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    With the Australian Better Futures Commitment Index we can rise above the political hype.
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • 3 days ago
    • 4 min

    With the Australian Better Futures Commitment Index we can rise above the political hype.

    In the 2022 federal election, the Australian Better Futures Commitment Index sheds light on the commitment of major parties to our future.
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    If Anthony Albanese becomes prime minister, what should be his top priority?
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • May 4
    • 7 min

    If Anthony Albanese becomes prime minister, what should be his top priority?

    Securing decent and open institutional changes in our democracy that are necessary to bed down reforms for the longer term should be the...
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    The future we want is more likely to be delivered by us than by our politicians.
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Apr 29
    • 8 min

    The future we want is more likely to be delivered by us than by our politicians.

    In this election Australians are not being offered the future they want. They will have to build their preferred future by other means.
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    Trust the Women
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Apr 25
    • 3 min

    Trust the Women

    With an election upon us, let’s remember an event in 1911 that brought together Australian and New Zealand women calling for a better world.
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    Seeing through the politicians' lies
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Mar 30
    • 7 min

    Seeing through the politicians' lies

    In the lead-up to the federal election, Australians can get a grip on the truth with the new Australia Together National Wellbeing Index.
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    We the people can set the national agenda
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Feb 18
    • 4 min

    We the people can set the national agenda

    The major parties will not offer big agendas in this year's federal election. But Australians can start to build the agenda they want.
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    We all need a voice in a new Constitution.
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Jan 15
    • 7 min

    We all need a voice in a new Constitution.

    The Uluru Statement from the Heart invites us all to walk with Indigenous Australians towards a better future. Let’s say Yes.
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    There's a fatal flaw in the Paris Agreement - no carbon budget.
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Oct 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    There's a fatal flaw in the Paris Agreement - no carbon budget.

    The Paris Agreement has a potentially fatal flaw. There is no carbon budget. This essential element must be included before it's too late.
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    At COP26, fair sharing of a carbon budget will be the key to success.
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Sep 22, 2021
    • 7 min

    At COP26, fair sharing of a carbon budget will be the key to success.

    COP26 is a make or break moment for climate change. With fair sharing of a carbon budget we can still limit global heating to 1.5 degrees.
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    Australia can lead the world at COP26 to fix climate change
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 5 min

    Australia can lead the world at COP26 to fix climate change

    At COP26 we can stop global heating above 1.5 degrees if we adopt a new negotiating framework based on capping total emission tonnages.
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    We have the means of a civil revival - but not much time.
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Jul 4, 2021
    • 5 min

    We have the means of a civil revival - but not much time.

    Militarism may well become the norm in Australia unless we use National Integrated Planning & Reporting to engineer a civil revival.
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    We can increase our shares of power in democracy if we devise a national long term plan
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • May 23, 2021
    • 5 min

    We can increase our shares of power in democracy if we devise a national long term plan

    Australians can insert an easy extra step into our existing sequence of democracy to increase the efficiency of our participation in it.
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    In the Morrison government's stoush with Google and Facebook, democracy is the biggest loser
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Feb 9, 2021
    • 6 min

    In the Morrison government's stoush with Google and Facebook, democracy is the biggest loser

    In 2017, the Morrison Government started a big fight with big tech, weighing in entirely on the side of news media businesses,...
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    Let's secure media diversity and democracy in Australia
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Dec 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    Let's secure media diversity and democracy in Australia

    Australian Community Futures Planning: Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity in Australia. Let's save democracy from Murdoch
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    The gigantic hole in the federal budget and how to fix it
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Oct 20, 2020
    • 6 min

    The gigantic hole in the federal budget and how to fix it

    Australia's future economic losses for its current climate change policies will make it impossible to repay our Covid-19 debt.
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    ACCC's Anti-competitive Code: A threat to Australia's democracy
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 6 min

    ACCC's Anti-competitive Code: A threat to Australia's democracy

    The ACCC's News Media Bargaining Code is a disaster for democracy. Read how here.
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    Turning Towards a First Peoples Heart
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Jun 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Turning Towards a First Peoples Heart

    Australia is at a critical turning point in its history. Depending on the paths we choose in 2020, the turns we take and their timing, we...
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    Aim High to Prevent Climate Change
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Jun 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Aim High to Prevent Climate Change

    How can Australia prevent climate change and mitigate its impacts? An essential part of the solution is to start early – well ahead of...
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    Where did the Vision for Australia Together come from?
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Jun 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Where did the Vision for Australia Together come from?

    Imagine you are building a long term plan for Australia. How do you develop a Vision? In this extract from my recent book: By 2050:...
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    Introducing "By 2050"
    Bronwyn Kelly
    • Jun 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Introducing "By 2050"

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    ACFP acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Australians and recognises their culture, history, diversity and their deep connection to the land. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and fully acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.