From short-term greed to an economy that’s good for life. Our economic system is damaging our world
Fish darting through vibrant coral reefs. Magpies warbling and cities hugging rivers. Red dirt, towering trees and big blue skies. Everyone eating, travelling, learning, healing, working, resting, and sharing good times and bad. We want this country to teem with life, today and forever. But a major driver of the climate and extinction crisis we face – and a major barrier to solving it – is the structure and rules of our economy. Today, Australia’s economic system treats our planet and people as capital to be traded, extracted and exploited. It is profoundly damaging our living world. Some useful reading: The dirty truth: Australia’s most polluted postcodes.
Our economic vision
It’s time for big ideas & common sense. To build an economy that’s good for life, we need game-changing solutions that redesign the current rules, structures institutions and goals. This will take hope, courage, creativity and a bold vision for what’s possible when we work together. Here’s where we begin:
* Change the story and build people power
* Measure what really matter to people and planet
* Encourage and push business to do the right thing
* Work together across civil society
Read more about our plan to transform our economy.
* Time to re-think our creaking, unsustainable tax system
* Recover, renew, rebuild: Let’s make things right for people and our country
* Sign the petition: Let’s recover, rebuild, renew right!
* Building a stronger and cleaner post-pandemic Australia
* Make sure recovery equips us for future crises: ACF
* Recover, rebuild, renew
* Quick survey: Is your bank funding coal and gas?
* WIN! BCA maps path to zero emissions
* Budget 2020: invest big to renew regions
* Download 2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission to the Department of the Treasury