So pinch me now... but I had extraordinary privilege of speaking with outgoing Welsh Future Generations Commissioner, Sophie Howe.

For the past seven years Sophie's job has been to inspire, harrangue, encourage and hold to account Welsh public agencies to act in the interests of Welsh people and future generations.

Guided by the seven wellbeing principles developed over extensive collaboration with the Welsh population, Sophie's job and impact has been astounding.

Listen here or wherever you get your #podcasts

https://www.australiaremade.org/podcast-home/season3-ep5-sophie-howe

#SophieHowe #Wales #FutureGenerations #AustraliaRemade #WellBeing #WellBeingEconomy #auspol

After the success of Alone Australia, I’ve had a great idea for a new reality TV show.

It’s called “Alone Australian” and we get to watch ten plucky people dropped, completely alone, into the middle of a housing crisis and rely only on their wits and a dodgy internet connection to access the services they need to survive.

New #blog #auspol #aloneaustralia #australiaremade

https://www.australiaremade.org/blog/alone-australia-or-collaboration-for-the-nation-we-want

NEW EPISODE of The reMAKERS pod from #AustraliaRemade

The brilliant @ktrebeck is here to guide us through a paradigm shift from the economics of ‘more’ to the economics of wellbeing — what she describes as ‘arriving and making ourselves at home’.

Here or wherever you like your #podcast
https://www.australiaremade.org/podcast-home/season3-ep3-economics-of-arrival-katherine-trebeck

#auspol #NewEconomy #economics #economy #Wellbeing #degrowth #WellbeingEconomy

Who else wants to be a disaster ostrich + not think about the next climate calamity??

Better yet, who wants to feel that as a society we're done what we can do avoid it but we're prepared for whatever disaster might strike?

What do we need to ensure that we are all cared for?

Join me this Saturday or next Tuesday for a community conversation about what kind of care infrastructure we need.

For more info visit the website below or email rachel@australiaremade.org.

https://www.australiaremade.org/care-disaster

#auspol #care #disaster #AustraliaRemade #research #qualitative

"Wellbeing" isn't controversial. We all want our governments to promote wellbeing - via healthy, safe, prosperous and cohesive societies. But we might disagree on the best ways to get there.

New podcast with Cressida Gaukroger from Centre for Policy Development!

Here or wherever you get your podcasts!
https://www.australiaremade.org/podcast-home/season3-ep2-wellbeing-government-cressida-gaukroger

#podcast #economics #wellbeing #AustraliaRemade #auspol

"Two things I know to be true: without individuals making time to care and be cared for, our society would crumble. And our carers need more support – a whole new 'infrastructure of care'".

Fantastic piece from my wonderful new colleague Rachel Hay.
https://www.australiaremade.org/blog/supporting-communities-of-care

#AustraliaRemade #auspol #care #disaster #ClimateAction #ClimateChange

Back at work... could be happier...
Luckily I've returned to find the podcast fairies have been at work and I can share with you this fabulous conversation Regions reIMAGINED: Caring for our communities.

Why is it that a fence line on a National Park changes our care relationship with a piece of land? What does it look like to recognise care as a policy choice rather than just an individual responsibility? And who is up for a four-day work week?

With @arnagretta Hunter, Beth Thornber and Matt Grogan. And the amazing folk at Women's Health Goulburn North East.

https://www.australiaremade.org/podcast-home/summerseries/care (or wherever you get your podcasts)

#Care #podcast #AustraliaRemade

New episode of the reMAKERS pod out now!
Lily and I chat about our work on the #PublicGood, my new love for the #PublicService and some of our book recommendations for the summer (well, I think these books should be read AFTER the holidays - but up to you!).

At our website https://www.australiaremade.org/podcast-home/season2-ep13-farewell-2022 or wherever you listen to podcasts!

#podcast #AustraliaRemade #auspol

Who knew that 2022 would be the year I fell in love with #PublicServants 😂

I recently had the privilege of sitting with a bunch of senior public servants discussing the role of the public service in providing the public good.

https://www.australiaremade.org/blog/public-good-public-service

#auspol #government #PublicGood #PublicService #AustraliaRemade

Great fun chatting with @arnagretta, @sharonbessell and @ktrebeck for the final Policy Forum Pod for the year.
Thanks so much for letting me join you!

https://www.policyforum.net/resource/kicking-policy-goals/

#policy #auspol #podcast #anu #AustraliaRemade

Interesting blog by my wonderful colleague Lily Spencer. She interviews Dr Wesley Watkins about jazz and democracy...

https://www.australiaremade.org/blog/jazz-democracy-wesley-watkins

#jazz #auspol #democracy #AustraliaRemade #improv #blog

Please join me Wednesday evening 6.30-8pm AEDT as I chat with Judy Horacek (AMAZING feminist cartoonist), Greg James (the first Indigenous Councillor for the Greater Shepparton Council) and Ali Thwaites (educator and youth activist) as we chat about CONTRIBUTION.

How to we value it? What infrastructure do we need to enable people to contribute and to recognise that contribution looks very very different depending on context.

There will be time for questions!
https://www.whealth.com.au/events/regions-reimagined-a-conversation-series/

In partnership with #AustraliaRemade and Women's Health Goulburn North East.

#auspol #care #connection #contribution #event #RegionalAustralia #cartoons #LocalCouncil #OnlineEvent

interesting Social Cohesion Report from the Scanlon Institute.

- Social cohesion increased during first couple of years of pandemic but is now declining.

- Population-wide support for multiculturalism is high and growing.

- Sense of belonging and connectedness in our neighbourhoods has increased since the pandemic but our sense of pride, belonging and justice as a nation are now at their lowest since 2007.

On this last point I wonder if it's to do with the accessibability of infrastructure to contribute and influence at a national level (as we talk about in our public good work - www.australiaremade.org/public-good and on our latest episode of The reMAKERS www.austaliaremade.org/podcast).

Well worth a read!

#auspol #community #cohesion #NationalStory #NationalIdentity #Australia #AustraliaRemade

Ok folks.

This Wednesday evening I'm chatting with the brilliant cartoonist Judy Horacek, the first Indigenous councillor on the Shepparton Council Greg James, and youth leader and advocate Ali Thwaites.

We'll be talking about the idea of 'contribution'...

What kind of things should we be discussing?

And ALL welcome to join us online 6.30-8.30pm AEDT.

https://www.whealth.com.au/events/regions-reimagined-a-conversation-series/

#AustraliaRemade #Contribution #cartoons #event #FirstNations #youth #Conversation

New #podcast episode from the #reMAKERS!

I get to chat with the brilliant @JulianneSchultz a and Frank Bongiorno about what it means to be the nation of Australia.

How do we use our understanding of our past to grapple with our present and our future? Do we have a national story and do we need one?

https://www.australiaremade.org/podcast-home/season2-ep12-frank-bongiorno-julianne-schultz (or wherever you get your podcasts)

#History #AustralianHistory #Australia #australiaRemade #Vision #Story

Feeling proud of myself today.
6 years ago I accidentally met David Ritter (Greenpeace AP CEO) at a dinner I wasn't supposed to be at.
He invited me to join him + a bunch of civil society leaders to a meeting to discuss a shared vision for this country. I found my place.
Today the seed that was planted at that meeting has sprouted into its own organisation that I am proud to lead.
we've been auspiced by Aus Conservation Foundation for a couple of years, but now we're off on our own!
What an absolute luxury it has been for me to get to do this work.
www.australiaremade.org
#auspol #vision #hope #TransformationalChange #Collaboration #Community #AustraliaRemade