Publications

Published Australia 21 project reports

• Brighter prospects: Enhancing the resilience of Australia (1326 KB)
  
  
• Violence in public places: Explanations and solutions (664 KB)
  
  
• The health and wellbeing of young Australians (593 KB)
  
• How Resilient is Australia? (688 KB)
  

• Rapid and Surprising Change in Australia's Future (625 KB)
  

Generations in Dialogue about the Future: The hopes and fears of young Australians (620 KB)
Threats to Australia’s Future Security & Prosperity (266 kb)

Download a summary of our work during the past five years:
Challenges for the 21st Century (754 KB)

Flashpoints & Signposts: Pathways to success and wellbeing for Australia’s young people (306 KB)

Working papers

Executive Summary of our Roundtable on Resilience (51 KB)
Executive Summary of our Roundtable on Ecosystem Services (74 KB)
Enhancing Australia’s Security & Prosperity in the 21st Century: Executive Summary of Australia 21 Roundtable: March 7, 2006 in Sydney (29 KB)

Media Releases

• Media Release: What are the best measures of a good life?
  

• Media Release - What is the Next Big Question in Social Inclusion?
  
  
• Fires, Financial Collapse: Australia needs new focus on resilience
  

• Comprehensive strategy needed for public violence
  
  
• Media Release - Building the resilience of child development systems (163 KB)
  
  
• The Big Question the 2020 Summit Needs to Tackle: How Resilient is Australia? (16 KB)
  
Resilience And The Environmental Crisis (20 KB)

Stories a powerful tool for creating a better future: Important message for youth week (40 KB)

Media articles by board members and project leaders relating to Australia 21 work

Eckersley, R. 2009. Developed, but don’t expect us to be happy about it. Sydney Morning Herald, 13-14 June, News Review, p 7

Eckersley, R. 2008. Young people's health and wellbeing: 20 years of policy failure? ABC News Online, 26 September 2008. Also posted On Line Opinion, 9 October 2008

Eckersley, R 2008. Beyond the maze of materialism. Final in special series on Into Adolescence, Child magazines, Dec 2008- Jan 2009

Eckersley, R, Reeder, L. 2009. Step in and stop it now: an ugly situation's already developed. Canberra Times, 17 March, p 13. Also posted On Line Opinion, 20 March 2009

Eckersley, R. 2008. Nihilism, fundamentalism, or activism: Three responses to fears of the Apocalypse.
The Futurist, vol. 42, no. 1, Jan-Feb, pp. 35-39. (1125 KB)


Eckersley, R. 2008. The politics of past lives. Ockham's Razor, ABC
Radio National, 24 February.


Eckersley, R. 2007. Science and religion. Ockham's Razor, ABC Radio
National, 23 December.


Eckersley, R. 2007. Youth mental health a hidden danger sign. ABC News
Opinion. 30 November.


Monk, P. 2006. The evidence is all around us - Australian Financial Review (51 KB)