Submissions for the Australia 2020 Summit

The Rudd Government will convene an Australia 2020 Summit at Parliament House on 19-20 April 2008 to help shape a long term strategy for the nation’s future.

The Summit will bring together some of the best and brightest brains from across the country to tackle the long term challenges confronting Australia’s future.

Every Australian has the opportunity to make a submission to the Summit in one of the ten critical areas of discussion:

1. The productivity agenda – education, skills, training, science and innovation 2. The future of the Australian economy 3. Population, sustainability, climate change and water 4. Future directions for rural industries and rural communities 5. A long-term national health strategy – including the challenges of preventative health, workforce planning and the ageing population 6. Strengthening communities, supporting families and social inclusion 7. Options for the future of Indigenous Australia 8. Towards a creative Australia: the future of the arts, film and design 9. The future of Australian governance: renewed democracy, a more open government (including the role of the media), the structure of the Federation and the rights and responsibilities of citizens 10. Australia’s future security and prosperity in a rapidly changing region and world.

Submissions

Contributing a submission to the Australia 2020 Summit is a way for all Australians to be involved in bringing the best ideas forward to address Australia’s long term challenges.

All submissions will be made publicly available on this website and will be presented to the Australia 2020 Summit participants to stimulate discussion and ideas about addressing our future challenges.

Individuals, schools, groups, and organisations are invited to make submissions.

Written submissions are limited to 500 words per topic and should focus on one of the ten identified areas. You may contribute a submission in one or more policy areas.

Submissions will be collected by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, which is acting as a secretariat for the Australia 2020 Summit.

All submissions require a ‘name for publication’. This can be an individual, group or organisation. In addition to this, each submission is required to include a contact person, their name and details. These contact details will not be published.

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Your submission can play an important role in our national discussion about our future and facing Australia’s long term future challenges.

What do I have to do to contribute a submission?

If you would like to contribute a submission to the Australia 2020 Summit in Canberra on 19-20 April 2008, complete this form and return it to the address below no later than 5.00pm Wednesday 9 April 2008 .

Submissions can also be completed online through the Australia 2020 website at www.australia2020.gov.au .

Before completing the form please read all the information provided on this page to assist in completing your submission.

All submissions require a ‘name for publication’. This can be an individual, group or organisation. Your name will appear with your submission when they are published online.

You will also be required to include contact details – your name, address, email address and a contact phone number. These details are collected in case we need to contact you in the lead up to or after the summit to discuss your ideas further. Your details will only be used for this purpose and will not be published.

If you are making a submission as a group, please include the details of a contact person for your group.

Completing the form

The form requires you to complete your personal details and a ‘name for publication’. This may be your name or your group’s name.

You will then be able to complete a submission for one or more of the topic areas.

Each submission may be up to 500 words per topic to ensure that delegates are able to consider each of the submissions. If just one in every 1000 Australians comments on just one of the ten topic areas, each delegate may have to read more than one million words in the lead up to the Summit. Keeping your contribution concise will ensure that all submissions receive the attention and consideration they deserve.

For this reason attachments, publications, photos and images may not be included in your submission, though you may make reference to any of these you consider useful, including by providing references to further material.

Editorial guidelines

Submissions will be published subject to editorial control that restricts any offensive material or material inappropriate for publication being made public.

If you are hand writing your nomination, please be sure your writing is clear and legible to ensure your submission is able to be considered.

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Contacts

Any enquiries regarding the Summit should be directed to:

Australia 2020 Summit Secretariat Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 1 National Circuit BARTON ACT 2600

Toll free number: 1800 703 599 (during business hours Eastern Standard Time)

Privacy and confidentiality

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is committed to the protection of your privacy in accordance with the Federal Privacy Commissioner's Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Websites. These guidelines outline the requirements for transparent collection, appropriate and ethical use and secure storage of personal information.

The information you provide to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet through the 2020 Summit submission form will be used for the purposes of the 2020 Summit only.

Only your 'name for publication' and your submission will be provided to delegates for consideration in their deliberations of 19-20 April 2008, and in this way may be incorporated into the Summit Outcomes.

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AUSTRALIAN 2020 SUMMIT SUBMISSION FORM

Nominations must be received by 5.00pm Wednesday 9 April 2008 to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet at:

Australia 2020 Summit Secretariat Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 1 National Circuit BARTON ACT 2600

Please Note: fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory

# denotes information that will be made publicly available

PUBLICATION DETAILS #

So that your submission can be published on the www.australia2020.gov.au website before the Summit, we need you to provide a 'Name for Publication' that you are happy to have appear with your submission. If you are submitting on behalf of a group, this may be your group’s name.

Individual Name/Group Name for Planning Institute of Australia Publication on the website*

CONTACT DETAILS

We need to collect some personal details from you in case we need to contact you in the lead-up to or after the summit to discuss your ideas further. These details will only be used for this purpose. If you are making a group submission, please provide these details for one member of your group.

INDIVDUAL OR GROUP CONTACT

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CONTACT DETAILS

Phone 02 6262 5933 Mobile 0428 266 996

Email [email protected]

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The productivity agenda – education, skills, training, science and innovation The Australia 2020 Summit will examine: a. Ensure that digital technologies are harnessed to improve consumer services, business productivity and the delivery of government services.

b. Best prepare for a global economy that will increasingly be based upon advanced skills, advanced technology, low carbon energy sources and integration with global supply chains

c. Attract and retain the most talented, creative and highly skilled people, including researchers and scientists, entrepreneurs, and professional and skilled workers

d. Ensure that our children have the highest quality teachers, whether in early childhood, school, TAFE or university, including dealing with the crisis in maths and science related disciplines across the education system

The Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) is the peak professional association for urban planners and related professions in Australia and overseas. In 2004 PIA undertook a National Inquiry into Planning Education and Employment. This study and others have ascertained that there is a vacancy rate of around 20% in the planning profession.

To support the supply of skilled planners in Australia, PIA found the following strategies were required. These actions are likely to be applicable to other professions: • Encourage workplaces that support flexible working arrangements and support training for staff especially for part-time women workers and increasingly male workers • Increase overseas migration opportunities for planners • Increase the number of under-graduate and post-graduate planning places in universities • Support rural students and other special target groups including through cadetships and studentships • Recognise the role of planning assistants and work with the vocational education sector to ensure that Certificate IV courses are producing development assessment ready trainees • Encourage the pooling of professional planners in rural and regional Australia and promote rural/regional planning experience at universities • Set up a telephone help-line to assist planners facing professional ethical dilemmas • Working with local government associations to develop a code of behaviour to guide the relationship between elected representatives, developers and planners

Many Australian trained young planners work overseas and to encourage them to return, PIA provides member networking and information services in countries where many expatriates are based. This allows them to keep in touch with professional practice in Australia and provide networking support. In turn PIA is linked to international planning networks is encouraging mutual recognition agreements that will promote easier access to labour markets.

Many planning applications are now incorporating up to date technology such as 3D software, mapping, electronic lodgement. Because of the skill shortages, support with training is essential.

More information on the above issues, including a copy of the National Inquiry into Planning and Education can be found at www.planning.org.au

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The future of the Australian economy The Australia 2020 Summit will examine ways to: a. After a long period of sustained economic growth and with the added benefits of the global mining boom, how do we best invest the proceeds of this prosperity to lay the foundations for future economic growth

b. How we best prepare for a global economy that will increasingly be based upon advanced skills, advanced technology, low carbon energy sources and integration with global supply chains

c. How we take advantage of Australia’s proximity to the fast growing economies in the world

d. How we boost public and private investment in economic infrastructure

e. Foster innovation in the workplace; encouraging the transfer of ideas across businesses and economies.

The Planning Institute of Australia is concerned that whilst our cities generate around 80% of GDP and provide education, employment, recreation and housing for around 16 million citizens they are not addressed thorough an integrated funding and policy framework at the national level. More sustainable cities mean a more prosperous nation and improves the capacity for Australia to become a central economic, knowledge and services hub for the fast-growing Asia- Pacific.

Independent studies suggest that more compact, public transport friendly cities could boost national GDP by up to 3% per annum. The increased tax yield from this productivity boost could easily fund the national urban policy set out by PIA.

The Commonwealth should have a strong and positive position on urban and regional policy . This approach must be based on the concept of subsidiarity, under which the Commonwealth would establish national sustainability targets and incent the States, Territories and Local Government to implement diverse and innovative ways of meeting those targets.

A program of incentives would be funded through a bring forward of the productivity gain in our cities in much the same way as National Competition Policy was funded. A small, effective Sustainability Commission would oversee the review of Urban Action Plans (state and regional levels) that would result in more sustainable and economically efficient cities and allocate funding.

The Commonwealth through the Commission, with COAG agreement, would lead the establishment of an Australian Sustainable Development Charter. Urban Action Plans would need to contribute to achieving progress against key sustainability/performance indicators in that Charter. The Charter which would describe the overarching principles for sustainable urban and regional development and set out time-bounded and measurable national targets in economic, environmental and social terms – this is covered in detail in the PIA submission to the House of Reps Inquiry into Sustainable Cities (August 2005) and the Sustainability Charter (August 2007).

In addition, PIA contests that we need to invest in and recognise innovation in the built environment as critical in a regional and global competition context. It is through sustainability and liveability of our cities that Australia will become an enhanced global portal in a knowledge and service based economy. It is essential that one of the 9 Innovation Councils proposed by Government includes an Innovation Council for the Built Environment. This should be an outcome from the Innovation Review currently underway and headed by Dr Terry Cutler.

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SUMMIT TOPICS FOR SUBMISSIONS # (please limit comments to 500 words per topic) The Innovation Council for the Built Environment would provide a focal point for government and industry collaboration and for directing research and technology transfer in the built environment. We need to foster research and innovation to advance urban sustainability in terms of eco-efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, design value, procurement and a range of other key areas. This would allow coherent building on work done for example by the Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC – industry based) on quantifying GHG emissions in our cities and the costs/how to abate them; the propositions developed by the Built Environment Design Professionals (BEDP) on Design Value as a replacement for traditional procurement and related ideas; the Australian Construction Industry Forum concepts for incenting construction excellence and better sector performance. Ultimately, to expand the knowledge base from which to leverage a more sustainable built form and communities - economically, socially and environmentally.

Skills shortages not only with the professions, but also in the built environment related trades in the construction sector are so critical that we risk the future of our cities if this is not focussed on and addressed effectively.

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Population, sustainability, climate change and water The Australia 2020 Summit will examine: a. How Australia develops a long term plan to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change on our environment

b. How does Australia best plan for its long-term water and energy needs

c. How we position Australia to become a global leader within the next decade in the new low carbon technologies and industries

d. How do we plan future population growth at a national and regional level, given the constraints of water shortages and sustainability.

PIA believes that the States and Territories and local government cannot go it alone in the urban and regional policy area. For the Commonwealth’s part, key national objectives relating to population management, the setting of greenhouse emission targets, sound economic management and affordable housing cannot be delivered fully or efficiently without strong partnerships with the States, Territories and Local Government in urban and regional policy.

More sustainable cities mean a more prosperous nation. Independent studies suggest that more comp act, public transport friendly cities could boost national GDP by up to 3% per annum. The increased tax yield from this productivity boost could easily fund the national urban policy set out by PIA.

The Commonwealth should lead the establishment of an Australian Sustainable Development Charter which would describe the overarching principles for sustainable urban and regional development and set out time-bounded and measurable national targets on matters like :

Environmental sustainability • energy consumption per capita; • greenhouse gas emissions per capita; • water consumption per capita; • water quality standards; • air quality; • environmental flows in key river systems; • desalination; • bio-diversity retention or protection; • native vegetation; and • modal split in urban transport.

Social sustainability • access to quality public transport service;

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SUMMIT TOPICS FOR SUBMISSIONS # (please limit comments to 500 words per topic) • tolerable divergence in socio economic indicators; • comparative living standards in indigenous communities • accessible urban public domain per capita; • alleviation of housing stress; • tolerable divergence in per capita incomes between regional and urban areas; and • conservation of built heritage. •

Economic sustainability • road congestion costs; • accessibility of metropolitan jobs by public transport, walking and cycling; • growth in business service and other high value added exports; • availability of higher order skills in key regions; • rate of new business formation; and • growth in participation in the workforce and/or training.

The Commonwealth should further establish a $10 billion over 10 years program under which it would provide additional untied payments to the States and Territories, and through these to local government, for the implementation of sustainable development strategies, including investment in key infrastructure, introduction of pro-sustainability pricing policies and institutional reforms to bring about better integration of planning and budget setting processes.

This program should be funded partly through the productivity dividend from more sustainable cities and regions. Efficient settlement patterns, better resource management and improved institutional arrangements for development assessment and infrastructure provision will lead to significantly higher rates of economic growth and taxation receipts, compared to a continuation of current conditions. The program should also be funded by the re-assignment of some existing Commonwealth expenditures in urban and regional infrastructure.

The bulk of funds would only begin to flow to the States and Territories once they have developed appropriate plans and policies to meet the targets and milestones set out in the Sustainable Development Charter. These plans and policies would need to be certified as efficacious by an independent Commonwealth body – the Australian Sustainable Development Commission. This would audit proposed policy packages and monitor actual progress towards the sustainability targets and milestones in each jurisdiction. The Commission would report directly to Parliament.

More information on the above issues can be found at www.planning.org.au

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Future directions for rural industries and rural communities The Australia 2020 Summit will examine: a. What rural industries are best positioned to take advantage of the global consumer markets of the 21st century

b. What options are possible for effective structural adjustment for rural industries and communities suffering the long term impact of climate change

c. What is the most intelligent form of support the Government can provide to ensure the long term sustainability of rural and regional communities, including the fostering of the next generation of Australian farmers. The Planning Institute of Australia is concerned that whilst our cities generate around 80% of GDP and provide education, employment, recreation and housing for around 16 million citizens they are not addressed thorugh an integrated funding and policy framework at the national level.

More sustainable cities mean a more prosperous nation. Independent studies suggest that more compact, public transport friendly cities could boost national GDP by up to 3% per annum. The increased tax yield from this productivity boost could easily fund the national urban policy set out by PIA.

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A long-term national health strategy – including the challenges of preventative health, workforce planning and the ageing population The Australia 2020 Summit will examine: a. How we invest to help prevent chronic and acute health problems

b. How we plan to ensure all Australians continue to have access to the very best of modern medical technology including pharmaceuticals

c. How we meet the emerging regulatory challenges of modern medical technology

d. The use of electronic infrastructure to facilitate efficient and effective patient care

e. Strategies to preserve Australia’s internationally unique blend of public and private health services

f. How Australia best plans for the future demands on our medical workforce.

Research and evidence has shown that the way that our cities and towns are designed can contribute to: • Health and well being by providing adequate areas, opportunities and a supportive environment for physical activity to help combat sedentary lifestyles and obesity (e.g. walking and cycling paths), • Social well being by enhancing accessibility to services and social networks for all and particularly the ageing population and provision of attractive and well designed and well maintained public spaces and meeting places • Spiritual well being by providing suitable and well located residential accommodation, choices in housing, recreation and equitable distribution of services.

For example walking to the shops, bus stop or school is the physical activity most people will engage in and there is a strong correlation between having safe, attractive paths in the neighbourhood and being physically active. Transport is a very important issue in terms of planning and health. Active forms of transport such as walking, cycling and public transport are opportunities for physical activity, mental well being and social connectedness.

Improvements to community health and well being can be supported by built and natural environments that promote physical activity, spiritual, social and mental well being and community safety. The design of neighbourhoods that incorporates safe connected streets, parks, footpaths and cycle routes, mixed housing types and densities, local destinations including employment all contribute to better health outcomes.

All professions and governments that influence the built environment should incorporate health outcomes into statutory and strategic planning processes and policies for example in areas such as urban design, building regulations, infrastructure, engineering and greenfield/new residential developments

Organisation structures and programs, particularly at the local level should support the integration of health and planning outcomes.

Developing partnerships and working relationships with health practitioners and health organisations is a key way that the PIA believes that planners can help shape environments that support health.

An example of a partnership between planners and health professionals is the work that PIA is doing with other organizations. The National Heart Foundation, the Planning Institute of Australia and the Australian Local Government Association, with support from the Australian

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SUMMIT TOPICS FOR SUBMISSIONS # (please limit comments to 500 words per topic) Government Department of Health and Ageing, is undertaking a project to develop a national guide to provide an integrated approach to the design of healthy built environments for Australians. The project is titled “ Healthy Spaces and Places ”, A National Guide for Planners.

The Healthy Spaces and Places Project aims to improve health outcomes for all Australians through better designed built environments. This project will provide guidance to planning practitioners and related professions (working in State/Territory and Local Government and the private sector) on how to incorporate active living principles into the built environment. Built environments can include elements such as neighbourhood centers, public transport, cycleways, walkways and recreation areas.

The project specifically addresses how the built environment can assist: • keeping healthcare affordable; • wellness and obesity; and • healthy ageing; by providing an environment which encourages and promotes active living (walking, cycling, play) for all age groups and fosters social capital and sense of community.

The Planning Institute of Australia is committed to promote health as a key factor that needs to be considered in the day to day work of planning professionals. It will also promote the education and training of planners in health related issues and develop partnerships with relevant agencies to promote health and planning related research.

More information on the above project can be found at www.planning.org.au

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Strengthening communities, supporting families and social inclusion The Australia 2020 Summit will examine: a. How we provide practical support to families to combine the tasks of work, raising children and caring for ageing parents

b. How we make a long term difference on homelessness

c. How we better harness the goodwill and commitment of the Australian community through voluntary and community organisations and philanthropic endeavour

d. How we build social capital within and between communities, particularly those that are cut off from the economic mainstream.

The Planning Institute of Australia believes that the States and Territories and local government cannot go it alone in addressing many social issues in Australia such as social inclusion, homelessness and strengthening communities. For the Commonwealth’s part, key national objectives relating to affordable housing and social capital cannot be delivered fully or efficiently without strong partnerships with the States, Territories and Local Government especially in urban and regional policy.

The PIA recommends that the Commonwealth should lead the establishment of an Australian Sustainable Development Charter which would describe the overarching principles for strengthening communities . Social sustainability indicators would form part of a suite of national indicators for example:

Social sustainability • access to quality public transport service; • tolerable divergence in socio economic indicators; • comparative living standards in indigenous communities • accessible urban public domain per capita; • alleviation of housing stress; • tolerable divergence in per capita incomes between regional and urban areas; and • conservation of built heritage.

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More information on the above issues can be found at www.planning.org.au

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Options for the future of indigenous Australia The Australia 2020 Summit will examine: a. How we forge a new partnership with between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia to overcome disadvantage and provide practical pathways to the future

b. The role of targeted programs and interventions such as the Northern Territory Intervention and the Cape York Welfare Reform Trials in achieving change in remote communities

c. How we might promote economic development in remote Australia to provide Indigenous community members with the opportunity to be economically independent

d. Improving access to mainstream programs by Indigenous Australians

e. Promoting and preserving Indigenous culture, languages and traditions.

The Planning Institute of Australia believes that achieving practical and sustained positive change for Indigenous people and communities will require the establishment of a practical, holistic development framework, one that can be understood and applied at a number of different levels. Such a framework can be demonstrated with reference to the issue of Indigenous housing.

The delivery of Indigenous housing is still very much locked into the realm of administration, which focuses upon short-term, year on year, incremental funding and capital works programs. In fact, what’s required are long term strategies and commitments that comprehensively address Indigenous housing need over time. The viability of this ambition depends upon an entirely different way of thinking about Indigenous housing, an approach that leverages the provision of housing to support the broader context of establishing foundations for successful broad scale development.

Indigenous people themselves often understand the broader development context as the key to better lives. When discussing development, they do not make the same administratively convenient distinctions that government agencies might prefer. They recognise that housing provision can support other development initiatives.

Adopting a development focus recognises that there are five foundations for development that are necessary in any human settlement or human development context. These foundations are:

Governance – setting up and executing methods for making sound, balanced decisions about the achievement of a population’s needs and aspirations

Physical infrastructure – acquiring and maintaining physical assets (including housing for example) that will support or enable the achievement of a population’s needs and aspirations

Health services – activities that acquire and maintain the physical, social and cultural health of a population

Education services – activities that acquire and maintain knowledge within a population

Economic security and development – acquiring, securing, managing and allocating resources in pursuit of a population’s needs and aspirations.

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These foundations need to be simultaneously pursued. Lack of attention to any one of them undermines development success. The foundations are practical and are readily understood. They can form the basis of a strategic framework into which all programs and projects can be placed and designed to support the achievement of all five foundations.

Using housing provision as an example, housing finds its primary place as part of the physical infrastructure foundation. However, it can also help to deliver outcomes for other foundations. Appropriate housing supports physical and social health. Housing programs can deliver education in the form of education and training in housing construction and maintenance. Housing construction can support economic security and development in the form of real employment. Appropriate housing management systems can support the achievement of good governance.

In the past, policy makers have tended to focus on just one or one aspect of these foundations. This leads to the fragmented policy and program environment we have today, which generates ‘hit and miss’ outcomes. If universally applied to the cause of Indigenous development, a practical framework of the kind proposed would integrate and leverage all policy and program efforts.

More information can be obtained from www.planning.org.au

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Towards a creative Australia: the future of the arts, film and design The Australia 2020 Summit will examine: a. Future directions for Australia’s principal arts bodies

b. Future directions for the ABC, SBS, Australia Television and Radio Australia

c. How best to develop a globally innovative and competitive film industry

d. How to encourage participation in emerging global industries such as game design, the internet 2.0, graphics-rich applications and animation

e. How we build on the creative sector’s potential as a major Australian export industry.

The quality of life and competitiveness of our cities as global portals and for all Australians can be enhanced through better design. Better design can add value in our built environment and provide dividends, economically, socially and environmentally.

A Design Value charter should be developed which can be adopted by governments and by industry through COAG for the built environment.

By better valuing design in all aspects of decision making in relation to the built environment from building design, through development design and in procurement, we will improve productivity for all stakeholders and our global competitiveness.

A Commissioner for the Built Environment overseeing a Sustainable Built Environment Commission at the Commonwealth level could drive design innovation and a shift to Design Value as key to procurement. The Commissioner might also foster a shift to sustainable design principles in the built form and better outcomes in the built environment.

Demonstration projects might be rolled out in partnerships between government and industry that foster concepts such as alliance contracting and a very different approach to sharing contract risk and to provide best-practice exemplars in building and urban design.

Results would be published and progress assessed against measurable Design Value targets and could be linked to a system of national awards to raise awareness and technology/innovation transfer.

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The future of Australian governance: renewed democracy, a more open government (including the role of the media), the structure of the Federation and the rights and responsibilities of citizens The Australia 2020 Summit will examine: a. How best to implement an effective an agenda of open government which best balances the legitimate requirements of the media and the confidentiality requirements of cabinet government in the Westminster system

b. How best to engaged the community in government decision making

c. What forms of Federation reform are appropriate for the future to maximise outcomes for the economy and the community

d. How to ensure the future viability of local government operations and infrastructure provision.

The Planning Institute of Australia is calling for a new form of governance which requires greater co-operation between the three tiers of government.

PIA believes that the States and Territories and local government cannot go it alone in the urban and regional policy area. In particular Local Governments and their communities cannot carry the financial burden of new and ongoing maintenance of local services and infrastructure.

For the Commonwealth’s part, key national objectives relating to population management, the setting of greenhouse emission targets, sound economic management and affordable housing cannot be delivered fully or efficiently without strong partnerships with the States, Territories and Local Government in urban and regional policy.

More sustainable cities mean a more prosperous nation. Independent studies suggest that more compact, public transport friendly cities could boost national GDP b y up to 3% per annum. The increased tax yield from this productivity boost could easily fund the national urban policy set out by PIA.

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More information on the above issues can be found at www.planning.org.au

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Australia’s future security and prosperity in a rapidly changing region and world. The Australia 2020 Summit will examine: a. How Australia best protects its national security interests in the face of an increasingly complex threat spectrum, including terrorism, bio-security and other threats to human security – as well as the adequacy of existing institutional arrangements for dealing with the threat spectrum into the future

b. How Australia should maximise its cooperation with its long-standing ally the United States

c. How Australia engages with China and India in the coming decades as both play an increasingly important economic and political role

d. How Australia can make the greatest contribution both within and outside the framework of the United Nations in addressing the challenge of extreme poverty

e. The long-term adequacy of Australia’s existing foreign language capabilities to meet increasingly complex challenges presented by the globalisation.

The Planning Institute of Australia is a signatory to the “Vancouver Declaration” which was signed in 2006 by planning associations representing urban planners, from around the world.

This declaration commits signatories to dedicate to working together, and with others, to tackle the challenges of rapid urbanization, the urbanization of poverty and the hazards posed by climate change and natural disasters .

Urbanization must become more sustainable if the global community is to realize the aspirations in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals especially that which seeks to “ensure environmental sustainability”.

The planning associations have a responsibility along with others, to future generations for custodianship of this planet and its habitats, and to those within our own generation who are disadvantaged, especially the poor and those who lack adequate shelter.

Planning as an inclusive process and is both strategic and local, integrative, participatory, creative, embracing cultural diversity and rooted in concerns for equity.

Planning must underpin any approach to managing rural, urban and regional development. It is practiced in the private sector, the public sector, by voluntary bodies and community organizations.

The associations have committed to build the capacity for creating safe, healthy and sustainable settlements by mobilizing, sharing and developing the knowledge and skills of planners.

Furthermore, planning, and its values and ethics, are fundamental to good governance and a means to deliver more equal access to the benefits cities have to offer.

There can be no sustainable development without sustainable urbanization and no sustainable urbanization without effective planning: political will and investment is required for effective planning.

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SUMMIT TOPICS FOR SUBMISSIONS # (please limit comments to 500 words per topic) For further information on the Vancouver declaration refer to: http://www.globalplannersnetwork.org/pdf/06declarationenglish.pdf

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