Transforming Australia: SDG Progress Report Professor Rod Glover, Deputy Director - Enterprise, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Australia-Pacific Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Monash University Asia-Pacific Regional RCE Meeting 2018 25-27 September, 2018, Parramatta (Sydney), Australia

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TRANSFORMING
AUSTRALIA
SDG PROGRESS REPORT

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HOW WE PRODUCED THE REPORT
 National Sustainable
Development Council
 Expert goal leads
 Supported by philanthropy
and industry super

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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: 86 TARGETS, 144 INDICATORS

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WHERE WE ARE GOING WELL — ON TRACK
 Life expectancy and most heath indicators (SDG3)
 Further education qualifications and most education indicators (SDG4)
 Increased participation of women in workforce (SDG8)
 Long period of economic growth (SDG8)
 Most crime is reducing (SDG16)
 Open, dynamic and diverse society (SDG16)
 Water efficiency (SDG6)
 Sustainable fisheries (SDG14)

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WHERE WE ARE GOING BADLY — OFF TRACK
 Newstart allowance below poverty line (SDG1)
 Domestic violence and the gender pay gap (SDG5)
 Energy and water affordability (SDG6 and 7)
 Household debt, stagnant wages growth, underemployment (SDG8)
 Inequality (SDG10)
 Housing affordability and homelessness (SDG11)
 Greenhouse gas emissions (SDG13)
 Threatened species (SDG15)
 Prison population increasing (SDG16)

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OUR ECONOMY
Are we prepared for the future?
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NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
13,000
14,000
15,000
Dollars(AU$)percapita

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BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN R&D GOING BACKWARDS
1.00
1.05
1.10
1.15
1.20
1.25
1.30
1.35
1.40
ProportionofGDP(%)

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POOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Japan Sweden United
Kingdom
Australia United States OECD - Total Singapore Canada Israel Korea Germany China
%HERDfinancedbyindustry

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UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN, BUT UNDEREMPLOYMENT UP
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Proportionofthelabourforce(%)
Unemployment rate Underemployment rate

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LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS RISEN SINCE 2012
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Longtermunemploymentratio(%)

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WAGES ARE ALMOST 25% HIGHER TODAY THAN IN 2000
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
Cumulativepercentagechange(%)
Persons

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COST OF LIVING PRESSURES ARE REAL – HOUSE PRICES
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
Index(100=1986)
Price index of established houses Household disposable income index

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COST OF LIVING PRESSURES ARE REAL — ELECTRICITY
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Index(March2000=100)
Electricity Consumer Price Index Wage Price Index

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WITH RISING HOUSEHOLD DEBT, LESS ROOM TO MOVE
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
%GDP

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OUR SOCIETY
Moving forward unevenly
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HEALTH — STRONG GAINS IN LIFE EXPECTANCY
60
65
70
75
80
85
Years
1970 2015

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ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS HAVE DECLINED SUBSTANTIALLY
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Per100,000population

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A HIGH PROPORTION OF AUSTRALIANS ARE OBESE
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Japan Korea Denmark Germany Sweden Norway Canada United Kingdom Australia New Zealand United States
Proportionofobesepersons(%)
% Obese WHO Guideline

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TERTIARY QUALIFICATION LEVELS ARE HIGH AND RISING
20
25
30
35
40
45
2000 2005 2010 2015
Percentageage25-64withtertiaryeducation(%)

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LOW INVESTMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE
0.0
0.3
0.5
0.8
1.0
1.3
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.3
Expenditure(%GDP)

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A LOT OF ANGST ABOUT DECLINING PISA SCORES
470
480
490
500
510
520
530
2003 2006 2009 2012 2015
PISAmeanscore
Science Mathematics Reading

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BUT … WE’RE COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS
400
420
440
460
480
500
520
540
560
OECD Average Australia
PISAScore
Female Male

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INCOME INEQUALITY REMAINS RELATIVELY HIGH
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.35
0.40
Ginicoefficient(income)

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THE GENDER PAY GAP REMAINS SUBSTANTIAL
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Genderpaygap(%)

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WOMEN’S SUPERANNUATION 42% BELOW THAT OF MEN
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100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
2011-12 2013-14 2015-16
Averagesuperannuationbalanceatretirementage(60-64)
(AU$)
MALE FEMALE Target for comfortable retirement ($545,000)

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NEWSTART BELOW THE POVERTY LINE
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
Ratio
Newstart Pensioner

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AUSTRALIA ENJOYS LOW CRIME RATES
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Per100,000population

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…YET WE DON’T FEEL SAFE (WALKING HOME ALONE)
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Proportionofpopulationwhofeelsafe(%)

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… SO WE’RE SENDING MORE PEOPLE TO PRISON
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
220
Per100,000population
Imprisonment rate (per 100,000)

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OUR ENVIRONMENT
Still Australia’s Achilles’ heal
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THE SCALE OF OUR EMISSIONS CHALLENGE REMAINS LARGE
300
350
400
450
500
550
600
650
MegatonsCO2-e
2017 projections

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THE SCALE OF OUR EMISSIONS CHALLENGE REMAINS LARGE
300
350
400
450
500
550
600
650
MegatonsCO2-e
2017 projections Trajectory to minus 5% target Trajectory to minus 26% target
26%

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AUSTRALIA HAS HIGH RECYCLING RATES
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Proportionrecycled(%)

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WE HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE WATER EFFICIENT
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200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
United
Kingdom
Israel Denmark Germany France Netherlands Australia Japan Spain OECD - Total United States
Cubicmetrespercapita
2001 2011

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THE RISK OF SPECIES LOSS IS WORSENING
0.78
0.8
0.82
0.84
0.86
0.88
0.9
0.92
RedListIndexscore

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A FAIR GO FOR
THE NEXT
GENERATION
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FOR MORE INFORMATION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Core Project Team
John Thwaites
Rod Glover
Tahl Kestin
Michael Reid
Cameron Allen
Council Members
John Thwaites
Tony Capon
Rod Glover
Mark Joiner
Romilly Madew
Sam Mostyn
Tony Nicholson
Sue Richardson
Goal Leads
Tony Nicholson (1, 10)
Robyn Alders (2, 12)
Tony Capon (3)
Rod Glover (4, 9)
Sam Mostyn (5, 17)
Rob Skinner (6)
John Thwaites (7, 13)
Mark Joiner (8)
Romilly Madew (11)
Steven Chown (14, 15)
Terri Soller (16)
Partners
National Sustainable Development Council
Monash Sustainable Development Institute
Sustainable Development Solutions
Network
Funders
Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation
HESTA
cbus
IFM
AustralianSuper
ACSI
Contributors
Australian Council of Superannuation
Investors
Brotherhood of St Laurence
ClimateWorks Australia
Green Building Council of Australia
International Centre of Excellence for
Water Resource Management
Monash University
QBE
University of Canberra
University of Sydney
WaterAid
Water Services Association of Australia
Wave Consulting
Yarra Valley Water

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TRANSFORMING
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