Placing global change on the Australian election agenda

Australia21 is a non-profit body that seeks to develop new insights into complex issues important to Australia’s future. The Australia21 Board has become increasingly concerned that a number of grave challenges are being ignored, bypassed or placed in the “too hard” basket, and that there is no sign of this changing as we head into vitally important national elections. Accordingly, they have commissioned a series of essays by a number of Australia21 Directors, Fellows, Associates and other contributors, which draw attention to threats arising from global change. These are threats that all Australians will need to manage in the near future, and need to be thinking about now.