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By 2050: Planning a better future for our children in 21st century democratic Australia by [Bronwyn Kelly]

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In this insightful look at Australia in the 21st century, experienced senior public servant Dr Bronwyn Kelly sets out a new way for Australians to work together to create the future they want.

By 2050 establishes a National Community Futures Planning framework that all Australians can use to design their preferred future, work out the best ways to get there, partner with business and institutions to optimise strategies, and hold elected governments to account for efficient delivery through democracy. She examines our current capacity, strengths and weaknesses as a modern economy and a democratic nation and looks at our preparedness for the future. She then provides a practical way for Australians to organise themselves and take far more effective control of their quality of life, their democracy and their cohesion as a community valuing fairness, diversity and freedom. Using this process together, Australians can leave their children and grandchildren a better world.

Adult Australians in the 2020s are likely to be the first generation in a century who will fail to leave a better future and quality of life to their children and grandchildren. But it is still possible to rescue a better, even a wonderful future, if we work together to describe it fully, plan our way towards it inclusively and methodically, and then persistently hold our governments to account for their part in delivering it.

By 2050 examines Australia’s current capacity, strengths and weaknesses as a modern society, economy, environmental custodian and democracy, and looks at our preparedness for the coming challenges. The conclusion is that Australian governments and political leaders are currently incapacitated to the point where they are unable to offer a compelling vision for our future, let alone a path towards it. That path can only be found by Australians working together, using their democracy more effectively than they are now.

By 2050 offers a practical way of organising ourselves as a nation to imagine our preferred future and develop an Integrated Planning & Reporting process to make it a reality. This is an efficient process in which any and all Australians can become engaged and which can significantly increase our chances of arriving at a better future by 2050 or sooner, via the most acceptable routes. It allows us to shift to a space where we the people – in all our diversity – can act together and partner with ethical governments, businesses and institutions. This is a space of proactive participatory democracy where power and national wealth are more fairly shared.

By 2050 demonstrates how this shift in the balance of power between us and our governments can arise from a system which gives precedence to the coherent plans of a diverse community over the divergent, short-sighted platforms of political parties. Implemented well, this national community futures planning and reporting process can make transcendence of politics and ideology a common feature of our democracy instead of a rarity.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B087ZXLWK7
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6669 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 919 pages

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A wonderful book that gives hope for a better tomorrow

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This is a rare and insightful book. It analyses a range of problems we face in Australia in 2020 -- environmental, social and, especially, governmental -- and details ways in which these might be met and overcome through a renewal of democracy in the form of people gathering together (actually or virtually) to establish common goals and ways in which these might be achieved in the long term. It is the long term nature of the planning that is crucial here -- it encourages people to look beyond the petty differences of today in the interests of achieving a more harmonious and successful future. This proposal comes at a very crucial moment, and has the potential to overcome the hyperpolarisation and petty politicking that is doing so much damage to our contemporary world. Highly recommended.