Over the next 3 years we will be working with our community members to create a community members Bill to protect future Generations. This new law will ensure a legal duty for our Northern Territory Government to consider the health and wellbeing of current and future generations when making decisions.
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What is a Future Generations Bill?
Right now, in Australia, governments don’t have to consider people living in the future when they make a decision. A Future Generations Bill makes governments consider the impact their choices have on future generations.
Governments often focus on short-term goals, even when their decisions will have long lasting effects, which can sometimes damage our long-term health and wellbeing. But when decisions will have long term effects, shouldn’t the government think about people in the future? When governments think about the long term, not just the short term, they make better decisions and can create a more stable and thriving society for generations to come. That’s what this bill is all about.
Creating a ‘Future Generations Bill’ together means we get to decide what our future generations are protected from - whether that be poverty, climate change, crime, or anything else. What would you like to see protected by the Bill?
Thank you to Foundations for Tomorrow for supporting our office in this series of meetings. Foundations for Tomorrow is a youth-driven non-profit committed to renewing Australia’s leadership, decision-making and governance approaches.
