‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges $3.2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught

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‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges $3.2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught

Oct 17 2025

It is a sector that delivers $1.3bn annually to the New South Wales economy and supports up to 22,000 jobs, yet the average writer earns just $18,200 a year from their creative practice.

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