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Australian 2020 Summit Ideas (Outcomes)

The Productivity Agenda

Establish national program to attract talented graduates and career-switchers toteaching.

Incentives for workers in rural and regional Australia.

Recruiting "golden gurus" or retired people to act as mentors in the workplace.

Future of the economy

Creating an independent body to carry out a "clean sheet of paper" review of the roles

and responsibilities of federal, state and local governments.

A comprehensive review of state and federal taxes, within a two-year timeframe,

including interim reporting.

Co-ordinate national infrastructure priorities via Infrastructure Australia.

Population/sustainability

The adoption of a national sustainability, population and climate change agenda.

A whole-of-government approach to climate change/sustainability policy,encompassing government expenditure, taxation, regulation and investment.

One, national system for planning, building and product standards to minimise waste

and reduce water and energy consumption.

Future for rural Australia

Nationwide harmonisation and standardisation through uniform regulation, licensing,

standards and enforcement for transport and agriculture.

More research to determine the potential of agriculture in northern and northwestAustralia.

Explore ways to minimise rapidly rising community public liability insurance costs.

National health strategy

Regulate allowable content of unhealthy ingredients.

Promote better research and translate research into commercial and clinical benefits,

e.g., the bionic eye.

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Create a healthbook (like Facebook) for Australians to take greater ownership of their

health information and electronically share it with people they trust for example their

doctor, nurse or family members.

Provide antenatal care to all Aboriginal mothers in their first trimester by 2020.

Supporting communities

National resettlement strategy for migrants.

Charter of rights.

Develop urban designs for all towns and cities, including physical infrastructure, to

encourage connectedness.

Indigenous futures

Negotiate new definition of relationship between non-indigenous and indigenous

communities; how to define it in Constitution or treaty.

Private enterprise to be encouraged in indigenous communities via incentives such as

tax concessions.

Allow indigenous children to attend boarding schools or hostels through ABSTUDY,

private school scholarships and government funding.

Creative Australia

Mandate creative, visual and performing arts subjects in national curricula with

appropriate reporting requirements for schools.

Fund creative endeavours via 1 per cent dividend from government departments for

expenditure on arts.

Develop national cultural and design strategy/policy.

Australian governance

An Australian republic.

Constitutional convention to define roles, responsibilities and structures of federal

system.

Complete reform of freedom of information laws.

Our place in the world

Develop campaign for regional literacy.

Rights-based labour mobility for Pacific.

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Establish and fund four studies institutes/centres, including: Australia-US, Australia-

Japan, Australia-China and Australia-India.