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FUTURE VISION: REIMAGINING NEW SOUTH WALES 1st AUGUST 2016
BACKGROUND:
• The Challenge: develop a long-term vision for our State
• NSW universities nominated 2-3 early
career researchers across disciplines to undertake a ‘knowledge foresight’ exercise
• Researchers identified key issues and met at UTS Business School for two workshops, one including the Governor
KEY ISSUES:
Thought pieces for The Conversation on:
• Community Well-being • Environmental Sustainability • Rural & Regional Challenges • Strong & Diverse Economy • Education & Skills • Good Governance • Innovation Ecosystem
PARTICIPANTS:
WITH THANKS TO:
1. HEALTHY, ENGAGED COMMUNITIES
• Boost employment for people with a disability • Employ the tools of tobacco control in other areas • Enhance housing affordability with models such as
shared equity • Keep people out of jail with circuit breaker justice
programs Liz Reimer, Alison Gerard, Hayley Fisher, Theresa Smith-Ruig, Christine Paul Emma Power & Louise Crabtree
2. A FRESH APPROACH TO ‘ENVIRONMENT’
As we transition away from the mining boom what values should guide our future relationship with the environment? • Moving beyond ‘wilderness’ • Investing in urban environments • Building resilience by proactive public participation and
community engagement
Hannah Power, Pascal Scherrer, Tanya Latty, Matthew Kearnes, Sandie Suchet-Pearson & Emily O’Gorman
3. REVITALISING RURAL AUSTRALIA
• Address gaps in legal and health services • Develop campaigns to attract highly skilled
professionals • Break down stereotypes • Establish Regional Advisory Councils Alison Gerard, Branka Krivokapic-Skoko, Pascal Scherrer & Liz Reimer
4. THE RISE OF THE CARING ECONOMY
• Acknowledge the value of care work • Recognise rising social investment as an economic
opportunity • Social investment can spread economic opportunity to
our regions • Infrastructure is still central to decentralisation
Ben Spies-Butcher
5. TACKLING RISING INEQUALITY THROUGH EDUCATION
• Equality of opportunity through the education system • The unmet prospects are greatest among students
performing poorly at school • More focus on early childhood interventions • Prioritise experimental and quasi-experimental impact
evaluation
Marian Vidal-Fernandez, Will Coventry & Peter Siminski
6. GOOD GOVERNANCE STRENGTHENS DEMOCRACY
• Tap into citizens’ capacity to solve problems • Save costs and ensure support by involving citizens • Create an agency to facilitate citizen engagement in
policy making • Recruit a Citizens’ Forum to imagine the ideal NSW of
2025
Philippa Collin, Carolien van Ham, Noah Bassil & Anika Gauja
7. FUTURE-PROOFING WITH INNOVATION
• Take a longer-term approach to funding • Involve everyone in innovation • Create places for innovation to occur • Develop skills so we can ‘manage for innovation’
Danielle Logue, Michael Brenmer, James Meese & Bronwyn Hemsley
FUTURE VISION: REIMAGINING NEW SOUTH WALES
THANK YOU
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