenings and innovative collaborations. 

We support better practice in investments, policy and regulatory settings that realise the potential of Australia’s creative industries. 

We share a commitment to First Nations self-determination, sustainability, respect for creative work and collaboration. 

We work together to support a better future for all Australians, powered by creativity. 

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Creativity can build a brighter future 

Australian creativity can build a brighter future, helping us live whole, connected lives and a more sustainable, human-centred economy. Our cultural and creative industries are generative: creating original IP, engagement, jobs, new capabilities, productive partnerships, and global exchange. 

Creative and cultural industries contribute $122.3bn to GDP and employ 400,000 skilled workers. Cultural activities have ‘halo effects’ across other industries, from tourism to hospitality, and bring vital skills into other sectors. 

Cultural participation is increasingly understood as foundational to wellbeing and education – enabling connection, self-expression and the development of 21st century skills. 

Cultural participation changes lives 

We now know – and have ample research to evidence – cultural participation can help address some of our greatest challenges: the wellbeing of our communities, social cohesion, the need to build new skills and business models, and imagining and designing sustainable futures. 

All of these are drivers of productivity, and a more confident, innovative and robust economy. 

A networked ecology of creative practice 

Creative IP draws on our human potential and contributes new value, sometimes over decades in multiple forms. We must develop and support a networked ecology of creative practice fuelled by investment, offsets and regulatory measures that support Australian creative practice and enterprise. 

We have already demonstrated our world-class capability and talent across different creative forms. We can and should be one of the world's creative leaders. 

In Australia, we have an extraordinarily rich starting point: First Nations storytellers who share the world’s longest living culture. We now have one of the world’s most diverse populations: 51% of Australians were born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas. 

We are yet to harness this full potential 

Inclusive pathways and sustained opportunities, including through skills training and creative education, will play an essential role in the future success of our creative industries. 

There is still much to do to achieve support for sustainable creative work with sector-relevant industrial settings, employment structures and standards. 

While the creative industries generate immense economic value, some key interventions are essential to their survival, including investments and policy settings that centre creativity in policymaking to support Australia’s future economic prosperity and social wellbeing.