Andrew Leigh

The Albanese government will provide a Measuring What Matters Statement to mark Australia's progress on important social, financial and environmental criteria. 

Traditional economic indicators provide important insights, but not a complete picture of wellbeing. We're introducing a Measuring What Matters Statement to help us assess our national progress on a broad range of social and environmental indicators, alongside traditional measures of economic strength.

Economic measures such as GDP play an important role but they are not the only things that matter. They won't tell us, for example, whether certain groups are getting a fair share of national opportunities and prosperity. Including a broader set of measures of economic wellbeing will help us focus on factors that are important to community cohesion and longer-term prosperity.

Because we want these measures to reflect what matters to you, we want you to be involved in our public consultations about measuring what matters.

Our online Measuring What Matters virtual townhall meetings will be convenient and interactive. Sign up for either of the two sessions at the links below.

• Wednesday 24 May | 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm (AEST) | Register HERE
• Friday 26 May | 10.30 am - 11.30 am (AEST) | Register HERE

RECONNECTED - BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

I’m hoping to identify the most innovative community-building projects in Australia – particularly those ideas which are readily transplanted into a new organisation – and to help to share the key elements of their success across the sector.

DATE 19 May 2017

9.30am – 12.15 pm

VENUE: Trades Hall Auditorium

(enter through the foyer at 377 Sussex Street)

To get to the Trades Hall Auditorium, enter through the foyer at 377 Sussex Street, go past the lifts and down the stairs to the Auditorium atrium.