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Ambitious vision for creative industries in Victoria

The Creative Industries Taskforce has delivered 42 recommendations for a better-funded creative sector delivering economic and social benefits.

26 Nov 2015 12:00

Deborah Stone

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Victoria will get a new Creative Industries Council (CIC) to back creative talent, strengthen the industry ecology and maximise economic benefits to the State.

The Council will be charged with implementing Government’s Creative Industry’s Strategy, based on the recommendations of the Creative Industries Taskforce, which delivered its report to the Minister tonight.

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Deborah Stone

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Deborah Stone is a Melbourne journalist and communications professional. She is a former Editor of ArtsHub and a former Fairfax feature writer.

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