Partly in synergy with his role as President of the Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Stuart Cunningham continued to publish articles on the creative industries and innovation in journals and the press. Apart from media coverage, CCI principals made a number of submissions to inquiries. Trevor Barr’s ‘Re-Thinking Universal Service Obligation (USO) Policy’ submission went to the Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation (USO) Review in October, 2007. Stuart Cunningham submitted to the Queensland Department of Education and the Arts’ Design Centre review and to the Queensland Government’s Smart State Strategy review. The law group produced a number of submissions on law reform (and copyright matters in particular).
The Creative Economy online service grew in range and depth of content, giving significant public exposure to contributions to the CCI agenda. The site collates Australian and international reports on the creative industries and ensures that Australian contributions, including those from CCI researchers, can be syndicated around the world. Despite the highly targeted nature of the site, it received 3,500 visits in February 2008 and nearly 7,000 page views. Nearly 1,000 readers have subscribed to the weekly Creative Economy email newsletter to date. Twelve reports and eight comment pieces from the CCI have been published on the Creative Economy website.