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According to Creative Australia's 2024 study titled "Artists as Workers: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia" only 9 per cent of Australian professional artists work full-time solely on their creative practice. The other 91 per cent combine creative work with arts-related or non-arts work. Their average total income from all sources is $54,500 — 26 per cent below the wider workforce average.
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