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acfp is a strong supporter of the Voice

With the defeat of the Voice Referendum, ACFP will continue to advocate for a Voice to Parliament for Indigenous Australians because this is consistent with the Vision for Australia Together. Justice for Indigenous Australians is also central to that Vision.

 

ACFP will also advocate just as strongly for all Australians to have a Voice to Parliament. For more information see The People's Constitution: the path to empowerment of Australians in a 21st century democracy.

Welcome to Australia's first national community-based futures planning process

Australian Community Futures Planning

is a community-based research and planning entity that is organising to involve Australians in planning a better future for themselves and for future generations.

 

At ACFP we are using a new community engagement and planning framework called:

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National Integrated Planning & Reporting

to help Australians build

Australia's first National Community Futures Plan,

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Australia Together.

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Find out more about Australia Together.

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Read the latest issue of the

Starting Draft of Australia Together.

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Find out more about

National Integrated Planning & Reporting.

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Find out how you can become involved.

It's free and it's easy.

At Australian Community Futures Planning we are working to bring Australians together to plan their own future as a nation.

Australia Together

​acfp has been established to help Australians build a better 

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Click here to read all Issues of the starting draft of

Australia Together.

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Find ideas for building a better Australia together in the Australia Together Podcast on Substack

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Click here for ACFP videos on YouTube

Latest News

Latest News - September 2026

Release of Issue No. 10 of Australia Together.

Issue No. 10 of Australia Together contains 2 new Targets and 16 new Strategies bringing the total number of Indicators of the health of the nation that are being measured in Australia Together to 386. The Australia Together dataset and plan are vital to the nation's capacity to safely transition to a better future.

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In Issue No. 10 it has become clear that Australia is running out of time to secure a safe future in the coming age of climate change and global instability. In response to the urgent need for action on Targets and Strategies in the plan that are critical for the safety, security and wellbeing of all Australians, ACFP has isolated 8 clusters of inter-related Strategies for urgent systemic reform that must be implemented before 2030 if we are to arrive at the preferred destination in the Vision for Australia Together by 2050 or, hopefully, sooner.  ​​

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Read Issue No. 10 of Australia Together here. Find the details of the eight strategic clusters of urgent systemic reform in Chapter 10 of Issue No. 10 of Australia Together. 

Release of paper on the strategic clusters of urgent systemic reform identified in Issue No. 10 of Australia Together.

Navigating the complexity of Australia Together can be challenging. So on the release of Issue No. 10, ACFP also released a companion document detailing the most urgent systemic reforms.

 

This paper draws the attention of policy makers in parliament, government and civil society to those reforms that must be implemented by 2030 if Australians are to achieve safety, security and wellbeing by 2050 or sooner.

 

The focus in this paper is on systemic reform, not mere tinkering with policies in such a way as to paper over the failures of the current institutional arrangements and policy settings while leaving the systemic causes of the failures untouched. 

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There are eight strategic clusters of urgent systemic reform in Issue No. 10 of Australia Together. 

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Click here to read Strategic Clusters of Urgent Systemic Reform in Issue No. 10 of Australia Together.

Latest News - June 2026

Release of an updated information sheet on a universal basic income (UBI).

Australian Community Futures Planning has for some years conducted economic and financial modelling of the effects of the introduction of a universal basic income (UBI) for all Australians. A new information sheet has now been produced showing the results.

 

Read the revised information sheet to see how net incomes for Australians can be increased with a UBI and how it can be accounted for in the federal budget with no negative impact, including on the government's ability to fund essential services.  

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The Australian community can collaborate to design a UBI so that it is fair. This collaboration will enable them to establish a social new deal with the government about fair exchange of guarantees on tax, welfare, and government spending on wellbeing. 

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Read about the social new deal here. 

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Latest News - June 2026

Launch of a proposal for the Australian Public Interest Collaboration.

In her latest book, The Public Interest Economy, ACFP Founder Bronwyn Kelly proposed an Australian Public Interest Collaboration.

 

This is a program for remaking Australia's economy so that it works in the public interest. More specifically, it is a democratic program of collaborative national planning to develop a social new deal between Australians and their governments aimed at securing:

 

  • services essential for wellbeing,

  • the welfare and prosperity of Australians, and

  • a fair and resilient economy.

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Read about the Australian Public Interest Collaboration here. 

Latest News - June 2026

Release of Assessment of Major Party Policies - mid-term report for the 48th Parliament incorporating the Australian Better Futures Commitment Index.

ACFP's has released a new report on how the policies of the major parties in federal parliament will help Australians make the Vision for Australia Together a reality - or not.

 

Find out whether the Labor, Liberal, Greens and One Nation parties will help build the future Australians want. 

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​Click here to read the Assessment of Major Party Policies for the mid term of the 48th parliament. 

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Latest News - January 2026

ACFP's Founder, Bronwyn Kelly, has released a new book,

The Public Interest Economy:

the path to wellbeing, security and sustainable consumption in a democratised Australian economy

The Public Interest Economy offers Australians a safe path to wellbeing, economic security and a sustainable natural environment by showing how they can use democratic processes to design their preferred economy.

 

It shows how they can collaborate to develop plans for safe travel to a better future where no-one will fall into poverty or pay more than their fair share of tax, and where there is full employment in satisfying work. It also shows how an economy can be built in which there is income security, stable prices, equality of access to services sufficient for everyone’s wellbeing, and patterns of consumption and production that are sustainable within the limits of our human and natural resources.

 

The Public Interest Economy is essential reading for anyone seeking to use democracy to build an economy that will sustain us all.

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Read more about

The Public Interest Economy

The Public Interest Economy:

Available on Amazon Kindle AU$11.86.

Order the paperback by email:

AU$34.99 including postage anywhere in Australia.

Latest News - March 2025

Launch of Election 2025: Assessment of Major Party Policies

incorporating the Australian Better Futures Commitment Index

Find out whether three major parties contesting the federal election - Liberal, Labor and the Greens - are demonstrating a commitment to a future of safety and wellbeing for all Australians.

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This detailed analysis show that the Greens' policies exhibit a high degree of commitment to a better future for everyone. Liberal and Labor Party policies demonstrate little if any commitment. 

 

Results are summarised to produce the Australian Better Futures Commitment Index. 

Find the results of the Australian Better Futures Commitment Index for 2025 here.

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Latest News - February 2025

Launch of The State of Australia 2025

The State of Australia 2025 provides Australians with a consolidated report on whether, during the life of the 47th parliament and over the last decade, Australia has moved towards or away from the better future that Australians have said they aspire to. It provides factual detail on trends in relation to over 360 indicators of the health, wellbeing and security of Australia's society, natural environment, economy and democracy. It is Australia's only comprehensive and accessible, evidence-based report on the state of the nation and our preparedness for the future.

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​The report on The State of Australia 2025 has been made possible because of the development, from 2020 onward, of a draft long term, integrated plan for the nation and the country itself, covering the period from 2020 to 2050. That plan is called Australia Together.

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Are we moving towards the Vision for Australia Together? 

The answer is No,

but we still have time and the capacity to fix it, if we start now.

Read the evidence in summary or in detail here.

Read The State of Australia 2025 here.

​Read The State of Australia summary report here.

​Read the latest draft of Australia Together here.

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Latest news - January 2023

ACFP's Founder, Bronwyn Kelly, has released a new book,

The People's Constitution:

the path to empowerment of Australians in a 21st century democracy

The People’s Constitution offers Australians a safe path towards their empowerment in democracy by showing how they can add their voices to their votes. It shows how they can dramatically but efficiently increase their influence in their own governance by creating clear terms of trust with those they elect to positions of power. It also shows how, in the process, they can secure a far better future for every Australian.

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Read more about The People's Constitution here.

The People's Constitution:

Available on Amazon Kindle AU$11.99.

Order the paperback by email.

AU$34.99 including postage anywhere in Australia.

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Click here to order the paperback of The People's Constitution by email.

National IP&R

Learn about National Integrated Planning & Reporting - National IP&R

Learn all about how National Integrated Planning & Reporting is a game changer in democracy, helping Australians to rise above politics and set the agenda for the nation's future.

Watch ACFP's video series on National IP&R and find out how to take more control of your future by getting involved.

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Surveys

Comment and contribute to Australia Together

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Would you like to comment on the

Vision for

Australia Together?

Click here to complete a short survey.

A comment period is also open now on the

Directions for

Australia Together

Click here to comment

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State of Australia

The State of Australia & the Australia Together National Wellbeing Index

In addition to helping Australians plan a better future, ACFP provides reports on progress with plans. Research by ACFP has enabled us to build the Australia Together National Wellbeing Index. This Index holds the data we need to monitor changes in our wellbeing and security and whether we are traveling towards the future we prefer. With the aid of the Index we are able to produce reports about whether Australia is moving towards or away from its preferred Vision for a better future - the Vision for Australia Together.

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Find out about the Vision for Australia Together here.

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Read more about the Australia Together National Wellbeing Index here.

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All data in the Australia Together National Wellbeing Index, including sources, are held for public view inside Chapters 5 to 8 of Australia Together. View the latest baseline and Target data here.

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Click here to find out about the

State of Australia

We have it in our power to create the world anew

Tom Paine, 1776

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