Dr Bronwyn Kelly is an Australian researcher and writer on public policy, specialising in long term integrated planning for Australia’s society, environment, economy and democracy and in systems of governance for nation states.  

 

Prior to founding ACFP Dr Kelly was a public sector professional for thirty years in the Senior Executive Service of state and local government in New South Wales (1984-2014). Her experience traversed government sector reform, policy development, profitable management of government commercial trading enterprises, utilities operation, environmental and scientific management and integrated long term community strategic planning. She held senior positions in Sydney Water, Australian Water Technologies, the NSW Government Cabinet Office, and was a senior policy advisor to a state government minister in NSW. As a Director of Corporate and Technical Services in local government for fifteen years, she pioneered innovative and best practice implementation of Integrated Planning & Reporting – a legislated form of community futures planning operating in local government in several states of Australia.

 

Dr Kelly is the author of:

 

• By 2050: Planning a better future for our children in 21st century democratic Australia;

• The People's Constitution: the path to empowerment of Australians in a 21st century democracy;

• major essays on:

  • "Saving Australian democracy and sovereignty by building a new Constitution";

  • "Conversations with Australia’s Treasurer about building an Australian people’s economy";

  • "Prospects for journalism, the free information market and democracy in Australia under the ACCC’s News Media Bargaining Code"; and

• a wide range of media and journal articles on public policy, Indigenous recognition, climate change, government sector ethics, democracy and National Integrated Planning & Reporting.

 

She is also the lead author on Australia’s first long term integrated community futures plan, Australia Together, co-author of The State of Australia 2022: End of Term Report, 46th Parliament of Australia and creator/presenter of several videocast series including The State of Australia in 2020, The State of Australia 2022, Snapshots from Australia Together, and the five-part lecture series, What is National Integrated Planning and Reporting? These publications and all others by Dr Kelly are accessible on this website.

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Read Dr Kelly's writing on Substack at bronwynkelly.substack.com and in Pearls and Irritations.

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Dr Kelly's PhD is from Sydney University in 1985 in history of systems of thought. Her doctoral thesis was The Textual Mandate: the authorisation of the logic of deterrence in Western philosophy since Descartes, an exploration of humanity's fear of death and extinction in the nuclear age.