What is The Queensland Plan?
• Our shared vision for the next 30 years
• Developed through grassroots collaboration
• Guide future activities delivered by all levels of government, business and the community
• The Queensland Plan will be created by Queenslanders, for Queenslanders
Visioning“Essentially, visioning is a planning
process through which any community creates a shared vision for its future and begins to make that vision a reality. It provides an overlay for plans, policies, and decisions, as well as a guide to concrete actions in the wider community.” - Steven Ames
Process
May Mackay Summit to develop the process and the questions
May-August Community engagement and consultation across the state
October Brisbane Summit to discuss contributions from Queenslanders
End 2013 The Queensland Plan released
CSIRO Megatrends
Queensland today• Covers 1,852,642 square kilometres• Population of 4.6 million• 13.3% of which are over the age of 65• In 45 years, 24.3% will be aged over 65• Life expectancy increased by 2.7 years in last decade• 52% live outside the Greater Brisbane Area• Third-largest economy in Australia• 2.33 million in the labour force
Thinking about Queensland in 30 years time…
• Where will you be?
• Where will your family be?
• Where will your children be?
• What is the world going to be like?
• What would you like your world to be like?
The questions we are asking Queensland to answer
• 400 Queenslanders came up with questions to make us think about the future
• Look at different aspects of our life
• Six Queensland questions
Queensland Question 1
In the context of living in the community, how do we move our
focus from me to we?
Queensland Question 2
How do we create and foster an education culture that teaches skills and values to meet global
challenges and optimises regional strengths?
Queensland Question 3
How do we empower and educate individuals, communities
and institutions to embrace responsibility for an active and
healthy lifestyle?
Queensland Question 4
How do we structure our economy to ensure our children
inherit a resilient future?
Queensland Question 5
How do we strengthen our economic future and achieve
sustainable landscapes?
Queensland Question 6
How do we attract and retain the brightest minds and ideas where
they are most needed and capitalise on global opportunities?
Community Consultation
Consultation through many avenues
Most input through individual responses on the website and
through organisations
Community Consultation
A total of 78,500 responses
Responses collated and major issues identified
Brisbane Summit
9th & 10th October
700 delegates including regional delegates, mayors, all MP’s,
interested organisations
Brisbane Summit
Brisbane Summit
Process of reviewing public responses, defining focus areas
and goals
Prioritisation and action plans
Where to from here?
Process of refining agreed outcomes and writing the plan
document
Plan to be released before the end of the year
Where to from here?
Queensland Plan will be enshrined in legislation
Used as a reference for all government plans and activities
Where to from here?
Process of review and update
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