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Future Leaders is a national Initiative about leadership and the future of Australia. It seeks to involve, inform and inspire young people.
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“Scientific understanding of the world has enabled us to improve material wellbeing on a scale that previous generations would find difficult to believe …”
“One of the basic human drives is to find out more about ourselves and the world in which we live. This desire for knowledge …”
“‘Rage against the dying of the light’, so wrote the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, to his dying father in 1951. He is referring to his father’s impending death …”
“On 4 June 2008, Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announced his vision for the establishment of an Asia-Pacific Community …”
“Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are usually not the first thing on our mind when we start getting intimate with someone. In fact, STIs are often not …”
“Recently, I visited Kenya. A huge legal conference held in the Jomo Kenyatta Conference Centre in the middle of Nairobi …”
“The most remarkable human achievement of the past 200 years has been the conquest of premature death. It has been a task of great complexity …”
“Two years ago I went camping for the first time. A couple of close friends and I drove three hours north-west from Melbourne to the Grampians …”
“For over three decades, scientists have had the ability to alter the genomes of other species of animals. Using viruses to alter DNA sequences …”
“What is this covering that we call the skin – this amazing envelope that contains some of the most extraordinary mechanisms in the entire body …”
“When I was invited to contribute a chapter to a new book about climate change I found myself with a problem …”
“At the New News conference at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne in October 2015, run under the auspices of the Centre for Advancing Journalism …”
“She wakes up and her heart sinks. Another day and once again she is overwhelmed by a sense of dread. Eventually she forces one leg out of the bed …”
“… My daughter Tilda raised with me her concerns about palm oil, and how it may impact on the welfare of orangutans. However, her care starts to waver …”
“At first sight these seem like very strange bedfellows. In this chapter, I will explain how seeking to understand swarming in locusts has led to new discoveries …”
“I was born into a culture that has a tradition of storytelling. Indigenous cultures across Australia have cultural on “Dreamtime” stories …”
“In modern Australia there is a rich tapestry of family types that has been weaved from the social and cultural diversity that makes this country a privileged place …”
“As the NCDs rain down, or even pour, and the forecast is for torrential rain, we can bask in the success of tobacco control in places like Australia …”
“The United Nations (UN) is perhaps our most important international, intergovernmental organisation. Yet, at the same time, it is …”
“The term ‘water crisis’ has entered the public lexicon of Australian society. A sense of impending water scarcity …”
“Names’ are ubiquitous in the human world, but their functions, the information they carry, and the constraints placed upon their public and private use …”
“More than 80% of Australians and over half of the world’s population now live in cities: cities that are responsible, directly or indirectly …”
“My father, who was born in Poland in 1898, only received one vaccine in his childhood, which was designed to protect him against smallpox …”
“Terry Wallace was a tough footballer. During his time playing for the Hawthorn Football Club he was called ‘the Plough’ for his ability to burrow into packs …”
“Print media is dying – at least, that’s the conventional wisdom. Circulation figures show sales of major Australian newspapers have been in consistent decline …”
“What is this ‘physical activity’ thing people keep talking about? Simply put, physical activity is movement of the body …”
“In Septemeber 2011, a high-level UN meeting brought together leaders from across the globe to discuss the prevention and control of chronic diseases …”
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