2003-02-15

Large economic and cultural gains will be made possible by digital content production and applications development according to a report released in May 2002 by the Acting Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Rod Kemp. The Stage One report on the Creative Industries Cluster Study provides preliminary analysis and mapping of the industries producing digital content and applications.
The report identifies the key enterprises, their location and the productivity drivers and barriers. It also finds that cluster approaches potentially offer a means of addressing barriers and market failures in digital content and applications industries. The clusters have the potential to improve the efficiency and international competitiveness of these industries.