A full-day Summit, commencing with a leaders’ roundtable, focused on fostering dialogue and informed proposals for advancing intergenerational fairness in Australia. The Summit will bring together thought leaders, researchers, policymakers, and young people to delve intergenerational fairness. Now, in its second year, the Summit will be hosted collaboratively by 20 members of the Intergenerational Fairness Coalition.

This dialogue will offer the opportunity to discuss Australia’s progress towards policy for future generations. This meeting will reflect on recent global developments, such as the Pact for the Future and the Declaration on Future Generations, focusing on national implementation of leadership practices and policies to safeguard the interests of future generations.

The Mid-Year Meeting of the Parliamentary Group for Future Generations will serve as the annual in-person meeting of the Intergenerational Fairness Coalition. This meeting will bring together members and collaborators of the Coalition, alongside the members of the Parliamentary Group for Future Generations to discuss proposals and ambitions for advancing intergenerational fairness and future generations policy. This meeting will include core planning for the Intergenerational Fairness Summit in November 2024.

This one-day event, engaging more than 50 young leaders and subject matter experts, will be part of a series of Intergenerational National Town Halls supported by the UN Foundation in 2024. This Town Hall will focus on the pivotal opportunity to reimagine international cooperation presented by the United Nations Summit of the Future in 2024, while also building upon the growing movement in Australia towards future generations policy, intergenerational equity, and the implementation of wellbeing economy metrics through initiatives such as the Measuring What Matters Wellbeing Framework.

The first event for the Parliamentary Group for Future Generations in 2024. This dialogue will offer the opportunity for timely insights into recently launched research on the demand for long-term policy solutions in Australia and key takeaways from the civil society conference in Nairobi in preparation for the UN Summit of the Future. The meeting will also include a discussion on the intergenerational implications of the Australian Federal Budget.