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O1b - WHY DO YOU FEEL IT DOES NOT REPRESENT

your working draft has the following BIG problems:

1. it is not a "working" draft although this is semantics but in essence it needs to be drawn from 0

4. conclusion: for anyone educated intelligent and genuinely interested in substance and therefo

!ailed to actually listen. It appears the plan is the collectie thoughts of the goernment not the c

#he plan is carfully crafted political document oid of any substance to alidate desired political iI do not want to proide feedback on the whole document.I$m not actually from %ueensland but would like to contribute to the surey because I will be moi

better a(ordability in %ueensland )especially Brisbane* + e.g. entering property market

,eeing as this process to compile this -0year plan for %ueensland has been going on for so long a%ueenslanders opinions and iews.

. it is a self+adoration rambling full of meaningless fancy statements like "we can do this" "we hathe process of how you intend to achiee this fantasy drawn to "sell" rather than "work"

-. orking drafts are not marketing documents or goernment adertising candies + working draftproduced by some aspiring spin doctors

#o spread out the state like your suggesting is beyond ridiculous. e already cannot compete with

#he plan includes a totally inadeuate response to peoples e&pressed concerns about protecting t%ueensland which is not sustainable.

5ental 6ealth and those impacted are a large proportion of the population. 78 in the last year hthis issue is not high enough and we are hearing not only on the ground but from the 6ospital and%ueensland 9lan.

Gien todays children will inherit the plan I note that youth groups and school groups including thenhance our enironment. #his is not clearly re2ected in the draft plan the enironment appearsconte&t articulated by %ueenslands$ young people are uite di(erent from the enironment as per

I ticked no as I wanted the opportunity to write comments on the whole document. hile the doc

uanti/ed as either positie or negatie. I would assume that we are either trying to increase or dthe ne&t -0 years. lso the document is /lled with contradictions and goals which do not align antime periods creates confusion and makes it impossible to fully understand how the information alhow does the aerage %ueenslander make sense of what this document really means and what it

ith %ueensland being ustralia$s ,unshine ,tate I was ama;ed throughout those documents the

the associated stream of employment for indiiduals and local businesses.,upporting the health ? /tness of the ueenslanders + namely the cycling community. @ncouraginpaths alongside all ma3or roads toAfrom the city to regions.

hilst arious sentiments were e&pressed in relation to stimulating the growth of the regions conimpractical and undesirable goal of achieing half of %ueensland$s population liing outside of ,oeconomy and the retardation fo ,@%$s growth implied by this ob3ectie e&pressed in the draft was,ummit <utcomes as reported.



Great response + 6oweer what I term the $also rans$ are still where they hae always been + on t

It was too general.

fortunately you don$t fool all the people.e need to hae much more of a focus on education not only prep primary ? high schools but #

#here is little eidence that a full detailed uestionnaire of what might constitute a "sustainable p

e spoke to a hand full of people with intellectual disabilities about being healthy and actie.responses were mi&ed.

5ost seem to know what healthy foods were. #he ma3ority suggested with more support and encouragement that would promote being healthy

#he iews and opinions of people with an intellectual disability. #he responses are too general and there were no speci/c ideas. !or e&ample: piping water from e

#he %ueensland >esponse )%>* document does not marry up with the DEFhat oes ,uccess oconsider Goal 1 )99*. orking backwards from the indicators the statement "lmost half of %and curriculum to make it releant to the future needs of the local national and global communitiDEF>eise studies DEJ make releant to future needs A greater personalisation of learning A intereincludes the submitted statements around education as an indiidual good. #he phrase DEFlocalob3ect of the @ducation )General 9roisions* ct 00 is to make aailable to each %ueensland cheducational potentialL and )ii* enable him or her to become an e(ectie and informed member ofonly community desirables. #his pattern is repeated throughout the document.

hilst it is generally a good document it fails to address the response to climate change and )oth,imilarly it fails to adeuately address the alue of natural assets in building a resilient and prospissues and were adised the focus for the summit was on what the delegates oted as the top tenthat the more than H0000 responses receied through consultation did not focus on climate chanthis.

It is not easy to compare the results from the Brisbane ,ummit with the draft report. hen I respoanswers.

It is a readable and well presented document that coers o( on many of the things that were raisthe forward about hotter climate and resilient infrastructure it fails to present any ision or actioneents )such as increased cyclones bush/re heat sea leel rise drought* and how we will adaptnatural assets to the four pillar economy the health and well being of communities and the need,ummit these were key issues that while they did not make the top ten issues to be worked throu

page 17 of the ld response clearly states ld wants more regulation and a reduction in coal andthe working draft section 1.protect the enironmentdecisions are based on scienti/c eidence.coal seam gas production not one mention of encouraging diestment from coal mining or reduci

#he people don$t reali;e you hae absolutely no intention of for+/lling there wish$s you hae goneyou are is a corporate body being controlled by lobbyists with your foreign interests only at hear

#he surey was online. #he '9 is ignorrent of the fact that regional towns hae poor internet cocouldn$t. #here was a lower regional participation. #he roadshow only went as far as 5ackay. hymore aware of the surey so the participation would be higher.,o the '9 didn$t come too far nort

alking was the most talked about form of e&ercise howeer it was mostly conducted within theweren$t able to do it as often. <nly one person actiely e&ercised and went to the gym.



non of it is helpful to ueenslanders 3ust corporates6ow many people with a K to 7 3ob get to these meetings #he same number that don$t get to ha

#oo much focus on economic deelopment and the e&pense of social and enironmental health

here is the ision for crime reduction cost of liingack of mention to any real e&tent of the desperate need for daylight saing to be introduced in s9ublic sector now to stripped down to delier on them

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hen the topic of infrastructure does come up it is either ague or contains the occasional mentio%ueensland and spoken of by #ony bbott prior to the election are rarely mentioned and in my opidams hae rarely been mentioned throughout the process . s for %ueensland$f /shing industry IGoernment is still actiely and aggressiely buying up licences .

#he methodology is 2awed. 6aing an indiidual respond for a group and asking "6ow many %ueeindication of how many %ueenslanders$ iews are represented is misrepresenting the iews of %ueach and eery person in the "group". 5ore accurate numbers should be the 7O indiiduals who

#he /rst uestion to be answered was to be about how to moe from "them" to "us" this seems toabout a ision than diide and conueror.

#urning ambitions and e&pectations into statements. #he summit was focusing on building a brigattracting and retaining "grey cells" and innoators who will bene/t the state. #he draft proposescurrent electorate of farmers.

I was horri/ed to hear from the premier that he intends to drasticly increase the population of 'or

costs roughly P-41000 in infrastructure costs per migrant. #hese are the preious goernments /!'% is a slightly wild place with a relatiely low population. Both are highly alued by most peoplede/nately do not want an increase in population e de/antely do not want !'% to be turned intocherished by its inhabitants and tourists alike. 9lease dont stu( this place up in the same way thealuable about ustralia.

!'% is a slightly wild place with a relatiely low population. Both are highly alued by most peoplede/nately do not want an increase in population e de/antely do not want !'% to be turned intocherished by its inhabitants and tourists alike. 9lease dont stu( this place up in the same way thealuable about ustralia.

,afe work enironment for all workers and others that made be a(ected through the poor managecurrently present in our buildings.I hae been inoled in the identi/action and management of Mand if found in poor condition remoed from harm way.ll site registers where maintained by the sagain on three occaisions.In 00- a 70 buildings reaudit was conducted and results found that thesite.004 ,ame sureyor inspected 70 sites )some sites had up 100 buildings*throughout % andschool children were still using friable sbestos products without their knowledge.#he then departduring the origial sureys.I know for a fact that these items where always in place.M5$, are biein

Rou hae shrouded the product in terms of potential future change based on heay caeats or ucollaboration with the community should continuous. #he plan may well pick up on matters raisedlittle recognition or connectiity with globally agreed sustainable deelopment goals or discussion

Rou do not hae an unsure response and you don$t allow for shades of agreement. In which caserepresented.

s with many process there are too many assumptions and bias in the uestions put on the table.is goernment policy that creates this growth and many if not all the problems that this plan is trytotally failed to address this.

I beliee the sample si;e is selectie particularly in relation to socioeconomic status literacy leelrepresentatie.



here is the % Go$t action on climate change

here is the % Go$t commitment to enironmental protection.

#he only commitment the % go$t has is to coal and M,G

#he Goernance target is also ague and could be couched as something that could be measuredno direct feedback

not full representatie of ld

>eligious @&pectations : SSSS !or instance. hy take our religious education with respect to @a

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#hat being said the foundation principles of the "%ueensland 9lan" are uite alid and acceptable

hile u speak of reducing the waiting lists the amount of cutbacks to date cannot be achieed. #

the budgets created widespread sackings and workers now are stressed at a high leel and constaway. >educe the cost of fresh produce and increase the amounts of takeaways encouraging familicommunity farming by proiding the means and knowledge for people to participate will hae a 2not hae to del with this problem. Better education in this area not 3ust telling people to lose weig

Rour latest newsletter indicates the amount of P4K.- m being spent on an eent to commemorateincensed at the amount being spentN #his money could be better spent elsewhere )eg health* I a

5ost targets seem ok. I especially like the economic and health targets and how they relate to thedirect releance to their underlying goals and are written so that they are ague and therefore se

#he enironment target is set as an economic outcomeN If this is correct and the link is direct toenironment stance I think that this could be better termed as a primary target independent of ethe triple bottom line but this is a bit short sighted.

It$s too broad. I searched for noise and found nothing. 'oise issues relate to health. #he more noisonly found that people want more police oQcers and more presence of police but it$s too broad.to trail bike noise and neighbourhood noise. #hey don$t get out of their patrol cars to inestigate nlisten from 00 feet away. 5ore police without proper training and weeding out of ineQcient polic

the M5M #he M5M did a reiew of trail bike noise with thousands of people complaining. #here wsta(. nd look at the laws irtually no change. #rail bike riders continue to wreck the health of nei

I beliee that people in %ueensland should not pay for rain water an going to the toilet sorry but itplant 'ot charge people for rain water in this state what a shame %ueensland shame shame on =

#he %ueensland plan working raft re2ects the Goernment supported responses from the HO000%ueensland thirty years from now. It does not take into account those who do not like the currentchanging legislation working conditions community ,erices etc. #his Goernment has lied so freacuaintance simply do not listen or beliee any information proided by this goernment.

#he world in -0 years will be much di(erent to todays. >enewable energy technologies will hae be&plore. #hey will be reolutionary and clean and cheap for the consumer.BuildingsAhomes will be

%ld has learnt its lesson by now as farming land and the Great Barrier >eef struggled to surie a"dirty$ coal mining industry.



It omits reference to climate change which is a big issue for many %ueenslanders

does not represent regional ueensland. deil always in the detaillack of responses and fewer responses from distant areas

'o action on enironmental concerns.

T laws 2y in the face of any concept of innocence until proen guilty rights to associate and isale of electricity generation and transmission network

#he % 9lan used a poor system of uestions which limits the creatiity and depth of opinions. I

I don$t beliee that population growth was support by the ma3ority and note that there were no sp

5any of the people I hae spoken to about this and who i would say represent the 40 years old or<erall its not speci/c enough with clear and emasureable A tangible steps and ob3ecties.InsuQcient response to community concerns about the inability of law+abiding people to possess

#he world will be one where our alues will lie in the natural world or what remains of it. hetherto our orld heritage ,tatus in the GB >eef

Moal and coal seam gas will 3ust remain as a deastating memory of farmland lost water contamiback in horror of the decisions made by Goernments that were money+greed+politically motiate

#here is not enough focus on being acaring society that looks after its most marginalised. hilst t

people many of them childrenaged people indigenous etc are su(ering. #here is no understanding to proide adeuate methodology to enable built infrastructure to accocommunity actiities.

5any of the preliminary targets are pitched too low for the -0 year Tision. @ducation target should<@M community target should be the lowest gap between rich and poor in the worldA<@M etc. "represent the -0 year Tision.

hile the document claims to represent the "aspirations of the community" )p. 1* there are too minterpretations and uses. #here are other statements that are clearly partisanAideological in naturof statements detract from the plan.

Murrent unemployment /gures in %ueenslad are at historically high leels particularly among 17 teconomic growth and social well being. ny new indusrial deelopents that will '<# adersely a( and mining must be welcome ' contribute signi/cantly to %ld 3obs and infrastructure costs.

Inclusiity for people with a disability and the access and euity issues seem to be wanting in a npeople with a disability thier families and carers.

In particular the lack of addressing issues relating to rail infrastructure )be it freight long+distancaccess to and uality of rail infrastructure is of critical importance moing forward to %ueensland$transporting people than attempting to address issues like congestion.

9romises regarding education spending hae been rendered hollow by %ld refusal to sign up to aelection.

5anagement of the enironment would preent M,G roll out until all data and any necessary resee&perience indicates strongly as need for this. ,econdly acceptance of Mommonwealth approalsis the opposite. @&periences at Gladstone were suQcient indication of the dangers of this pro3ect.

5y understanding is that many wanted politicians buearacrats unions and este interest commumake their own decisions and responsible for those decisions. ny decisions made not hamperedre2ected.

#he enironemntal ob3ecties are too uali/ed by economic issues. #he focus on olunteering apon health that the goernment will support those most in need seems similarly aimed at minimisiseem to want to minimise*. I suspect that these biases are the result of the framing of the uesti



9rotection of our enironment seems to be ignored.it may re2ect someL but not all and as usual eerything will be for those who are the haes$

It doesn$t bene/t indigenous peoples of this country Cust think before you actNNN

#he manner in which the market research /rm phrased the uestions is at odds with the reuest f I$m not sure it is a true representation. I still think not many hae access to computers and with thfails to re2ect an ob3ectie leel of stakeholder inputL skewedI noted that there was no signi/cant mention of the area of art and all the related crafts and skills

#his area relates to the health of our people of our society. It also relates to the economy.

9eople inoled in arts and related areas tend to be more socially engaged in a constructie way.

I hope that the /nal %ueensland 9lan will recognise the importance of art craft culture theatre a

#hanks ery much.

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5arginal sections of our society were not really represented.

Building a greater sense of community engaging people$s diersity + nationality disability se&ualito address disadantage of Indigenous ustralians but more needs to be coeredN

,peci/cally I wish to address education. hat delightfully ague and non+committal responses y)i.e. contradicting iews*. #his process is a farce which will be used to support whateer rubbish y

<bious to see it was drafted by a mob of academics or easily swayed well meaning "yes men" aand usually trotted out at each election time with ;ero empiricalAob3ectie goals. #hese are not th

3ob ... now I knowNN

InsuQcient e(ort on shifting to renewable energy and ditching coal. 9eople spoke ery clearly aboapproal of the bbott 9oint 9ort #erminal.

for me its too much focussed on pro/t and not on a ital balance between corporate need and huallowing mining e&ploration or e&ploitation of natural resources for pro/t and not enough on how t

I paid close attention to the Brisbane ,ummit and was bitterly disappointed that many alid suggappeared to me that these were etted to engineer speci/c outcomes that the '9 goernment w

#he enironment target is totally compromised as it is the only one that is restricted by another taeconomy. @en the uotes under this target showed a ery strong anti enironment pro deelopm

#he regional target also shows a ery strong bias in that it assumes that the ma3ority of the popul #his is ery much a bias of the current goernment and seems ery unfair on the ma3ority of the

#he draft and the whole process is simply a funnel to force people to agree with your plans. It doaligned with your political agenda.

#he %ueensland 9lan fails to speci/cally address mens health issues in particular mens mental hdraft "5ental health is improed" but that is likely to lead to the same lack of speci/c mens healthe&perience. <f particular urgency is a mens mental health plan aimed at helping men in need. #hthemseles and others. It is rarely possible for men su(ering mental health to address these issuechildren and they need to be addressed in a speci/c plan.



SSSS"e are aware of the relationship between mental health and wellbeing and positie health famile encourage %ueenslanders to be more inoled in their communities in order to improe theire help our young people deal with self+esteem issues and learn how to manage stress and an&ie

ets deal with the causes not 3ust the problems

@mployment #rue re2ection Goernment ,ales debt e&posureI hae to answer no since it is impossible to accurately represent the collectie iews of all %ueenI beliee there needs to be an inclusion for 5en$s 6ealth issuesMlaims that the working draft DEUrepresents the aspirations of the community$ hae not been 3usti

"In -0 years %ueensland will be a ibrant and prosperous state with a population that has grown bplanned with the right infrastructure in the right places attracting half of our population into our gstate with that many people. It doesn$t matter where they lie or how much infrastructure etc. ydoesn$t matter what incenties you o(er people will not leae the city. #here will be no enironmemployment the only sustainable industry we hae is tourism which won$t e&ist because eerythi

I beliee the %ueensland >esponse is remiss in not including an inestigation into and reiew of twhich is incompatible with the @stablishment of a balanced society where all persons receie euIf circumstances were reersed and we were asking why there was not an <Qce for oman ..........particularly by men supporting woman...... in the current situation were is the action supporting

I encourage the %ueensland 9lan to look ery ery carefully at these points to be simply "ware"

optimistic outcome of this plan. e must identify key problem areas and clearly state a commitmTiolence rife. #eenagers o( the wall. etc. etc. nd clearly punitie measures do not work.

#here was no reference to 5en$s 6ealth or any suggestion that suicide is something of importanc6ealth %ueensland ide has been funded for more than -0 years now then how many decades sabout omensInfolink isn$t there about another 4K8 of the population that has been neglected f 5##@>.

#he abor election policy of 011 had a men$s health policy but it amounted to a mobile an thatetc. + once a year + and within 4 years would undertake to check 18 of the male population. lmo

#he %ld >esponse highlighted that 5ature aged people were under+represented DEJ only + H8 ofIndiidual and group submissions from this generation which aided by the younger generations afailures which e&perienced war the Great epression DEJ considerably worse than the G!M has,tate which saw the population of this ,tate eole from a largely nglo+Meltic base to the ibranhas highlighted which initiated and promoted gender euality and which contributed to the ariothey hae risen and lied with the conseuences hae been faithfully represented in the Generatibrought forward into the working draft. 6oweer because they were under+represented at both th

#he delegates to the summits were not representatie of the wider %ueensland population. #he re%ueensland population because of self+selection bias in the sampling method. InsuQcient demogrcorrected.



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#his is the goernment$s plan. It doesn$t represent the aspirations of a cross section of the %ueens

6ousing

But the working draft only mentions housing once as part of a list of serices necessary in regionsL

Tery '9 biased

It epitomises ,ustainable Cobs ? Industry unlike short term pro/ts from 5ining polluting !ossil !uel #oo ,@% Mentric and insuQcient recognition of needs associated with >egional and !'%enironment is compromised by deelopment

#he enironmental a focus areas emphasise strong enironmental protection. #he Brisbane summit talks about a "balance" between enironment and ecnomoic delopment. #he second is a uite di(erent and weaker interpretation.9lease see later comments on @ducation targets.

Mlaims that the working draft DEUrepresents the aspirations of the community$ hae not been 3usti #he delegates to the summits were not representatie of the wider %ueensland population. #he re%ueensland population because of self+selection bias in the sampling method. InsuQcient demogrcorrected.)DEUhen online sureys are accessible to anyone who isits a website the researcher has no conpeople who decide to take the surey++ not a sample of scienti/cally selected respondents who re

#he !allacy of <nline ,ureys: 'o ata re Better #han Bad ata http:AAwww.responsiemanagem

#he si& online surey uestions had a ision embedded in them which is remarkably like the sharon the /nal ision.

#his is the goernment$s plan. It doesn$t represent the aspirations of a cross section of the %ueens

#he si& online surey uestions had a ision embedded in them which is remarkably like the sharon the /nal ision.

%ueensland$s >esponse says: DEF5any participants felt that more a(ordable housing was importcomfortable future.DE

6ousing accessibility and a(ordability remains a critical issue for newly+arried migrants and refuaccessing safe a(ordable housing in the priate rental market without ustralian rental or creditcost priate market on limited incomes. #his puts them at risk of /nancial stress and homelessnes

<ur communities told us they want better housing a(ordability as a target and are interested in epeople and community trusts that e&change labour )eg. property construction and maintenance*

InsuQcient emphasis on the @nironment which is far more important to %ueenslanders than is mpresent and will continue to do so and increase I! we look after it.

It does not re2ect the ast ma3ority of goals in 11 of the ,ummit. !or e&ample there is no commigiing @9 stronger powers making @9 more open and transparent.

It is good that the use of renewable energy is re2ected in the plan but this is wholly inconsistentthat coal mining is not in our long+term interests.



diQcult uestion. >esponses had to /t the pre+planned grid. #herefore certain factors omittedLe.

#he words used and that control targeted approach allows for aspects of information and respon

#ypically there are H0 items of targets strategies and success indicators that are =rban esign is

!rom my dealings throughout the community there is a much greater enironmental sentiment th

hat a disgrace this Goernment is. Rou proide lip serice but in reality work for a small section of the community that generates mi Rou hae no respect for farmers people on the land the enironment of the Great Barrier >eef ne all hae to lie with the results of the narrow+minded decisions of this Goernment.I cry for the type of enironment and future that my kids will inherit.

#his Goernment has no ision beyond looking after themseles and appeasing the mining and g Rou ought to be ashamed. #he draft plan presents its assumptions as ineitable rather than addressable.

#here is no mention of climate change when this is critical in planning towards the ne&t -0 years.leel rise and /ercer cyclones. <ur agricultural sector and farmers will be impacted by changes inGreat Barrier >eef which will be impacted by M< concentrations in the water causing aci/cation a< M>@ about climate change and we want our goernment to be seriously working on climateimpacts of climate change and how this may impact many things in %ld + economic impacts migr

e would like to see some focus on promoting %ueensland$s cultural and built heritage. <ne suchconseration in the working draft states that we will "Identify cherish and harness what is uniue

!oundation areas @ducation and @conomy will be the focus for our submission. e feel that thesesurey uestions.

#he fact that the $@nironment$ preliminary target states $%ueensland has the best balance of enipreliminary target does not reciprocate the same sentiment with regard to the enironment i.e. itustralia. <ur bright ideas hae real economic and social bene/ts.$.

It seems somewhat framed in policy terms of the now goernment who are likely to be long gonethat all would be putting resource e&ploitation /rst before enironment.

%ueensland$s >esponse mentions that population growth is "seen as problematic with many of oupeople" yet ignores this iew by implementing no plan to reduce population ethically such as rem

Both the draft %ueensland 9lan and %ueensland$s >esponse ignore the enironmental implicationwidespread species e&tinction and climate change. #he enironment must be mentioned as an iss

In %ueensland$s >esponse "participants felt that population growth needed to be more e(ectielynot addressed in the draft plan DEJ instead population growth was assumed and the topic dierte

"In -0 years %ueensland will WhaeX a population that has grown by oer three million people to npremise of ineitable growth. #he future is not set especially as the goernment most certainly h



@&cludes opinion of ma3ority who didn$t attend. , %ld ignored as usua%MM has assessed the enironment section of the orking raft and concludedthat it does not represent an accurate picture of what the community iews were.It presents a perspectie based upon the ,tate Goernment iews through theconte&t of the four+pillar economy.#he %ueensland 9lan is agood initiatie but it does not establish a clear public iew on a number of key policydirections. #he Molmar Brunton report identi/ed signi/cant di(erences of iews on thefuture of education on health and on the enironment. #hose di(erences mean that it isnot possible for the state to assume that the /nal plan will be enshrined in legislation in014 and will inform policy and planning decisions well into the future.

#he current proposed %ueensland 9lan must not be an end of a public processL itshould be a beginning. In all the areas of identi/ed public opinion diergenceparticularly education health and enironment debate must continue. #his is the realalue of the %ueensland 9lanL promoting informed public debate on key policy issues.%ueensland$s >esponse says: DEF5any participants felt that more a(ordable housing was importthat %ueenslanders would be able to purchase their own homes and deelop a comfortable futureBut the working draft only mentions housing once as part of a list of serices necessary in regionsLnot as a %ueensland+wide target in its own right.6ousing accessibility and a(ordability remains a critical issue for newly+arried migrants andrefugees. 'ew arrials from culturally dierse backgrounds can e&perience big challenges accessisafe a(ordable housing in the priate rental market without ustralian rental or credit historynaigating an unfamiliar system and in many cases competing in a high+cost priate market onlimited incomes. #his puts them at risk of /nancial stress and homelessness and slows their

successful settlement into %ueensland communities.<ur communities told us they want better housing a(ordability as a target and are interested ine&ploring innoatie housing solutions such as rent+to+buy schemes for low income people and

#he need for a state+wide 5ale 6ealth 9lan as promised by preious 9remiers. #here is no referenand eents such as International omen$s ay. #here is no support for eents such as 'ational 5dangerous ha;ardous to health industries that support our ,tate$s economy and resources sectorserious health outcomes than women and higher mortality from their high+risk occupations that arrefuses to address. #he health of the men adds signi/cantly to the health of families and the comfour times that of women yet no male health care.

#he raw data on which the %ueensland >esponse is based repeatedly refers to climate change ysigni/cant oersight. Its omission diminishes the rigor of the %9 as $the peoples$ plan$ and insteadignores climate change. #he $!ourth annual surey of ustralian attitudes to climate change: Interiagain reealed that a strong ma3ority of ustralians thing the climate is changing$.

#he term $alternatie energy supply$ has crept into the %9 draft whereas in the %ueensland >espforward. #he termm $alternatie$ if it is to be used should be de/ned as clean renewable energy

It doesn$t re2ect my feedback or that contained in the e&cel spreadsheets. hy doesn$t the draftneed to be referring to climate change impacts if we are going to come up with a ision that work

achieing all preliminary targets. #he 9lan also understates the desire for clean renewable energenergy. I am also concerned that some phrases hae been captured but not interpreted fully likefootprint + shouldn$t be interpreted literally so that we see ery tall buildings but rather ecoAcomfor our communities. e need targets such as $life e&pectency is eual for all %ueenslanders$ "%urecognised as the highest priority in decision+making"



community #here could be greater recognition within the draft 9lan of the role Brisbane plays asthe capital city of the ,tate and the importance of ,@% as ama3or population and economic hub.Murrently Greater Brisbane houses close to 708 of %ueensland$s population.t present nearly half of %ueensland$s Gross ,tate 9roduct )G,9* is generated in the

Brisbane 5etropolitan region.In an increasingly globalised economy %ueensland needs to ensure that it has astrong new world city in Brisbane and there is some concern that the current plan doesnot include strategies to ma&imise the bene/ts of Brisbane and ,@% in face of increased competition from inter+state and international markets.It is belieed that an imposition of a 708 ,@% DEJ 708 >egional %ueensland populationsplit would hae seere impacts on the ongoing economic growth of Brisbane and,@%. >educed infrastructure inestment in ,@% will likely constrain the productiitygrowth of ,@% with resultant signi/cant impacts on the local and ,tate economies.

#here is also a risk that the proposed approach would impact on the labour market in

,@% sti2ing economic deelopment and business growth in the region.

=nable to the citing "eidence". sking a ualifable amount #he draft does not gie adeuate prominence to the full alue of educatin.

9reliminary targets to coer other ma3or categories indiidually + agriculture and manufacturing #he plan is not speci/c. ll it is is strategic oeriew.

<erall the 9lan is e(ectie in setting out key outcomes in the areas of education community re6oweer it does not adeuately re2ect the importance of the planning and design of the urban e

hile the working draft has done an e&cellent 3ob oerall of re2ecting feedback from tens of thouslooks like it is at the detailed leel where some areas are under+represented.

In summary the ma3or areas in the %ueensland 9lan that are either under+ or oer+ represented bMommunity Infrastructure.

In the drafts $%ueenslands future at a glance $ )page * teachers and school leaders hae been o #his seems e&traordinary gien that point - under $what do %ueenslanders want$ for education is

In the same ein pH of the draft states that $!urther deelopment and monitoring of these targetsgoernement. >ather it is through partnership with busines community organisations and acadepiotal role in deliering the serices on which %ueenslanders indiidually and as society rely on

<ur main feedback is that our build enironment and our land use both need oer+hauling if we arand rideable and all important daily destingations able to be reached ia actie transport and putoo low a priority. If we are to contain the blow+out in costs in our medical system if we are to lieurban design decisions that lead to healthy liing as the highest priorities.

$padded$ repetitie document and /ts better into a feel good fest than a working document. #haspirations could be funded other than raising ta&es namely identifying andAor suggesting strateeg fresh egetable production for e&port is surely the world$s growth industry and 'orth %ueensla

#rying to understand the de/nition of the word 9'Y #his document is an outline guide to whatbe trying to achiee and other items were wish lists with no outline of how to attain these goals.



#here seems in the draft too little recognition of the need for continual reiew and adapting respo

hat is needed is a delicate balancing act between the submissions of the broader community wpractical leadership of Goernment.

hat is needed is a delicate balancing act between the submissions of the broader community wpractical leadership of Goernment.

s someone who attended the ,ummit I do not recall that I was inited to con/rm this way of buna nonsense. Rou may choose and impose these categories but I do not think you can say they we



O2b - WHAT DO YOU FEEL AFFECTED YOUR READABILTY

you will /nd the answer to this in the answer to the preious uestion.

@asy to read Rou mean appealing to semi+intelligent but literate demographic and produced to i #oo much $mumbo+3umbo$. #he plan should be in plain @nglish.I am old O0years and I am not up to date with some of the langauge used howeer in general I fo

#he ersion I accessed was poorly set out. ,paces were not eenly set with some words running i

#o much erbal dribble and playing politics #he length of the document and the way it was put out. 'ot all people hae access to the internet

!ragmented.It could be improed by:+Inclusion of an e&ecutie summary+ggregation of targets and %ueensland$s -7 goals

it was not clear enough

#oo much and too general.I considered the draft to be too nebulous in terms of practical and workable ideas. It more like a wi

#he oer+arching problem is the assumption that if we grow a bigger economy we will al be betterI found the document ery long and I kept losing focus when I was reading it.It$s so broad general and non+speci/c. It$s diQcult to see what the ision actually is

#he entire document is the aguest thing I hae eer read in my lifetime.here is the plain @nglish ersion that people with lower literacy can understand,ome areas were not downloading and there were too many links and a lot of these went to the sahat is this It$s public serice speak. hat indiiduals outside goernment is going to understan

#he logical 2ow was not there. 6ow Molmar brunton came up with their conclusions was not suppo #he use of 3argon and long winded approach distracted attention from core aspects.9resented more as an academic paper rather than a report directed at the %ueensland public.ooks good though. But that does not mean anything to the general population e&cept resistance1. iQcult to access the draft then to naigate to this section

-. #he draft is a list of statements. in the 59 lead session I attended we brainstorm ideas to achiI would prefer it to more to the point. #here are more than one interpretation found.

I now feel tired and drawn I can read for a prolonged period of time and this was 3ust too much. #public with be more enticed to read and input their opinion which is what you are trying to achie

'ot ery professional in appearance. #here also seemed to be unnecessary duplication of words oit will be a waste of time.

'eed more focus on "water" supporting the economy of the four pillars. In ,ection 4.O nobody is gstatements. #he whole document needs editing to concentrate information and take out repeatedwhen they generate the same outcomes s an e&ample of this type of potential improement I sbe reduced throughout the current DEFeDEZDE document. !or e&ample starting in part 1in the

the essential skills of reading writing and arithmetic.DE #his could change to: DEFMurriculum fo

bsolutely no reference to sustainable /nancial ,tateAMommonwealth /nancial inter relationshipsG,# suQciently to fund o(setting pension in creases and to /nance the remoal of all stamp dutieindirectly ia ta& induced price in creases. It also assists the competitieness of the priate tradea

. use of present tense is confusing: !or e&ample when stating that "e hae a curriculum that is

imply a political will to leae the national curriculum in order to maintain our current sub standard



5any motherhood statements but with little substance. ittle indication of the appropriate indicatneeds to be straight forward not full of political retoricI think clearer e&amples in each section would hae assisted with understanding

#o wordy+hard to glean the basic concept.

incomplete'< comments

#oo much repetition

#oo much patronising SSSS and not enough substance N[eep it simple9eople today hae no time to absorb large amounts of doublespeak. Rou engage in the /rst few mIt is like any other public serice document.ording format and patterns of use not re2ectie of the language of the times nor properly used i

political speek

It was written in non+speci/c language which failed to coney what was actually being said.Its not easy to read nor should it beN this is a comple& matter so takign the time to read it properloerall its an <[ document

#he working draft re2ected the 'ewman got iews and not the people of %ld. #he fact that it was in sections and numbered made the document easy to read. 3ust found it too long and boring

It was ery easy to see what each area was getting at + een where I strongly disagreed.,eriously structured toward deelopment and little structure for conseration of our heritage.It is deliberately shrouded in unclear terms and discussions so that the people reading it who are

#he structure of the draft is ery short term and not resiliant.It appeared to be presented so a person has to hae an intellectual back ground to fully compreh

I found the essay by the 9remier typical of such political posturing. #he e&pectiation that he can a

indiiduals in one common purpose is unrealistic. ll of these groups hae at least some mutuallygain ery '9 Biased>@%=I>@ @,, $M<',=#'# ,9@[$ #R9@ <! 9>@,@'##I<'

= speak about health howeer it does not include what has happened and how the cuts hae a(efor public hospitals the increasing utilities the list goes on. Rou hae 3ust fudged the problems and

It$s too long with too many broad terms. It needs details or at least some study cases that proide/rst page. It$s main bene/t is that it can help insomniacs fall asleep.

It was easy to read but has a poor structure. If you consider imitating obserable patterns of enere(ort.

et me get this straight ... you want to know if a 44 page document which essentially coered 3ustelse to conene such an important issueNN Get rid of the dumb highlighted "trendy" nonsense eesaid + trendy but unnecessaryN

I suppose that people in general are not interested in bureaucratic sponsored sureys and I beliethe ,urey and so we go on a neer ending spiral.

#he title of this document implies that it is part of a work in progress and the website suggests ththe many aspirational targets listed in the !oundation reas nor are there any strategies proposetake into e(ect practical considerations and constraints may be desirable and worthwhile but its p

#he 5ackay ,ummit posed uestions for comment. #he %ld >esponse synthesised the responsetrack discussion between the arious di(erent inputs into the working draft and some consistency

#here is a danger in identifying too many items in the detail of what is wanted and the success deattention the issue deseres and cross referencing is ital.



see aboe.. the clarity of response is missing #he introductory sections are not well structured and do not 2ow well. ,ome changes in the seu

Infrastructure deliery should also be eQcientAcost e(ectieAintegrated. #his is not re2ected in the

9resent the preliminary targets summary after the ision and outcome statements hae been pro

Include DEFdeliery of infrastructure in an eQcient and integrated mannerDE in the statement.

'eed to apply for cyclones + 2ooding damaging sea grassand Great Barrier >eef. Mreate a dam an

#he introductory sections are not well structured and do not 2ow well. ,ome changes in the seuDE] 6ow to read and reiew #he %ueensland 9lan: -0+year ision for %ueensland DEJ our workingDE] 5essage from the 9remierDE] #able of MontentsDE] #he %ueensland 9lan 3ourneyDE] <ur shared -0+year ision for %ueenslandDE] %ueensland$s future at a glance

<n page 1 the numbering of the goals may create the impression they are prioritised.

@ually I suggest the terminology at times within the draft eers towards the same impression.

#he preliminary targets summary is presented in the document before the ision and outcome staision)s* has been presented.

#he 9reliminary #argets diagram could be better depicted to show how the nine foundation areas ithe other two regions and community. #here would be alue in considering how this might be bet

#he alue of education was a consistent message deliered by %ueenslanders throughout the coadeuately capture the fact that respondents not only saw education as an important area in itselfoundation areas.

#he document states that targets and measures will be reised following the public reiew procesdiscussions are about how to achiee these goals.

I think the draft plan gets pages and - wrong. hat is important here are the -7 goals not thethe importance of the goals. #he goals are not sub+sets of the targetsN



O3b - WHY QUEENSLAND PLAN IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF VISION

#he need for better schooling ? teaching ia improements to teacher numbers

1. hat will be prioritised and funded !rom the Tision ,tatement one might assume education a

. Improed health serices especially hospitals.-. ,upport for primary carers for %ueenslanders who are older or who hae a disability or in/rmity.

#he enironment needs to come before mining. @specially for coal as that is not what the world ne need strong action on climate change. #he current ignorant approach is 3ust pathetic.

ccocument and plan is simply $thought bubble$ political spin

aaaaa6ow is this glorious plan to be implimented once 'ewman is out ne&t year or wheneer. Its a load

#he assumption that the ision has changed and is somehow di(erent from what has always been

Get the right people with proper ethics and knowledge to put a new proper draft together and usedoctors should not write working drafts.

lso walk the empty talk and spell it out in e&act steps how you plan to achiee the marketing fa5r 'ewman going to oluntarily reduce his income to something more humane and realistic and torganisations who en3oy their wealth thanks to under+paying and under+aluing the poor ill ther

3obs go to people with no connections and family ties to goernment /gures and power brokers"pilot trials" with no proper and proen scienti/c backing

hilst rapid population growth is gien the highest prominence %ueensland$s enironment is brieconcerns e&pressed by many people who feel that our enironment is absolutely fundamental to

support not 3ust a lifestyle element.

I think it clumps things too much whereby subtle elements are lost. eg $no one will be left behind$%ueensland disadantaged this is disengenuous to the remainder. If a particular minority or disad

It is diQcult to align the ision statement with the rest of the document when stats that you wouldmeasures are uanti/ed and there are goals within the document which appear to contradict eachattract the highest achieers comes at a cost yet we want to ensure that costs are kept down andhas to come from somewhere and by all reports the tight /nancial constraints of the goernmentwhere the additional funds will come from to do all these wonderful things or will the trade o( be istatement you can still say but we did do it. ,o much for transperancy.

complete disregard for any eidence regarding our false aspiration towards a bigger B=# '<# B

as the "price we pay". 'ot true and '<# necessary.

#he statement is ery grand and positie but I fear that it is all too encompassing such words hareason or another and those segments of society that will refuse to be carried in such a collectiesociety ibrant or progressie I feel that it is all too naie to make such a bold statement. #he moresole to surie any crisis is its culture. If that culture is united in its philosophy then it has a etoo many dierse needs and confrontations. %ueensland does not possess an identity philosophy



"ibrant and prosperous" seems less important in the reponses as "eQcient and en3oyable".

5ore focus should hae been put on addressing climate change and protecting of our enironmen

!inancial sustainability

gain education is key

"attracting half of our population into our great state$s regions" goes well beyond any other e&pre"what success looks like" so that "<ur regions are strong and prosperious" is spelt out in section 4.need to rely upon half the population liing outside ,@% which is completely unrealistic. reasonoutside ,@% by 044 would be .4 million not 4 million. In this respect the "ision" represents a h

"e will alue education as a means to secure 3obs for our children and improe the competitiengae in the %ueensland >esponse)%>* document. ,imilarly the remoal of all mention of educatifrom the %> document to the raft 9lan )9* Goals and Indicators means that "our brightest mindespecially with the plan$s emphasis on DEFhands+onDE and DEFday+to+dayDE and DEFpast e&

In education the broad understanding in our community is that you will most certainly loose theuestion is performance of what e&actly 9erformance of students ability + a student or group thatabout a student with Intellectual Impairment whom is included in a standard class setting I know/ts all learners right #hen you say that teachers will treated like oQce workers yet they are teaclearning styles and think that one teacher is able to work miracles. !oolish politics to be seen as d

#here had to be a culling of the enormous amount of irreleant and fanciful inputL white elephant idone.

I consider that our$roots$ and what has formed our community and ,tate is not re2ected in this isihae come from to identify where we want to go.

It is realised that $someone$ has to direct and implement the ideas to build this state. 6oweer I fit comes to $Moal ,eam Gas$ and its e(ects on agricultural land. o people want the money from gcurbed and balance + which produces the greater good + carefully looked at. #hat message did not

Mlimate change must be high on the agenda for ld. #he statement "e will alue education as aour economy. <ur brightest minds will take on the world and we will work collaboratiely to achieaddressing climate change. #he brightest minds and the most secure 3obs will be nutured in reneinto the atmosphere and our oceans.

#he -0 years plan is too long for present and future state goernments too maintain this planningpopulation and resources as the may go in the opposite direction.

gain it is 3ust a set of platitudes with no pathway to practical implementation. part from that telse being in competition + in other words + creating a challenge that leads to warfare and beatingboth parties agree to what the Goernment wants + Goernments do not brook opposition or alter

Rou are only trying to appease the masses much of what is stated is only political promises notyou would appeal all laws statues silly cts and the fraudulent %ueensland and SSSS Monstituti

#raitors running the state now >eal Goernment is in seritude to the people not the other way a

%uestions were formulated to proide a pre+determined response in line with pre+determined opinery poor economic logic.

It focuses a great deal on education and this is not the most important thing many other areas arethe state will lie outside the south east especially as we are speaking of 4 million people outside

It states >egions and employment howeer my feeling is more emphasis must be placed on thismuch turmoil in 9olitics oer the years and so many 9oliticians hae stu(ed not only this state bu



iew of the natural enironment as aluable in itself not 3ust for what we can get from it.

disability

ere the iews of people with an intellectual disability also encompassed in this ision statement #he statement will not download and cannot be read. 5any I speak to beliee it is too ague.you know this is not for the people

>eality.....are we supposed to beliee this dribble you are the goernment let$s not forget that.,ee earlier response regarding methodological issues.

#here is no reference to enironmental sustainability and protectionhat has been said that is not said in any ision statementI was horri/ed to hear from the premier that he intends to drasticly increase the population of 'or

you want people to hae a great education hae regional entres but this go is doing its best to

#wo hundred words is not suQcient.enironmental health

Cob security and secondary industryMlimate change enironment protections not represented

#he ision statment sounds wonderfull. #hey are 3ust words. hat the present goernment is actusince it 3ust approed the dredging of about point and to make it worse all the spoil will be dumpthrough the reef and of course what are they carrying <h that$s right fossil coal. hat was all thestupid.

,eems like a DEUmotherhood$ statement. oes not re2ect the dierging sentiments eident in thediide between regional and metropolitan areas the diide between wanting )or e&pecting* goer)seemingly not recognised among the wider responses* between DEUsupporting$ indiiduals and gin their path.

9lus the data is not representatie of %ueenslanders. <n page - the report states certain groups

for representation and then clearly stated that this was not done. #he data was subdiided into - groups but was not collected using a strati/ed random sample to #ogether these methodological issues dismiss the representation of the data.

Because the table at the end shows the "economy" receiing 1- areas that feed into it but the "that the approach to the enironment needs to be balanced suggests that the economy still has aof balance it needs our greatest attention.

!'% is a slightly wild place with a relatiely low population. Both are highly alued by most peopleualities. e de/nately do not want an increase in population e de/antely do not want !'% to buniue enironment cherished by its inhabitants and tourists alike. 9lease dont stu( this place upwho fail to realise what is most aluable about ustralia.

,afe working enironments for all workersothers and a safer enironment for our children to learninspectors aailable to inspect work places and workers conditions of pay and rights.

#he statement presumes the eight million population /gure is ineitable. #his is clearly not ineitagoernment high immigration policy which is not supported by the ma3ority of people.

<ur state goernment should /ght against this policy if they want to defend the interests of the fonatural resources with double the people can only make us indiidually pourer.

,ome areas are re2ected but see my preious comments. #here has to be a di(erent stream forgien social skills and basic literacy such as how to /ll in a form how to apply for a 3ob etc. basica di(erent form of help. 'ot made to feel like they are worthless . ,kills enabling them to achie

#he words do not proide the reassurance the )ta& paying ?Aor oting* public desere that you ar)water electricity etc*.



the ision statement is a general non speci/c non eidence supported

not a true representation of ld

#he statement is yet more patronising SSSS N ,till 'o ,ubstance N #he world in -0 years time will be so fundamentally di(erent to todays that it will bear little resem

I think at best a 7A10 year plan would be more realistic.

world that desnt rely on fossil fuels including petrol diesel will be a world we cannot plan for )n

BlaI like it + could you please add more about sustainability

#hat we will get nowhere as a society without caring for each other.

Man$t open the document

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!reedom to associaterespect for the rule of law protection of the enironment and commitment t,tatement would not load after - attempts so am unable to say.sale of electricity generation an transmission networkhy do you think people want secretie competition rather than transparent collaborationhy do you think people want education rather than a self directed adanced learning systemhy do you think people want to lie by economies of debt and money rather than moral commohy do you think people want top down leadership rather than networked conersation and colla

#he desire for %ueenslanders to presere the si;e and uality of residences.<nce again I do not feel that the aerage %ueenslander has responded or had the opportunity to

#he ision is high leel and aspirational. #he problem lies in what is needed to get to this goalA serlso it uses generic descriptors like "ibrant"and "prosperious" #hese are motherhoods and unme<erall its a ery poor ision statement. 5ore like one a large committee has come up with.InsuQcient response to community concerns about the inability of law+abiding people to possess

#he ision statement states: $with a natural enironment that inspires an actie lifestyle and healtthumping music on ustralia ay 014 for K hours and the police did nothing. 6ow does the %ueeenough nitty gritty detail. #he ision statement also says: $we will not leae anyone behind$. @r eIt$s impossible to not leae someone behind. hat it should hae said was $we are determined to

In looking at this statement i wonder the cost of liing gien we hae to pay for water eery time ii go to the toilet i hae to pay in saying this M<,# <! ITI'G 6@< >@ R<= I,#@'I'G <5G

Taluing education is at odds with current goernment practices and only partially goerned at theision aspires to achiee.

9eople won$t want to feel compelled to lie in any particular area of the ,tate. lso the aspirationbeen identi/ed for ensuring that nor is the political philosophy of the current goernment amenabindiidual should be responsible.

#he oerarching goal for the plan of %ueensland should to be one of sustainability DEJ the outcomin the information I hae read particularly the e&pert panel. It is not touched upon in the ision st

It is public serice orientated and to general. e need at least half the public serice with more thand prosperity and not be hampered by far to many stupid goernment regulation

#he response report clearly showed that a ma3ority of %ueenslander$s placed great alue on the pthis statement.



9eople were forced by the type of uestions to answer in support of bad plans.

more importance on public transport enironment )protection increasing our natal resources etc*

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It implies that we are all happy to destroy our cultural and natural heritage in order to be the "Gre

'othing has been re2ected. It is completely deoid of wording. It 3ust goes to proe you people cI noted that there was no signi/cant mention of the area of art and all the related crafts and skills

#his area relates to the health of our people of our society. It also relates to the economy.

9eople inoled in arts and related areas tend to be more socially engaged in a constructie way.

I hope that the /nal %ueensland 9lan will recognise the importance of art craft culture theatre a

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6ardly represent all ueenslanders

s per the preious statement more acknowledgement of the diersity of %ueenslanders must bedisability need to hae accessibility addressed people from di(erent ethnic backgrounds need tomore to diersity and inclusion that those two elements.

,peci/cally I wish to address education. hat delightfully ague and non+committal responses yfrom all iews )i.e. contradicting iews*. #his process is a farce which will be used to support wha

I feel that you don$t alue regional communities our mining communities are su(ering with 1008liing in the town or dido and /fo goernments should be thinking of the communities no 3ust thebut that look to hae blown into the wind now that the '9 has been oted in.

Basically the "ision" is a erbatim precis of the promises of any particular political party at any ginothing suggesting how such impossible ideals will be achieed ... therefore meaningless. It fatallnearly 708 .... I can$t recall seeing this in a single response to the original planNN

ll of what these draft is saying isnt going to come true. the goernment always changes and whathe white man law always does.

e need more encouragement to get people cycling and actie. 9ublic transport costs a fortune hless time )and a whole lot more reliably too*.

I paid close attention to the Brisbane ,ummit and was bitterly disappointed that many alid suggday. It appeared to me that these were etted to engineer speci/c outcomes that the '9 goernsupport on the /rst day.

#he draft does not stress highly enough the worth and contribution of olunteers. , a olunteer rmore stress on the alue of olunteer input. #he bureaucracy does not appreciate our worth or ou

e want a >ural !ire ,erice which is separate from but working with the paid /re/ghters. It seem/ndings of the 5alone >eport into >ural !ire ,erices. #he same can be said for the ,@, where the

<biously I can$t read all the data and re+summarise it all but I am aware that speci/c reuests haprofessionals and adocates. #his has not been re2ected in the ision statement. I can also showcommunity su(ering and costs of men who hae needed but not receied better mental health suresults are impacting families workplaces and communities across %ueensland.

#he summit did not address how it could stabilise or reduce population. It was all about growing i%ueensland can not continue to grow the population without destroying the whole state that peop



testBoys in schools.

It does not take into account my iews as e&pressed to my elected representaties. Res ..........butNNNNNN there needs to be consideration for 5en$s 6ealth issues particularly 5ental 6eMlaims that the working draft DEUrepresents the aspirations of the community$ hae not been 3usti

SSSS*

#his is the goernment$s plan. It doesn$t represent the aspirations of a cross section of the %ueenswhen will you actually listen to informed %ueenslanders not your '9 mates

<ur state will be well planned with the right infrastructure in the right places attracting half of ou

e do not see or read of any grand ision of how this will be accomplished.

>ailirport

'ew #ownsMulturert

here was there a reference to the fact that the culture that they encounter there e(ectiely ignoconseuences that we see eery week in the form of media reports of disasters in the lies of me

s a broad motherhood statement it is diQcult to fault this statement. 'eertheless it remains anthat goal.

It is unfortunate that the id you know statistics outlining the growth in the mature age populatifor ,@% did not seem to attract much consideration in deelopment of the working draft. #hese m

#he delegates to the summits were not representatie of the wider %ueensland population. #he resection of the %ueensland population because of self+selection bias in the sampling method. Insu

had been somehow corrected.)DEUhen online sureys are accessible to anyone who isits a website the researcher has no consample of people who decide to take the surey++ not a sample of scienti/cally selected responde

#he si& online surey uestions had a ision embedded in them which is remarkably like the sharlittle in2uence on the /nal ision.

'o mention of %ueensland @nironmental treasures which are rightly regarded as some of the o 'o mention of protecting and enhancing these important assests

#he importance of protecting and fully maintaining dierse ecosystems for their intrinsic alue focreatures including the human animal by proiding clean air and clean water. and a potential sou%ueensland is not an isolated entity it is a small part of a world where millions are liing below thI and many people I know beliee we destroy the natural enironment at our peril. e need to prour goernments to re2ect our wishes by ensuring these important ecosystems are properly fundfor short term gain or allowed to be destroyed by inappropriate use.

In my iew the ision statement almost totally ignores the most signi/cant of all issues the importhe citi;ens.

#here is no perception of action and no demonstrable on ground happening in this space. If %ld G708 into the >egions must be starting now. It has to be the case of "build it and they will come" f



6igh leel sport ) eague '> ! * and not 3ust paltry 1 o( games held in regions5edical facilities!aster all weather road links + where is the motorway standard dual highway connecting north + s

enironmental protection is barely mentioned and is treated as something that is only of use to hu

#he enironmental statement is ery weak: "inspires an actie lifestyle". #his ignores the fundam

see later comments on @ducation sectionthe need for protection and conseration of the natural enironment + for its own alue + not 3ust asmall business

<ur brightest minds will contribute to %ueensland liing and working here taking on the world. sustainable natural enironment that inspires and supports and actie lifestyle and healthy con9aragraph three should include the word "culturalL "with a natural and cultural enironment that i

I think there is greater enironmental awareness understanding and support )e.g. M,G GB> etc.* Res or no answers a bit limiting. ppears to be framed in the policies of the now liberal goernme

#he future. Rou people hae no idea the damage you are doing with your short+sighted policies.If you had any ision at all you would be ashamed of your proposals.

Resthe ision re2ects the feedback to date. 6oweer we need to acknowledge the 'I, which wilyear ision particularly within reference of the $community spirit that embraces our diersity andbehind.$

!or the 1 in 7 %ueenslanders that lie with a disability the fundamentals of the 'I, and the %ueeto change ustralians ranking of H out of H <@M countries in terms of poerty for people withwith disability. #he plan for inclusion across eery target will ensure a more accessible communit

iersity needs to clearly support eery indiidual which will inturn ultimately allow eery indiidageing population also demands that action is taken for communities workplaces to insist on this

#he 9remier put it out there at the ,ummit that 708 %ueenslanders might lie outside ,@%+ I ack%ueenslanders iews is tenuous.

9opulation growth should not be presented as part of the ision or assumption as in the openingwith a population that has grown by oer three million people to nearly eight million people." #his

#he issue is recognised as "polarising for many %ueenslanders" in %ueensland$s >esponse so it sneutral on this issue. Instead it pushes pro+growth agendas and ignores the feedback that "popul"participants felt that population growth needed to be more e(ectiely managed to ensure that %

5ental 6ealth in the Tision ,tatement refers to encouraging people to be more inoled in the coproportion of men su(ering mental stress from work+related conditions. #he highest suicide rate iscounseling and support serices aailable at times accessible to men$s working commitments. 5e

#his is not re2ected in the Tision ,tatement.

I feel that the ision does not adeuately re2ect the importance of the natural enironment in achwill be a ibrant and prosperous state of nearly O million people who alue the natural enironme



climate change impacts should be includedMoncerns of citi;ens west of iiding >ange.6ealth + lack of facilities fr heart interention. eg 9ublic transportcommunicationsL postal serice.hy hae we lost sorting oQce + local mail goes to Brisbane and brought back.hy don$t we hae electric fast train to 6elidon at least. ould reduce traQc.hat the working draft should hae done gien the fact that there was signi/cant

disagreement on what the right balance between economy and enironment wasto present both sides of the communities iew. #his did not happen.Mouncil$s assessment of the data presented in the %ueensland$s >esponse reportprepared by Molmar Brunton suggests that while there may hae been feedbacksupporting inestment in regional areas including an improement in infrastructure the%ueensland responses do not show support for a /&ed regionalisation target.

#he ision statement should include recognition of %ueensland$s heritage and its uniue elements5ake references in the Tision ,tatement to aluing respecting and presering %$s historyAherit@uality of access and opportunity for all to education health employment and life e&pectancy h

#here is a need to add the important role that appropriate planning of the built and natural eniro

1. ,econdary and tertiary education. 'ational International @nironment agreements that ustralia has made-. International =' 6uman Mhild >ights>ecycling water creating a foodbowl hydro electricity 2owing water to the west.

Infrastructure deliery should also be eQcientAcost e(ectieAintegrated. #his is not re2ected in the9resent the preliminary targets summary after the ision and outcome statements hae been pro


#he Brisbane ,ummit came up with a top priority of $education that is 2e&ible a(ordable and acc

#he social euity alue behind that priority is not adeuately re2ected in the ision statement wh

spiration around being the healthiest state is missing )a positie re+framing of the target in 4.7 DustraliaDE .

#he statement DEFwe will alue educationDEZto secure 3obs for our children..DE is a statement t

hence. Monsider changing the statement to DEFproiding all our children with a world+class educa

#he preliminary targets summary is presented in the document before the ision and outcome staision and should be presented after the ision)s* has been presented.

e will alue education as a means to secure 3obs for our children and improe the competitiemhelping eery indiidul reach his or her full potential at any time during his or her life particularly



#here are some targets and goals in the draft where the interests of small and medium busnesses

But it is essential that our Tision not e&clude issues which are hard perhaps impossible as yet to

#he consistency of targets eg the aoidance of potential con2icts between economic and eniron #he identi/cation of %lds growth industries and key capabilities'eed to measure the comple&ity of economic actiity across the state!ocusing on the goal of industry deelopment and diersi(cation should permeate all leels of go

stronger recogition of the natural enironment as a inaluable life support system needs to be i

#he 9roperty Mouncil is concerned with the e&tend of the legislatie power gien to the 9lan and h

<ne of the isions statements is $we will be the greatest state to lie work and play with a natural6oweer the built enironment is much more ital to enable actie liing and healthy communiticommuity in which eeryone dries eerywhere )and gets increasingly obese* and a community w

9lease change this uote to $we will be the greatest state to lie work and play with a natural andcommunities$

6ow such a $working draft$ which is e&pansie on ideas but has no practical working plans or proplegislation to make it central to all goernment policy and planning and reuire furture goernme

I am e&tremely disappointed in this document as I can only wonder at the cost of all the meetingskeeps tellings us that we need to cut back on friolous spending.

,eeking a -0 year ision is /ne for challenging us to dream. Ret as page 4 elouently o(ers selechanging. #here seems in the draft too little recognition of the need for continual reiew and adapolitics of a 9lan in reality surely what is needed is an on+going dialogue and process

,eeking a -0 year ision is /ne for challenging us to dream. Ret as page 4 elouently o(ers selechanging. #here seems in the draft too little recognition of the need for continual reiew and adapolitics of a 9lan in reality surely what is needed is an on+going dialogue and process

#he oerall ision is heaily centred on economic deelopment. #he natural enironment is considkeeps us alie

#here is a gap in the foundation areas that deal with the impact of our aging population and demaproide detailed comments from a ocal Goernment perspectie. It is recommended tht furtherstrategies. #he targets and measures are preliminary only. #here is concern that the statistical bbe reuired to respond to the plan and the aailability of data and freuency of reporting is not cl

eliberations hae not been tied to the M,I>< 01 report <ur !uture orld which was the recom9lanning process. 9redictors in the report infer an urgent need to make hard decisions about the cchildren we want to haeL and how we choose to interact with each other )this includes goernanctiered system in the Mommonwealth*. @en with the M,I>< report important information about thfuture has gone unaddressed to our peril.

MMI% is generally supportie of the draft %ueensland 9lan as the ma3ority of our earlier recommenfoundation areas re2ect business iewpoints which are premised on improing the competitiene

#here are some preliminary targets and goals in the draft %ueensland 9lan where the interests offeedback focuses speci/cally on these aspects. Importantly MMI% beliees the /nal %ueensland 9lbusiness that proides secure employment that in turn deliers prosperity to the whole communitprecondition for realising the -0+year ision

#he 9roperty Mouncil notes the draft 9lan is designed to proide industry and the community withfocusing on the detail surrounding implementation and enforcement. #he timeline presented on p9lan$s /nal interation and we would appreciate the opporunity to proide further feedback on a /



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,hould hae national plan instead

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6ow will the profession of teaching gain status within the community here is literacy and nume

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mental health and the education of children and young people<ur tertiary entrance system for school leaers has not been mentioned as part of the "2e&ible an

what about science and maths as necessary in the curriculum what about full transparency of all

public schools and accountability of those for the problematic content administration and ratingthat are intentionally dealued in uality of the education and content they o(er and renamedArepand last longer what about un3usti/ed corporatisation of uniersities where priate corporate inteducation and academia and independence of science and academic teaching where is this in th

rts and rts related school sub3ects and community businesses are irtually oerlooked. #his is bparticularly in the regions.

Im feeling that the areas we specify as the core of education for the future is a little out dated. 'minds out there of all ages who hae championed others in many /elds with out a main stream edlearning diQculties or not /tting into the "norm" main stream education and other such reasons.

racing along faster than many people oer the age of 70 can conceie. 6ae we gien this area efutures on.

#ertiary entrance leels too low in some uniersities. hence lower leel graduatesDEZ esp. in educauniersities should hae the same <9 reuirements.

I see sian language skills are mentioned as a curriculum focus howeer am concerned no mentiogeneral ustralian history #o me the latter should be compulsory in %ueensland schools andand wish to become permanent residents. I wonder in the /nal year e&ams how many today woulhow many %ueenslander$s lost their lies in arious international con2icts for us to lie the ustralstories out here from those before us let$s ensure future folks liing here neer forget.

#he focus is too much on high achieement. Good students will e&cel in any conditions. #he focuchildren with behaioural problems disabilities family problems etc. #he success of any primaryhow many of these low achieers can be guided to a stage where they can continue their educaticommunity and society in general. " chain is as good as its weakest link" so to speak. In primaryacademic skills although high skills are preferable. good teacher needs communication skills chumour and good health )especially psychological*. #oo many of our teachers feel a lack of appregoernments that deny them input indiidually or ia their union. good school has an inclusie

ith reference to culture we are only partially regarding the grass roots of our society that does nfar too long we hae had endless opportunities in which we can function without too e(ort. #hat ismain psychological issues that surrounds this problem is that as ustralians we are geographicallythe rest of the world. #he world is coming into us and unless ustralians are encouraged to becomworld" for want of another phrase then the future of ustralia as we know it is going to become ais a good thing. But it remains that we do not do enough to inole families to become pro actie ihow we teach.



'one of the 5easures on 9K )9* take this into account.

4. @ducation is alued as a lifelong e&perience+ ,chools are hubs of learning proiding a(ordable and accessible education to all.^+ e proide eual education and care for all %ueenslanders despite their age location income o

5ore emphasis needs to be placed on the sciences

funding for schools encouraging students to take up a place in the education industy

school to tertiary system which rewards hard work and continuous dedication to study is crucialthan a system which rewards precise recitations of te&t books and the curriculum itself. 6ence it idoes not try to imitate the 6,M system in 'ew ,outh ales which currently leaes students stressstudents learn under %ueensland$s %M@ system.

#he oer use of e&ternal e&aminations to determine school outcomes )such is the case in ',* do

curriculum" where students in di(erent areas and backgrounds hae their education suited to wha%ueensland$s current year twele system supersedes ', remarkably as teachers can rank studebeliee is most important not the state goernment.

e do not need a change to %ueensland$s current %M@ and <9 system to imitate other states is itstudents if they are 3ust reciting from a curriculum blackboard or te&tbook for scores.

DEF>eise studies DEJ make releant to future needs A greater personalisation of learning A interefactory teachingDEF )%> 9K*. #his is by far the most responded to category and these responsindiidual deelopment + not 3ust career preparation.

In education the broad understanding in our community is that you will most certainly loose the

teachers based on performance. #he uestion is performance of what e&actly 9erformance of stuthat does not want to do the work or with no family support to engage hat about a student witincluded in a standard class setting I know lets test students using a standard assessment task +right #hen you say that teachers will treated like oQce workers yet they are teaching 7 + -0 chilbackgrounds all with di(erent learning styles and think that one teacher is able to work miracles.doing something of change.

we need to align our education with the other states. In fact we need national education and notalign with the national iniaties.

I beliee strongly that the area of special needs education for those %ueenslanders who hae a di,uccess$ criteria. #he word $disability$ should be inserted as people with disabilities are being igninstead of recognised.

ike most of this "planning" to date it is an idealistic wish list but makes no attempt to address tthis will be /nanced what debt is planned for the students of the future and most importantly w"education system". gain there is an emphasis on "rewarding the best" but no emphasis on prothe triers and the second best.

Goal 1 is a Murriculum that is 2e&ible and future focused and yet #he only descriptions of successarithmetic". hile using '9' results are an "easy win" in the 5easures section )I presume thisway match "e consider indiidual learning needs interests and strengths".

@ducation is critical to the success of %ueensland and so far it has only been gien lip serice of "e need to innoate here. here are the outcome measures for practical based learning music aorganisation skills <ur current systems seems hell bent on killing creatiity in students and the pl

iteracy numeracy and mental agility can only be achieed by the remoal of computers from thhigh school.



owering standards on uniersity entrance. ,ome uni$s hae ery poor standards. #hey all need to

the importnace of community support and the role of family in the deelopment of strong educati

id you know lot of us will be dead by 044. Is that the gut; of the %ueensland plan

'o reference to attracting training and retaining the brightest brains.there must be eual opportunity for all ueenslanders irrespectie if priate or priate education i

/rst you hae to hae teachers that can read ? write ? spell properly and can teach kids properly

Mreatie skills in a world in which - printing has changed industries like manufacturing. esignenglish and science. 9erhaps een isual language like /lm and teleision.

ife skills + like personal /nance political and ciic engagement )political institutions and howAwhyare often taught outside of school now but we need to rethink the basics.

@nglish + in the sian century is this going to be enough. #here is great translation technology no

close to perfect but language consists of culture history behaiours. #hese also need to be cons

#he education and training opportunities for people with an intellectual disability. lso assisting teducation to post+school.

ithout schools much of a childs early learning is deliered by e&tended family eg behaiour noretc. ,chools largely remoe children from these in2uences and hae not adeuately replaced theeachother )blind leading blind*. #he young product of teacher$s colleges are not necessarily the pshould be more inolement of families A communities in teaching such sub3ects.

9age K of the %ueensland 9lan encourages open communication between parents and school but iencouraging partnerhips and opportunities for direct inolement especially where diersity is pr

<ften the teachers at all leels are not the best uality as to their own education. #his has to be craising /nancial rewards for teachers with higher uali/cations for teaching students aged ten up

It is disappointing that there is no emphasis gie to arts education. It has been proed that inole(ect on learning and in2uences behaiour in a positie way. It can also lead to inolement postparticipation in or iewing of the arts. #hese are all worthwhile outcomes and can impinge on goa

#here was uite a bit of discussion on day two of the Brisbane ,ummit around education in the homissed in the draft. #he emphasis here was on assisting parents and families to commence the lereading to their children and aluing education both formal and informal. e also discussed thatfamilies that are unable to do this without adeuate assistance. I beliee this needs to be addres9lan$s draft.

0 years ago Indonesian was taught under the <#@ system in % schools then goernments stto community pressure to get back to the core sub3ects. ,top listening to shock 3ock rubbish aboutpeople and use eidence based decision making. !inland has teachers who are as respected as do

only the ery best students can enter and complete the uni course. Mhange schools to smaller mcompetatie enironments where how to learn is the goal not what to learn.

gree that curriculum should be 2e&ible but feel that numeracy and literacy should be based on rand that parents should be inoled in this as well as teachers + see ,ection 1 on 2e&ibility.

#eachers need to monitor each childs deelopment and if the marks fall down they must insit to ileae it to someone else.5onitor school yard behaiour like bullyingensure that children wear subit more responsibility whilst children are under their care.



moral responsibility is lacking in our school system. 'o conseuences for actions and no respect f

non detailed information proided

#he unnecessary close of schools

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I beleie the following areas hae been under represented in regardings to early educationL

DE]@ducation that is 2e&ible a(ordable and accessible to all including rural remote and disadanDE]n education model that leerages communityAindustry partnerships

dd to section 4.1 DEJ 7. e hae nurturing early education serices + escribing successLDE] 9roide a(ordable ealry education )child care* to the communityDE] e remunerate our child care educators to attract and retain educators that proide uality c

DE] <ur early education centres uphold healthy liing policies that encourage healthy eating pracDE] e educate and support /rst time parents in our community

not releant to today$s technology and life style

I did not see any reference to oercrowding class si;es. ll schools should hae special teachers tdiQcultry in learning.

Tulnerable children are not left behind especially kids from poorer households migrant and refug #orres ,trait Islander families

#his information should be placed in the #arget number 1 of the @ducation section of the building lminds. e need to see a greater emphasis on healthy liing in the curriculum )see page 7 of the

#he document does not make it clear that many children from dysfunctional marginalised familieaccess a full and rich education.#hey grow up in a family and community culture that does not alfamilies from intergenerational unemployment backgrounds do not want their children to ualify a

ife long learning needed more discussion to gain ,tate support for regional centres of continued l #here are a number of well know organisations )such as #he =niersity of the #hird ge* who woulgaining grant funding to e&pand their actiities into more regional areas. =- is a olunteer netwshare their knowledge with people who want to feel included in their community continue with thwellbeing of their retirement years. <lder people want to contribute to the future lies of their gratheir wisdom and e&periences.

Rou currently hae the opportunity to add aluable P back into the economy if you work at makingreformatting school hours to hae the /rst hours set aside for sporting actiities in the cooler tinourishing morning break period prior to starting school work.

,et aside this hour period for classroom teachers to plan their days work. !rom 10.-0 to 1.-0 ithe regular lunch break. >esume schoolwork at 1.-0 to -.-0 for a short 17 minute afternoon tea bof schoolwork.

Monsidering such a change o(ers the opportunity for children to participate in a ariety of sportinwhich would assist in addressing the current obesity problem.

,uperising this period is a new employment pro/le for physical educators. 9hysical educators cacare facilities and other goernment facilities at other times during the day or be specialist trainer

#argets need to benchmark agaisnt world$s bestL e.g. "...basic literacy and numeracy" is a weak as04-.



without comparatie funding leels and other ob3ectie measures in place + it is 3ust wishful thinki@ducation resources for our ageing population to be able to get back into the work force@ducation facilites for people with a disability

It is mission statement motherhood meaninglessI don$t beliee enough emphasis has been gien to aiming higher and being the best educated sta

#he concepts are good6oweer can i ask you to to de/ne " basic literacy and numeracy".Its poor is it not 9erhaps a better de/nition is in teh upper uartile world wide for primary school

5ore emphasis on teaching core reading and numeracy skills to a high leel early on.Increase male teacher numbers in early education to balance maleAfemale in2uence

'eeds to re2ect wider responsibilityL e.g. "9arents and the wider community support e&cellence inproduce people ready to compete and win in the global economy."

If you want to hae a measure of success )e.g. whether education or teachers are alued*you neethemseles. #his is not re2ected in the draft.

#he focus needs to be taken away from priate schools back to the public schools in rural ueensl

Mollinsille. etc these areas are generally forgotten. #he content of the program appears to deal w

,ection : ife ,kills. #he importance of achieing healthy liing ia education is not detailed in ais no central dietary guideline oer the range or uality of food proided at most schools for studema3or health concerns for the future and yet we do not impose standards on our own school cateriof poor food choices has a huge cost impact on the proision of community and hospital+based seinto the curriculum 3ust as e&ercise is.

,afe working enironments more on 6,. ,tate of the art classrooms for +air+conditioned likeeen cars. If global warming it happening then schools need to keep up. 6, healthy enironmenof the art classrooms +Mome on %.

5ore support for #@M6@>, with implementing the curriculum. #e&t books reading books or onlinschool +not 3ust in a few key focus or pilot areas. teachers need @,R access to the same reso!<M=, on the ">#"of #eaching. If some teachers are a little behind then ,=99<># them ),M!!<teaching strategy in itself. isten to teachers. ind the newest teacher in the school and talk to heclassroom from the oQce and check it$s standard.

hile ensuring that all students reach a minimum standard is a worthy goal it is important to ensbest students if it is really our aim to be the best educated state.

6aing children gong thru high school now I hae to say that the end of high school assessmentto understand and does not encourage children to e&cel. Its all about the school they attend and hon an informal basis. #ruely sub standard.

I beliee better partnerships need to be improed between high schools #!@ ocational educatieducation and businesses to bridge the gap so our children can gain a better understanding ofthrough practical inolement in work placements certi/cate leel training whilst in senior schooemployment or traineeships after senior year or opportunity$s for internships whilst gaining a unitheir literacy and numeracy and reduce unemployment amongst our young people and keep theproductiely in society.



If teachers are so highly alued why are they so oerburdened with red tape under resourced and

I beliee that discipline and respect were a main concernhat are tomorrows 3obs

e will need to reclaim real control oer education rather than it being eaten away by successieconstitutionally I would say it is a ,tate matter. if the erosion of input continues it will not matterbe !ederal based and perhaps less releant to %ueenslanders who desere much better standards

what of those ueenslanders who do not /t into schooling who are better suited to trade learningof time to ualify at ery low wages what initiaties are there for those folk to ualify with a prop

#he areas is which traineeships are o(ered or the trade skills areas. #he educational facilities to presourced nor is the sector able to accept a large in2u& of new workers due to global and domestidrie from goernment to enable and sustain this will fail.

I think with all the emphasis on attracting "bright minds" to %ld to help our own economy more eon identifying our own "bright" students in the lower years of 9rimary ,chool. <nce identi/ed alloindiidual curriculaL /nd their strengthsL be encouraged to be creatie and use dierse thinking

#he learning material reuired in -0 years may ery well be di(erent from that of today howeerreuirements will not change. 5athematics the sciences and the ability to communicate clearly a%ueensland as being fundamental to all understanding. #he system which best seres these needmeasure of goal achieement is determined by whether or not students can actually perform the

#he I@ instructional design model with the /e phases: analysis design deelopment implealidation* proides the ability to meet changing community needs oer the ne&t -0 years. #his nto reiews by committees. #o alidate the education system learning outcomes must be measura

9erhaps it would be adantageous for our children to learn asian languages but this as in the pasleft to student choice. @ducation %ueensland should proide the ability to pursue that choice.

@ducation in this form would be consistent throughout %ueenslandL all children would be taught tariation being at lesson plan leel.

#he mature generations 3oined with others in a wide interpretation of education coering both acarespect for indiiduals and responsibilities to the community DEJ %ld >esponse !ig %1 !ig -.1 togenerational themes page 1 and subseuent discussion !ig 4 % top response and subseuenand subseuent discussion and !ig O %4 top response and subseuent discussion. hile this is paand preamble to this foundation area and is coered to some e&tent in the detail the #argets whialue of @ducation are woefully inadeuate.

#here is no target set for updating the curriculum DEJ highlighted in the responses aboe and neirampant in %ueensland ,chools the work force and on the net but apparently not considered worpeople DEJ <9,< ,ubmission. #here is also no mention of educating students of all races in multi+

#hese goals do not include one of the most important that a modern 1st world country should aspifor primary secondary and tertiary student who ask for i.

Rour goals only mention primary. >ecent goernments hae been trying to aoid /nancial repsonsibut especially high school students.

<pportunities for regional or locally speci/c curriculumAknowledge to be alued shared and promIndigenous remote rural and regional communities + obseration from participants at Brisbane ,



this is a motherhood statement'o mention of better citi;ens with strong moral and spiritual strengths.

#here is no speci/c target for igital iteracy only traditional numerical and linguistic measuresithout a whole of life approach regional ueensland will continue su(ering a $brain drain$.@ducation must be associated with economic growth of region and increase the !@ standard outsid

#he Mommuniu_` gae it relatiely more emphasis e.g. mental health literacy certi/cates.

hat about training people for life skills + alcoholism diet attitudes.'o you pander to the pro/ts of the likes of 5conalds and Mocacolae need educated thinking people not factory fodder.

hy are children forced to leae homes in country to go to yearH. Great e&pense!uture repercussions of this diabolical idea will be horrendous

#here is not enough emphasis on the signi/cance of early years education and pre+schooling.. theInde& )@I* ought to be a primary measure and decreasing ulnerability across the 7 @I domaiprimary school educators across the nation hae all e&pressed the iew that it is ery diQcult to rby the time the child has arried at school.

#he importance of scienti/c literacy has been underestimated. Increasingly %ueenslanders are gunderstand the scienti/c debate on a range of issues and identify the di(erences between sciencthe use of science in our community

children with disabilities and seere special needs are not re2ected which does not meet the "westatement. 5easures should include inclusion and integration actiities. #here is focus on disaddisadantage and not physical or intellectual disadantage. #hese kids also need the right skills tthey can and communicate and engage with the world. on$t leae them behindN

#he focus on healthy life skills seem to only be re2ected by this statement + "e learn both in clasuch as healthy liing /nance social alues parenting skills and draw on the e&perience of older

I think the draft should at least included mental health e&plicitly and remoe the word "basic" asuite challenging and shouldn$t be triialised.

It is encouraging to see the emphasis on workforce attributes such as multi+skilled 2e&ible resiliesuccess of our economy. In order to achiee such ualities in the workforce and their 2ow on e( workforce planning and deelopment are a critical part of broader economic deelopment strategi%ueensland economy means placing workforce planning strategies at the centre of economic deinfrastructure and planning and social planning systems. #hrough this type of integrated framewserices as critical players the social and economic goals of the state can be progressed.

s recognised by web3am )-* participants DEUinestment in education and training is fundamentasuccessful training market is one of the key elements to creating workforce solutions by building athe 3obs that are currently aailable and for the growth that is predicted for the future.

this area identi/es the challenges for indigenous students but not those for refugee students withthe signi/cant proportion of 9aci/c islander students who do not hae access to 6@M, and other b

#here is no reference to the lower grades and high failure rate of boys in dropping out before Rearyoung men going on to uniersity. #he need for education to re2ect boys$ di(erent learning stylesma3or national concern. #here needs to be a strategy to address the worsening crisis in boys$ educ



,pecify the importance of @nglish language learningork e&perience and traineeships for adultsMurriculum 2e&ibility includes 2e&ibility in the aged+based system

#he ma3ority of students are bi+ or multi+lingual broader range of life skills>ole models for eeryone + diersity amongst our teaching profession

5ore focus on inclusie and accessible early learning #here are currently about H7000 international student enrolments in Brisbane alonewhich is estimated to generate P-.HHBn in economic actiity each year. Internationaleducation is Brisbane$s largest e&port market.

#he growth in international education from the deeloping nations of the sia+9aci/cproide great opportunities for the future both in terms of short term economic bene/tand long term relationships.Mouncil beliees that the importance of international

e/nitely need more of the following:(ordable education for all

#eaching of essential skills6ealth is under represented and reuires further integration into this foundation area.

,econdary #ertiary #!@A#echnical @ducation #argets are workforce orientated'eed for isionarny creatie and skilled research from @ducation recipients



#his section does not talk about the uality of our educational institutions. e should aspire to haare acknowledged as being world class that attract the best students from across ustralia and th

@ducation is aluable but in isolation it is unlikely to change behaiour. e need to empower %uechanges and therefore we need to set up systems for health that make change easy and support i

6ealth education and promotion should be ongoing throughout life. <ur ision for a healthier %ueoptimal health at all life stages and in all parts of the health system and other sectors.

'atural assets proide the serice of knowledge systems which proides the basis of our interactieducational outcomes. #he education sector employs 104- people )B, 011* in %ueenslandoerseas students choosing to study in %ueensland based on opportunities to interact and learn fr

Include an additional point under @ducation is alued as a lifelong e&perience that supports industpriorities and programs aimed at promoting workforce planning and assisting workers in gaining f

#he preliminary targets summary is presented in the document before the ision and outcome stameasureAtrack the progress in attaining the ision and should be presented after the ision)s* has




#he education targets could be bolder:5ake sian languages part of core curriculum eg 5andariAIndonesianigital technology should be a core skill in the curriculumMiriculum deliery is not restricted by class si;e

@ducators are not disadantaged by rural and inland opportunities,tudent drien and employer drien demand for education.

#o strengthen education that meets business needs we suggestwe ae a ocational education and training sector that meets the eeds of both students and local

%ueensland children shold learn to accept responsibility for their own actionsN

,chools need a futures focus in resourcing for e&ample resources for 5anual rts re2ect the indu

9edagogical approaches need to encourage creatie approaches )how does this /t with #arget1*

#he most glaring omission is improed funding and resourcing of education which was e&plicitly aconcern of respondents. <n page H of that document the most commonly noted responses to tefoster an education culture that teaches skills and alues to meet global challenges and optimse r

more indiidualised learning and $a practical rather than theoretical approach to study$. Both of theducation systems to be adeuately funded. #his funding should be directed a reducing class si;eschools hae the faciilies resouces for 2e&ible deliery and indiidualised learning that enables st

'eed to learn practical skills at school how to /ll in forms. 'eed to teach old fashioned respect anfor parents teachers elderly employers fellow employees.

@ducation and training should be core to the ,tate and industry e(orts to increase productiity. 'eliteracy and numberacy and put a greater emphasis on training the e&isting workforce and lifting@ducation and #raining sector.

#he draft plan must eleate its secondary goal of increasing post+high school uali/cations and spuali/cations and ocational training. e also need to ensure our e&isting workforce is ready to taopportunities that will arise within the state.

Improing not only the leel of training but the uality of traioning proiders is also ital to ensurithat can meet the needs of industry and proide well+paid 3obs into the future.

healthy self esteem con/dence and emtional wellbeing are essential for a child$s deelopmentathese areas as well as focus on curriculum. #he increase in the use of social media and technologconsideration with regard to the child$s /ne and gross motor skills. #his can be addressed ia praactiities. ifelong learning can be uite unachieable for many %ueenslanders to to the high cos

'eed to place the correct emphasis on the importance of all leels of learning. 'eed for completepractical skills for the real world

@mphasis in the plan is placed on attractie working conditions for teachers howeer the focus shworkers generally.

'eed more emphasis on education facilities and nothing is said about education infrastructure ancommunity.

#he goernment has to demonstrate that it alues education ) this is not apparent with school clonumber of Guidance <Qcers in schools*

edicated teachers in low+socio economic areas feel they are 3udged by performance on '9'.literacy and numeracy that does not condemn students who su(er disadantage needs to be cons



Greater emphasis on children haing basic literacy and numeracy skill in primary school )1008*.

!ocus on ensuring all students hae acccess to the study of sian languages.

#he 6ealth and Mommunity ,erices Industry can support the education and training system.

we hae a ocational education and training sector that meets the needs of both students and l we promote workforce planning for local employers to identify current and future needs

we hae transparent reporting of results to guide continuous improement in the ocational ed

e beliee there is a need to identify education models to support skills and knowledge transfer tand to delier curriculum+based programs for Indigenous and non+Indigenous children on naturalalues. dditionally a future focused curriculum should encompass appropriate elements of scieand analysis.#o assist with that school children could directly access high uality scienceAgeograpmodels and other course material on wetland systems landscape animations and maps of wetlan

#here is some risk that reference to DEUeducation$ in the current preliminary target may be interprschool+based primary and secondary education. It is suggested that this could be addressed by e&terms of DEUlifelong education$ rather than education alone. ,hould be listes as the /rst contributfoundation area.

#he critical areas of early childhood education and care and tertiary education and training couldwithin the @ducation !oundation rea.

#he term curriculum should be a(orded a relatiely wide de/nition that e&tends beyond a formalcoer the full range of teaching and learning e&periences deliered in the classroom.

#he inclusion of a goal relating to the acuisition of practical skills and knowledge is supported. Itthe current goal could be re/ned as DEUe hae practical skill+based learning$.

It is important that education as a foundation area has a balanced focus on the three leels of forocational education and training )T@#* and higher education. #he strong emphasis on school edleels of education are essential to achieing the plans goal of a culture that embraces lifelong letraining sector and the higher education sector hae been under represented in this foundation are&plicitly discussed both in the targets and in the areas which discuss DEUwhat success looks like$

#his shift reuires stronger emphasis on education pathways between school T@# and higher edudeeloping strategic links and ongoing communication between the education system and industr

e(ectie inestment in training as those with obsolete skills are e(ectiely moed through the sywhile newcomers to the industry receie the most releant training as identi/ed by industry.

Murriculum should be responsie to skills shortages and regional reuirements. ,chools can functifunction as the hubs and meeting spaces identi/ed under 4. )7*.

<ne signi/cant deelopment since =%$s initial submission to the %ueensland 9lan is the launch ofdeliered as part of our contribution to the 5assachusetts Institute of #echnology )5I#* and 6araconsortium )www.ed&.org*. ell oer H0000 people enrolled in the /rst course. #hese are indicatilearners is coming through and that the shape of school and tertiary proision is in for a shake+up.

boost proision of tuition in our regions and to disadantaged + including Indigenous+ children.

@ducation is fundamental to deeloping a skilled workforce and therefore a priority for small andsupports this foundation area and the ision statement

MMI% highlights that there is both student+drien and employer+drien demand for education. #o f meets business needs MMI% suggests including as part of Goal 1 these outcomes:

our priate and public education and training proiders compete on a leel playing /eld with stroutcomes and



e also suggest that we re+skill and re+train our e&isting workers so they can moe sealessly betwith businesses and industry to promote entrepreneurial skills.




.6ow is this a measure ">atio of income receied by low income households relatie to high inc

9rimary measures focuses on cultures and migrants + what about the rest of those disadantaged

,omething this %ueensland wants in my community oer and aboe those mentioned is to ensure

SSSSging population not identi/ed.+'eed to promote the bene/ts of regional and rural %ueensland to those residing in ,outh @ast %u

+Include strategies to reduce the disconnect between city and the bush.

. e celebrate embrace and respect diersity + %ueensland will be an inclusie society with strong community alues. + e respect our Indigenous cultures and embrace our migrant communities. + e alue the wisdom knowledge and alues of all generations.

ith prices going up so fast now the pensioner is haing problems getting by. a way of life with a9lease start working with the people and listen to what we want instead of 3ust going and what th

1.e&actly what skills how do you build them who does it how do you foster the capacity of the w 3obs into casuals and olunteers*

. you hae the highest rate of olunteering in ustralia + did you e&plain why Is it necessarily aolunteer as much if they had 3obs and how many olunteering 3obs turn into full+time permanentthe web of spinning more lies driing both the goernment and the nation into a false sense of prthat work ethic and correcting the wrongs including by calling reality as it is and demonstrating pr

what ratio what is this ratio today and how is it going to change to achiee the ratio target for 0ration oer years

#hose with mental illness die on aerage -0 years earlier than the general population and place aincluded and contributing to our economy. #his fact is particularly releant in the section that refeand should take a separate and important priority in the Mommunity section of the %ld 9lan.

+9roide support and coping mechanisms to those communities facing 2oods /re drought etc. !oare aboe the national aerage.

Including %ueenslanders with disabilities needs also to be e&plicitly recognised here. #he currentunfortunately people with a disability in eeryday life can be ulnerable and marginalised and are

#his is the only sector of the plan that touches on arts and culture and then only with respect to csuccess being DEUwe proide greater access to dierse and ibrant arts and cultural e&periences$.and culture need to be recognised for the bene/ts that that they bring to community through incrcommunity capacity not to mention the general aesthetics of place that the arts can bring and ho

!or regional communities I consider there should be less focus on innoation and more on participthat is an arts e&perience doesn$t hae to be the most mind shattering actiity it can be 3ust a uilparticipating is the key+ funding models are too tailored at innoatie arts pro3ects and hae lost tinolement.

I would like to see the Goernment doing a little more fore the older generation where we didn$t gaway for future we grew up thinking our pension would be our saings.



#hank you. #he whole thing oerlooks the inclusion of $olunteers$. hat are you all going to do when my ge

9erceptions of people with an intellectual disability in relation to their inolement in the commun

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ll people liing in ustralia who class themseles as australians should be able to speak @nglish.

step by step information is missing9roision of e(ectie public transport systems to reduce use of indiidual cars thus reducing pollu

gain you do the "yes" or "no" option but apart from that my uestion is "hy are these "goalsimplemented today" In many ways the situation today re2ects some of these "goals" when the oolunteering. ith the current Goernment all /red up to priatise as many Goernment sericesGoernment will be left with any in2uence on a market dominated economy.

It comments that ueenslanders hae the highest number of olunteers in ustralia. #hats becausalso has supports more gambling and casinos. Mairns 3ust got millions spent on a new race track ycharities and community groups.

I refer to news items of ustralians going elsewhere to support al aeda or Israeli espionage etc. #migrants" and "welcome people moing in". I do but only if they leae any radicalism and murder

9eople hae lost the ability to manage /nances as rates electricity insurances registrations andbeen any ma3or infrastructure such as dams or power stations with a(ordable power. ith the rescountries in the world to lie in. e should not need 100000 backpackers to sustain our rural indu

work in these areas. In recent traels I hae found that locals will not employ locals because of thbackpackers /ll these positions because they are willing to make an e(ort.merica found many yethey were in big trouble ,pare a thought for a cafe in inland % that has to run airconditioners atraeling public it does not take long for them to shut down hich is happening all the time

#here needs to be more emphasis on the link BMM draft city plan soon to be presented to ,tate Goas Indooroopilly and single lane choke alter #aylor Bridge and bottlenecks such as 5oggil >oad

reliance on old hat $consultation$ and not $engagement and collaborations$ with the community. ethos of the interaction between sense of place well being and social resilience.

yes we do hae the highest olunteer numbers but they can only do so much ,@, and >!,% are pbecause they don$t hae to be paid

Mommunity focus needs to get back to basics. 'o many families are struggling getting themseleMommunity focus should be identi/ed here and help families learn budgets so that the rising coststruggle continues for them by getting themseles in more debt. #his is an area clearly understat

9olice iolence empathy noise law regulation legislation. ,ee a pattern here #hese words areery important but it$s not in there. Tiolence against women is not in there. here is empathy 6reference to these things

I would like to see more information regarding $the gap between wealthy and poor"... i am a full tiyet to see the light at the end of the tunnel..

hilst olunteering is highly regarded the impact on other sectors of community )ie -7000 ol /rleae to help community in time of need and the funding of these has become a political hot potaG using Tols as chess pieces in a battle with the state. e hae employers not releasing workermore and more to achiee their goals. Tolunteering is being e&ploited as free labour and this needwords and phrases. It reuires courage to act and make the changes necessary to make things ha

to respect the e(orts made to reduce the cost to the state for work done.



no mention of churchAreligion and little on not for pro/t contributions

5ake deelopers and council or state and !ederal Got need to consider more areas of land set as

I really struggle with why this is important and where is going."cohesie ... and supportie ... as e&ample to rest of the world"

more support should be proided for olunteers and olunteer organisations such as the ,@, and

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#he %ueensland 9lan needs much more emphasis on the role of 'G<s. #he relationship needs toproiders. Mompanies that build roads and tunnels dont hae to wait until they can demonstarte lthere are moes in %ueensladn to make 'G<s operta this way. #he %ueensland 9lan is ery super

6ow is it proposed to ensure that "no %ueenslander is left behind" hat e&actly does this meanon who you are you could say that this is not a reality in the %ueensland of today. !or e&ample in

)including many permanent workers* who lost their 3obs yet there were many people )including thhappened to these e& public serants 6ow many are still unemployed hat has been the e(ectmental illness issues because of the process that was used to terminate them #he comment "noit is changed it should be omitted from the plan.

ll communities should be inclusie and there are some areas that are in need of support mechanand thsi should be included as a speci/c task for the disability sector

Goernment and the public serice should encourage community engagement not legislate comcommunity what they can do not what they cant do. e all agree that the world was a better placdecisions then and hae a go without the system dragging you down.

whilst not as generic as soem other ob3ecties I cannot see what this is doing A soling. MomparedM<='#>R. bout time we became less insular I think.

Indigenous and age factors to diersity and inclusion are important and so is ability nationality ebe recognised and catered for in a -0 year ision for %ueenslanders.

#here is a suggestion that the children in school need to take initiatie and want to learn new thinencourage both the talented and not so talented student to e&cel to their leel.

#he gap between rich and poor in %ueensland is wideneing. #here are fewer 3obs here than otherincreased the cost of fuel which raised the cost of eerything in the state and nothing is being donpower and water.

#he role of teachers in e&tra curricular actiites which impacts theri uality fo life as well as that orespect if the community wishes to pursue this path. =se of and support for other organisations in

I still beliee that the back bone people who work or olunteer were under represented a bit. #hemeetings etc. #here seems too much importance on people who are getting on with it and the pefeeling that the nice cuddly ersion still prospers

Tolunteering within communities across the greater %ueensland is under estimated by the ma3oritand hae been treated with contempt for far too long.

... but then went on to goern for more than a decade as if he and abor were completely un + awmore awareness or concern or to see this area as one that needs to be urgently addressed. re wconseuences that this brings



I think Brisbane is to focused on multiculturalism. #his is ustralia and we need to maintain that.

Rou hae omitted measurement of crime rates and other measures of anti+social behaiour in2icteagain I see little or no reference to 5en$s 6ealth issues

1. signi/cant number of young people do not hae eual access to the serices they need.

#here is no ision for community communication and decent public transport.

Its all about encouraging car use.

,uggestions are co+housing deelopments ecoilliages better shared communal liing accomoda

<therwise our elderly will end up liing alone and with few people to care for them.'obody gets left behind in %ld. + If they lie in the ,@ unlike west of the range

>especting and celebrating cultural diersity is more than food and the arts and it incudes diersskills religion and languageMhildren need role models they can relate to

@lder buse 'eighbour buse ,ocial Isolation and iscrimination in all its forms are social eils tidenti/ed in the <9,< submission. Goernment responses include the setting up of 6elp ines andMommissioners the @lder buse 9reention =nit etc. =nfortunately these topics do not appear to>esponses or the working draft and aspirational goals such as DEF%ueensland will hae a cohesiissues.

#hose in need hae eual access to community and social serices and supporting infrastructure.been that:

. ,tate Goernment )both abour ? '9* has been unwilling to work actiely with community+basthe area of $preention and early interention$. #hese programs sae goernment ? community mproided.

@idence of this is aailable in the form of correspondence with goernment and statements by 5ipro/t groups on the basis that $they$ll keep on proiding these serices anyway$.

#here are not surprisingly for this topic plentiful suggestions re what will make for a stronger comthree targets identi/ed and any strategies about how to achiee these... there also seems to be aof community people e&perience #his is a now a commonly asked uestion in the social sciencesin this foundation area.

I think %ueensland should be a safer place to lie in. %ueensland should hae 9ublic ,irens to alerIe seen a few in ery little suburbs but it isn$t good enough. 9eople should be alerted for their sasome people dont een hae mobile phones and landlines so they can$t receie alerts. If %ueensla%ueensland would be a ery safe place to lie in. s a teenager I am terri/ed in the lack of safety@mergency ,ignal would be used more often and people would be more alerted on what is to com2ood the siren can do that all in the fraction of the time which means you get more time to pack

#he siren could also be used as a public announcer nnouncing important information to the peo%ueensland 9lan nd construction should start ,9N

t under $describing success$ it should be considered adding "e alue the importance of naturopportunities for communities to come together in these spaces."

inclusieness focuses on cultural diersity and no reference to disability. #his is a growing demogimportant. If the disabled are shut away from our kids in school then how are they to grow up acc

ith a signi/cant increase in population across the state and the number of people liing in singleenironmental reasons* there needs to be both a plan to create communities where people lieAwmeasure this.



Tolunteering is inclusie

#he target that DEFnobody gets left behindDE is a good aspirational target it should also be cro

#here needs to be clarity oer the role of the secular goernment run education in the communityMlari/cation on $us+wide$ alues

dd the following success statement: DEUe hae adeuate housing in all communities that is a(

9erhaps community inolement. #here is some community eents but some are not easily accessuburbs with more bigger communities.

9eople with disability are missing from the %ueensland 9lan. hile the social and economic particigenerally supported by a number of the targets it is critical gien the low participation rates parfar a(orded to people with disability in %ueensland that people with disability be recognised as a

group much in the same way that indigenous people people from culturally and linguistically dierecognised. e suggest that an appropriate place might be the 4.. goal that states DEUe celeindicator of $%ueensland will be an inclusie society with strong community alues$. 9eople with dithat is celebrated and included and whose participation greatly bene/ts communities. In additionhigh leels of participation can bring will remain unmet unless we hae better data about people$s

Mommunities will need to be designed to help connect people including good infrastructure and

help people engage in their community.

we would like to see mention of local physical actiity programs to support people to increase theitheir community.

9artnering between agencies across disciplines needs more commitment. !or e&ample the betterto access health care.

'atural assets contribute to wellbeing and prosperity. 5anaging hat 5atters )010* estimated tconseratiely to be P7. billion oer the ne&t two decades.

. #he Green ,tar + Mommunities rating tool encourages an integrated approach to proiding housiaccess to amenities access to education and employment opportunities and energy eQciency.,hould consider proiding a diersity of lot si;es to support housing diersity and a mi& of densitia proportion of housing lots and dwellings to the market at an a(oradable price for low to moderaproision of a program for guaranteeing the supply of shared euity andAor social housing within torganisations to ensure allocation and deliery of a(ordable housing stock.

e need to ensure that preention measures are high priority and ensure that our communiies suresposibility we need good urban design to support our healthN If we said it was up to the indiiducholera in the 1O00$L rather than proide a safe water supplyL we would not hae the adances i

#he proision of adeuate housing is not mentioned in goal 7 )In %ueensland nobody gets left behbeing left behind.

dd the word DEUhousing$ to the following statement under goal 7: #hose in need hae eual accesupporting infrastructure.

Improed urban design )c.f. enclosed suburban housing deelopment* with terrace housing or couin @dinburgh or as designed on BM Good esign program* to reduce demands on coastal high raisafe play space and community gardens and trees.



#he ision statement for ths area is under represented.

,igni/cant imbalance between ,@% and regional %.

mend the language used in DEF. e celebrate embrace and respect diersityDE under the DE

DEFMultural diersity is appreciated by allDE

toDEFMultural language and religious diersity is respected by allDE .

Include wordingInclude in DEF. e celebrate embrace and respect diersityDE under the DEFescribing succe

Mommunities which are too large lose their identity. 5ust be communities with common interests.residents are only there between 7pm and 7am the community will struggle to build its own identatmosphere of ownership and belonging. Goernment sta( must allow communities to own their

In section 7 )In %ueensland nobody gets left behind* we agree strongly with the call for eual accinfrastructure. But we beliee we must make it absolutely clear that this infrastructure is designed

this is what enables this euality of access especially for people of lower socio+economic means.>eady to reinigorate and reliee the housing crisis for the younger generation of >entersNN and dBuild and they will comeN >edirect the growth to beyond BrisbaneNNN

ll community sporting facilities )including those in inland rural and remote regions* should be na--m pool*.

Monnectedness reuires community consultation information and deelopment. >ural communiti9erhaps this is something the innter city suburbs of %ueensland can foster and learn from. ,ocialan area of concern that reuires the Goernments consideration for future planning. Mommunityimportance howeer local Mommunity ,erices are often the most oer+worked and under+paid st

opposite.e celebrate embrace and respect diersity. Multural diersity is appreciated by all. %ueenslande&pected to respect ours.

DEFMonnected to their communities: Mommunities that are well planned well connected and enghas any releance here was the importance of planning and design of the =rban @nironment beigiing it its proper status.

In that regard I e&press my disappointment that when uoted in the draft document it is signi/caplanning and design in engendering community spirit. hy Is it because it seems to someonethat follow are uite narrow and limited. hy

I accept that those dealing with the material may not hae a good knowledge of the fundamentalsociety. #here is howeer a signi/cant body of knowledge aailable.

DEFMonnected to their communities: Mommunities that are well planned well connected and enghas any releance here was the importance of planning and design of the =rban @nironment beigiing it its proper status.

In that regard I e&press my disappointment that when uoted in the draft document it is signi/caplanning and design in engendering community spirit. hy Is it because it seems to someonethat follow are uite narrow and limited. hy

I accept that those dealing with the material may not hae a good knowledge of the fundamentalsociety. #here is howeer a signi/cant body of knowledge aailable.



DEFe alue cultural and language diersity for its social and economic potentialDE

andDEFe ensure linguistically dierse people can access serices and communicate freely through

>ationale

Include wordingInclude in DEF7. In %ueensland nobody gets left behindDE under DEFescribing successDE the

>ationaleMoncessions are a key tool to ensure euity of access to essential serices and are critical in foste

7. Include sport as an important community space.e support community organisations to strengthen their capacity in managing ounteers

#o better describe success for this foundation area MMI% suggests adding the following outcomes: we hae dierse local 3obs that enables people to contribute to the community our local business leaders inspire and demonstrate community spirit and our community buys locally produced products and serices.MMI% suggests including the number of businesses by local goernment area as a secondary mea

#rue respect of cultural diersity reuires respect for language diersity. #his means embracing th

population as well as recognising the need for language support and interpreters to facilitate peocultural dialogue.

DEFe proide targeted support including concessions for people in need for a range of essentielectricity water and housingDE

It would be useful if Goernment and the community could pool information to identify and measu

what e&ists how can we acknowledge and access these skills

,chools can function as multi+use facilities and function as the hubs and meeting spaces. #he curfunding of land and not the capital works to proide hubs in all local goernments.




national interests are underrepresented in the following:

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the regions I feel was somewhat oerlooked from the perspectie of distance. it is somewhat easywe )the regions* hae acess to surices but it still doesn$t preclude to the distance and time take

to reach us and I hae a feeling that the time factor with the reions was somewhat oerlooked.

6alf of %ueensland$s population to lie outside south east ueensland. It should be at both the toof the foundation statement. It should be in the foundation statement as it is the target goal that tattained by 044 which with out making it isible at the top will struggle to be attained.

+ use ast free land and o(er it free or at a token fee of under P10000 to families who would cultiinto agricultural land oer a minimum period of 10 years which would help ease the pressure on

ease poerty ease unemployment etc. why is this not o(ered in the draft why bring oerseas ine&ploit our land and retain own alues liing and working oerseas with no genuine bonds hereoerseas workers with skills pinning it on diersity when we hae skilled people here whose skillssuch that unskilled family members of "in2uential" /gures can be paid e&pensie training to get s

3obs they only do because of pay not because they like them

+ when you state measures + ,6< themN where are the e&act measures based on what criteria aparameters 3udged against what

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#hose with e&treme disadantage are not considered as a healthy and productie part of our workreuire particular focus in order for opportunities to be deeloped. It would be ery good to see a

speci/cally for this demographic again I refer also to those with a mental illness

6ow is the $ideal$ of workingAliing in regions going to be encouraged for business and communiti 'o indicators are shown for how %ld will attract inestment reinestment. 5ore importantly to ebusinessApeople to moe to the regions with the e&pectation to house half of %ld$s population willsubstantial shift in what our business is. Infrastructure is currently an issue and basic amentitieshospitals are hours away and its been this way for a lot longer than -0 years. %ld will hae to undshift in spending and upgrading of serices to achiee this target.



4.- >egionsDEbuilding thriing communities

#his section does identify the fact that regional areas do need to work with other regional areas inwhole to grow and bene/t and this is certainly true. <ne aspect which may not hae been e&plordiscussed as yet is long term rialry which has deeloped between some centres which may imphappening to it$s ma&imum. #his is shown in the repercussions from the amalgamation of shires woccurred fairly recently. ,ome ,hires which were dissoled in that process are now haing to be gareas which hae been the sub3ect of animosity in the past. #his is a ery intolerant situation witabsorbed ,hires being neglected by the new regime and not haing the same resourcesbene/tssense of identity as preiously. #his will not be a harmonious basis for co+operation and the formeshould be reinstated at no charge. I am aware of one ,hire which had a ery good rapport with itsa ery healthy /nancial situation. #his was forced to amalgamate with a ,hire which was reportedl'eedless to say this is a ery unhealthy situation.

5iddle aged women seeking business opportunities or employment is minimal: career changes aopportunities for women to pursue a professional career needs to be encouraged and followed upgraduating with 9ostgraduate uali/cations.

ecentralisation is essential if %ld towns outside ,@% are to surie. #hey hae su(ered for too loabor with no attention paid to them. e need to utilise the infrastructure in the regions )power aand hae people there to pay for them*. e need to decentralise the 9ublic ,erice so they are clissues of the public and in a location where they can hae a greater understanding of the local issreal part of the solution. ith an increased number of professionals in regional towns eg engineereasier for ocal Got to attract and keep professional sta( with a larger professional base in the toengineering consultancies would open small centers in response to the increased work identi/ed iregion and accordingly the regional centres would prosper and grow.

9oint 10: e should make sure that when e&porting animals to other countries particularly sia a@ast that the animals are treated humanelyL or better still slaughter them here )at least it gets d

and more humane while at the same time it creates 3obs in % as well*.

'othing indicates where the /gure of 708 of the %ld population to lie outside the southeast %ue It suggests an arbitrary /gure.

9eople should be able to lie where they wish. It is not for goernment to tell people where to liepopulation of ,outh @ast %ld has grown e&ponentially in recent times. #his re2ects a 3udgment thwould prefer to lie in this part of the state for lifestyle cultural climate or other reasons. 6ainmany parts of %ueensland we choose to lie in Brisbane because it has the best mi& of lifestyle f 5any other people feel the same way. goernment should not try to socially engineer %ueensla

some agrarian utopia.

Brisbane$s motto is ustralia$s newest world city. eelop ,outh @ast %ueensland to be an een bbetter place to lie. 6elp it to achiee its potential on the world stage. on$t try to take the stateIt will be ery diQcult to tell people to lie in parts of %ld they don$t want to een if you want the

key summary statement for this foundation area is ">eliable and accessible infrastructure will cregions with one another the nation and the world."



'ot suQcient consideration gien to a more robust local got. sector and a less intrusie state go

6oweer nowhere else in 4.- is this point is mentioned againN #he importance of good public infracross %ld simply must be included in the targets descriptions of success and primary or seconda

#he target to achiee half of %ueensland$s population liing outside ,outh @ast %ueensland holdsstatement about euality of access to serices infrastructure ? opportunities. It is not acknowledachiee the goals for regional areas strong ? prosperous capitalise on opportunities and assets t

be allocation of resources )funds* to ensure that the regional areas are attractie for settlement.

>egional areas must hae serices infrastructure ? access to opportunities to encourage people there the plan does hae descriptors for success for but lacks any reference to euality and consisthe ,tate. If people aren$t guaranteed the same leel of infrastructure serice etc in the regions athe ,@ corner they will not be attracted to relocate.

estern regions hae declining populations and to DEUbuild thriing communities$ hae half the pliing regionally the region must be attractie for people to lie and work. hilst the document tagoals for regional areas deelopment DEJ this needs to be de/ned further to ensure the western r

bypassed+ when the word regional is utilised it is not referencing coastal areas only glossing oerwestern regions with limited population density.

#he alue of the natural enironment to lieability attracting people to regions and successful indre2ected.

'ot enough mention on infrastructure how will population growth be an e(ectie indicator if therinfrastructure to support the growth

#his foundation makes strong use of the term "we" but doesn$t de/ne who "we$ actually representhe city people would hate to lie in the "regions" unless it is a regional city. #here will neer be"competitieness" between rural liing and city liing + the two modes of liing are poles apart an

ridiculous to think they can een be compared. #he foundation talks about "regional deelopment"diersity" but doesn$t de/ne any of these terms. ny regional "industrialisation" will always facetransport costs than a ma3or city industry and any such diersi/cation will always be screaming f

hat a lot of SSSS. It states it will build reliable and accessible infrastructure. Mambell slashed ththe Bruce 6ighway. #he rail system needs to be twined to be eQcient. @ery successfull modern cworld has twin lines. ook it upNN Mambell 3ust announced 8 billion dollars for a tunnel for brisbanfor ,o he can get to work uicker. #here is a whole SSSS state with terrible roads that 2ood par

and people die you morron.

#he Mapitol of %ueensland should be more central not at one end of a large state. Tictoria and ',central capitols although on the coast. #he capitol should be situated some where between ,pringMharters #owers possibly inland from 5ackay there is plenty of land with uneconomic subterraneaBrisbane is an accident of 6istory he still had mud in his eye. Because of human nature a capitolland gets deeloped /rst. Brisbane with its coal holes at Ipswich could not appreciate the ast areMentral %ueenslandL had the capitol been up there the coal would hae been deeloped and readadantage of Britain closing its mines in the 1KH0$s. #here are many people who hae not and willtheir state capitol because of the distance. capitol should be a driing force. B69 was halfheartemine coal with my assistance for 1A years we neer saw a politician of any colour in that time.



>egions need a stronger sense of identity.perception is that the ma3ority of funding goes to s.e. ld

'o plan for the protection of local industry and regional lifestyle from the predation of M,G ? coal

ocal and regional areas are being destroyed for the bene/t of !I!< 3obs and state PPPPinformation is unsupported with facts

I think the intent was people liing in regional %ueensland through $choice$

#his really is an @,,@'#I aspect of % deelopinge hae to ,#<9 Brisbane being %Ne must build ,#><'G and ibrant regions with city of around 700000 people.

#his is a much higher priority than the Mommunity priorityN Rou need to really listen to regional %ld communities because you don$t understand our situation

6ow about using the word "BI<IT@>,I#R".It talks about the diersity and uniueness of the regions

but implies that is all cultural.'othing about consering the regional diersity of our natural heritages.

#he fact that is under represented is that since settlement there has been a push to populate theustralia if it hasn$t happened yet is it a goal worth piling money into or should it be allowed to hnaturally.

Cust about the most dangerous reuirement on the planet. elibeartely increaseing population atmassie oerpopulation of the entire planet has already taken place. %ueensland needs to realisemost aluable assetts compare to the rest of the world is a relatiely low population. ont throw t

away.

#he policy of money spent in %ueensland to be eual to the location of the people ie ,@ %ueenslaof the ,tate demand to spend eual to the remaining K78 and conseuently there is an e&tremethrough out the state that '% want a seperate state about atitude as Brisbane is too far fromsu(ers becauise of this policy.

#he !armers are our life blood and they ned to be lelped with water ie ams in times of drought ifthem to feed ,@ sia.

#his area mentions $<ur regions are prosperous and lieable.$ here I lie it is not always liable.description of loud music for K hours from my neighbour and the police did nothing.

half of population will be in ,@%. Gien geographical nature and economy reuirements )industryminining*of the state this aim is nice put not likely. 9erhaps a better spread 3oining the areas acroe&panding out of the current key centres may be more likely.

state of the ># 9erforming rts comple& in 5oreton ,hire )as well as >@MI!!@*. 5useums andGalleries with more turn around of items so 9rimary and secondary schools can easily isit regulaschools.

without attractions such as #he Great Barrier >eef it will be diQcult to attract people north. withouwater away from the coast it will be diQcult to attract people away from ,@ %ld. e must preserand /nd a way to transport water. #here seems to be gas pipelines eerywhere + so why can$t watI wonder...

I think t6e whole process is incredibly biased in that there was so much more consult action outsithe result that half the future population )much more of the current population* gets ignored in thi>egions need support but so does se.



#he con2ict betweeen growth of regions and industry.@nironmentally . !ails to dress the grass+root concerns about our ecological integrity.

again I see little consideration o appro& half the population ........ males>etention rates

for businesses + we aupport businesses

daptation to risks from climate change i.e. risk of droughts and 2ooding

hy would citi;ens bother #his sentiment is not picked up in the response.

I beliee this foundation reuires more attention to the eual priority of regions )ie. Brisbane areapreferred*

<ur regions are '<# strong and prosperous. hat a complete lie. #he farmers are crashing and boer the state.

5easuring regional success by population growth and material wealthA company hubs does not nere2ect on a regions success. #he focus is to strongly on wealth as opposed to happiness aLthoughgoal of euity is to be commended.

It does not address the conditions under which people lie. 5assie natural disasters hot weatheetc. 6ence people will not moe to those areas.

>egions need to be better supported by the high end of business and goernment if we are to mee&pectations from the summit.

#he plan is based on a Mentralised decision the state should be allowed and encouraged to build iTibrant ,tate ,tate Goernments should remoe the constraints of 9lanning Goernance and conallowing the >egions to address their own surial. #he ,tate and !ederal Goernment changes d

the state of the economy or whether the 5edia is happy. I suggest that the people of the >egionsabout their patch than someone in Brisbane. et the 9eople decide their future.

#here is a disconnect between the !oundation reas identi/ed in the working draft in that new demust take account of the aailability of scarce resources such as water DEJ refer response to % 1this !oundation rea is focussed on deelopment without taking any consideration of the @nironInfrastructure reuired to connect and support large regional populations. s this was not a focusmuch of the material was coered in the %ld response to % 4 e.g. !ig O %4 top responses 4 and subseuent discussion. It is ital for the coherence of the plan that the inter+relationship of all !oureas are recognised otherwise there is a danger that any one will be implemented without considother releant factors resulting in failure.

#he goal of haing half the ld population liing outside se ueensland is too modest a larger prooutside se ueensland is important.

In its current form the 9lan only makes mention of ,outh @ast %ueensland in the conte&t of moinpopulation outside of the region. #he DEU>egions$ !ocus rea should also include an emphasis onbusinesses and residents located in ,outh @ast %ueensland are eually supported.

nother critical success factor at 'o K could be "e presere protect and promote indiidual regiand cultural heritage"

hile I agree with the information it aoids the fact that residents in at least ,@%ld hae been surplanned to the nth and now /nd 9lanning adopted from this is disregarded esp in 5inisterial call+iand neglect of planning alues by local authority. ,o what is missing is the guarantee that what tsay is actually listened to. e.g. the >#I information on the Barro uarry in >edlands showed that tdepartment wrote that there was insuQcient time to bother about the public submissions.



#here is no mention of the primary measure: sustainability.ithout sustainability both social and enironmental there will be no long termprosperity and social cohesion.9opulation growth is de/nitely not the measure of lieability and prosperity in the ,tateas a whole or in the regions.9opulation growth actually makes many of our society$s problems much worse.

Greater emphasis on a(ordable and accessible regional serices that adapt to local changes@mphasis on regional tourism opportunitiesttracting and retaining international students

s per the comments outlined in %uestion 1 Mouncil beliees that there is an underrepresentation within the draft 9lan of the role of the capital city and the e&isting role of ,outh @ast %ueensland as the ma3or population and economic hub.

Mouncil amalgamation has gutted the country areas resulting in huge e&pense and neglect of roadserces

'eeds to hae more incisie measures to enable regional inestment industry deelopment andinformation about 3oint+success meansures between strategies across multiple sectors working toneeded. greater emphasis needs to be placed on a co+e&istence between the agriculture tourisresources sectors for regional deelopment. #hese hae been founded on the strong regional presinestment employment and economic outputs of all three sectors.

#he poorer health outcomes demonstrated in regions compared to ,outh @ast %ueensland is underepresented.

It is essential that we build communities in the regions that support healthy liing. #his includes tproide access to healthy food choices locally.

e also need hospitals and community health serices to be aailable with top uality serices wdo need these serices.

boriginal and #orres ,trait Islander peoples also need to be better represented gien the regionalpopulation. Mardioascular disease is the largest contributor to the burden of disease for borigin,trait Islander peoples and this is e&acerbated when they lie in regional and remote areas.

=rban planning is a priority. @specially important in the conte&t of creating and growing regional cin order to realise the ision to accomodate half of %ueenslands population outside ,@%.

9ro3ects that integrate mass transit options are important + so people are not stuck in their cars foday. Monnections to employment and education facilities are important so that people may work alocally. ccess to amenities are also important so that people ahe a ibrant lieable and ultimatcommunity at their doorsteps a critical consideration for housing population ina regional area.



,@% is not de/ned + makes no mention of what is included.,hould be de/ned.

infrastructure needs to be put in place before population increases

'eed to hae a focus on urban design when deeloping well designed community places

'eed to consider that arguments for encouraging regional growth are often circuitous with workerbusinesses only moing to rural and regional areas when 3obs schools and health serices are aaorder to deelop 3obs schools and health serices minimum populations are usualyl reuired to 3ue&penditure on the establishment andAor deelopment of key serices. #his is why subsidisation bGoernment to ensure basic serices are aailable acts as a circuit breaker and this is where thebe of immense bene/t to rural and regional %. If the goernment plans for the future and proiinfrastructure such as hospitals and schools and meets communication and energy reuirementsmore likely that regional areas will thrie.

#here is no mention of actiely promoting the prosperity and lieability of our regions )4.-.O* natioin2uence people to lie in our regions.

arge %ld regional cities would bene/t from an approach similar to ',$s @ocities program whicthe lifestyle adantages of regional centres to capital city dwellers.

%ld spans euatorial and sub+ tropical regions which e(ect all inhabitants. @entually it needs to b,tates + ,@ %ldL Mentral %ldL 'orth %ld.

!irstly the fundamental reuirement is to create regions de/ned by natural catchments and later athese regions into - states each with a capital city within the federation of ust.

ith modern surey methods we should not make the mistakes of the past but look to the futurenatural features + including man$s biology + in the ision for the future. 5ankind$s future is being dimankinds hubris instead of reality and the pre-dicted e&treme weather eents

#he % 9lan must focus on the assets of each community in each region. #he use of e&isting infrase&isting assets must be deeloped to create local 3obs. #he most diQcult thing for families is the

the generations. #he access to the support of e&tended family is the greatest social challenge fac%ueensland. #he asets of the regions must be identi/ed and support proided with public sector 3proided by all leels of goernment. #he proision of high speed broadband into communities + aigital ork 6ubs can be deeloped proiding employment clost to where the workers lie.

hat incenties are there for businesses to moe to regions where there is lower population <r dwait until there is more population there hat is the Go role in encouraging this moement

DE] #he relationship of #he %ueensland 9lan to regional plans and local goernment planning schto be made clearer

,peci/cs such as Bike ays G@ care and 6ospitals and Intensie and >esidential eelopmenInterention by new Goernment 6ousing eelopment Morporation to create 00000 homes stradispersed and a 5onorail from Brisbane to @sk to Black Butt to 'anango to the 6ub of the ,outh)[ingaroy* to ondai to 6iesille and 9roston and looping back ia urong and Ballogie to #ingo[ingaroy.

Inland regional rural and remote communities shift from declining in population to growing in pop08 of %ueensland$s population residing there.

Goernment departments and agencies to be decentralisation into inland rural and remote regionpriate utilities maintain a presence in inland rural and remote regions.

Talue adding construction manufacturing technical and professional 3obs )industries* deelopedrural and remote regions.



<ur regions are strong and prosperous. ocal decision making dries regional deelopment.

Include wording

O.Include sport as a lifestyle option

>eciprocity within regions and mutual understanding are paramount for e(ecftie planning. e hwonderful local enterprises that reuire our support. 9erhaps the Goernment may wish to considcan do that bhetter.

!ocus on energy eQcient measures to in building standards is key to good planning. IneQciently band businesses particularly in regards to cooling appliances and their eQcient management dridemand and the associated network costs.

Goernment inestment in infrastructure )across the ma3ority of sectors* will need to be made bef encourage people into the regions. Murrently the ,@% model continues to dismiss local decisions Aintelligence. 'eed a greater focus on this.

#he premise of 708 of the %ueensland population liing outside ,@% should also include an emphcomplete decentralisation of state agencies )including the location of the decision bodies*. 5oreonumber of oQces for the state agencies would need to increase so that representation e&tends becurrent >ockhampton 5ackay #ownsille and Mairns arrangement.

'ot easily achieed without creating incenties or other reeasons to encourage people to moe.#o

target growth would need to increase to as much as orH8 with oerall %ld growth also needing t

Include wording in DEFO. <ur regions are strong and prosperousDE in the section DEFocal decis

dries regional deelopmentDE under the heading DEFescribing successDE

DEF<ur planning processes include the oices of a diersity of people from local communities thmeaningful and accessible consultation processesDE

<ne of the primary driers of regional population growth is the uality of life en3oyed in those comwhich is in many cases are a function of enironmental uality. #here are also opportunities to ideheritage tourism as a potentially key economic strength of the regions.

#he importance of sustainable agriculture and measures to motiate rural communities to transfopractices in the regions

ell+connected and eQcient infrastrucutre supports prosperous and lieable regions + particularly,@%. 5a3or transport networks and telecommunications are essential in achieing this goal. Gosupport to delier infrastructure in regional areas is reuired. #here is support of centres of e&cellregional areas. Monsideration of e&isting >egional 9lans and their reiew should be undertaken. !regional industries and enabling infrastructure + ports and airports. ,tate resources reuired to suindustry growth. <pportunities for agricultural e&port beyond sia should be considered. ,upport

infrastructure deelopments and free trade agreements that enhance trade opportunities. #he mthe theme should also include the number of Goernment agencies located in regions not 3ust coheaduarters.



It is critical that research inestment 2ows to technologies and farming systems that build resilienbusinesses.5a&imise pro/tability by focusing on high alue niches: greater alue per unit productiessential in order to achiee a doubled alue of production by 040 and to be a reliable and safe cagricultural produce for sia. =nderstanding an increasingly auent sian consumer and breedinor manufacturing food products to meet this need is critical for the pro/tability of northern agriculmore resilient agribusinesses in %ueensland: @&treme climatic conditions and ma3or pests and disregularly impact on %ueensland agricultural businesses. It is critical that research inestment is fotechnologies and farming systems that build resilient businesses. Build on e&isting partnerships s%ueensland lliance for griculture and !ood Innoation )%!I* to create world class research e( build critical mass and harness uniersity and goernment resources to create more research e(osame resources.

#he content for this foundation area accurately re2ects feedback from the business community. Msupports the ision statement preliminary target and goals. In particular MMI% strongly supportsDEFwe alue and inest in local business and workersDE and the related outcomes describing su

#he measures are also appropriate. MMI% suggests as a secondary measure including the numberstart+ups outside ,outh @ast %ueensland.



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In your campaign the premier announced that agriculture was to become one of the /e pillars. withe states area being gien oer to agriculture it seems to me that we are somewhat chucked in t

forgotten about. it is encouraging howeer that this plan would support the ast numbers of studeproiding 3obs and education to them so that the regional areas can 2ourish.

@&plain "dierse" economy 6ow dierse" hat e&actly do you plan and consider to be that "ieyouhae people who deliberately waste ta&+payers money producing soapy documents

ierse maybe needs to read: eually represented national and international players greater reprbusinesses tamed powers and full transparency of monopolies driing farmers and smaller grocerrepresentation of wired and wireless opposed to imposed iolation of citi;ens with the full wireless

pretences greater representation of health proiders etc

"e hae an abundance of sia+literate businesses and serice sia$s growing prosperity" + by diwe are so illiterate and unable to prosper to not be dependent on sia for surialN nd this is goo

"e are prepared for and responsie to natural weather eents such as 2oods cyclone or drouge(orts to preent such eents hy help weather corporations and scientists with dubious e&pertie&periment with no accountability and conseuences #his is unlikely to help % hae better fut

5anufacturing is not for high wage countries in this day and age. %ueensland for the foreseeableonL+ 5ining griculture 6oliday industry @ducation as a pro/table business for non ustralians.

In general this section is ery well presented howeer it is mentioned that %ueensland is well setsia and to encourage the deelopment of new ideas and research here.

I may be a bit premature but I beliee this is where we should be setting some standards in conndeelopments. Included in the basic plans for these areas should be unbreakable guidelines statin5odi/ed seeds crops or foods be allowed into %ueensland. #here should also be strict guidelines

properties of any si;e from acting in any manner or using any substance which may do harm toproperty. Breaching these proisions can cause compensation payments to be made.

#here has been '< discussion to date on our growing population + only an assumption that it needfalse assumption and adds continuously to the need for more 3obs schools hospitals etc. But wein order to be better. e need to limit our population to million people permanently. #here are t



,uccessful cultures oer the history of the world hae demonstrated that there are essential combe supplied by an organisation goerning the place. #hese inariably include reliable and satisfacthe populace. 6ealth in order that society is able to sustain a healthy work force and ordered groin the form of Custice that citi;ens can trust the goerning bodies to be dependable in their e&ercipower at sensibly priced and a(ordable prices. ,taple food supplies that at least support the mostculture.#here are other responsibilities which can be addressed at a later date but the selling ofproider is that the proider wishes to and will make a pro/t from the sale of essential serices. #ois only a little short of criminal negligence and a complete failure of that goerning body.

9oint 1: #o hae a high workforce participation and high productiity either Mentrelink bene/ts nminimum wages need to be increased. 5inimum wage earners should be earning more than peoplnothingN

hile these high leel goals are great about growing industry etc + where is the emphasis on smalbusiness seems to miss out. 5y husband runs a small trade+based business. fter the G!M and thhousing market he has had to downsi;e his sta( by more than half + many other businesses haeto go out of business. Mheck the info from the ta& oQce for the eidenceNN hen my husband$s bu

I looked into what safety nets there were for small business e.g. an interest free small loan or a gcriteria and there was nothingN I certainly raised this in my feedback )i.e. a need for focus on smamany other participants did also.

ould suggest that the four pillar economy needs to be speci/cally referenced as the priority area%ueensland economy.

In item 1- + reference to "ecotourism" would be better described as "tourism" as this is clearly betgrowth area for the economy )ecotourism is too narrow*.

In measures recommend that the number of isitors to %ueensland and the oernight spend be imeasures.

#his section needs to include the alue the role of natural assets to a healthy lifestyle and economeans costing the impacts on the enironment and costs to the community into deelopment asscompetition between one use or another.

#here is also no mention of climate change + the biggest impact on the future economy of %ueensinfrastructure is mentioned there needs to be a response to how %ueensland will adapt its econofuture.

#here is ery limited acknowledgement of the ruralAprimary production industries. #here needs tomaintain our rural industries maintain rural employment and recognise the e&port potential )incodiersi/cation of economy and stresses innoation which is necessary but not to the e&tent where

and bene/ts of e&isting industries. #he plan needs to e&pand to include measures surrounding pritourism and construction as these are the ,tate$s basis for wealth and if the emphasis for the ecoinnoation ? e&cellence participationAcurrent industry achieementAdeliery may be oerlooked oon pg 17 claims DEUwe must transition from an economy reliant on farming mining and manufactintellect and innoations$ but innoations and intellect need to be utilised to improe our core bufeed and support the population on their own merit. 9opulation liing in the densely populated regthe bush and as eidenced by the statement on pg 17 hae little understanding of what western



enironmental health

#he need for daylight saing asa ital economic initiatie is under represented.

!arming land must be protect now from out of control M,G and coal mining..we cant eat coal ..can

5ining will not e&ist in -0years but food production will remain an absolute necessary ...

#here is no focus on the role of the enironment in a healthy and prosperous economy + clean watrain etc. #his section needs to re2ect and alue the role of natural assets to a healthy lifestyle anthe economy needs to establish that balance means costing the impacts on the enironment anddeelopment assessment not 3ust a competition between one use or another.

need is identi/ed to improe the ecotourism sector yet we continue to destroy the great barrier

and shipping lanes approe mining in nature refuges and open up national parks to gra;ing. #here is a lot of talk about the "economy" but not one mention about how this astly improed "ee lie in a world of "money" een though most of the "money" is nothing more than some digitacomputer keystrokes on a spreadsheet. Rou talk about businesses cooperating and working togethbusiness world is a market of competitie competition or a conspiracy of collusion to set prices aindustry. gain there is all this talk about "we" but the refusal to de/ne who "we" really are. Is it tselected business mates who ote for the party Is it the people who hae to go into debt by borrbanks and take all the risks of trying to put this "research" and "innoation" to work 6ow many othe research necessary to bring an idea to market

Building a stronger economy does not mean growing a bigger economy. #he uestions were formulimited response faouring a particular "bigger %ld$ustralia" type of thinking. #his is rubbish andyou

,o all of a sudden we hae a triple credit rating. But hang on Mambell slashed thousands of fronso much in debt. Mould that hae been a lie 'ow the wait time for electie surgery has increasI$m waiting on a list.

ustralians are paid too much money in relation to other countries.5achines can make a lot of thimore countries are starting manufacturingustralia will hae to rely on its natural assets of 5iner,unshine of the industries not reliant on the foregoing @ducation and research would hae the b

I don$t see any comment re the employment of oer 40s group in our community+ the workforce isto hire "older" workers who either are not re2ected in our unemployment /gures as they are hiddpartner or hae downsi;ed and are liing on saings

I think farming and with it food manufacturing will be one of the main industries in %ld future....#hand we need to feed ourseles not import our food.

ery basic premise of economy is if people hae a 3ob they earn money and they hae the abilikeeps businesses open and 3obs aailable.

5ake a change in school hours and gie families more of their take home pay to spend at commuon childcare.

By being able to drop your children at school going to work for a full day of work and collect yourmeans not haing to worry whether your children are being superised appropriately after schoolat the cost of childcare.



#arget needs to be against <@M or global bestL not 3ust ustralia. e could be the best of the wo

,upport small business in as many ways as possible. ink with schools and the curriculum. Inest i

e/ne key playerN too motherhood.Is it based on mining or will it be a strong economy that relies on many di(erent industries

bout half of those on long term ,9 hae a mental illness. 5ost had neer told of their symptom

#hey are usually unable to work full+time but could work part+time I! adeuately helped and supp

In is a deelopers$ plan not a peoples$ plan.

It is easy for you 3ust to call a meeting and use its results and pretend to yourseles you are heari

Rou are not.

Back to the economy families now hae money to spend businesses hae the chance to prospercircle is complete.

Mhildcare facilities are great for children under school age and holiday programs are great for holiable to hae the time o( work. Basically I see this as a winAwin for all concerned. If you say it can$tryingN

#he areas where the funding deelopment is going needs to re2ect where it came from rural deemoney spent on the nice oQces in brisbane.

#here is no mention of technology infrastructure in this draft section. s a business owner migratiin 00K I hae been shocked by the poor uality of national telecomunications infrastructure foun%ueensland wants to be a key business partner to sia is must ensure it deliers high uality combusiness owners. #he %ueensland plan should benchmark its telecommunication serices againstcompetitors.

Mlosing the geo+thermal power generation inestment ? renewable energy indicate that $forging$ i

your planL perhaps creating would hae been better terminology but when you ditch reenewableclaim to adance the economy.

#here is a ta& on alcohol and tobacco which goes into public reenue but no ta& on sugar which wand cut down on medical)hospital* e&penses

InsuQcient emphasis on the importance of producing food + ie research into agriculture /sheriestechiues to eQciently and e(ectiely getting it to consumers + if insuQcient food is not producedsupport the population

I think that the goernment should take the communities interest more to heart than pandering tothe way old Coe ran this state big companies had to proide and support communities not 3ust rap

i dont understand why anyone would suggest we maintain our economy on mining...increase theetc... this must hae been suggested by big business and the goernment it self. <r baby boomerthese companies. no more mining deelop hi tech businesses increasing organic innoatie farmsustainable renewable industryNNN hae each community self sustainable with energy and water. I

free green energy that does not harm us then productiity will follow

e must nurture alternatie ways of stimulating the economy and drie to be world leaders in proothers are neglecting because they are fearful of taking chances. %ueensland has always been absurprising the world with what we do and what we hae and all we can achiee.

Rou forget that the people with the greates motiation to proide you input are those for whom itfor growth in their hip pocket.



5ost people are too busy with 3obs and family to attend and respond to such passie sureys. Rou are taking a biassed opinion and thinking it represents the ma3ority.It doesn$t.It is not triial to /nd out what people want.

Rou hae taken an easy option and imagine you now hae the answers. #ry eualising the opinions by the allowing for the biasses of the contributers.

Rou will get di(erent answers.

#here is little mention of sustainability in growth and economic success. #he key factor is producti

Growing the economy does not improe peoples standard of liing. Cust look at the latest researc'otably agricultural measeures.

climate change impacts needed to be included in the describing success part of section 1-

'o long term plan for support for ongoing industry. Rou look for the short term /&es which may help but a longer term ision would be better.

6ighest trade employment is only because of the mining boom and 'ewman is trying to reduce threfusing to allow people to renew their licences.

9erformance of the economy + this should be relatie to those cities at the forefront world wide ratto other cities in ustralia.

<ne of the ma3or resources working to bene/t the %ld economy is the %ld population. #here is not

which addresses the composition education up+skilling and employment of the people of %ld or o!oundation area H coers people but again there is no cross+referencing in the working draft.

iersity to many imports taking ustralians 3obs. ,tart looking after ustralians. imit immigratiohomeless the elderly and ustralians.

'eed more 2ow through on regional economic deelopment + appreciate picked up in regions sectreinforce here and in all other sections.

e embrace young %ueenslanders as a part of the community and help them deelop greater socresponsibility. hilst this may be correct in general there are signi/cant numbers of our most disawho $fall through the cracks$. ,chools do not hae the capacity to proide these programs. 9arents

e&pertise. 'on+pro/ts that are able to proide such programs are often neglected by goernment

I think that more importance on protecting and deeloping ustralian productsAserices and owneen tarrif on imported goods when possible to encourage people to by local to creat more emplogoing elsewhere

'o mention of the e(ect of 6uman Induced Mlimate Mhange. eg unless much more drastic action9ollution )no new Moal mines shut down Moal 9ower stations* the Great Barrier >eef as we know itP+K billion A yr it brings to %ueensland.

5any people said )see 11B attachment* that they wanted a dierse economy not wholly reliant on #hough agriculture is obiously important there needs to be stronger ision in the %ld 9lan to a seconomy not one that has all its eggs in one mining basket.

=nder 'o 1- $@cotourism$ should be rewritten as natural and cultural heritage tourism. hat doethen include "e showcase our natural wonders and uniue cultural heritage ensuring %ueenslanrange of tourists."

#here is no cross reference to enironment in this section which is concerning considering the le$economy$ in the enironmental section )i.e. no mention of enironment in this section yet the enpriority only to the e&tent that it supports economic prosperity which fails to address the intrinsicserices*.



,ericing sia$s growing prosperity=nions greed has priced us out of manufacturing health etc. #o be leel with sia will eentually r

>educing underemployment especially amongst migrant communities

,upport for start+ups and small businessook for opportunities globally not 3ust in sia

It is belieed that the opportunity e&ists to leerage %ueensland$s e&perience ande&pertise particularly in the tertiary sector to deelop a hub of research deelopmentand innoation in the digital economy.In the section DEU<ur centres of e&cellence drie innoation$ and the subsection DEUeinest and conert research into innoation$ an additional description of success shouldbe added to promote DEUe deelop our current leadership in research and innoation tobe a global leader in on+line serice deliery and the deelopment of the digitaleconomy$.e/nitely need: better goernment )not under bbott*ttractie business and work conditionsttractie liing conditions

greater focus needs to be placed in improing willingness and attractieness of employees to me&periencing skills shortages

Gien the !ocus rea 4 identi/ed in the %ueensland >esponse: Balance economic prosperity andsection does nothing to recognise the need for balance. It is unclear why the ,ection 4.4 of the dra standalone section with no mention of the enironment )e&cept with respect to $showcasing ournot re2ect balance with the enironment and does not re2ect the reliance of the economy on the

>ecommend including te&t to this e(ect.

hy is there no mention of enironment in this section if we are seeking to balance the enirinmeeconomic prosperity #his re2ects a leel of inconsistency in the draft 9lan. #he absence of enirosuggests that there is a failure to understand how the enironment underpins the health of the ec

hile we obsere that the section has a strong undertone that traditional industries such as agricmining are not innoatie this is an uninformed iew. #he mining industry alone is amongst the lainestors in >?. 'eeds to be more of a focus on the agriculture manufacturing and mining sectoagriculture minerals and energy are the economic powerhouse of the economy in G,9 e&port eterms and hae not and are not going away.

6ospitalisations are increasing faster than population growth and ageing and are pro3ected to do)M6< report 01* which will hae a signi/cant impact on the ,tate$s budget and economy. e spdisease )MT* than on any other disease group. ,o if you want to better manage health care costmanage MT better.

#here is also clearly a need for ongoing goernment inestment in preentie health measures )bpreention*

Globally the e&penditure on public health )which includes preentatie health actiities* in deelobut ustralia lags behind at 3ust 1. per cent. Goernments could potentially be saing themselethe longer term by reducing the burden on the health system from chronic disease.



#he impacts of poor health on the economy DEJ we also need to keep people productie and healt

#he gap )growing* between the wealthiest in %ueensland A ustralia and the poorest.

#he lack of a link between technical education )in economy* and education )no mention*.

Innoation start+ups and digital economy are critical to %ld moing forwardMommunities thrie through a great local economyL need a healthy small business sector to creat

griculture and 5anufacturing

<ften economic growth is at the detriment to %ueensland$s health wellbeing and productiity + echronic diseases often go against the business interests of powerful economic operators )e.g. toba

drinks alcohol car producers etc*. #he cost of decline in our natural assets for industry will also be signi/cant. DEUdo nothing morto PO billion in potential turnoer for the tourism industry in ,outh @ast %ueensland oer the ne&tprimary production industry will continue to su(er productiity and pro/tability risk from decliningcost to goernments at all leels is likely to continue to increase in direct e&penditure areas suchindirect e&penditure )e.g. as air uality declines impacting on population health*

#he economic resilience of a community can be achieed through creating dierse employnent opneeds and demands of local and regional communities and facilitating access to them.

9eople inoled in arts and related areas tend to be more socially engaged in a constructie way t"social capital". I hope that the /nal %ld 9lan will recognse the importance of artcraftculturetheaactiities which contribute to our society

s the population ages and increasing numbers transition into retirement we need to actiely identhe knowledge and e&perience of this demographic to the bene/t of businesses )partially coered

e should not be focused on industry deelopment and diersi/cation entirely in this fragile conticircuses to diert the citi;ens from escalating land degradation in 'orthern africa food bowl + aresport

#he economy will perform een better than it is if the ,tate Goernment instruct councils to allowe&isting communities which hae underutilised e&isting infrastructure.

DE] ,econdary 5easures DEJ Industry diersity )page 1-* should focus on the diersi/cation withiindustries and the associated supply chains consistent with goernment$s four pillar economic str

@conomy should be represented as the /rst foundation area. It is business that proides secure oturn enhances society$s wellbeing. #he ision will ultimately depend on the competitieness of ou

'eed to focus on ensuring growth across a dierse range of sectors where we can compete. e mcapabilities in key areas of the economy such as manufacturing and constructions and aggressielproductiity to become globally competitie in non+resources ectors that can sustain the states grthe long term. Inestments in infrastructure skills training emerging technologies and innoatioand broader community to improe competitieness and surial. @ncouraging and facilitating bucommercialisation and deeloping innoatie capabilities will be critical. Goernment should consencourage e&penditure on >?. ifting the depth and breadth of collaboration beteen businessesshould be a core priority. !ocus on trade in sia.



#ertiary @ducation !acilities need to specialise their course o(erings to $match$ the local economie

Include wording

DEFe support disadantaged %ueenslanders to help them gain employmentDE

Goernment should focus employment to the health and community serices industry.

,trong economy depends on a healthy enironment>ecognise the need for creation of enironmental 3obs

%ueensland is well known for its tourism mining farming and the economic bene/ts associated ware still some areas that are not capitalising )or /nancially able to capitalise* on some of their locae are also adancing greatly in the area of ground+breaking research. e hae a reputation of bthe face of natural disasters and adersities.

<nly e&port sectors can sustainably drie an economy. >eal growth can only come from wealth resectors.

ittle emphasis has been gien to tourism which will be A is a ma3or draw card particularly for the r)ustralia in general* population shifts to seeking a $serice drien$ economy )moing from manuf will become increasingly important to the %ueensland economy. Murrent trends indicate that as Mtheir economic deelopment signi/cant numbers will reach an income leel where they hae theworld and the capacity to enrich their lies.

<ne of the strongest deterrents to those businesses that are able to trade outside traditional comleel of penalty rates and the in2e&ibility of the workplace relations system. hile this is oerwhel

without doubt one that will impact upon %ueensland$s ability to achiee the future outlined in thetruly to become a global destination DEJ proiding serices DEFat any time and any placeDE the

mind shift in terms of 3obs in those serice industries. If serices around the clock are to become tand for isitors DEJ then we must also come to iew working at the time those serices are delie9unitie penalty rates in the retail sector DEJ currently 70 per cent for public holidays DEJ are anobstacle to achieing the ision of a modern 2e&ible and always+ready serice sector. In moingbright future the ,tate Goernment must work with its federal colleagues to ensure the state hassettings that will support the 2e&ible work and leisure arrangements proposed in the draft plan.

hile we understand and agree with the focus on sian links we beliee the long+standing and fu9aci/c neighbours should not be forgotten + both those in the near ,outh+est 9aci/c region and awhere our business opportunities are e&panding.

Include in DEF14. %ueensland has the best opportunities in ustraliaDE in DEF<ur unemployme

centDE the following te&t under the DEFescribing successDE heading

#he 6ealth and Mommunity ,erices Industry has a number of piotal roles to play in the economiduring the ne&t -0 years.

#he regional presence of the 6?M, industry proides employment opportunities encourages reteencourages new growth.

!ocus on education as assisting in the growth of the economy + strengthening the %ueensland ecoworkforce planning strategies at the centre of economic deelopment regional deelopment infrsocial planning systems



#eamwork by uniersities industry andgoernment is a prereuisite for realising theision in the %ueensland 9lan. !or instancewith collaboration the Goernment can beendowed with speci/c knowledge aboutwhat will put %ueensland at the forefront

of innoation. #his co+operatie approachhas had demonstrated success with theattraction of signi/cant funds into theuniersity sector )and =% in particular* fromMMI%. In this case highalue inestments and focussed Goernmentsupport resulted in substantial infrastructureand massie in+2ows to %ueensland of skilled labour and contestable priate andpublic research funding.

we are the lowest ta&ing ,tate in ustralia we take a minimalist approach to regulation so local businesses can employ inest and innoat we hae dedicated serices to help local businesses access /nance and oerseas markets we see our local businesses participating in ma3or pro3ect deelopments and we ensure goernment procurement processes support local businesses.

Global economic conditions hae di(erent impacts on di(erent regions and this should be taken iIncenties to support and attract inestment into regional areas should be deeloped and implembeyond sia should be e&plored. Broader opportunities in other sectors such as education syouldand innoation is dispersed across industry to allow for great eQciencies. ,upport should be proiindustries but also e&isting industries. #raining and skills deelopment programs are speci/cfor eto be deeloped to match these needs now and in the future. 9rograms deeloped and dliered tpractices and processes are world leading. Mentre of e&cellence should focus on regional strengthskills deelopment. orld class education facilities should be promoted globally. ,tudents encourMommercialisation of research and innoation should be included.

MMI% beliees the economy should be represented as the /rst foundation area. It is business thatemployment that in turn enhances society$s wellbeing. #he %ueensland 9lan needs to recognise tision will ultimately depend on the competitieness of our economy. #he %ueensland 9lan shoulddierse and resilient economy that allows businesses to drie inestment innoation and employthe targets and goals in other foundation areas to be realised. By helping create a strong businessoer the ne&t -0 years we will delier prosperity for the whole community. %ueensland needs a benironment that is the absolute stand out in ustralasia.SSSS suggests including as an additionais the best place to start a business in ustraliaDE . <utcomes to describe success should include:



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nd the /rst years in a child$s life are the most important that$s when eating habits get establisgain while high leel goals about healthy lifestyle etc are /ne where is the focus on the actually

Increase sense of safety especially woman$s safety.

it is highly o(ensie to anyone with sound health background and een more so to all citi;ens whno relation to their lifestyle.

you fail to address factors that graely impact citi;ens health and are outside their control such ase&cessie irresponsible blanketing of nation with wireless technologies heay metals from cloud+suality and food uality. hy do you fail to address those and play lifestyle and e&ercise as the mpersonal ethics of those who hae put this part of the draft together with unparalleled ignorancemanipulation

1. 5ental illness is hugely underreportedN n increase in the reported preelance of mental illnessreducation in social stigma + the type of alues we want to promote )and measure* in the communimproed mental health outcomes )p1O* is the 8 increase in the number of people with a mental icommunity support.

. 6ealth targets and performance measures need to include more concrete actions such reductiohospital waiting lists both for specialist appointments and for "electie" surgery )such as gromets+ in pain and at risk of hearing lossL remoing chronically diseased tonsils or gall bladderL or a hipcrippled with arthritis* all of which impact on uality of life and ability to participate fully in educa

ife e&pectancy for both Indigenous and 5ental 6ealth Monsumers needs to be on a par with the g48 of people e&perience a mental illness in their lifetime.

<n page 1 with relation to 5ental 6ealth. It states "5ental 6ealth is Improed" and there are a #his is good and an improement howeer there will still be a need for hospitalisation for some pallowance made for proiding those facilities.

<n page 1O + again under "5easures" the ma3ority of paragraphs end with "compared to the resthas ery low standards will we lower ours I don$t think so but including that sort of "get out" claube striing for the best possible result compared to none but ourseles.

#he health and well being of GB#I% indiiduals in %ueensland are nowhere represented in the dobecause this group has a much higher leel of physical and mental health problems than the restpeople*. ike indigenous people they should be identi/ed ass a separate target group for health a

#his an area which comes under some ery unfortunate media attention and often unfairly. I do se

improement but this is an area in which it is apparent that there are still far too many $chiefs andregard for the 6ealth serice I unfortunately am a recipient of a great deal of indulgence of the h$ground$ up that the controls and restrictions imposed in health areas upon the working sta( is uiadministrators whoby description are not $hands on$. 6oweer the current goenment so far hasthis area.

9oint 1: Mompulsory parenting classes should be introduced. ,ome parents don$t seem to undersa toddler.



I think more and more e(ort into getting medicalAA6ospitals could be achieed better by not wasti

lso it really irks me to see so many people outside hospitals with drips in their arms and hospital5ore rehabilitation centres for addiction based issues but try to separate them a bit. eg: lcoholic

people with access to support serices ie funding for their health accommodation respite ect.

gree with all the other ideas pertaining to health.

#here is no re2ection of the bene/t of natural areas and open space to community well being )wharea*. #he document says )on page 1* "e are aware of the relationship between mental healthfamily work and economic enironments" needs to add "natural" enironments. <n page 1H 1natural enironments to en3oy

#his section has the goal that we are physically and mentally healthy and describes haing accessactiities to allow us to maintain good health but there is no reference to access to the infrastruc

actiities. @.g. walkingAcycling tracks. #his section could also reference the arts as a key element that can delier the success measurescommunity.

%ld response: $creation and maintenance of community infrastructure )bike paths communal e&erbarriers + access and a(ordability*

#here needs to be a focus on the importance of access to natural areas clean air and clean waterhealth. #here also needs to be consideration of a changing climate and what it means to commun

,.@. %ueensland is only a portion of this ast state. I do not consider that suQcient thought is githey hae to trael for treatment hat type of transport they must use for that treatment #hat igoing to the local hospital + what about those with kidney disease 6ow far do they hae to trael

I feel %ueenslanders should be made more responsible for their own health care. I agree wholehesuggestion " that eeryone should pay P7 to see a doctor...

It does not appear that the health and wellbeing of people with an intellectual disability has beenaailable to cater for the specialist health needs of people with an intellectual disability.

5ost of the information in the 9lan$s draft does not adeuately support the notion of teaching peowhat e&ercise to do. It suggests taking personal responsibility but if parents and families strugglthey would also struggle to hae the innate knowhow to proide healthier options for themseles

!or 40 years we hae had the ife Be In It )1KH7* and the !ood 9yramid )1KH4*. #he carrot hasn$ton the bad processed foods and beerages.

5ental health is under represented + more funding is needed education of the population and espserices about mental health is lacking + see 1

lso more information about health for older %ueenslanders with mental health issues and what hcare situations. #his needs to be addressed now and not when %ueenslanders hit the aged care ayoung people but why are older people left out we should be more inclusie. here will these agenough care institutions aailable with appropriate treatment facilities. on$t want to go back to i

a good work life balance wont work if families cant a(ord much as the goernment is trying to takeerything

many %ueenslanders who hae a mental health problem may be unaware that they do so. #herepeople who cannot a(ord regular treatment or counselling



I think you can do limited trials to ealuate the eracity of all assumptionso

no comment #here is a mention that 9rimary 6ealth care is not where we need to focus but the one thing that i

@ducation is the key to better health and indiiduals taking responsibility for their health + we nee

rest of ustralia is a poor baseline

nil

Rou again resort to aspirational language after closing down the e(ectie I, preention progra

#he coastal Mities are e&pected to cater for each region or able to help its neighbour and many smedical care.!armers lie hundreds of miles from the copast and een though we hae the !lyingtherefore consideration for small towns need medical support ie women haing babies etc.

9lease put noise in the /nal publication otherwise what is the point 'eighbour noise is a real issday the brick wall I$m hitting my head against will break. ,igh.

1. #he ustralian health care system is based on the model of patients being sick and payments rproide appropriate care for sick patients. 5ore emphasis needs to be placed on maintaining wellto maintain wellness.

. s a 'utrition 9ractitionerI am to proide patients with nutritional infomration in order to reco6oweer a*medicare does not recognise nutritional uali/cations so patients are unable to claimb* few priate health insurance companies proide rebates on nutritional consultations.

-. Momplementary and alternatie health modalities need more recognition. #hese serices proid

patients.

ental care is the single most e&pensie form of medicine aailable to eeryday ueenslanders. 5dental problem is the cheap option e&traction. 9eople can$t a(ord dental care and this leads to cogeneral health issues. If we made dental health a(ordable or een free less people would be lininand illnesses caused as an indirect result of our dental health. 5uch obesity is caused by our habiright freuency and in the right uantities. #here are too many one meal a day obese people like

1.1 dd to describing success DEUe hae a healthcare system that proides support to the com/eld.$ I beliee further funding needs to be allocated to preentatie health in %ueensland for thecould mean creating preentatie health oQcer positions in the epartment of 6ealth to proide acommunity regarding preentatie health practices or funding non+goernment organisation to prand rural communities.

#here was not enough emphasis put on better educating the population to be more self aware anlso more money should be made aailable into research for medical problems that were once unallergies in young children.

#he comments about work+life balance are too generalised and simplistic. 6ow is the Goernmentthis approach especially allowing workers time out of the working week to deote to their healthgien.

Res we seem to be leaing areas for parks now but we need bikeways and walkways big time to gstacks more shade in these areas. 9arks need to be e&citing so people want to go there. rink tapeelop a Mouncil or Got team of workers + 5any many more than we hae now teach them #raiTeggie Gardens in parks of fruit trees. here are all the loely rose gardens which used to be in eoutdoors.



5ore thoughtAreference here to persons in our community with mental or physical disability.

@arly interention is ital from conception.@pigenetic research shows brain changes from conception to mdeath from ongoing interaction of

#hat includes re nuitrition in pregnancy on deeloping girl$s eggs for ne&t generations and associuIf young children do not lern empathy and ability to modulate emotions early they will grow up as

ll the statements are full of pious hope but absent of speci/c goals or ways of measuring succes

#he emphasis as usual is on political e&pediencyork + life balance. #his is at odds with a capital based business system especially where the stat

'o attempt to balance work+life with transport accessabilty and cost e(ectie options.

I couldn$t answer the economy uestions without feeling enraged so I skipped it. #his section is alopportunity to address economy and health in one. I!@ is 5<>@ Important than 5oneyN

Rour thinking on 6ealth @ducation is problematic and restrictie. It reuires immediate change to@ducation instead of facilitated learning is criminal neglect and will be looked back upon by the nelessons of human e&istence. Bad education market in2uences and misinformation [I, I''<M@

I understand that the people who maintain and follow the statutory code are doing their best butgoing to be good enough. ny ersion of the now system$s statutory code money debt and restriunnecessary deaths resentment illness and ciil unrest.

e need to address the problem of diet particularly the oer use of processed foods and sugars..or at the least ery debilitating.. #a& the hell out of them

InsuQcient response to community concerns about the inability of law+abiding people to possessfrom iolent crimes.

I understand that access proisions are being continually reiewed and improed on a national ba

of our community that will oer the ne&t -0 years reach O0+K0 more planning needs to happen.

5entally unwell + 9sychotherapists and counsellers to be placed in eery school for early interentand schi;ophrenia.

Introduction of initiation courses for 1+14 year olds in schools for both male and female students.improed communication improed health outcomes. 6ealth serices would sae billions down thintroduced as education system would turn out young adults not immature boys and girls.

massie reduction in cancer in humans. as in cancer is no longer a illness people need to be worrichemicals in our lies food cleaning industry etc. far less reliance on bif medical companies suc

increase in alternatie medicines and treatments. massie reduction in mental health. uicker recmental illness. far less suicides oer dose on mediations and drugs. far less alcohol and drug rela

e will need alternatie therapies to achiee both of these things because medicine and pharmecsuQcient positie outcomes to help us achiee this. e must innoate and think beyond old and

#he town i liein doesnt hae any specialist cardiologists there is one that isits but you still haeconsultation.s we are becomiKng an aging population there are time when to hae specialists caa good idea

I beliee some wanted to discourage the amount of huge big name fast food outlets particularly nbuilt upon at a young age



I support all the health issues ........... but I beliee we need to gie 5en$s health a similar concen focus on a(ordable fresh food got most number important mentions and should be in where we

5easures.In keeping with response report theme of preention not correction proportion of preention e&pe

>eference in $6ealth and well+being being healthy and actie$ draws attention to $our healthcare s

e need a ,tate 5ale 6ealth 9lan. 5ale health including mental health is oerlooked. r arrenthat men worldwide are regarded as "the disposable gender" certainly rings true. #o build a healthsystem that proides eual opportunities to health for all gendersAsections.

9reention is a much better option than cure and there needs to be a much greater emphasis on tresponses in !ig %- and !ig H %- the Generational #hemes page 1 and the discussion most o

preentatie solutions. #he <9,< submission identi/ed a role for the media in publicising preentany further consideration.

>esearch indicates that people who lie a healthy lifestyle and remain actie physically and mentlie a longer more productie life with less likelihood of medical interentions. #his starts from afocus of this !oundation rea.

I want fast food either abolished or that e&pensie that people will only eat healthy food that needbecome a sub3ect. bolish the adertising of alcohol. nd make alcohol e&pensie. nd put the dri

!or what success looks like the statement "e hae a balance between preention and treatmenresponse report which had a theme of DEFpreention not cureDE . #he response report theme is

decreasing focus on treatment.nother theme of the response report was about discouraging unhealthy habits by implementingactie and healthy lifestyle e.g. 3unk food adertising. number of comments related to the use oencourage healthy behaiour. #hese types of actiities are not mentioned in the working draft.

!irst outcome is not uite right. >esponse report theme was preention not correction i.e. outcomtowards preention. key description of success in this outcome would be proportional increase i

,hould be an outcome related to discouraging unhealthy habits. <ne of the themes of response reby implementing regulations on things that inhibit an actie and healthy lifestyle e.g. 3unk food.

better description of success is needed for the goal of low leels of poerty and disadantage. Mcontributing to the community does not lower leels of poerty and disadantage. 9erhaps: <ur eand disadantage.

iscouraging unhealthy eating habits receied 7th highest rating in both unprompted and promptwas restricting e&posure to 3unk food ads. @&posure of our children to 3unk food ads should be me



"e hae access to fresh food so we can easily make healthy food choices." + perhaps be more sp

Good targets but more emphahasis needed on personal responsibility for one$s own health.gain as per response to preious section this appears to be a massie oersimpli/cation.

9reentatie health measures hae been sacri/ced because you are scared of the alcohol tobacc

#T adertising for rubbish food is rampant. Rou do nothing to contest it.

#his has a huge 2ow on a(ect to other parts of society + economy family health community wellb

6aing healthier men

#he role of the natural enironment in deliering better health outcomes has been underplayed in

'ormalise seeking help for mental health issues in communities where it is stigmatised>educe racism and discrimination because they cause poor mental health and wellbeing5ore emphasis on making the health care system and healthy choices accessible to eeryone

cknowledgement needs to be gien to the health of our most ulnerable citi;ens including peoplpopulation. wholistic response to health must be gien including a healthcare system that has chealth management to ongoing care and support ia rehabilitation and appropriate accommodati

6ealth education + current draft only says "e hae access to information and education about outhe target should be that people are health+educated rather than 3ust potentially health+educated

internet. #here could also be speci/c focus area e.g. education on nutrition accessible e&ercise r

I hae concerns that we are setting our goals low so that we can easily achiee them and gie ourachieing simplicity rather than greatness.

5en$s health both mental and physical has little focus both in this plan and in current society. 5aadeuate means or knowledge to help themseles. people commit suicide each day. !ie of thof funding support programs education for better men$s health. nd there is a huge gender imbserices. Cust go to any G9$s waiting room and count the number of pamphlets o(ering support fowill probably /nd it is 0:1 di(erence.

#he references: "e hae a sustainable health care system that supports those most in need. 9re%ueensland": e need speci/c support strategies to address the high suicide rate and mental heseriously lacking. #he male suicide rate is four times that of women. #he fallout on our families anaddressed. Greater access is also needed to mental health support serices and resources for meself+harming or harming their families or people in the community. 9reention is better than cure.is far more important and releant than simple primary physical health concerns. In particular wenational statistic that men make up one+third of domestic iolence ictims. #here are no resourcesescape domestic iolence.

gain the bene/ts that the natural enironment play in community health and well+being hae bhealthy ecosystem euals healthy people )clean air water biodiersity green spaces etc*

#he e(ects of climate change impacts on the health and wellbeing of our people and communities9lan.

hat about the generation addicted to boo;e drugs iolence and immorality. ill they hae samlast



e/nitely a need for:@nsuring health needs are met work life balance5ental health check up for those soon to graduate from high school6ealh a(ordability )eg. 5edicare bulk billing etc.*

#he 9lan needs to acknowledge the role that the built enironment can hae in improing indiidu

!ocus on a(ordability and improing access to transport as well as economic and education oppor

#he need for free healthcare for $all$ + needs to be reinforced. #he document only refers to $those most in need$ + #his is a serious erosion of current e&pectation

6ealth is one of the big opportunities for faster internet.

#here is not enough emphasis on preention of ill health and the promotion of wellbeing. #he draf

responsibility for health in #arget 1L without enough emphasis on the importance of e(ectie prechanges. DEF9reention not correctionDE was a signi/cant response on page 1- of the %ueensla

think the plan re2ects this adeuately.

e need a consistent and comprehensie approach to obesity oer the ne&t thirty years to turn thsmoking rates hae been reduced

e need the same consistent and comprehensie approach for the ne&t thirty years to improe thIslander peoples.

nnual health costs directly related to insuQcient physical actiity in ,@% are estimated at aroundlandscapes proide space for outdoor recreation and proide inspiration and mental and physicalopportunities are lost participation rates will decline and the health costs associated with inactiidecline in outdoor recreation participation rates of 18 would increase health costs by P10 million

greater emphasis on euity of access for all marginali;ed communities needs to be better reprein order to achiee the articulated targets all %ueenslanders need to hae the opportunity to reacaccess to serices that they reuire to achiee this aspiration.

I noted that htere was no signi/cant mention of the area of art and all the related crafts and skillshealth of our people of our society.

#here should be a mention in this section about identifying and supporting opportunities to utiliseto proide more eQcient health care serices particularly to rural and remote areas.

deuate housing for all in the community is essential for continued health and wellbeing of our cto community health and wellbeing. dd statement about DEUproision of adeuate and a(ordablwellbeing.

5ental 6ealth + a huge cost and a social disease. %ld /gures with youth suicide are not good. #heaction in this space + suggest that reduction in suicide be a plan [9I to address mental illess

<ur refrain throughout this document is that healthy liing has had too low a priority in all areas oland use and urban design and the built enironment play in enabling this healthy liing has bee

,1H $we are connected to our communities$... please include $our infrastructure and urban designrideable$ as a measure describing success.



!,M would like to ensure that DEFinland rural and remoteDE is considered a separate DEFregion

Inland rural and remote regions hae the euitable access to health serices.(ordable euitable health serices in inland rural and remote regions.

mend te&t

DEF6ealth and wellbeing outcomes for Indigenous %ueenslanders are the same as for non+Indige

Include te&tfter amending the te&t then include the following te&t under the DEFescribing successDE hea

DEF>acism towards and discrimination of boriginal and #orres ,trait Islander %ueenslanders is elInclude te&tInclude to DEF5ental health is improedDE under the DEFescribing successDE heading the fo

DEF%ueenslanders are empowered to seek help for mental health issues without feeling stigmati5oe and replace te&t

DEF1. e are physically and mentally healthyDE .

5y area of particular concern is that of 5ens 6ealth and ellbeing. I strongly call for more attentiabsolutely ital area of our community. ithout well balanced strong and healthy men )9hysically,piritually* society can not function e(ectiely. 5en are ital men are not disposable.

orkplae health is under represented. Increasing labour participation and productiity reuires boplaces.

iabetes %ueensland beliees that the %ueensland Goernment has a fundamental role in promoand chronic disease prentation. It is well document that the sucess %ueensland pioneering regarof awareness health programs and regulatory inestments.

iabetes %ueensland beliees that 044 is too late for %ueenslanders to improe indiidual healtuna(orable build up of unfunded health care liability within the population.

#he increae in obesity diabetes and heart disease together with our ageing population and increaconsideration and careful planning. @arly interention approaches with a 6ealth ? ellbeing focu

e&ercise information on e&ercise and healthy liing should be freely aailable to all ia "#he Gatewcommunity serices. I totally agree with haing a focus on ellness as opposed to purely disease

broader de/nition of $health$ is neede + the orld 6ealth <rganisation de/nition is $health is a cosocial wellbeing not merely the absence of disease and in/rmity.$ ,ocial determinants of health nthe conditions of daily liing that determine a persons chances of maintaining good health these icircumstances indigenous status and ethnicity. stress gender early life deelopment and e&periunemployment and social supports.

mend the te&t in DEFe are physically and mentally healthyDE from DEFife e&pectancy is inc

%ueenslandersDE to:

5oe the section DEFe hae low leels of poerty and disadantageDE from DEF1K. e hae

potentialDE to

and replace the te&t DEFe use community and social networks and work together to ensure discontribute to their community and economyDE with the te&t

DEFe address poor health and wellbeing outcomes by addressing the social determinants of hedisadantageDE

DEF9rimary and hospital health care is accessible to all regardless of background or location andaccess careDE .



cknowledge the link between healthy natural landscapes and healthy communities

=%$s reputation in health medicalbehaioural and biomedical sciences hasbrought a solid return on research inestmentby the %ueensland goernment. ork by=% in 010 on the economic

bene/ts to %ueensland of inestment in four=% research institutes which were enabledby leeraging of philanthropic donationsshowed returns of between P4.70+P.00 foreery public dollar outlaid.

we hae the safest workplaces in ustralia we recognise employees that take responsibility for their own health and safety and we encourage proactie and innoatie business practices to improe health and safety.

#he plan should note the impacts and increased range of ector borne diseases in response to risipatterns and e&treme weather eents and anticipated population growth north of the #ropic of Mathe health and wellbeing of %ueenslanders are air water and land uality )physical health* and achealth*.

1. #he goernment should be more proactie by encouraging and facilitating what %ueenslanderof physical actiity outside of e&ercise and sports.

9lanning: Mhanging planning reform and planning scheme deelopment + new planning legislatio%ueensland 9lan aspirations. Infrastructure: n eitable long+term infrastructure planning and fugoernment /nancial sustainability and deelopment inestement needs to be resoled.

MMI% supports this foundation area but considers workplace health is under represented. Increasinreuires both a healthy workforce and healthy workplaces.

MMI% suggests as part of Goal 1O including DEFwe hae safe and healthy workplacesDE as an a

described as:

#he number of workplace health and safety incidents )e.g. ost #ime In3uries freuency rates* shmeasure.



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nd more other issues left out of the draft

there are fundamentally wrong people in places responsible to look after enironment and ma3oritnot disclosed con2icts of interest.

money has oerridden morals ethics and humaneness here and 3ust because the e(ects eniropollution has on people aren$t immediately isible and traceable does not mean they do not e&ist.technologies are deadly long term not only to humans but to nature and water. @idence about sdeliberately irresponsibly withheld. By the time it becomes all too eident it will be too late and thwell out of reach. ,omeone needs to do the right thing howeer diQcult and stop the maddeningwireless circus around the gloe today which is only making billions for those who can a(ord to pthemseles from it.

Mloud+seeding is an incredibly e&citing actiity for scientists who hae now e&tended their playgrowithout limits but they bear no accountability and neither do those who fund this program under

protecting the planet from global warming. ,omeone needs to do a proper thing here too and thingrae conseuences for all.

s preiously stated 5anufacturing is not going to be a ustralian industry as employees are paidpeople who manufacture abroad. #his is /nally becoming obious with %uantas 6olden and garmmanufacture this will continue for the period under reue.

ll of the items listed are pro3ections of what we hope %ueensland will be like many years from no,ection 0 which states "e hae rigorous standards for enironmental rehabilitation." and ,ectio"=niue enironments are protected and well maintained." #hese are certainly wonderful ambitioconsidering the impending deelopment of ports for the e&port of M,G$s in the Great Barrier >eef

will need the "rehabilitation" clause lso if we will hae protection and good maintenance of unienironments so far into the future why can$t we hae that now

I feel that this is a bit of a loaded uestion and that we should be iewing the oerall potential ofpart of the nation can surie without any other part there fore I hae serious hesitations about tthis rather propaganda incilned uestion.

<ur e(orts to deelop %ueensland should be sustainable and measured If most of %ueensland isnational parks and marine parks 6ow are we to know what is sustainable and how do we protectno access to If a national park is raised by /re 6ow do we know what might hae been sustainapark is destroyed by global warming 6ow do we know what was sustainable re we not locking

of the euasion on$t we owe it to ourseles to estimate what is sustainable before locking up hu%ueensland from deelopment foreer.

#his section is grossly underdone. =nder section 0 0 add in "we understand and alue the rassets in a productie economy". #he success of agriculture depends on a healthy enironment +clean water regular rain bees for pollinating and so on. #he bene/ts of a healthy natural enirostrong economy )not only for tourism* needs to be acknowledged.

In section 1 + scienti/c eidence + add in "we plan for e(ectie integration of nature and deelono net loss of enironmental alues"



=nder measures add in "numbers of species whose conseration status has been maintained or i

9roportion of regional plans and planning schemes that proide for de/ned biodiersity protection

=rban sprawl: ctie transport within all areas of the urban enironment should be encouraged.

<ur natural resources are managed e(ectiely DEJ we produce more from mines and farms with lnatural resources DEJ this descriptor is a bit of a conundrum for miningN

#his section also encourages that we use more renewable energy sources but needs to include thenergy sources are a(ordable for residentsDEJ which will make them the preferable option. )winAwthe strategy that we are to manage our personal consumption of natural resources needs to be suaccessibility of a(ordable alternaties.

=rban sprawl is managed eQciently DEJ should be linked into the goals for the regions DEJ to builregional communities DEJ that is make regional areas attractie for settlement.

9rotecting of the enironment + is not coered by the statement: "e ensure 'ational 9arks orldprime agricultural land and signi/cant ecosystems are maintained and support economic growth."growth and consesration does not always match.

#here appears to be a strong focus on the economy and balance in this section howeer balancesolid science and costing the impacts on the enironment and costs to the community into deeloassessment not 3ust a competition between one use or another. #hese are issues that were raisBrisbane ,ummit.

s per my initial reponse not enough focus on climate change. section 1 states decisions will bescienti/c eidence. #he oerwhelming scienti/c eidence is that increased co emissions in the atoceans are causing accelerated climate change and we must uickly transition away from fossil f

Rou say in the plan that you are prepared to protect reseres etc and yet one ma3or resere that isthe central %ueensland region is being compromised. Bimbelbo&. #his priate resere should be pmany reasons.

lso I think 5ining companies need to be more responsible for regeneration of natural waterwaysneeds to be protected.

hy is there this continual preoccupation with trying to make %ueensland better than the rest ofmoment you are talking about communities cooperating and working together and the ne&t youbetter than anyone else. Rou are either schi;ophrenic or a contradiction of ideas.

#here is a clear link between the uestion formulated in #he @conomy and those formulated for thbecause all are based on a philosophy of a bigger %ld. on$t grow a bigger %ld and we will automenironment.

I think the primary target is wrong. #o be based on perceptions of %ueenslanders about a ery codisastrous. Rou need more ob3ectie measures some of which are secondary.

ll ies . Mambell has approed dredging about point and happy to dump spoil on the reef. #hats ahas slashed funding for research on the reef which puts the crown or thorns research in 3eopardyto another unchecked outbreak decimating the reef. 6e got ride of ild riers legislation so minestailing into riers like the alsh and wenlock which are ma3or prawn breeding habitats for the entiindustry. I could go on and on but reality the '9 don$t care about the enironment cause it stopsmaking more money .



failure to address conseration actiities and measures

run limited trials to erify or modify assumpions'ot only is it too broad it$s too ague.

ll the feedback on climate change and the need for sustainable deelopment

poor understanding of issues

Building upwards especially in innoatie ways should be encouraged in our cities and urban sprdiscouraged. @nironmental parks should be established in our cities and managed to encourage,uburban allotments could be smaller and some of the land saed for such parks.

>e: DEF%ueenslanders oiced strong support for enironmentally sustainable practices particulasolutions such as increasing the presence of solar or wind energy technologiesDE )p 14* + not m

additional cost of proiding backup power for solar and wind energy which so far has to be born bsources. 'ot mentioned are the prospects for thorium reactors and fusion as a replacement for cuproiders.

@nironmental balance is not addressed through economic criteria in the surey: eQciency is notenironmental policies in the /rst sub section the surey proided aried and interesting feed baenironmental protection demonstrating interest and concerns regarding current practices and p

%ueensland enironmental protection is appalling with huge areas of the states northern forests bkilling huge amounts of wildlife and creating ast amounts of greenhouse gases. pparently e&poramounts of coal to the rest of the world is sound enironmentatl practice

how the hell are we supposed to protect our eniromental areas when the federal go decides tobig money earner the barrier reef

I beliee that the 'atural @nironment is well considered but that the Built @nironment is undercbeliee that in our towns and cities we should build for $beauty$ as well as $function$. #he great citiare those that do this. #here are huge economic and social bene/ts for those cities. #he brightestcorporate headuarters and tourists are all attracted to beauty as much as function.ll this promolocals which has huge long term economic bearing. !urthermore residents of beautiful cities like tcongregate amongst these enirons which has health and social bene/ts. #he %ueensland plan co

this more.

the enironment is fragile but when i see priate companies do the wrong thing how do we tell sothe massage if you want to help with enironment look after it

%uite simply the $@nironment$ ision says absolutely nothing about conseration. @nsuring thatand orld 6eritage reas support economic growth is a clear demonstration that point about thesbeen totally lost. #he $Tision$ for the natural enironment is un+isionary.

Goernments will /nd it hard to balance enironmental needs s economical growth in %ld. @duchelp + are we prepared to hae high unemployment and let the rest of the world pass us by in neare we ready to make some sacri/ce. lternatiely can the bright young people of tomorrow /ndour economy by using our pristine rain forest and reef

#he comment "we protect the enironment" is simplistic and generalised. 'o strategies are gienprotect natural enironments against possible threats only for how they should be supporting eco<ne particular natural enironment the Great Barrier >eef is under particular threat from port dee&ample. hy does this not hae a speci/c strategy for dealing with such threats



#each #6'[ !='@,, + instead of doom and gloom

'ot one mention of how increasing the population destroys the enironment.

Information about how commercial and enironmental demands can be balanced and what protecmechanisms are reuired to preent short term decision+making from the Goernment of the dayeconomic and political pressure in approing deelopments that are ruining areas of enironment

,olar is under represented G< ,<>. Inest in ,<>. Get solar panels on roofs. Gie them away.planet is warming up )* so energy should be cheaper.

,ince when did enironmental protection start with pro/table business Mlosing down the @9 ? pfor dredging bbott 9t as well as the M,G businesses when insuQcient protections are in place meplans for this area are without honesty.

#he primary monitoring element + a surey of %ueenslanders iews on enironment does not re2eall. It should bring up the true measure which is monitoring the $health of the natural assets$ to uneconomy

ater resource is fundamentally important. 5ore researchAfunds needs to be inested in keepingAand uality of %ueensland water supply. Institute storm water storage in underground auifer systregulation enforcement on all those who interfere with or contaminate our precious water resourc

as i stated in the economy side of things. we need to focus a lot more on healing the planet. increin its green natural form.

#he other states will hae to do ery badly to allow %ueensland to do better enironmentally. emuch already. ,ustainable ecology can earn us much more oer time than /nite mining will. #heto see our pristine places but only hard hats will isit dustbowls where mines once were. s to ecodeelopment we must hae a uantum shift and aim elsewhere where others are missing the ma

Indigenous sides of things. s I am a Indigenous leader in my boarding school and in my local comthat is fair that people dont recognise we looked after this land for thousands of years and when t

came along they destoryed it and now we hae to look after the land and you see all of these miniand the goernment isnt doing nothing at all to preent further damage.

#he ld plan report said many responses focused on economic aspects but there was also a substproportion of responses focussing on enironmental considerations. Ret the /nal draft is ery biaseconomic considerations in fact I think this section of the draft plan is more about the @conomy adeelopment than the enironment which does not re2ect the proportion of reponses.

#here is a need to return to the regular prescribed burning of public land so that huge /res such asince this reiew began do not happen in the future. 5ore foresters and workers need to be emplothe build up of fuels.

lso andholders need to be encouraged to learn how to use /re to control the uality of their pasbuild up of grassland fuels and the growth of weedy species.

Rou dump stu( on the reef yet getting gas out of the ground is harder than /nding sharks legs. #balance.

#here are seeral problems which are not being addressed: eg riparian reegetation. #he resourcdamage done by preious decisions )eg clear all the trees on this land* are insuQcient to heal the,imilarly loss of soil fertility.

9rotection of the enironment + #he use of scienti/c research for @nironmental Impact >eports neseparated from the use of Goernment employees to write these reports



#his entire section has been slanted to re2ect the iews of business. #his section is the poorest.

$Industry led stewardship$ Is this supposed to be Mlie 9almer

$>igorous ,tandards$ Is this 'ewman$s fast track approals

=nder 'umber 1 p0 dd under enironmental education encourages personal responsibility:escribing success + "e support communities to care for local natural and cultural enironments"

5anagement and adaptation to risks from climate change is not mentioned + e.g. increased droug

<nce again there is a lack of correlation between !oundation reas. @nironmental protection is abetween conseration and deelopment between presering scarce resources and identifying anthat scarcity in a sustainable manner between short term /&es and longer term planning. #he %ldidenti/es these issues well in the discussion but this does not seem to hae been carried forward idraft which appears to identify aspirational goals in !oundation areas -4 and H which are incomp!oundation rea. @.g. 6ow do you balance a target of 70 8 of %ueenslanders liing in regional areprotecting the enironment and our natural assets

'eer has been clear about how an actual $balance$ between en protection and economic growthachieed... for e&ample the $what does success look like$ column includes a reference to decisio

on scienti/c eidence but the state has a long tradition continuing today which coneniently ignorscienti/c eidence when it threatens to stand in the way of economic deelopment.

there is no recognition that %ueensland$s biodiersity is in decline. we need to increase resourcesenironmental protection. the current plan is all about decreasing enironmental protection to facideelopment. it is unbalanced to faour deelopment and allow ongoing biodiersity decline.

#here was a lot of discussion )see 11 attachment* regarding being $good stewards$. #he 9lan neethat underlying concept that we all hae a responsibility )and e&pect the goernment to show leato take care of the enironment for others + we are stewards of the enironment rather than e&plo

notion of stewardship underscores the principle that we need to take care of our natural enironmgenerations of %ueenslanders.

#he target does not re2ect the strong desire for conseration sustainable and renewable solution%ld >espoisne document. p1

there needs to be clear and speci/c information included about what we are going to do to preparchange. e need to include climate adaptation and resilience strategies in our successes

>enewable energy will be the norm + this does not mean alternatie energyN 'uclear energy is altto&ic to the enironment.

5anging urban sprawl was all about ending the proliferationof green/elds deelopment in peri urimpacting on ecosystems and green wedges. #his creates reliance on the motor car and a compulklms to access serices and recreational opportunities. =rban in/ll repurposing and adapting e&isfor both eco+friendly residential and brown deelopments was dicussed ferently at my table.<ppactie recreation linking key serice areas in a community is desirable.

#here is discussion about the rich diersity of cultural heritage in the documents this should be inworking draft.



#he intrinsic links between enironment and economy does not support positie enironmental ou

%ueensland Goernment is utterly disgraceful.

9lunder and rape the enironment at eery opportunity.

here is the protection for natie speciesboriginal peopleBarrier >eef,hame ,hame ,hame.

there needs to be a mention of climate change throughout the documentalternatie energy should be de/ned as clean renewable energy

hat the working draft should hae done gien the fact that there was signi/cantdisagreement on what the right balance between economy and enironment wasto present both sides of the communities iew. #his did not happen

%MM has assessed the enironment section of the orking raft and concludedthat it does not represent an accurate picture of what the community iews were.It presents a perspectie based upon the ,tate Goernment iews through theconte&t of the four+pillar economy.

s a result the orking raft is e(ectiely a ,tate Goernment perspectie andnot a 9eoples 9lanGreen spaces are community+managed and encourage healthdd reference to carbon emission reduction ia more actie transport and treesL and strategies tomitigate climate change and natural disasters

It is more a case of enironmental lip serice whereby enironmental alues can e&ist so long as tinterfere with economic prosperity but unfortunately in a ma3ority of cases the two are mutually e

9opulation is not mentioned in terms of its multiplicatie enironmental impact. #here was feedba%ueensland$s >esponse that "population growth needs to be more e(ectiely managed" and thatthat population growth needed to be more e(ectiely managed to ensure that %ueensland does n

oerpopulated". #he issue of population growth needs to be mentioned in terms of enironmentalpopulation growth needs to be mitigated by remoing unnecessary incenties. #his is the only wa"urban sprawl is managed eQciently" and should be placed under that section.

#he enironment is understated in the draft 9lan. @nironment shares a section with the economyeconomy section doesn$t re2ect the enironment. #he enironment should be infused throughoutrather than gien a shared section. #he way it is the draft 9lan disguises the fundamental role thaenironment plays in supporting all other areas of the 9lan. #he only way $balance$ can be achiee

the enironment is if it is eleated aboe where it is now.

#he risks to human health with the increased population of 2ying fo&es in suburban areas due to tfor fruit and 2owers in urban ares rather than eucalypt forests polluting our houses and water tan

e seek that the 9lan be enhanced to recognise the need for well+planned and designed cities anthe importance of proiding high uality urban and natural enironments in achieing the -0 yea%ueensland.



e/nitely need to:

#he uality of the built and natural enironment is critical to a successful and prosperous %ueensle(ectie planning and design of our cities and regions is critical to creating uality built and naturthat support the goals of the 9lan.

@nironmental issues are largely absent from the -0 year ision as it currently stands and climateentirely missing.

we are supporting inestment in a large scale =rban !orest strategy to mitigate warming and cultiand well+being. ots of trees happy and actie people more aluable property better water macooler heat waes. <ur idea: orld Mlass %ueensland =rban !orest Goal: ouble urban tree co%ueensland cities and regional centres focusing on areas when urban heat and plans for increasethreaten future liability. Green Mross ustralia encourages the %ueensland Goernment to inestthat mitigate climate change through direct tree planting action and cultiate community resiliencbeing across %ueensland cities and regional centres by mitigating urban heat island and 2oodingimpacts while reducing greenhouse emissions. #his idea inoles a paradigm shift from green spaparks and single purpose spaces to deliering multiple bene/ts including alue for money outcoand priate sectors.

By building on e&isting local council programs and leeraging ,tate and !ederal initiaties it is posleerage inestments in the %ueensland plan considerably through this big idea.

Monsere the enironment and that includes not destroying what we hae unless it is for the bettsuch as creating employment or infrasture such as hospitals or other useful buildings.

%ueenslanders hae oiced a need for greater forward planning of green and actie spaces and inthat improes social stability and euity educational opportunity and cultural entertainment andpossibilities )%ueensland$s >esponse >eport p-*. e don$t feel the current plan addresses the a

detail.

#he statements on =rban ,prawl are high leel and generic and we feel %ueenslanders will wantincrease their con/dence in the plan.

5anage infrastructure for growth: >esponses indicate that population growth needs to be more emanaged. In particular participants beliee deelopment needs to encompass high density liingretaining green areas for community use.

#he ,@% '>5 9lan supports striking the balance between the enironment and economic deelopcontains many of the land use planning tools to support decision making to achiee this balance pwhere con2icts may arise.

Important to knowledge that % is increasingly e&posed to e&treme eather eents and natual disImportant we do all we can to protect and restore our natural enironment as well as ensuring thaenironment is more adaptable to a changing climate and more resilient to natural ha;ards.

Monsider encouraging sustainable urbanism through best practice planning and design practices.for people by encouraging $smart$ growth which is compact connected and people focused and wlocated on preiously deeloped land. 'eed to consider comprehensie analysis of the geographiccharacteristics of the site at di(erent leels during the planning and design phase. =ndertake siteprocesses designed to facilitate sustainable urbanism.



<ur tourism will need to be build on our uniue fauna and 2ora and on the culture of our indigeno

lternatie waste streams and other sustainability criteria seem not ot hae been e&plored enoug

resources in particular water.

#here is a need to strengthen the protection of the enironment in the plan. #he current abuse ofby the ,tate Goernemtn illustrates the need for a much more e(ectie mechanism to protect the

,- =rban sprawl is managed eQciently. e agree that % cities should become more dense altnecessarily $up$.

e plan cities which are walkable and rideable. e ensure that each community has a network ofconnections. e allow for deelopment which increases density responsibly in line with the guidecommunities )low+rise dense deelopment not high+rise*.

@nergy eQciencies + power and steam will return /nancial bene/ts and better liing standards forbusiness. 9olution reduction + road safety as a result of the reduced transport will also bene/t co

!or consideration. aste generation + the importance of recycling appears to be somewhat oerlodraft.

#he enironment appears to hae a greater role as an economic drier rhater than for its own tanand ualities + need to look at it strictly like enironment. chieing a balance between enironmthe economic importance of agriculture and mineral interests will ultimately result in compromise

#he balance of protecting the enironment by balancing economic deelopment and enironmentonly be achieed when you factor in what the community as a whole alues with respect to the enwhat it is prepared to sacri/ce in the name of economic deelopment and other actiites

Monsider local goernment ;oning. Issues including subdiision and deelopment along coastal arconsidered. reas of rural nature and larger land lots should be considered. #own and rural plannimore a re2ection of the real desire of ustarlians and an anaylsis of the e&isting spontaneous situfaouring some and depriing others. ocal goernment should not discriminate in making some cand some others completely ruined.

Mlimate change is not referred to e&plicitly in #%9. hile there are references made to climate arie&treme weather eents these do not speci/cally coer climate change impacts. #he absence ofin the document has been a concern raised directly with the 9remier and through stakeholder feeomission was also a key theme of the %ueensland 9lan web3am on #hursday H !ebruary.

Green spaces$ is referred to as a success factor for goal - DEU=rban sprawl is managed eQcientlstress that maintainingAenhancing green spaces in urban areas as not 3ust an enironmental prioriimportant way of deliering on #%9 goals related to community and health and wellbeing. 9erhareferences made to green spaces in these foundation areas.

In addition the /rst success factor in this goal is currently referred to as DEU%ueensland cities will #his does not capture many of the elements of success that %ueenslanders described here. e pthat this factor should become DEU%ueensland cities embrace best practice urban design and de

0. #here is a heck of lot more to '>5 than agriculture and mining. Mities for e&ample are signi/cof natural



0. 6ow about rigorous standards for preenting degradation in the /rst place

Mairns will hae to grow from 170000 to at least a million. #hat$s an awful lot of upward growt

>ecognise the link between healthy natural landscapes and tourism

1. 6ow about describing success in terms of species and ecosystems without the economic caeenironment is not 3ust a resource for us to e&ploit it has alues in itself.

-. #his is entirely inconsistent with the target to double the population of regional %ueensland. !achieed

#he potential con2ict between the economy and enironmental targets. ,trong economy dependsenironment

#echnology is adopted to encourage greater eQciencies in production. Greater collaboration acfroenable knowledge and information sharing and opportunities for innoation. #ourism is supportedensuring natural assets are protected. 9romotion and access to natural assets is encouraged butprotected and maintained whilst still enabling and supporting economic growth and should be ma

enhanced to allow for greater opportunities in tourism and agriculture. Inestment in renewable eencouraged and sourced from traditional and renewable technology. ,ustainability to be underpinnew technologies and eQciencies which drie down business costs. !'% >egional 9lan reiewed atool but must consider local and regional circumstances. imiting outward growth must be balancmaintaining regional identity and amenity. @nsure the new infrastructure planning framework proconnected and functional green spaces.

DE] Information. =se <ur !uture orld to re+ealuate the working draft$s !oundation areas. !or e&@nironment DEJ 5easures ;ero carbon emissionsL @conomy and 9eople + growth rede/ned as uantitatieL Goernance DEJ dispersal of decision+making from traditional diisie political proce

knowledge+based local and open sources through technology. Integrate into these !oundation areimplications of <ur !uture orld$s prediction of irtual trading with the rapid deelopments in curr)see the sia 9aci/c Mentre for ,ustainable @nterprise GriQth =niersity research into alternatiee&change systems*.

#he preliminary target is also appropriate. MMI% strongly urges that the /nal target retain referencof enironmental protection and economic deelopment.

MMI% agrees with Goal DEFwe inest in and adopt sustainable and renewable solutionsDE . It i

describing success for this goal reference to commercially iable and competitieness in renewabsolutions is retained. MMI% highlights that rising energy costs are a priority area of concern for sm

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. e support the least adantaged + 5inorities actiely participate in community life. + e support migrants and minority groups through networks that connect them with the broade

4.H 9eople+ creating opportunities for eeryone

5ore focus is needed on promoting cultures from other countries and making immigrants from all

5achines can do the work of many peopleL high wages make machine purchase desirableL we arethat we do not produce ourseles.

ays in which older members of the community can feel and be alued + the whole emphasis herregisteredArecorded olunteering.

#he implication that people oer 77 need to be in formal employment andAor registeredArecorded #his is identical to when "housewies" were not alued in society because they were not in paid ecommunity serice. s a %ueenslander I would be deeply o(ended and ashamed if you use this tasupposedly depict "what %ueenslanders want".

orkforce participation for those with a mental illness must be considered in the same ein as themust be measured as an outcome that outputs such as number of peer workers support workersemployment compared to the general population be euialent.

GB#I% people need to be identi/ed as a target group as they are worse o( than the rest of the parea.

1*. 5iddle aged 3ob seekers with suitable uali/cations ? skills are oerlooked for roles. Cunior anpersons are being employed in well paid 3obs when no skills and knowledge e&ist. %ueenslandersustralian citi;ens seeking employment oer non australian interstaters and non uali/ed.

*. Incenties to businesses to train non skilled is great but not at the cost of businesses retrenchisae pro/t.

#he best place to lie is dependent upon a large number of issues some of which I hae already a%ueensland fails dreadfully when we consider essential serices. #here is progress in all areas rela

peoples but I am rather inclined to beliee that a great deal of this is coming from the new and e&from the goernment. #here is a lot of $saying$ in the form of lea2ets etc but I$m not sure about thincludes opportunities of starting businesses with euality of other states.

I beliee strongly that the words $people with a disability$ need to be added to the aboe $describithat there is a diQculty in highlighting a hidden and ulnerable part of our community. 9eople wit

ignored during the %ueensland$s >esponse report and the Brisbane ,ummit.

#he impacts of population growth are managed and essential serices are aailable across the stenhance by the inclusion of the word DEUeuitable$.

It seems to me that most of the targets ought to be promoted here and now and not be put o( fofrom that why the need to keep people working when the last 00 years of world history has beeproducing more with less human e(ort ,urely this implies that progress is aimed at proiding pe

en3oy the fruits of all this progress 5aybe that the uestion that ought to be answered rather th



#he iews of people with an intellectual disability. nother ulnerable population within our comm%ld. and ustralia can well manage in the future without any increase in people numbers other th

=nder representation of the need to diersify workforce and rural employment<er representation of the j77yo and indigenous groups.

oer 77$s olunteering great so long as it$s not in the emergency serices they are to much of a h

must engage the community with trials to establish benchmarks #oo broad and too ague.

Inest in people big time.

gain a ,ustainable population is the beginning point for all discussion in this area. ithout a reathe area of +H million* this whole plan will fall oer whether we like it or not. 6ow can we possi + O million with our mining resources falling in price and our dollar also coming back to where it6as anyone done the sums with these problems looming

=se symbols and images in the document designed by graphic artists designers to focus attentio

use colour to emphasi;e importance.

708 of the world$s wealth is in the hands of 18 of the world$s population with the other 708 of wKK8. I suspect these /gures would be repeated in %ueensland. 9eople want fairness and a chanceeducation not on their inherited wealth or position in society.

e need to ensure that our young people are able to purchase housing . ustralia has some of th

world and housing a(ordability has to be considered more thoroughly . >egister of oerseas intereas prior to gfc . #he entry leel for /rst home buyers far too high .

nursing homes abound throughout %ueensland and are under !ederal control but greater care is nthem with properly trained sta( wher the client is the most important person in the home not the

Giing people the ability to help themseles is great. 6oweer 3obs are scarce and arming peopleaccess these areas is a factor of unemployment. =nskilled areas and giing people the same abiliinto industries eerybody haing the same adantage. Industries such as. Instruction is so. istsomeone in the industry means u don$t hae the same adantage. 6ow can eeryone therefore b

5ention of older %ueenslanders being gien skills training and such well how about not reuiringhumiliated when they do become unemployed. #hey are treated like a 0 year old dole bludgerpurely to meet the obligations of the 3ob proiders so that they get their fat cheues from Goernpeople hae an abundance of skills and some een hae nationally recognised training that due tBureaucracy of goernment are no longer recognised as current + @G workplace trainer uali/caticostly and necessary to remain employed. 6ow about /&ing our incessant need to change stu(.

hat unemployed %ueenslanders want is a 3ob not being taught "life skills" and how to be "actithe "cycle of disadantage and unemployment" be broken unless employers including the Goern

@en the oer 0$s >e inest in them #hey hae much Morporate knowledge. But don$t rip them oolunteers still hae bills to pay* It a 3ob is really aluable and needs to be done the pay the persoare giing from their heart so they are the added touch of cream to the cake. on$t use and abuseolunteer.

eelop an attitude of #hankfullness for people. In schools in society '< put downs. @en from boto scratch then guess what "it is the bosses fault '<# the employee. #he boss has a duty of care.



Rou can$t keep growing the population. #here are limits to eerything.no mention whatso eer as to transport infrastructure

5ales make up appro& half of oer population I beliee we are under represented in this 9lan

ddressing population growth itself needs to be represented.

@ducation is a ery broad word. 6istory shows that to be scholastically educated helps but is not tbest outcomes people must be encouraged to grow their strengths rather than dwell on weaknessthat are not "well educated" but hae done ery well commercially and personally. If we keep reg

I myself am not well educated and started a business to improe the lot of my family and me as Iuali/cations to command a better salary. I am now a multi+millionaire with a ery keen communit

like me from my generation It would be almost impossible now it certainly will be impossible in -regulations continue to spiral as they hae in the last -0 years..

InsuQcient response to community concerns about the inability of law+abiding people to possessthemseles from iolent crimes.

Introduce the idea of male "@lders" as a liing wise resource in our society with regular @lder gathpublish the results of their deliberations for the general public.

@lders could be introduced into schools to talk to students and answer uestions of the younger olocal society and hae the young respect the older people in their community.

middle age white Maucasian men need to be seen as a minority now as they are being treated po

this area are less. #he best place to lie... ,ub3ectie rather than ob3ectie. 6ow is that measured really It also meabetter than the others rather than de/ning more precisely what we e&pect as a liing standard etcGoernments of any persuasion are going we will all hae to work until they cart us o( to the knacor participating past 77.

#argeting the population. <ne way of doing it is encouraging more [iwis to moe here. 6ae a poi[iwis. fter two years working in %ueensland gie the [iwis points by the 10 working years thpoints. <nce they receied 10 points they should be allow to become ustralia citi;en. #his proeto blundger from the system.

#his !oundation area is not directly related to responses to the uestions posed by the 5ackay sidentify appropriate coerage in the %ld >esponses. ,ome of the demographic facts and conseueare identi/ed in the id you [now ,ection: what is not addressed here or anywhere else is the on%ueenslanders economically through employment or olunteering to their communities through tparticipation and to their families particularly the younger generations. !or these reasons they nand respect to be informed and to be consulted DEJ refer the response to %10. ,ection 7 is inad

Gien the other foundation areas perhaps this is the most apt for $supporting the least adantageonly area in which disadantage has been cited not sure why it wouldn$t also be a key feature ofand economy for starters

[eeping elderly relaties within the community and in the regions needs more focus. >egional arefriendly

ery good attempt. I am concerned that there is a degree of in2e&ibility that may not allow for cof older perhaps without recognising that increasingly burdens are placed on the health system thdrugs alcohol and food choice irrespectie of age.



ack of infrastructure to cope with increased population by migration which oerwhelms local facilttracting bright minds from oerseas is supported by recognising their skills and supporting their

employment

e/nitely need for:Mreating 3obs and supporting employmentMaring for people )elderly disabled children families and eeryone in %*

9eople in 'orth %ld!ood Bowl6ydro @lectricity

dd statements to goal regarding the proision of adeuate and a(ordable housing to the leasting to DEUsafe communities$ this should include crime and in3ury preention as well as perceptio9opulation decline in inland rural and remote regions has been reersed.%ueensland is the leading state in the deelopment and implementation of innoatie technology.

">estrict population growth and housing deelopment" was mentioned in %ueensland$s >esponsereducing the growth or deelopment. #he growth itself was not mentioned and its impacts were inissue to address instead of aoid in the /rst place )this is short+sighted and not sustianable long+t

%4:H )7* #his feedback is hopefully to "actiely inle in teaching and mentoring younger generawho has lied in both an urban and rural enironment.6e has left his propety to ! ust for edudemonstration of economicaleironmentally sustainable farming practices. 9eople need to reconslight of modern enironmental and eolutionary /ndings before dismissing beliefs of others 'o onwhich religious beliefs are correct

#he ,@% '>5 9lan supports the achieement of the community isions contained in ocal Goern

particular the impacts of population growth.9eople moe to %ueensland for study and business because of the natural assets and the outdoorassets

,tronger focus on the elderly. ,upport the % 9lan$s committment to double the proportion of %uparticipate in the community and workforce and to ensure boriginal and #orres ,trait Islander %workforce participation as non+indigenous %ueenslanders.

ocal communities are more resilient when their older members hae the support and health seribene/ts from the participation of older pepople in olunteer or paid work.

<ur reuest is that the % 9' will embrace the longeity reolution and fully relaise its potenti%ueensland$s population should not be iewed as a peripheral or inhibiting factor. #he 6<$s cti

used by the goernment departments and agencies not to diide age groupings but to unify %ueapproach from birth to death. #he 9lan needs to also be underpinned by a rights+based philosophpotentialy economic rewards inherent in an ageing population.

9ublic safety is a key concern particularly for our older residents. s communities continue to ageeen bigger issue. dd statements rela#here is no mention of housing proision to least adantag,igni/cant and on+going state goernment funding is reuired to meet housing need for the least

6ow will we meet this housing need hat housing deliery model will be used

#he ,unshine Moast as a regional area has e&perienced signi/cant population growth oer the lastconseuence is surrering from a lag in infrastructure inesement. By stipulating growth targets othe necessary infrastructure e&penditure the region will be further disadantaged.



how to assist blue collar workers transition into new 3obs. #here are whole suburbs of too many un

Include wording

>ationale

mend wordingmend the wording DEFH. e attract bright minds to %ueenslandDE to

DEFH. e proide opportunities to deelop bright minds in %ueenslandDE

>ationaleIn keeping with the oerall theme there should be an emphasis on opportunity.

4. Include sporting facilities as an area to en3oy our outdoor lifestyle.

teaching Indigenous students.

MMI% suggests including as primary measures: skilled migration rates in %ueensland apprenticeships in %ueensland and

#he imparting of wisdom from the older generation to the younger generation not only creates a sit also cultiates a relationship built on mutual respect across those generations. I agree with thecommitment to social 3ustice needs to be rediscoered. 6aing worked in the not for pro/t comm1O years I hae seen great e-&amples of ineuality and in3ustrice across our region.

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broken the cycle of disadantage and unemploymentDE

DEFe use eidence based best practice and preention and early interention to address the rodisadantageDE

It is important that our interentions are based on best practice and on early interention rather tcrises responses. By addressing issues of poerty and disadantage early we will ensure that outc%ueenslanders are ma&imised while reducing costs to goernment.

By creating opportunities for bright minds we will attract bright minds to %ueensland while ensurialready in %ueensland hae the opportunity to 2ourish.

9opulation growth maintains regional identity and lieable communities. abour mobility is encoualleiate labour shortages and regional disparities in labour market conditions. Inestment in res

undertaken building on e&isting strengths and specialisations. Mommercialisation of research and

hile the recent growth in educational participation is encouraging there is still much more e(ortnumbers are still low DEJ the proportion of boriginal and #orres ,trait Islanderstudents undertakisigni/cant improement. %ueensland boriginal and #orres ,trait Islander people aged 17+4 yearatuniersity in 011 compared with 1.H8 of %ueensland 17+4 year olds. #here needs to be clos%ueensland Goernment schools and uniersities in encouraging the higher education aspirationcreating pathways into uniersities. lso %ueensland Goernment and uniersities need to ensurteachers particularly for educators working in Indigenous schools or

hilst uniersal representation was attempted shortcomings includedL undisclosed delegate sele)oerwhelmingly '9* 59sL self+selection of submittersL no apparent Indigenous contingent at theGB#I representationL 5ulticulturalism was not mentioned at the Brisbane ,ummit.

#he ision statement targets and goals for this foundation area appropriately re2ect MMI%$s preikey consideration for businesses when deciding to e&pand or relocate. #herefore supporting workdeelopment across all demographics of the population )e.g. youth mature+aged boriginal andminority groups* is good for business. ,o too is managing population+drien cost pressures.



ranking of %ueensland tertiary institutions relatie to international institutions.



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e should concentrate on griculture ater resources>oads 9orts @ducation.

<utside of ,@% what is there around improing infrastructure not 3ust maintaining it

9oint K: #o hae secure water and electricity supplies we shouldn$t be selling those assets.

I know a lot of people )including myself* who would ride to and from work if it would be safe to do

9age 7 + measures + need something on resilience

,upport of actie transport )feet bikes* is not mentioned at all.

I get the general ibe that infrastructure is still centred around the south east of the state and thasuch as rail planes and roads are not going to improe drastically as the population supposedly m

ability to communicate the goals and hopes that infrastructure to the regions will become better o@ '@@ 5<>@ >I #< 6@9 #< ='M<G <=> ><,. G<T@>'5@'# <@, '<# '@@ ' 5<'@@ 5<>@ >I #< #[@ #6@ 9>@,,=>@ <!! ><,.

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I beliee that the uestion of Infrastructure for the 'orth and 'orth est %ueensland areas has npeople as anticipated we will need to supply them with the basic commodities ie water and power.and prosper our farming industry to get back on its feet and not be so sub3ected to terrible droug

needs to be tabled and reiewed again as a feasible option for ensuring that this country does notneed to be tabled.

#he cost of commuting is e&pensie whether ia car public transportetc. lternatie healthier lif $dedicated o( road bike paths$ were aailable.

Better and more sustainable planning of Infrastructure is a gien. ith regards to connecting the scan$t complete them in the gien timelines #his is causing loss of productiity produce and work

'eed more focus on "water" being the key supporting element for the economic pillars. 'eed morand mining.

'o we are failing miserably in supporting infrastructure for a sustainable culture that is able to fusubseuent goernments to $unload$ e&pensie essential commodities that are reuired to makeemployment health education and essential serices such as water and power. #here is the oppobecome a sincere respected leader of nations. I do not see one yet.

Mycling should also be included in the infrastructure plan )not 3ust for recreation*. e should haeincorporate cycling infrastructure into our cities.

I am ery aware of the ocal Mouncils ability to seemingly ignore ,tate initiatiesa* >eference ,ta

being made to further complicate planning permission =nderstood that planning permission leadactually e&tended. bsolute lack of communication e&tremely prealent.

I@ ocal councils should welcome ,tate initiaties and abide by them '<# seek ways to defeat ,tthough council employment would be reduced considerably.

In this section %lders want DEUinfrastructure is funded in a ariety of ways$. nd success is to utiligreatest need and widest bene/t DEJ this could be interpreted as inesting funds where there is t

#his section needs to consider the wider bene/t of infrastructure inestment as a key element inareas. #hat the return on inestment is more than 3ustifying a monetary return it is an increase in

regional areas )distance transport etc* and this plan needs to recognise this and re2ect how this cin regional areas.



I speci/cally refer to item -0:"Infrastructure is funded in a ariety of ways"

hat is always needed is B'M@.

,upport for new infrastructure e.g. solar must be a /rst priority support for old infrastructure e.g.s per preious comments the need to tie in with the decided outcomes of the new city plan

intra structure must be co ordinated to the prealent conditions'ot enough emphasis on proiding infrastructure to allow higher density liing near cities thus re

hile there is a section "our infrastructure is resilient" there is insuQcient attention in this foundacommunities or about ensuring that infrastructure is planned with no net loss to the enironment.

#his topic highlights the one great perennial stumbling block towards e(ectie proision of ,tate i%ueensland" towards attaining and describing successful funding lists absolutely nothing new or g

#his country bene/ted enormously from a true political isionary [ing <$5alley who held the bespeoples bank #he Mommonwealth Bank in 1K1. #his should be a guide to any forthright politiciaday and age.

!urther aluable lessons should be learned from an inestigation into the wonderfully successful phistory or details of these isionary enterprises other than to suggest a lack of such inestigationfor %ueensland" would be nothing other than a dereliction of their duty to the citi;enry.

'o it doesn$t because the discussion omits to de/ne how infrastructure is planned in the most e( de/ne what infrastructure should come under the Goernment$s responsibility to proide the "pubGoernment to borrow money from priate sources to proide the essential infrastructure needed

e(ectie sewage systems a good water supply a conenient road and transport infrastructure toposition to /nance much of this infrastructure without haing to borrow money from priate sourc

(ordabilty for constituents seems to hae been left out of this plan. %ueensland now has the machieing the goals in this draft as well as the wealth of %ueenslander

#his is easy. '9 slashed budget for the Bruce 6ighway so they don$t care how many people die aoutside brisbane. #hey wont twin the rail in the state yet eery successful western country has twibrisbane so he can get to work uicker. 5ust be good to be king

5ainenance of our roads is below standards'eed to ensure that when contracts are awarded to athe infrastructure is being built to the standard speci/ed.etc

this does not take into account how public funds will be assessed as being spent eQciently. s a f been ine(ectie and ineQcient with public funds because it "is not their money"

e need many more dams and a second rail link between Brisbane and Mairns so that more freighbase load power station is urgently neede in '% to cut down on line losses etc and proide power

e are a state that prides itself on recognising the e(orts of others and as such the naming of ourimport and should meet other areas of the plan. e hae Goernment )corporate* departments shaing a bridge named after a olunteer /re/ghter who died protecting life and property on the bappropriate . 5any e&cuses and reasons not to rather than ways to make it happen or ways to acc

>egional %ld must be listened to more. #heir population is smaller than the cities and large townspro/table industries aboe our most basic human need. !oodN e must not 3eopardise our descenoption. >easons of disease hostilities natural disasters cost etc are bound to happen and aderswhen it comes to our food. e need to decide now to protect our food production for hundreds ofeast to the west mentioned. #he labor goernment refused the opportunity to do this when the gaand better and further ahead. #hirty years is not enough.



Better multileel parking at >ailway stations. e.g. at 'arangba or Burpengary +for the future.

,hops to be built near the railway stations6eaps more busses+een if they are slightly smaller. But more routes and more regular at least in>oadworks and oer bridges on the Bruce really need attention in some places.no sale of electricity generation and transmission networkInfrastructure is the bu;; word. #he only area goernment infrastructure should take place is in es

T@>R T@>R genericNN %ueenslanders will be " well connected" with "world class infrastructure" h

light rail heay rail bike paths high speed rail all through the country. solar power plants in eer

Build more dams + Mleaner cheaper and more sustainable electricity and !>@@ #@> !<> %

@nironmental sustainability has not been addressed at all in the %ld 9lan under Infrastructure

#he in2uence of national Goernment policies in %ueensland achieing its goals is under+stated. !if national Goernment refuses to fund it or prioritises its inestment in other ,tates.

the ,nowy mts scheme proided worthwhile infrastructure + this type of scheme needs to be reint drought preentionAwater conserationArenewable energy supply money e&pended now will be

,ome of the most productie and wealthy producing regions are ery lacking in funds planning a5any large companies and Goernment are taking the pro/ts and they are not coming back into

Gien we are ,< far behind "world class infrastructure" what we need is a bi partisan <'G #@>5

infrastructure...waaaaaaaay more infrastructure to be built all oer the state for public transport. free or ery errail reduce large trucks all together.

It is all ery noble but how does any system get it right with regard to where masses will be )or noe&ponentially. ho foresaw what we hae now -0 years ago It also depends which industries or lbe e&isting ineQcient infrastructure or will we innoate and surprise the world with our best e(ort

#he area around [iralpa Bridge is under utilised )where 9armalat is located*. #he surrounding coulmarket around the area.

I beliee the word "infrastructure" is a bit ague and could be manipulated to represent the need9=BIM #>',9<># is not mentioned speci/cally once in the %ueensland 9lan and although it wowould then respond to nearly all of the !oundation reas: reliable a(ordable and accessible publihealth by proiding alternaties and therefore reducing car numbers improe the enironment bincrease in population and improe the economy. hat$s not to loe

o you realise that for eery person who comes to %ueensland it costs P00000 in infrastructurepart of the infrastructure.

#here is again a lack of consideration in the !oundation area of the practical challenges of scarceaddressed and will not be repeated.

#here needs to be less emphasis on roads ? cars and more inestment on 9ublic #ransport includilu&ury. 5ore work on cycle traQc in towns.

#he response report refers to actie infrastructure but there is no mention of actie trael infrastrtrael infrastructure is neglected. #he plan has an opportunity to address this. !or e&ample whenshould always hae an associated bikeway.

#he statements are motherhood statements and there is no eidence on the ground that the Go iregions to encourage migration to regions. ,@% centric

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hen do we get better public transport

#he donkeys that manage the system seem to be stuck in 1K0s mentality.

e need a public transport system that works for what we need not something that 3ust looks nicinfrastructure section should be referring to best practice design and location based on a climate

ocal knowledge nstead of outside consultants which cost us a fortune and achiee nothing<ur public transport system is a(ordablee know and understand the demographics of local communities and we plan accordingly>egions and communities cannot reach their full potential unless they are re+designed on natural

sector infrastructure inestment in the future the deelopment of these industry sectors will need

It is considered that the e&isting draft target for 708 population in the regions wouldlikely impact on the proision of infrastructure reuired to meet e&isting ,@%infrastructure demand. 9lease refer to Mouncil$s response to uestion 10.6oweer it does not adeuately re2ect the importance of the planning and design of the urban e

e/nitely a need for:5anaging infrastructure for growtheeloping and maintaining community infrastructureBetter public transport to meet future population growthBetween -7K00 and 7K00 residential buildings in %ueensland may be at risk of inundation fromDE] Based on this analysis %ueensland has the second highest number of residential buildings atfor %ueensland does not include storm tide associated with a 1+in+100 year storm which would inDE] #he current replacement alue of the residential buildings at risk is between P10.7 billion and

n area underrepresented is the fact that at ocalGot leel ratepayers are increasingly haing tothere is under deliery to local areas in the areas Got looked after. lso big infrastructure pro3e

<ur infrastructre should promote actie transport and shared spaces. It should encourage greento delier greater energy and water eQciency protection against climate impacts and enhanced

9ublic funds are not allocated according to needs but to the wants of e&traagant lifestyles ratherpro/table.

#he importance of social infrastructure emerges as the ma3or takeaway from a reading of this areinfrastructure. e obsere that it would be a disserice to the %ueensland 9lan to not tease out thother stakeholders$ social infrastructure inestment capacity.

#he future of regional deelopment is ine&tricably linked to infrastructure. griculture and tourismsources deeloped by the resources sector in remote andAor as yet undeeloped areas of the stat

#he uality of the built and natural enironment is critical to a successful and prosperous %ueenslcritical to creating uality built and natural enironments that support the goals of the 9lan.

e seek that the 9lan be enhanced to recognise the need for well+planned and designed cities anenironments in achieing the -0 year ision for %ueensland.

DE] ocal goernment areas )G* of 5oreton Bay 5ackay the Gold Moast !raser Moast Bundabrepresenting almost O7 per cent of residential buildings at risk of inundation.

DE] #here are appro&imately 1700 residential buildings located within 110 metres of DEUsoft$ erof DEUsoft$ coast.

Important to proide infrastructure in the right areas to ensure connectiity for the 2ow of informadeeloped for each pro3ect which sets out how arious forms of transport will be integrated with lathe e&isting and future public transport network and planning and proisions for actie transport.



mend goal number - as follows: DEFInfrastructure proides worldwide connectiity and accessi

,O $<ur infrastrcutre /ts our changing population...

=nder describing success we would add: we learn from past mistakes no more dormitory suburbs.

,K e hae infrastructure thta supports 6@#6R ITI'G economic actiity social networks and

,-0 on funding. e allocate our public funds according to the greatest need and widest bene/t w

,mart planning and design of precints and communities demand side factors can help to ease preQciencies. eelopments should delier infrastructure that will enable eQcient remote working f wireless connectiity.

By e&tending the goal from state+wide to worldwide the infrastructure that is needed to grow the

network airports and ports highways railways etc. Coint collaborations between local and state goernments and organisations with technical e&pertireole primarily around infrastructure. #he more important issue facing urban areas is to ensureincreasing and dense population. >euirements of upgrading of mains water and sewers roads besuch as tunnels bridges and ring roads are reuired to e(ectiely cater for the increasing populatiGreen space proided by local goernments must not only be proided but maintained to a much

5ust proide our state with water storageA2ood mitigation. It is our opinion that our state cannot gessence of life itself and no amount of planning could be undertaken without it. If %ld is to grow it

<ur water supplies need to hae more than "state of the art technology to ensur ethey are reliabldemands placed upon them in some areas increased storage capacity is reuired particularly forpopulation growth is occurring.

'o goal is proided in this section that e&plicitly relates to the eQcient and euitable deliery of i-1)esigning and Building* that relates to the deliery of infrastructure in a coordinatedAeQcientA

#he inestment reuired for a balnket approach towards population is a lofty goal and not only relinks reuired to span large tracts of land between these centres

#he balance of proiding the reuired infrastructure to support communities and to ma&imise theaccess to high uality communication systems and high uality public transport network with condeliery. #he serices must be deliered in the most cost e(ectie way so as to delier the best s

% 9lan does not especially discuss outcomes in terms of successful urban design nor does thestrong belief that the stated isions and strategies cannot succeed without incorporating best pra

Mommunity should be aware of the critical role that =rban esign will play in the success of delieplanning deliery of infrastructure and to ensure the alidity of built enironment outcomes.

Monsider good =rban design outcomes demanded by %ueenslanders especially + designing well pinfrastructure building thriing communities building healthy cities supporting public transportplaces protecting the enironment proision of iable 2e&ible and robust infrastructure

5ore emphasis on drought mitigation. #he concept of dierting large olumes of water for agriculineQcincies and incompetence in harnessing and managment of aailable abundnt water resourc'orthern ustralia is awash with water. e must take seriously the issue of dierting water resou

!or e&ample ,#@I#@ MI#I@, how about %uantum and Intensie Inestment and Goernment into ,<=#6 B=>'@##. #his area has foundation infrastructure dating back in the 1K-0sN



9ublic sector inestment has promoted priate inestment.Mhange sub title from $being connected$ to $promoting growth$Talue adding industries in inland rural and remote regionsIncreased manufacturing and professional employment,upply chain wide economic impact that supports both corporate and family owned businesses a

I would suggest therefore if my strategy suggested in point is not taken up you should consider

I would suggest therefore if my strategy suggested in point )10* is not taken up you should consi

'eed to focus on ensuring adeuate infrastrcutre + should inest in new infrastructure or partner

deliered as and when it is needed. 'eed to highlight that targeted asset sales can delier increascapital to build new infrastructure. <ngoing monitoring of industrial land aailability and a(ordabildecisie action where necessary to address bottlenekcs and oercome shortages. Tigilance will aldecisie action where necessary to ensure that access to housing is an achieeable goal.

#he engagement process is a critical element to help de/ne a ision for our ,tate one which musinesement attraction.

ell planned communities are essential. Monsideration for transport for the ageing population paplanning. #raining should be proided for those less familiar with technological concepts and thecharge at local Mommunity centres through funding options ie not for pro/t funding submissions

hilst an $uninterupted supply$ to electricity may be desired by %ueenslanders this aspiration munetwork susceptible to damage caused by e&ternal factors )such as e&treme weather animals anmakes it e&pensie to build suQcient resilience to aoid all outages.

ho is responsible and what measures are in place to check on deliery #here is an increase inattract inestors ta& reduction of a certain period proision of infrastructure at minimal coKst aariety of departments and agencies one stop shop. )9lanning operation works epa =nity at

In the draft the 9remier$s 5essage says up front that we seek to hae DEFthe best natural and bget little or no mention. Res 'umber - starts with DEFurban sprawl is managed eQcientlyDE

super/cial component or urban and regional planning. #hat one section goes on to describe succoutDE is again super/cial and makes the strategies easily dismissed by those for whom going up

hat is missing in all this is the understanding in the draft that our cities and towns DEZ not 3ust thery natureDEZDEZhow they are put togetherDEZ. are absolutely inoled with the state$s @ducationand arguably Goernance goals.

,imply moing infrastructure to the priate sector may be to simple an approach. 5uch public infrlead to the desired outcome.

#he iability of proiding the reuired leels of $hard$ and $soft$ infrastructure within the regions ha%ueenslands population to the regions a iable /nancial model to manage this e&pectation A trans

In the draft the 9remier$s 5essage says up front that we seek to hae DEFthe best natural and bget little or no mention. Res 'umber - starts with DEFurban sprawl is managed eQcientlyDE

super/cial component or urban and regional planning.



ith a drie to increase poplation in regional areas local councils need to be supported in relationInclude wording

DEFe use cost bene/t analysis when planning infrastructure to fully understand the economic sInclude te&t

DEFe proide accessible and connected public transport serices that are a(ordable for %ueens

hat is missing in all this is the understanding in the draft that our cities and towns DEZ not 3ust thery natureDEZDEZhow they are put togetherDEZ. are absolutely inoled with the state$s @ducationand arguably Goernance goals. #he knowledge of the role of =rban esign and 9lanning has e&

Include in DEFO. <ur infrastructure /ts our changing population and demographicsDE in DEF

under the DEFescribing successDE heading

In the section DEF-. Infrastructure proides connectiity and accessibility across the stateDE in

the DEFescribing successDE heading:

'o reference is currently made to how green infrastructure in ma3or cities can reduce the urban hoerland andAor coastal 2ooding that leads to costly impacts to priate and public assets. 6ard inf practice climate adaptation solutions.

'ew infrastructure planning framework should proide ability to reiew standards in line with chadeliered eQciently and in a timely manner. It should be ma&imised by ensuring it is maintainedcommunity growth. #he funding of the infrastructure is the barrier to deliery. lternatie fundinarrangements at all leels of goernment industry or priate organisations and should promote sstandars of change with technological adancements. Greater leels of design and deliery are reemphasis from higher leel goernment for it to be successfully implemented.

#he %ueensland 9lan working draft is incomplete and oer+ambitious and therefore the goals andadmirable the most pressing issues are absent. #hese are indicated in <ur !uture orld and inclugrowth and goernance. ithout these our future will be crisis+drien. Mlear measurable goals ar

in technology the enironment and society.MMI% beliees a more reasoned ision statement is needed for this foundation area that includes icurrent references to DEFworld+class infrastructureDE and DEFstate of the art technologyDE do

%ueensland. #he preliminary target should be re/ned to DEFthe right infrastructure is deliered iimperatie so the corresponding goals and outcomes reference cost+e(ectie access to infrastructrole for the priate sector. #his would go beyond 3ust increased priate inestment to include comconstruction and operation of %ueensland$s infrastructure.



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Brisbane is too far from Mape RorkL ,tate Mapitol should be more central++@merald

nc&3hdfb

#he Mapitol of %ueensland should be more central not at the end in a worked out parasitic area.

must hae e&perienced professional sta( who are not politically biased to oersee pro3ects

here eer possible I$d like to see goernment set delierable s that can be achieed and or mea

present term or broken into stages for subseuent terms. #o say that %ueenslanders are highly satis/ed is way to far ambitious. !irst such a scenario has nachieed anywhere in the world suggest reword the uestion or drop it altogether. #he ery fact tprepared to enter into debate is itself an achieement and in that this forum is a success.

#he document says that "Goernment will operate with a long+term perspectie" + howeer the pllooks to perpetuate and e&tend the way we do things now. #here is no mention of climate changefarming community planning infrastructure health and the economy towards a new way of doingnecessary oer the ne&t -0 years. hilst I recognise this section is about goernance the plan dlong term goernance that does not re2ect the needs of the community to a critical issue.

<erall I agree with the precepts of this section more emphasis needs to be placed on making thengagement process easier for more of the population make decisions aailable online and encopublic to proide more input.

If this is the best the summit and responses can come up with it is a pretty poor e&ample of whatyears time. 5ost of the things need to be happening now not in 044.

I think the link between education and the capacity to hae ciic engagement has been missed. ,of the di(erence between e&pectations and percieed uality. I think e&pectations of goernmentthink the ma3ority of ustralians really hae the knowledge or e&perience to determine the uality

goernment. It$s going to be based on heuristics and transactional attitudes and the whole thing halidity written all oer it as a target. #his indicates to me people want more say more engagemdeeloped without electorate input e&cept after the policy options hae been deeloped. 9eoplein issue identi/cation. Goernment needs to hae more internal and long term ealuation.

Man$t see anywhere where we should set up an =pper 6ouse mentioned + I feel that helps with accgoernment because the %ueensland population gets to decide through elections.

#he number of politicians lie in Brisbane and only a small number in '% consuently they are ouparty system is wasteful as the opposition are paid to do ery little and a Goernment should incl

from across the winners and apply a policy not what %ueensland can do for them but what they c%ueensland. e would sae millions of dollars in waste.

#o ensure interaction between goernments is streamlined timely and free of duplication how wilproblems be oercome ll %ueenslanders should hae opportunity to contribute to policy deelobusinessAcommunity leaders. >educe bureaucracy: does this mean that more public serants will lwould be inconsistent with the aspiration of breaking the cycle of disadantage and unemploymeprocess lead to faster decisions and more certainty 6aing de/ned processes leads to certainty aeliminating decision+making by whim which is necessary for business con/dence.

>ed tape reduction needs to be teased out more speci/c and e(ectie. >ed tape for small businenmoe.



Mosts need to go down >ates water electricity and petrol. In a modern post industrial society cos

>educe all the middlemen making suillions. #he 'ationally ccredited ,kills system needs to be aligned in %. ,ooner rather than later #he e&tent of laws potentially a(ecting all.throw eerything away and lead with this:

huge step for ustraliaL a giant leap for %ueensland.ho lies in this world as described here. #here is no will to hae this come about.

e wish for a goernment which is all members of the society participating in real time eoling dand action. system which empowers each human being to hae a oice in eery topic which intthem without the need to wait struggle or protest to be heard. system which automatically uano matter how dierse into a coherent data stream with isuali;ations that humani;e the data tomore adanced leels of uestions answers and conersation.

politicians use the same process as other public serants re pay rises etc what eer public errantso do 59$s etc. not moreNNN

accountability transparency. far less rules for people. its fairly basis. people need to be of good b

a noter reduce laws to re2ect this basis trait in society make life and rules simple. far less doubleless red tape. more green tapeN more connectiity between states such as police serices etc... tpolice serice one /re serice one ambulance serice a good indicator would be the goernmenpeople about the bene/ts of this. cost saings etc in the medium to long term. then hae a referefor their own e&penses then claim on ta& like the rest of us. don$t 3udge more policies as a good ingoernment.

s mentioned there is a greater need to hae more Tolunteer input into the goernance of their rocommunity. #he 5alone enuiry must be implemented in total and immediately to gie the Toluntgreater role in the community and control oer their and their communities destinies.

>egulation is outcome based. #he end does not 3ustify the means. #his is an area which should becommunity sericeability.

llow citi;en initiated referenda. Gie %ueenslanders the right to put forward legislation to hae agoernance.

#he %ld responses highlight the need for greater consultation and accountability in Goernment dthis section of the working draft appears to focus on relations between the goernment and busininoling people. #here is also no mention in this !oundation rea in the need for goernance to b

competing reuirements of the targets in the arious !oundation reas with the oerall focus on slonger term planning.

e ensure decision+making is responsie to new issues and addresses our changing needs. e inf community in decision+making processes.

In our 14 years e&perience of dealing with the %ueensland ,tate Goernment on multiple leels tthe caseN

Got that balances enironment ? human needs with decision making is not re2ected in the %ld 9inolement in decision making is not re2ected in the %ld 9lan.

#he cynicism of %ueenslanders towards state and local got is not measured nor oercome in this.rural areas howeer does a marellous 3ob because of local e&perience and care.



e are being treated like 3ueniles not adults.

#he repressie group gathering laws the stupid locking up of family men because they were once

#he repressie alcohol laws. 9eople should be treated as responsible adults not criminals.

ack of local representation in councils.>atepayers hae no say in decisions made. e are told we hae no say in liuor trading hours str

Balance red tape reduction with the need to collect good dataccountability should include independent DEFwatch dogDE functions and media accountability

,erice deliery and funding models recognise greater allocation for those most in need

#he husbandry of the land.>e+ alignment of council boundres based on natural catchments and sub catchments

#he ,@% '>5 9lan is aligned to ocal Goernment plans and policies thus it supports goernance

It is easy to measure success of satisfaction with got in simple sureys or "at the polls". 6owethat got isn$t listening or decisions atre made elsewhere still preails and I don$t see a change in"tells" rather than "listens" but of course it takes brains and courage to marry the two. 5any politiperception of not being ery bright nor practical but the choice of candidate system works againsprobabaly need less interference from Got.

5y response was actually about Monstitutional change in %ld and there is no mention of any high

changes for e&ample entrenching the roles of the 3udiciary in the %ld Monstitution )by making chareferendum*. It /ts into the last success criteria "e will adopt accountability measures...". #hisresponse to the plan.

e hae a ,tate <Qce !or omen representing women$s issues and health needs as does eery

no similar body representing the social and health needs of men. 5en are seriously under+represehealth and social wellbeing. n <Qce !or 5en would gie men a oice in areas of health and sociathat they don$t hae now.

#he lack of people to control /res weeds natural disasters now beyond the /nancial or physicalrural land+holders whilst goerning for the ma3ority in urban areas which seem unaware of their dfoodA/breAe&port income and tac&es which should be forthcoming from a prosperous rural area.

#he ,@% '>5 9lan support the achieement of many aspects of the ,ingle ,99 thus proides an estreamlined mechanism to achiee state interests.

@(ectie engagement is necessary for the deelopment of a ision that is shared by stakeholderscommunity industry and goernment. #o progress successfully towrads such a ision a pro3ect mucapacity asssess performance and encourage ownership and leadership in the realisation of goal9ro3ects should demonstrate the preparation implementation and ongoing reiew of a stakeholdestrategy. 9ro3ects should be further rewarded when eidence can be proided that a pro3ects isiodeeloped through engagement with the community.

#his area needs to stress the roles and responsibilities of the di(erent diisions of Goernment + ciand leesl + local state national and international.

#he ommission of any reference to the - leels of go left the section somewhat ambigueosL it isob3ecties relate to any andAor all leels of go.

,-7 about goernment being eQcient: we would add a line describing success: we measure our simproements in health of our %ueensland population.



>ed tape reduction is an outcome without a measure.

we make consistent decisions that gie businesses con/dence to inest we use technology to reduce the time and cost of business compliance and

I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this %ueensland 9lan which is a great start to being aconnectedness to Goernment ideology and planning.

Got can encourage new thinking in people that can lead to change it cannot direct change. Goassist.

>egional centres are continually stating $local solutions for local challenges$ yet the ,@% centric mwhat is best and normal based on assumed understanding. 5ore autonomyAauthorityAability to de

decisions should be gien to ocal Goernment. Mlearly the focusAissues for state and local goer

If there was an oQce of the releant state go organisation with the region it may help to deelosomeone on the ground.

!ocusing on the goal of industry deelopment and diersi/cation should be a stragic priority for threuires a ew economic strategy and an oerhaul of go policies

Mollaboration and communication across leels of goernmentcommunity and business is supporlocal decision making is also supported along with support for ocal Goernments to determine trisk for local areas. #his shou3ld also include no duplication of serices across goernment and no

goernment and business. >educe red tape. !unding for di(erent models for serice deliery doewhat the funding will be used for and by whom and further consultation should be undertaken onand statistical baseline. Mouncil would support an opportunity to implement an improement planresult measures outlined.

%ueensland is particularly well+placed to be an international leader in goernments and uniersitie(ectiely together to address ma3or policy areas. %ueensland has researchers with substantial eareas of state policy but in addition researchers at =% are world leaders in how goernments canuniersity research in policy deelopment. #heir adice has been sought by the <@M the ,wedisthe 9roductiity Mommission among others.

#o reinforce the importance of consistent and cost+e(ectie goernance MMI% suggests includingoutcomes:

we ensure regulation adds alue to locally produced goods and serices and gies local businesadantage. MMI% also beliees red tape reduction should be represented as a primary measure.

#he 9roperty Mouncil is concerned with the e&tent of legislatie power gien and how these poweryearly progress resports are a key feature of the , ,trategic 9lan and would be an appropriate mon the progress of #he %ueensland 9lan towards it targets. #he 9roperty Mouncil supports a moreoerarching hierarchy similar to that employed by the , ,trategic 9lan.

e are committed to working in partnership with all leels of goernment and with the communitand goals of the /nal %ueensland 9lan.



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,ports in school is massiely oer represented. Better learning pedagogy should be the focus.

9oint 1: #oo much focus on sian languages in ,chool.e shouldn$t neglect other languages. ,chools should o(er a wide range of di(erent languages )n

Indicators from 9 9O?K show e&cess emphasis on education for employment:

focus is on schools but need to be preparing skills for the futuresian anguage studies + =nless %ueensland select an sian langauge as a second spoken langau

Murriculum is a Mommonwealth Goernment issue now as %ueensland has a 'ational Murriculum.Including eeryday life skills into an oer crowded curriculum what do you take out from the currichy do you reuire #eachers to hae 5aster or 9hd uali/cation to teach student below year 10

Rou sheeple need to wake up.hat we are looking towards for education in the future sounds good but in practice it doesn$t ha

In the introductory heading the aim is stated as "100 per cent of %ueensland children hae basic l

school." I$m afraid that does not go any where near far enough. If that is taken literally we will stischool with "basic skills" only. By the time they /nish primary school they should be highly skilled #hey cannot be e&pected to enter high school and cope with their studies there if they cannot realearn. =nless they hae these skills they should be kept in primary school until they do. #his teachbe done in our @nglish language without merican spelling or any other language.

In section 1. second paragraph it states "#he ma3ority of students hae sian language skills at alhae an acceptable and appropriate leel of @nglish language there must be '< teaching of any o

5aking 6igh schools less releant by accepting students into tertiary institutions without adeuat@nglishA5aths classes for them to catch up. #his is indeed the M@T@> state

#he curriculum prepares a skilled workforce for tomorrow$s 3obs. e are responsie and adapt theskills deelopment preparing students and trainees for the workforce they will enter.

e hae practical+based learning. e establish partnerships to e(ectiely delier real world learni

higher education. Bright students are deeloped and encouraged into priority industries.

#hese are not 3usti/ed by the responses to DEF=p skill the local workforceDE DEFIncreased bus

etc.*DE or DEFBusiness rewards for collaboration with schoolsDE .)%>97K* ,imilarly DEFthe re

page aren$t 3ust about employment

,imilarly the indicator from 9 9O DEFe hae specialist language educators and make use of ccourse materials onlineDE is easy to interpret as DEFit would be nice to hae language educator

language course because we can claim an early win.DE 9lease don$t waste money on this. #he o

that work encourage conersations among people. Rou can$t learn a language from DEFdeliered

Rou know as well as I do control the children and you control the future we don$t hae educationtaught the true Mommonwealth Monstitution told about the ima protocol how that ruined ustralthe really nasty one #99 /nishing of what was once a Great country "totally sold out by the traito



do not wish to comment

9eople want life long @>'I'G which they can self direct without limitation. #his is under represe@ducation is a form of oppression and limitation while learning is a form of empowerment and in/

It seems only '9 iews are re2ected in the document.

#his section talks about priority industries )4.1.4* but not about emerging industries )as mentione

9oint 1 in $hat do %ueenslanders want$ ,econd point under $what does success look like. ,ugg$#he ma3ority of ,tudents hae language skills$. #here was considerable discussion at my table atlanguage skills. !ocussing primarily on sian language skills would unnecessarily limit students w)including sia* and not 3ust limited to sia. In the send point under $escribing success$ delete

@ducation is oer represented. 9lease stop perpetuating the competitie statutory code which bylead to war poerty illness irresponsible behaiour secrecy and limited liability.

'eed to get back to the basics + arithmetic spelling sentence construction geography and dates/rst 7 years at primary school + then after these basics are met then introduce the comcept of crit

I beliee that a B,IM foundation in sian language would be appropriate I say this because the dierse languages I beliee that the @'GI,6 language be more stridently taught and egal imm

language as a pre reuisite to gaining citi;enship. #here seems to be a general perception of the current curriculum $failing$ but it is not apparent ththe current curriculum to inform this iew + personal obseration from participating in 5ackay andcurriculum may therefore be somewhat oerstated.

iteracy and numeracy were attributes of earlier generations + if not already fostered by parents.>eading encourages pnctuation spellingcompositio of sentences by isual absorbption.

9lastic toys and electronic gadgets are oer represented + technology moes faster than biology adistroying a sense of well+being by fostering wants not needs.




I repeat schools should educate academicallyL 9arents should educate socially.

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#a&es #a&es #a&es that is what this will lead to the sheeple pay must not upset the ,hareholders

SSSS Rou oer represent the achieements and help gien.

>eplace restrictie statements and codes with inspiring uestions and patterns then miracles will<nly '9 iews were represented.

It makes us look totally sel/sh and self centred

5ore needs to be done for the disadataged groups such as those liing in poerty.

<n page 11 under the heading "escribing ,uccess" it was ery pleasing to see that children will

themseles and not be afraid of failing". #his is a ast improement on current ideas.

lso on page 11 under 5@,=>@, + !irst paragraph + you include ",[email protected].!.." + 9lease use languagunderstand immediately. >emember these ideals of education haen$t been achieed yet.

In the 1st and nd paragraphs + 5easures + ll sections e&cept 1 conclude with the words "com,urely we should be striing for the best possible outcome achieable in %ueensland regardless o

-rd paragraph beside "5easures" there is a statement "!oster an attitude of respect and tolerancour multicultural communities.DE #o me "tolerance" means "I don$t like it but I$ll put up with it fo

changed to "acceptance". I know we do hae people in our communities who are from many di(eren3oying their di(erences there should be more integration into the ustralian social structure anthem stay apart.

Mommunity should be about coming together and haing fun debate ideas and for the occasionacommunities to prop up failing goernment goals. Grants and /ne words like blankets and bulletscommunity people talking working and haing a good time creates a community. #oo many peopcommunity but red tape stops it + blue cards 6, rules forms procedures cripple people haing

section diersity+ I think that most %ueenslanders do not appreciate the reluctance by certain ccommunity and by allowing the creation and in some instances proiding funding for structures tpeople and ignore assimilation into ustralian culture

5any thousands of people are not eligible for assistance for reasons associated with the statutoryforms and submission. If you want to inspire all people to participate you must replace the statutempower people to de/ne their own future. hile your uestions codes and actions bo& people inthey will limit their participation respect responsibility and their empathy.

'ot eeryone can successfully secure long term employment look at the casualisation of the wore&ploitation. gain a uptopian statement that sounds pretty but the reality is people are going toby not being able secure a liing wage.

@en though we aare a multicultural ,tate there seems to be to much sympathy for "natural ustrstates i hae seen systems abused by said group

Tolunteering is oer represented. #his is normally done by those who are reuired in ther daily rolshort term /& which readily breaks under prolonged strain. Better use could be made of other resrespect to operational olunteering in the local communities.



illingness of ,tate to enable public spaces and transport for an aging population with less youth

Melebrating diersity sounds good + now!uture the house diided cannot stand

'ice aspirations. 5y concern is with the attempt to document these. 9eople and ustralians are inthat allows people to be themseles frees people up to carry out their usual caring for others.

=nlike in earlier migraton we settle di(erent culutres in ghettos instead encouraging a supportiedirecting migrants to land husbandry pro3ects to aid struggling rural communities sustain the land/ghtingfencing and other 2ood repairs. #hiw will gie newcomers a stake in their new country ) aencourage acceptance by the community as well




I feel the 'B' generally will do a lot to help regional ustralia oer and aboe those wants and su

>egions now that$s a good one is there any regions left that are ustralian <wnedbut then again none of this matters once agenda 1 is in place alongside #99.,hame you dont come clean and tell the people truthfully you are screwing them.

#hank you

#here needs to be a balance of city and regional communities.Mompetition and market economies are oer represented. #hey cause waste obesity cancer me

@mpower all people to de/ne their ideal lifestyle which proides optimal well being and unrestrict!rom this data we will gain understanding of what resources are reuired at which freuency.

<'R '9 iews were represented.

In the "what %ueenslander$s section" personally I would add careful monitoring of foreign ownershon grain Morp but it$s kind concerning this is the foreign inestment reiew boards /rst knock bacamount of new mouths to feed in 044. ets plan and manage and oer produce for our interstate

#he main problem is the "#arget" to achiee what %ueenslanders want. #he >egions may becomeoutside ,@%. hat about the propsperity of that H08 plus of %ueensland$s population that currentthe ne&t thirty years because of economic factors Based on current trends the population split inand .-+.4 milllion outside ,@%. In this conte&t the 70A70 target is ridiculous and diminishes the istrengthening economic deelopment outside ,@%.

arge logic leap to saying target is "half of %ueensland$s population lies outside ,outh @ast %ueesupported by the data in #ables 7 and --. t most the data suggests that %ueenslanders want tbuilding business capability and retaining young people.

I feel as if ental 6ealth needs more money thousands of adults are in pain due to the cost with gon a concession and een then when you are able to go into the goernment funded centres youthey are unable to proide you with before and after work hours. 5y thoughts that we should all b

only helping families but preention of untreated dental work results in seere illness and possiblhelp the struggling familiesN

#he target of half of %ueensland$s population lies outside ,outh @ast %ueensland is absolutatelyminority opinon..... lso how do you de/ne south east ueensland Is IpswichAGold Moast included

!rom this information we can facilitate conersation with producers manufacturers and serice sesupply e&actly what is reuested by the community.

I do not consent to the now system which facilitates so much harm to the enironment and life. #9@<9@

s mentioned the structure of the consultation particularly in the uestions that were asked meanrepresented at the e&pense of se. >egional ueensland does need to be considered but se shou

population will lie here. #here should be an eual number of uestions about what does se nee



Mentres for e&cellence + measurement of success for these areas are demonstrated as centres for

'eed more opportunities for industry and local serices in small communities to encourage peoplI beliee that Mentralist control has been oer represented.

>egional opportunities are diminishings per the comments outlined in %uestion 10 a /&ed regionalisation target should bechanged to acknowledge that %ueensland is a state of dierse regions.

Include public transport infrastructure in 4.7.1He are not a reliable and safe food bowl for sia + we are not ma&imising agricultural production t

>egional growth should not be at the e&pense of ,@ % #o reach target we would need substantial policy interentions

5any small communities are dying because goernment has closed down many serices which reand shops such as grocery shops.

Based on the %ueensland$s >esponse report there is a disparity between DEFwhat %ueenslanderbeing located outside of ,outh @ast %ueensland in the ne&t -0 years.

Monsider any implications of the uote that reads: DEF%ueensland needs to become a state withDEJ not all coastal based. #he fundamental proposition is to create a number of series of ,@%s rig

>eplicating one region ),@%* into other areas of the state is not an e(ectie strategy instead well

region would hae a di(erent set of issues that reuires di(erent solutions and therefore a DEFo

Infrastructure making trael between communities easier is mentioned in 4.7.1H but its particularregional centres more lieable could make it worth reiterating in this section.

Goc supports ust farmers to 4 8 of farming income by comparison according to <@M 'orway sub3ected to "!ree 5arket" conditions



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<ur business iew weas ignorned totally <'R '9 iews were represented.

Mentres for e&cellence + our people drie our e&cellence. ose the spin.

we need to diersify away from the reliance on our mineral deposits.

#he goal "%ueensland has the highestincome trade and employmentleels in ustralia." is utterly unachieable. Better to hae "%ueensland has the eual highestincome trade and employmentleels in ustralia."Good but one outcome must not be more emphasised than the other: great economy without the

#he selling out of our land and businessess. #akeoer by stealth by forgein inestors

If we want to transition from me to we as a community then what is the super heightend focus onnot good.

Rou cannot be serious to say a healthy state In the commonwealth of ustralia Monstitution ct 1money interest free now that would be against the wealth of the country that use to be uite larborrow money without the permission of the people and pay interest on that money how can youBanks own us.

9oint 1- /rst point in $what does success look like$. ,uggest dele $sia$ and replace it with $globallsummit for the need to connect globally rather than 3ust focussing on sia. #hus suggest suggestfocus.

Gien the wording on the page my remarks may seem illogical but I think the need for diersi/ca)agriculture mining* and coupling industry with the reliance on intellect and innoation cannot be

#oo much e(ort in propping up old industries e.g. coal not enough support for new industries e.g.we make will go towards /&ing up problems caused by making that dollar. 'et ;ero gain. Moal royadroughts heatwaes instead of new industries being supported to mitigate against climate changindustry and beerage industries pay for the health costs of diabetes and permature aging. 'et ;e

If anybody want the state chair an tell its ppl we hae to sae money well guess what i heard it allkeep capital works programs a must in each region an for the future ,pending is still out of contrmain ones education 6ealth spending enough for now has been spent on education let the syst

time pre ale on this its a case for the /gured salaries to get it right 6ealth well it still needs amore money here i say '< what we need here is team work leader ship witch it is lacking time toin the - ma3or hospitals in #he capital if the don$t hae it right no point printing this either.

<nce again goernments should get out of the way leae 3obs and wealth to commerce and 3ustmust shrink so that the economy and future grows

I feel the ision is unachieable so the words meaningless. re we to dig up eery corner of ld o 5ore emphasis should be on deeloping industries not reliant of natural resources and mineral w

gain the feedback seems to be related to a centralist outcome I beliee that %ueensland is B<Gthe Goernment should as a Mentralist imperatie + release the bourdon of employers to hae mul,I'G@ certi/cation to go on any site. If a indiidual sit reuires more education and site speci/c twould free up many Montractors to tender and gain Montracts.



e are not well prepared for /res.5ost of our 96s go into academia oerseas they go into industry6ighest leel in standards 8 in ma3or growth industry. #argets reuired to be 2e&ible as the econ

Monsider any implications of the uote that reads: DEFe must transition from an economy relianreliant more on our intellect and innoationsDE )page 17*.

ith two of the mentioned industries as part of %ueensland$s four pillars it is no doubt that theseas opposed to being phased out. 9articularly in regard to farming and agricultural practices the ,tthat the sector is the backbone and social fabric of many rural and regional communities and sup

across the food supply chain.

Building and construction is really an enabling sector not a driing force. lso new companies esserices may need less oQce space than current companies. ink this with outsourcing better usspace may be less important in the future



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hat we would like and what we get is purely goerned by the 9harmaceutical cartel not you lot.,ickness is pro/t and until you clowns wake up to that sickness we will always hae.

,o no matter what you promise it will all come down to the cartel what happens. #hough the political parties will be paid o( uite handsomelyindigenous and torres islands ueenslanders are a minority population and raising oerall well bei

<'R '9 iews were representedI strongly feel that oer regulation is raising its head by the thrust of this plan.

5oe5oe the section DEF1K. e hae the opportunity to reach our full potentialDEZDE to

!oundation rea H: 9eople or !oundation rea : Mommunity>ationale

Indegenous. 5any of these issues cannot be soled by $throwing money$ at them. >ace comes inaustralian.

Indiidual responsibility is oer emphasised in where we want to be statement. >esponse report non who is responsible for health. >oles for multiple parties were identi/ed and should be acknowle

6ealth care serices are barely mentioned in the response report and when they are it is within tshould be a shift of focus in health from care to preention. ny mention of health care in the whe

"%ueensland has the lowest incidence of preentable diseases in ustralia." + this is not necessarilery high rates of preentable diseases.

I beliee that $implementing regulations$ for a healhty lifestyle will not reall help or be a big solutistill result to their old habits. n e&ample is that people will go to the gum at the start of a phasegoing to the gym.

#he section DEF1K. e hae the opportunity to reach our full potentialDE which includes the se

intergenerational connectionDE does not appear to align with the health and wellbeing foundati

It aligns more appropriately with the people foundation area gien the focus on DEFopportunityDon connections.



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Get rid of the G,# or the goernments are going to shoot them seles in the foot at the ne&t electi

Rou don$t look after it now you are drien by the lobbyists and oerseas interests aboe the peo #hat mindset wont change so more lies.

@conomic deelopment

#he economic side of this target is oer represented. If not then why isn$t the economic side of thi

#he way this is framed is wrong. It is by far the worst part of the plan.

I disagree with this statement .. "e produce more from mines and farms with less impact on natu

#here will be no mining in -0years .new clean technology will be the norm

5ining is a non entity in 044 ..

it is easy to forget that those 2u(y koalas in the trees do nothing. but people must understand thaalready taken ma3or steps to proiding better outcomes for the enironment. to this end it could b

be get a bonus of sorts to use how they wish if a certain target as this would proide an incentie

#oo much is put into looking after our enironment which I do agree on eery one to help but$ w$#6# 6, #< G<$ with coming back under a di(erent nameN encourage more ordinary people toclimate change is happening that has not all ready happened in the past. it$s all been here before.

ell when a balance is found between the $do+gooders$ and a sensible approach perhaps all willcan$t please people all of the time$ cannot be remembered. #here are always those who beliee t

#he economy is oer represented when discussing the enironment. #he heading @nironment + ais so out of balance only the greatest e(ort by all is going to bring it back into a sustainable balan

#he economic alue of this foundation is far too much of a focus. #he %ueensland 9lan suggests tcannot contribute materially to the %ueensland economy it will be destroyed in faour of businesworld leader )both enironmentally and economically* we need to presere as much of our natural

#hen we can build a far more sustainable economy around that which could also sere as a mode

stable enironment all other foundation areas will su(er and the economic sustainability of the st

It should be more like "@nironment+ presering %ueensland$s dierse landscapes and biodiersityenironment is nice to hae but economic deelopment takes priority. #his is not what %ueenslare2ect the bias written into the enironment foundation area. 5ost of them are about economicsNgreat economic asset for the state but it is wrong to imply it$s only ok to hae it if it doesn$t get in

I can$t beliee that consering $biodiersity$ or een $plants and animals$ are not een mentioned.speci/cally of need to protect the Great Barrier >eef. nother fundamental 2aw is the lack of menital ecosystem goods and serices such as clean air clean water /sheries production tourism owellbeing bioresources and etc. + all indiidually and in total of immeasurable economic and socia



<er emphasis on economy in a section dedicated to enironment. ooks a lot like '9 policy rat

#his entire section is a distortion of the process led by '9 59s on all the tables.gain economic impact is oer represented.@ducation about the climate and enironment is full of misinformation and corruption as a result o

ll of these systems can be facilitated all at once to construct an in/nitely sustainable future.<nly '9 iews seem to be presented.I feel that >enewable energy and the reuirements of G@' 1 hae been slipped in here.5ining tourism etc get the mention. ,cienti/c economic and social bene/ts of enironment und

5ining and enironment is an o&ymoron.!irst measure seems dependent on numbers feeling happy about the result. #hat$s e&clusie of ot4. point 0 is full of parado&es and should be heaily edited or remoed.

!acilitate adanced learning systems which empower collaboratie crowd sourced obserations efractal patterns of our local enironment regional enironment global climate and local uniersalme leading a team of 0+70 researchers and we will produce a near real time irtual reality modelbig data oerlays which is much more comprehensie than any models I know to e&ist. <nce theabout climate weather agriculture auaculture etc.

!or e&ample regarding "we produce more from mines and farms with less impact on natural resoucoal and hae less impact. #his needs to be addressed to specify which mines and e&plicitly reduc

"e use industry+led and collaboratie stewardship programs to support sustainable growth": grounsustainable so this is akin to saying "sustainable destruction." Instead mining industries shoul,=B,II,@.

#he surey seems to bias and the uestions leading for e&ample the enironment uestion leadsdeelopment and oerlooking the enironmental part of the uestion,elling beach houses is unlikely to be sustainable. 'atural resources alone are unlikely to generatcome from deeloping nations where costs are lower.



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I agree on oer 77 year old work as long as they can ? want but$ not be forced tooN%ueensland is the best state to lie inN as long as $'< RIG6# ,TI'G$ comes the state.$$on$t let all the southerners come up here for the climate then to change it to the way they had

I would rather try daylight saing in the winter time for a change..NN that should still help the @cont what e&pense e can see your ideas in schools and the political correctness crap that seem

=nder representation of the need to diersify workforce and rural employment<er representation of the j77yo and indigenous groups.

=se of technology as a serice proider. #echnology proides assistance with a serice not the ser Rou hae not taken into account that many people do not desire further population growth.

@uitable access to opportunities + 'ot appliciable to ordinary ustralians

5oe5oe section DEF4. Impacts of population growth are managedDE to

#he implication that people oer 77 need to be in formal employment andAor registeredArecordedalued. #his is identical to when "housewies" were not alued in society because they were not i

community serice. s a %ueenslander I would be deeply o(ended and ashamed if you use this tasupposedly depict "what %ueenslanders want".

5ost of what is in this area seems to repeat what is in other areas + can it be incorporated into earnot coninced that workforce participation is what we are after for Indigenous %ueenslanders )youyou are in the workforce*. lso + where are people with a disability ,urely if seniors rate a mentiothere is an oer+emphasis on migrants.

,till too much focus on economies and money. >emoe the restrictie force of money and place thsustainability collaboration and life long learning then life will assemble automatically into a nerepresents the alues of the participating community members.

#he support for oer 77$s represents one third of this position paper. ,upport for attracting bright

smaller yet they represent the future.

"4. Impacts of population growth are managed" shows how the focus is on the I59M#, of populaaddressing the growth in the /rst place. #he impacts are purported to be catered for but this is nocannot grow inde/nitely. #his unsustainable cycle needs to end at some point and there needs toaddress it.

#his section should be rephrased to simply "9opulation growth should be ethically managed" andincenties for this goal. #he impacts should be discussed more in terms of being aoidable and le

people".

,aying "<ur population growth keeps our communities lieable" is e&actly the same as saying "reperson will keep communities lieable".

<ur communities are not always liable when !I!< sta( are engaged on mining entures. s withsta( should be proided with permanent family accommodation for the life of mine + goog transpohomes are aailable and if no longer reuired for that company could easily be relocated at anothcondition of mining leases

In this way the management of population growth would enable essential serices to be proidedthan strain serices in permnent communities.



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Inferstuctuer certainly needs attention for the oncoming amount of population we will be getting i

Goernment achieements are oer represented. #he infrastructure is mediocre and you hae no

Increasing priate parti/pation to fund infrastructure.

#echnology should support not replace face+to+face serice deliery

,uch forsight at the commencement of the %ld 9lan would set the state on a /rm future

#here is too much emphasis in the plan on the built enironment rather than also considering the

#he current references to " world class infrastructure" and "state of the art technology" do little to

ho are you doing this for really and most importantly why the ma3ority of infrastructure turns

them*

>oad and >ail is on the cusp of becoming obsolete. Geosynchronous electromagnetic harmoni;atiand interplanetary transport system and unlimited clean power generation. ith the right resourcdemonstrations within 1 months. By 01O we will hae a global backbone with limited serices afor whole system change. Rour system of statutory code will not facilitate this kind of moement ointerstellar e&ploration.

#he term "infrastructure" was debated at the Brisbane ,ummit + it should be about more than biginfrastructure.

In the Bris rier basin the amalgamation of shire councils took no account of catchmentsL and thethere if they shared the same boundries as regional councils+ te natural geographic boundaries w

#here is an oerrepresentation of road infrastructure for motorised ehicles and not enough emphtrael seems to be referred to as alternatie trael but we acknowledge it is two of the same )%ue

word of concern that the term infrastructure is used interchangeably when discussing roads bui

recommended.Bringing other regional areas outside ,@ %ld to a competitie standard is commendable but ignorwith ,@ %ld but we consider ourseles a regional area.



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Its not less red tape that$s necessarily needed but the right red and green tape.

#argetL to achiee what %lders want not what we /rst need.

Bold and bra;en statements of self congratulatory nature. Be careful of oer indulgence this forualone is a success well done and and work upon the submitted results.

I don$t think Goernments are doing all they can in our communities if they were to get out and hsome uality time with the public to discuss issues with them.

Goernance If we had had a good education system people would hae understood what a croccrap you hae come up with your sole aim is control as can be seen by the 'ewman laws for%ueensland no i see these as fairy tails pure lies corporate Goernments are about controlsuppression threats and intimidation as can be seen oer the last few months.

Goernment decision making process + transparency. #his is an area sub3ect to many preious reiwith nothing worthwhile achieed.

Monfucius L In a country well goerned poerty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badlygoerned wealth is something to be ashamed of.

Go has got o( on a bad start with reerting to the 1O7K logo. Gies the impression that the gooddays are back and we can rela&. #he opposite is the case we must try harder . ,top looking back



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<@M targets should be included.

aaa9roide disapline and get back to threee >$seeee

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where did you show e&actly how those "targets" are going to be achieed in clear and succinct stesupport that

#eachers are the base of education not buildings or sport. cademics is what should be taught byaailable whether full time or part time. 5y son teaches an rchitectural sub3ect part time at SSSown rchitectural practice. #eachers should hae a more enhanced pay scale from start to /nish.

#he main focus must be to hae students leaing primary school with high leels of accomplishmnumeracy and a good foundation in basic liing skills. #hey should also hae a good grounding ingeography.

If we want to build an innoatie economy which I agree is needed for a sustainable economic fut

creatiity in our schools. iteracy and numeracy are not enough we need to teach children in di( broaden our perspectie + literacy and numeracy and science are essential but they are not eeryon testing and strick adherance is detrimental to the teaching of creatiity. It is disappointing to harts in education.

#he focus is too much on high achieement. Good students will e&cel in any conditions. #he focuachieers children with behaioural problems disabilities family problems etc. #he success of ashould be measured on how many of these low achieers can be guided to a stage where they ca

education to make a contribution to their community and society in general. " chain is as good ato speak. In primary school a teacher needs minimal academic skills although high skills are pref teacher needs communication skills compassion empathy good humour and good health )especi

#oo many of our teachers feel a lack of appreciation for their profession by goernments that denindiidually or ia their union. good school has an inclusie community.

ll eduction is only learned not instructed. #he most fundamental prospect we appear to failing inenforce suQciently the need for all families children bureaucrats etc to "cut to the chase" and defundamental needs rather than starting with a grand ision. In short "6ow are we een going to g

schools and once they are there how are we going to encourage some serious passion about eduof those inoled".

#o ensure that knowledge around social inclusieness and community responsibility and knowledgmental health literacy

,top /nding blame with teachers of which KK8 do a fantastic 3ob. Rou will loose the best as has h\ealand =, and @ngland and then wonder why. 9arents are the main educators with children nowill be scrutini;ed based on a child$s ability or test passA failure has been tried and tested around

#eachers treated like bank oQcers or sales reps in that they must meet targets is cra;iness when iabout education for the indiidual then try a one si;e /ts all policy in teaching or grading our child

#hese need to be focused on uick wins to get %ld up to the same leel of the rest of the countryiews.



#argeting practical learning real life skills should be a focusGoernance of schools from bottom up not top down

+ remoal of relatiistic educational content+ more time in classroom with class teacher in primary+ encouragement of grouping by ability rather than age+ a renewed !ocus on a classic liberal arts education+ before children learn <#@ they should hae at least an aerage achieement leel in literacy an

+ there is too much diersity in the primary curriculumueenslanders are educated for employment in industriews of 014

#here is no system to measure the success or failure of changes in education.

Be creatie not the same old same old.I would say yes if I was a sheeple but lets face it you only stated what the sheeple like to hear.But be warned more and more people are waking to the scam.

#he actual ideas are good in theory but in practice it doesn$t happen.

#he key issue is the releance of what is being presented as "education". ,uggest a target in rela #his would be hard to measure howeer unless the deelopment process is releant to the futurproblem. It is noted that our future population may be more sian than @uropean.

SSSS in my considered opinion primary education should be tightened not e&panded. I always unschool was to instil basics I did $prep$ in 1K-ONNN It was there we learnt to hold a pencilL deelop

skills through repetition )a word which these days eeryone seems to hate* and other basics. Gradyears ustralian 6istory Geography and basic politics were taught. sking a child in grade -A4 tolaugh. ho does it #hey do not know how to do research though any medium e&cept the compuaccurateN et their mental e&pansion be slower so they absorb as they learn.

'o speci/c indicators on how asian lanaguages will be aailable to all students no speci/c indicatarithmetic or science

Rour phrasing of the uestion "o the targets for @ducation proide this long+term outcome" is w'<# proide for an outcome long term or short term. #he uestion should hae bee "re these ta

achieable worthwhile goals" #he answer to that uestion is "probably" proided someone can cpractical long term plan for implementation.

s we all know Goernment planning seldom e&tends beyond the ne&t election hence I$m yet toGoernment can in2uence an outcome in 044. #hat in turn raises the uestion of what this wholabout 5aybe if we had an e&ample of one single ustralian Goernment actually producing andworkable 7 year plan for their ,tate or the Mommonwealth maybe there would be some 3usti/cafurther ahead.

Basic literacy and numeracy in primary school is a comparatie low target. ,hould we not be aimi%ueensland primary school children hae literary and numeracy competencies appropriate to thei

Because if you don$t know how you are getting there )process* then you will most certainly end up)target*.

#hey are 01- measures )actually these are measures that hae been around for ages*. #o meetthe best in ustralia and high ranking education system in the world you need to hae a measurecompare with these other 3urisdictions. re we talking aboutAaerages or medians with things like



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'ot enough emphasis on life skills ethics 8 indiidual learningbetter teachers.9oliticians are liars.......stop taking money from education.'eed clear operational de/nitions of what is meant by literacyAnumeracy "competency".

#he targets discussed in the discussions are more ambitious target without a plan is meaniningless

@ducation plus moral responsibility need to be balanced

non speci/c targetsgronsky

Basic literacy and numeracy in primary school is a low bar. ,uggest something more challenging li%ueensland children hae literary and numeracy competencies commensurate with their ageAclas

sian languages. 5y table at the ,ummit felt strongly that a focus on sian languages would unnstudents who might want to study other languages. Gien that %ueensland aims to be a global pl

limit language study. ,uggest delete $sian$. #hus $#he ma3ority of students hae language skills.

#aking into consideration the education of children with an intellectual disability as well as the adeappropriate training of teachers to meet the demands and needs of children with an intellectual di

hat does is really mean if %ueenslanders nominate education as one of their top alues in a statalue education. But how does re2ect on what the goernment is doing It may mean the go$t ismaking things worse. hy not proide a measure that is clearly operationally de/ned with clear t

#he targets sound like motherhood and apple pie statements that i$m sure someone -0 years agoonly using di(erent language. !ocus on the children they want to learn need to learn loe to leahappen. 9arents not doing their part society wanting cookie cutter schools eery child learns di( classes more dynamic teaching styles. 5ore teachers who loe teaching.

>eading writing and maths are ital#hey must deelop the education of our children for future lif money managementrespect for oursobey the current lawshow to apply for worketc

>apid population growth makes the achieement of improement much more diQcult. #his is a meducation system is struggling all the time. s long as the money needs to go to adding new schschools and programs hae to make do with less. ,tabilising our population numbers is an essentto hae any real chance of achieing any of the other goals that hae been set.

#here is too little )or no* emphasis on the role parents and the community play in educating childrthe onus on schools and teachers to achiee which is becoming less and less feasible gien the smaterial teachers are generally e&pected to teach. 9arents need to actiely take a role in educatinthan )as is the current perception* belieing teachers will do eerything. #his could be tied to thefoundation area by including a focus on educational programs outside of and unrelated to schools.focus on the basics )literacy numeracy research and critical thinking* and parentsAchildren can cspeci/c areas of interest to focus on outside of school where they can apply the basic skills learnedi(erent enironment. #his will gie schools a much greater ability to ensure all students build thefor our society while still proiding the richness of education.



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5ake a big change so people hae money to spend to support a growing economy.a

Benchmark against world$s best should be the -0 year target.

#here is too much focus on literacy and numeracy per se. hile these are indeed base skills for acurriculum education for a bright future needs to focus on teaching students how to think how tomust instill a lifelong curiosity to learn. Murrent draft targets fail to encapsulate this.

#he goals for numeracy and literacy attainment will neer be met without a focus on assistance fodysle&ia or other speci/c learning diQculties. #hese children often hae high I%s but are seerely

%ld @ducation system. In other countries there is a lot more support for people with dysle&ia to go=niersity leel but in %ld there is ery little assistance. I feel this is an area of discrimination whic,#ate @ducation system.

@ducation is aluable and important but looked at in isolation it is not e(ectie and unlikely to chaown. e need to empower %ueenslanders to make changes they think are bene/cial and to do thsystems that make change easy and supporting indiiduals in e&ercising healthy choices. ,ystemsinterentions for enhancing the implementation of school based policies targeting risk factors for

hat about measuring changes in education leels from one family generation to another. I bet th

change in that with this goernment. 6ae you spoken to 'G<s working with children and disenagyoung people themseles*. Rou can spend millions and millions on economic deelopment initiati2e&i+schools that can re+enage young people by the hundreds creating many millions of social angenerations.

>eliance on institutional solutions )ie goernment + or highly inasie goernment* will not improoutcomes. Murrent educational challenges represent a comple& of sociocultural factors that bureacannot e(ectiely address.

#hey are pretty meaningless "basic literacy and numeracy" means nothing. It should be that theyskills for success in society or something like that.

=niersal basic numeracy and literacy is essential but not suQcient fo r%ueenslanders to achieecultural basis that incorporates fundamental philosophical alues and suQcient technical skills tocountries will also be reuisite particularly as other countries improe their own literacy etc leel

ery basic premise of economy is if people hae a 3ob they earn money and they hae the abiliturn keeps businesses open and 3obs aailable. 9eople want the economy to grow so all can prosp

,tep back and consider a point about @ducation that appears to hae been ma3orly oerlooked. Inthe -0 year %ueensland plan has anybody thought to totally change the way in which schools op

I no longer hae children of school age but when I did I paid childcare fees for children for befocare and full time care when my children were under school age. #he cost of full time childcare isthe cost of a mortgage and if you hae a mortgage and you are paying childcare you hae little t,o for 7 years our family and countless other familys are limited in the amount of money they ha

If you want to hae a measure of success )e.g. whether education or teachers are alued*you neeteachers themseles. #his is not re2ected in the draft.



little mention of disability support5ore Gonski less aspiration+speak>ather than answer this uestion 9lease consider the many patterns I hae built into my website

targets are too genericA motherhood.ss

I think its fantastic to focus on the uality of teachers.'othing about teaching our children about the responsibilities of custodianship of our heritage.

#he /rst target represents a ery narrow iew of education that demonstrates that the public perccomes from the media. #here is a belief that %ueensland schools are $failing$. #he second target rmeasured.,peci/c characteristics of how education is alued by the people of %ueensland need t

#he targets do not re2ect an understanding of early childhood deelopment and the need to inesthem entering school. measure that includes a commitment to improing the ustralian @arly

)@I* should be included. If children do not arrie at school $ready$ to learn inestment of PPs tonumeracy will be wasted. $,kills beget skills$

#hey are e&amples of simple patterns which inspire people to de/ne the in/nite from their 'ow petogether we could inspire whole system change during the G0 eaders ,ummit in 'oember 01pattern. It is possible to facilitate solutions to all issues in all places ia a coherent global conersall people to co+de/ne a peaceful transition and an in/nite future.

#argets cannot be reached while teachers are ealuated on /lling in paperwork to an unreasionabltheir teaching skills

s stated preiously the targets should include goals to ma&imi;e the number of students in the t108 of graduates in addition to raising the aerage student.

It is no good haing targets to meet without a feasible plan. I beliee that in order to meet targetsopportunities to meet peoples learning styles and cultural needs. Rou can not put people in a bo&9eople are not robots. 9eople learn at their leel of understanding and contingencies plans need tdi(erent learning styles.

s a parent of - young school children what matters most to me is meaningful discipline meaningescalating bullying in schools a curriculum which does '<# attempt to distort history and a manneeds" children receie them rather than becoming a burden to "normal" students as they get lu'one of this is mentioned in the idealistic driel under "education"

eery person A child should get the same leel of education regardless of there family incomes etcbe of the same uality.

they are an utopian ideal nice words but hard to put into practice. hat of the bright minds left ibroader aerage. what of the slower learner not geared to formal education

#here isn$t much wrong with any one target but some of the measures of success seem a bit ad hdetailed making use of technology to delier online language courses + surely a more releant mestudents lean a language to an adeuate leel.

#he measure that the curriculum is focus of literacy and numeracy seems a bit out of place with alare focused on other issues. ,urely the focus should be all the skills that at reuired.

#he targets proide a short term thinking process resultant from current driers. !uture driers reenable future thinking.

@nable more mature access to education eg tafe hecs style grants to shift youth employment poteskills.



Rou must hae: high uality free education for all students who want it )noit 3ust primary*

#he goal of haing better teachers than any other state in ustralia is unrealistic and unachieabla alid education statement should include all leels of education including #rade and skills based

5ore speci/c measures and targets for igital Mapabilities

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#his should re2ect those who go on to raise families and the cycle repeats etc.

I$m not sure that 2e&ible curricula /ts with aligning with "national and international standards". %lcontinue to be at the mercy of '9' style standards so therefore we need great and inspiring tand numeracy who are gien support and assistance not only for the students that are behind butas well.

iteracy and numeracy are ery important but not the only ob3ecties of education. @ducation nethe cognitie skills that they need to deal with the 3obs and unknown challenges of the future. #he

mentions primary school. If a child doesn$t hae basic literacy numeracy communicationa nd cogthey start primary schoo there is plenty of research to suggest that they will neer pick up thosea whole oer+emphasises the school years and fails to gie much priority at all to the early years<@M Groing for Growth strategy says ustralia needs to do more to improe the uality of its ear

#he mature generations 3oined with others in a wide interpretation of education coering both acaincluding respect for indiiduals and responsibilities to the community DEJ %ld >esponse !ig %1detail in the generational themes page 1 and subseuent discussion !ig 4 % top response andiscussion !ig %- top response and subseuent discussion and !ig O %4 top response and subshile this is partly encompassed in the heading and preamble to this foundation area and is coe

the detail the #argets which focus solely on 9rimary and the alue of @ducation are woefully inad

#here is no target set for updating the curriculum DEJ highlighted in the responses aboe and neibullying rampant in %ueensland ,chools the work force and on the net but apparently not consimention e&cept by older people DEJ <9,< ,ubmission. #here is also no mention of educating studmulti+cultural issues

6ow about more focus on Tolunteer groups in schools [ids today need to think of others not onlwhat they can get. #hey don$t een consider what they can contribute.

#here is not enough emphasis on the signi/cance of early years education and pre+schooling.. theeelopment Inde& )@I* ought to be a primary measure and decreasing ulnerability across theought to be a clear target... primary school educators across the nation hae all e&pressed the iediQcult to reduce ulnerabilities in the @I by the time the child has arried at school.

!ocus on literacy and numeracy as the primary indicators could skew teaching and assessment inaddressing the basics and neglecting the deeper goals of education

#here should be a target deoted speci/cally to the retention of pupils schooled in region who thwork in region oer arious age groups



%ueenslanders are lifelong learners aluing access to educational opportunities at all stages of lif

I think e.g. ",chool+leaers are euipped with both academic and healthy life skills" should be add

emonstrate the increased e&pertise of our educatorsemonstrate the links between participation in education and employment outcomesemonstrate increasing participation by business and industry in education and skills training in

emonstrate increasing integration between school et and higher education proiders

Cust look at what people need to learn to hae a full life.

Rour education plan is so shallow. #he focus on literacy and numeracy is disputed.hilst these ob3ecties are ery important the emphasis should always be on guiding students

#he section lacks a future focus and is limited in scope. #he targets and descriptions are unambitiaccount of likely ma3or conte&tual factors such as the impact of arious technological and societalparticular the target of 1008 literacy and numeracy and the notion that the curriculum should beis retrogressie contradictory to the idea of $inspiring bright minds$ and inimical to other targets iof the 00O 5elbourne eclaration such as deeloping actie and informed citi;ens with moral annot re2ected here. #he 9lan has a $back to basics$ focus with only a passing reference to teachersedge technologies to delier better outcomes for students and no reference to teachers increasinunderstandings and critical engagement with a technologically+mediated world. #he targets suggof education with limited scope for scholarly pursuit and the deelopment of personal interests ansigni/cant implications for student engagement and behaiour management. #he notion of encoutowards $priority industries$ could limit their potential as today$s priorities may not be tomorrow$s.

targets that include inclusion and integration. also skills for special needs kids to be able to functiworld or engageAcommunicate as best they can. #alk to special school e&perts for releant target

#he current targets will mean special schools or children with disabilities will be swept under the cdepartment will be focussing e(orts on the proposed targets. #his could hae a signi/cant impactthousands of children and their families

1008 basic literacyAnumeracy a bit silly + e.g. ignores children with learning diQculties who will nthem.

#argets were thoughtful but greater 2e&ibilty reuired across state according to needs. @mphasisas a /rst priority. anger that the aspirations e&pressed might become once more stu( clogging

#he targets are not re2ectie of the long term results that should be achieed through a strategiceducation. #he two aspirational targets and three primary measures fail to make the connection%ueenslanders wantDE DEFhat does success look likeDE and DEFescribing success.DE B

inspiring bright minds reuires targets and measures which:

Mapture the improement in educational outcomes across the three education sectors of school and training and higher education

#argets and measures should be deeloped for each of the three education sectors indiidually sceducation as well as broader measures which address the system as a whole.

@ducation is highly alued by all %ueenslanders as a target is not tangible and the lack of baselidiQculties. e suggest all measures are based on current data sets to ensure all measures haesupporting comprehensie ealuation.



towards haing a fully balanced and conscious adult life with all of the necessary skillsunderstanding and knowledge to ensure that the indiidual fully understands their placein an interconnected and dierse world.Inclusion of a strategy to speci/cally address the oerall dropping performance of boys in schools.,uggested wording change to targets.^ 1008 of %ld children acuire basic literacy and numeracy in primary scool.

^ @ducation is highly alued by all %ueenslanders #each basics. 9re 1K0 education prepared people to be literate numerate and useful citi;ens.

dd additional targets:DEFMhildren from non+@nglish speaking backgrounds acuire @nglish language to enableparticipation in school .DE

DEF6igh school students from non+@nglish speaking background hae basic literacy andnumeracy within years of starting school.DE

ith in2ation a(ordable education will be a big usse so it de/nitely reuires more focus.6ealth is not represented in the @ducation foundation area targets.

,=GG@,#@ I#I<' #>G@#DE] %ueensland$s education system is recognised as orld$s best practice

#argets are too simplistic

'eed more emphasis on learning a trade not 3ust higher education

#oday we gie ta& deductions to adertising which produce not goods but e&cessie desire.

ack of knowledge of history geography etc has produced a generation who hae no appreciatatiof our settlers in battling drought/re2oodwar etc

#here are many challenges to be met if these educaiton goals and their arious success indicators

and many issues to be addressed in terms of practical implementation measures.

#he links between health and education need to be well established. 6ealthy children are better ahigher educational achieement is strongly associated with better health. 6ealth and education pcomplementary roles in securing better health and learning outcomes for our children and young

#he /rst target and most of the measures in this foundation area place strong emphasis on schoolthe targets and measures re2ect the importance of lifelong learning through a range of means thi

the foundation area.

<ur discussions on this foundation area indicate the target and measures should re2ect higher leand attainment in tertiary education and lifelong learning opportunities )eg online courses mentbetter to connect schools into community and industry and harness skills within communities.

e would also like to see current thinking around the importance of ,#@5 )science technology emathematics* broadened to ,#@5 + ,#@5 with the inclusion of rts DEJ allowing a focus on the s

=sing research industries are able to identify what their businesses need to achiee a sustainablestandard of serice and uality of work. !urthermore encouraging businesses to inest in their stabene/ts that last oer a longer term because of better sta( retention as well as continuing sta( dsatisfaction.



Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achiee nothingN

e promote workforce planning for local employers to identify current and future needs

#he two targets can be contradictory,peci/c characteristics of how education is alued by all %ueenslanders need to be identi/ed+ ho

#he /rst target could be a re2ection of goernment think as re2ected in the media)such as the perception that %ueensland students underperform in literacy and numeracy* concentrated 9ublic >elations campaign could support #arget - year contracts for 9rincipals could hae a detrimental e(ect on both targets

Gien the strong eidence that uality @arly Mhildhood @ducation and Mare leads to improed outcnumeracy DEF@ducationDE must be e&panded to include @arly Mhildhood @ducation and Mare a

speci/c references to @M@M in the plan.

%ueensland should strie to hae the most highly alued educators in ustralia howeer this musensure it captures dedicated @M@M teachers and educators.

@asier for cities to attract sian markets. consideration could be gien to incenties to regions toopportunities to encourage the student market to learn in the regions

<ur prate and public education compete on a leel playing /eld with strong inceties for ualityhae transparent reporting of results to guide continuous improement in ocational education an

,hould include a M<G goal of K08 high school completion in the 9lan. n ambitious but achieeaof apprenticeship completions oers the life of the 9lan would ensure the issue of skills shortagesforefront of the policy oer the ne&t -0 years.

In summary educational opportunity should be presented by the 9lan in a way that focusses on tbene/ts not 3ust to indiiduals or to the ,tate of %ueensland but to the world at large.

#arget 1: !ocused attention should also be gien to speci/c populations who for whateer reasonmeet this benchmark including newly arried refugees and migrants and children with a disabilityuseful to set targets for adult culturally and linguistically dierse )M* populations to encouragelanguage serices for adults.

#arget : lternatie + DEF100 per cent of all eligible %ueensland children attend an early childhoin the year before school )kindergarten*DE . It is diQcult to measure if education is highly alued.

hile the percentage of students achieing the 'ational 5inimum ,tandard on 'ational ssessmand 'umeracy )'9'* may be appropriate as a measurement of basic literacy and primary skillliteracy and numeracy competency could focus on the proportion of %ueensland students achiei

'9' achieement bands.

It is understood that performance against the target of haing education alued by %ueenslanderreuire measurement through a new state+wide surey instrument.

#he indicators of success for this goal of practical based learning include additional reference to steuipped with eeryday life skills such as healthy liing /nance social alues parenting skills ane&perience of older generations.

In relation to the goal of haing the most highly+alued educators it is suggested that this indicatoto refere to a broader range of factors beyond remuneration such as recognition and professional

Indicators of success for the goal of lifelong education could be e&panded to include more e&plicitalue of uality early childhood education.



DE] emonstrate the increased e&pertise of our educators

DE] emonstrate the links between participation in education and employment outcomesDE] emonstrate increasing participation by business and industry in education and skills training

DE] emonstrate increasing integration between school et and higher education proiders

world$s top 70 globally ranked uniersities and at least three in the top 170.

#he two aspirational targets and three primary measures fail to make the connection between DE%ueenslanders wantDE DEFhat does success look likeDE and DEFescribing success.DE B

inspiring bright minds reuires targets and measures which:

DE] Mapture the improement in educational outcomes across the three education sectors of schoeducation and training and higher education

#argets and measures should be deeloped for each of the three education sectors indiidually sceducation

school curriculum that focuses on core literacy and numeracy skills. #eachers who are the enydierse and integrated system of tertiary education @nsuring that we hae at least one uniersity




Moncentrate on acadamia.

e need a feedback mechanism from each community.

ower rates better infrastructure&&&

someone drafting both the draft and this surey needs to be sent back to school or lacks introspecethics.

well what are the e&act targets opposed to marketing fantasy translated in some working draft d!or e&ample we want to be leading in swimming sports + how e want to hae both men and woto achiee and rank amongst the /rst 100 in the world e want to hae at least one swimming psuburb and with entry fees a(ordable to eeryone Go on + be speci/c and stop spinning empty pcounting on ma3ority of people being dumb to see it

#he second target relating to olunteering is inappropriate. Tolunteering is great and should be su6oweer it also often masks a lack of basic community serices and a lack of paid employmentopportunities. 6aing more unpaid olunteers proiding serices than other ,tates may not be anbene/t. 6aing this as a target will diert attention away from the need to proide basic properlycommunity serices.

I think 3ust adding those most disenfranchised such as those with a mental illness will ensure thathas the greatest positie impact and creates a focus on our long term community inclusieness

9rimary measures focuses on cultures and migrants + what about the rest of those disadantaged%ueenslanders + blind lame deaf intelectual etc etc

#here is no mention anywhere in the document of people with a disability. I strongly beliee that p

with a disability should be recognised and that they should be enabled to take part in the commuthe workforce. #his needs to apply to those with a physical and an intellectual disability. ssistancbe gien to people with a disability to enable them to participate and to realise their full potential.

here are the targets about protecting our children %ld does not hae a good record with re: to cprotection. #his area is under+represented. lso what about denouncing iolence including domestiolence.

#he narrowing gap between rich and poor target is not the right direction the community should b

as this would contradict the aim of rewarding high community achieers. 9eople in communities nincenties to better themseles. If the gap between rich and poor is reduced there will be no inceand instead of making the poor richer we would be making the rich poorer by income redistributireduced incenties to improe business.

Instead %ueensland should aim to increase all leels of income )rich and poor* at a faster rate thastates and territories accounting for in2ation. If %ueensland$s rate of income increase is higher thma3oritry of ustralia then in2ation would stay relatiely low + increasing the wealth of %ueenslanreal terms. Imporoing wealth for eeryone will reduce rates of crime within our communities andgreater ta& receipts to be spent on the other community targets and goals listed in the %ld 9lan.



Talues + target could be formulated around community alues.

#hank you.

on$t be silly they are empty promises nothing will come of any of this 9<I#IM I@,.

hat targets It 3ust states that ueensland is on track and pats the '9 on the back

gain motherhood statements community will happen naturally if the enironment is right.

ery wishy washy

#his is the area where the plan is most de/cient. e need to think in terms of "global communityof simply the current arti/cial borders. key target relates to how we engage with those communeighbouring countries. <ur "community" includes 9'G Indonesia etc.

@ncouraging of actie transport )walking bike riding* is an integrated part of improing communit

wellbeing )+and saing money...*

Goernments tend to make plans some good and some not so good for the public then goernmto change after each term #hen it all goes down the tube some goernments tell out right lies topower then it$s the complete reerse this practice has to stopNN do what you promise in the /rst

#he world has changed. hile community support organisations continue to manage on oluntaris not always true. ,ome /nancial support is needed though rarely forthcoming. hen the oluntgeneration is gone how are those they hae supported going to surie on$t say $someone$ wil

as it is my e&perience that the ne&t generation will want to be paid.

gain the wrong uestion. hoeer designs these sureys ought to be sacked + unless of coursesimply following orders to get the answers reuired.

the -rd Goal "nyone who makes %ueensland their home has employment opportunities and is winto the community." is not coered in this grouping

Including e(orts to improe access for people with an intellectual disability to be a part of theircommunities.

9rima facie all+inclusie participation does not necessarily mean eual representation emphasis son what has been identi/ed as contributing to community harmony and awareness in other demoandAor societies rather than what any current actie interest group e&presses.

ook at other countries in the world see what problems they hae and do not copy them. ,tabilispopulation at current leels or below.

!ast growing communities will always struggle to achiee the cohesion and supportie atmospher%ueenslanders are looking for. #his is because the newcomers compete for 3obs bid up the priceadd to congestion and put pressure on all public infrastructure and serices. In a stable populationumber of people moing in and out remains een. ,o you still get the cultural diersity but withocon2ict that ineitably follows increased pressure on scarce resources. ,tabilising population numbe a target to hae any hope of realising the other targets for building better communities.

9lease see my last response. Mommunity help showed in the >edcli(e bi+election. #his was creatachieed because people took a stand. #hese are areas that local communities need to hae morand the honest way it was achieed. Got needs to be answerable and allow communities a greatrunning the got.



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Rou need to e&amine the sorts of community that central planning creates. nd then stop this.

no mention of churchAreligion and little on not for pro/t contributions #he solutions you seek will neer be achieed while your statutory code is in place.

Momapring measures to ustralia wide measures is not the best way of doing this. hat if standarustralia oerall is poor + we are 3ust comparing against a low standard to make the measures loo

#hen secondly what if ustralia is fantastic + we are setting this measure up to fail.

9olice iolence empathy noise law regulation legislation. ,ee a pattern here #hese words are

section. 9olice inolement in community is ery important but it$s not in there. Tiolence againstnot in there. here is empathy 6ow can you hae a good community without some reference tothings

It talks about community to come together in most cases it has but I' #6@ !=#=>@ '< 5<>@ !M6=>M6@, 9@,@ @'<=G6 if a community needs to come together on its own feet an each pethat community needs to work together not to hae 1 or more di(erent churches who by thebeliee in the same god omg really '< 5ore

#oo much focus on wealth in economic terms. !ocus should be on $standard of liing$ where concas happiness well+being social responsibility euality respect and 3ustice are 3ust as critical as w

#his fails to recognise the well known adage that money can$t buy you loe. #he Beatles knew itmost %ueenslandersN #here also should be a target for broadening those considered to be commof %ueensland beyond the sports and entertainment stars adored today to include great scientistseducators and etc. target should be for %ueensland communities to recognise achieers in all cpursuits.

#hey are too super/cial and not based on enough research and information from e&perst in the /ere2ect the lowset common denominator of understanding.

#hey are too competitie + it is not about being better than others it is about being the best you ccould be the least racist state in ustralia but still be e&tremely racist for e&ample.

#he /rst target should read "Increase the wealth of all %ueenslanders while achieing the <@M$sgap betweeen the wealthy and the poor"

6ow is it proposed to ensure that "no %ueenslander is left behind" hat e&actly does this meanwill be done to ensure it happens epending on who you are you could say that this is not a reali%ueensland of today. !or e&ample in 01 there were 14000 or more public serants )includingpermanent workers* who lost their 3obs yet there were many people )including the Goernment*not seem to care. hat happened to these e& public serants 6ow many are still unemployedbeen the e(ect on their families 6ow many hae and are su(ering mental illness issues because

process that was used to terminate them #he comment "no %ueenslander is left behind" soundsand unless it is changed it should be omitted from the plan.

ealth is a diQcult target to de/ne and measure along with olunteering and community participmeasurements all seem relatie )to the rest of ustralia*. I think more $lifestyle$ measurements slooked at and should stand along rather than be comparatie.

Inspire belief in whole system change ia unrestricted choice and eoling positie frameworks ofended uestions like I e&plore on my website SSSS



GoernmentApublic serice regulated rather than community regulated #hey need to be 5<>@ inclusie of aspects that make up community.

#he targets are '9 targets not community alued ones.

It implies that what we hae is awful and needs total replacement.'othing could be further from the truth.

transport and community space deelopment catch up time.

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I hae no idea.its not obious why achieing ustralia$snarrowest gap between the

If you help to facilitate me with resources places to collaborate and people to collaborate with Iyou many ideas which will help. But I will only do so if there are no statutory restrictions con/denagreements or comple& terms and conditions. ny agreement must be simple transparent and u

#hese are not uanti/able targetsN =se /gures such as crime rates employment rates homelessnsureys regarding preparedness of local community to walk alone at night in their districts or hocommunity members are to approach their neighbours.

far less crimeN people working together in their communities o reduce A stop crime. >eduction in coccurring at all.

#he more you $embrace other cultures$ the more there will be diision in the community. If you ar

anglo sa&on male you may be discriminated against by anyone and hae no right of recourse SSS

getting to the real heart and stop pretending all is ok or glossing oer making real decisions in chaattitudes.

hat about access to housing #here is no more fundamental need than the need for housing.Goernment historically has hah a huge role in proision of public social and community housing.abscence of any mention of the importance of the proision of housing seems odd.

... but then went on to goern for more than a decade as if he and abor were completely un + awcurrent documentAs seem to demonstrate no more awareness or concern or to see this area as onneeds to be urgently addressed. re we proposing another -0 years of neglect and the conseuethis brings

wealthy and the poor will actually improe both ends of the spectrum. Its possible to hae the nargap and for all groups to still be poorer than thir conterparts in teh rest of ustralia

#he section entitled $In %ueensland nobody gets left behind$ reuires further consultations with norganisations that hae been proiding programs for 10 years or more but do not get goernmenof any kind. #he e&pertise lies with these organisations as they are closest to the problems that ecommunity DEZ and often already hae the solutions in place.



'ot sure that increasing wealth euates with a more connected accepting and supportie commu

It misses the point completely.ecrease in crime rates should be e&pected. 9eople want to feel safe in their neighbourhoods

o not agree with or support the statement "increase the wealth of all %ueenslanders".5any %ueenslanders hae too much wealth there needs to be a substantial redistribution of weal

from the ultra wealthy to those who are /nancially disadantaged.o not agree that schools should "instil" alues. #his is not the role of a school. Talues can bediscussed but the days of indoctrination should hae ended many years ago.,uggested wording for targets^ Increase the wealth of all %ueenslanders while achieing a narrow gap between the wealthy and

^ %ueensland has the highest possible rate of olunteering and community participation

hat strong community alues will we embrace

#here are not surprisingly for this topic plentiful suggestions re what will make for a stronger comthere seems to be a mismatch between the three targets identi/ed and any strategies about howachiee these... there also seems to be an obious missing measure namely how much of a senscommunity people e&perience #his is a now a commonly asked uestion in the social sciences anto be a mainstay of any measures and targets in this foundation area.

#he targets are appropriateL howeer my comment is that no speci/c reference regarding diersitto people with disability. ith 1 in 7 %ueenslanders liing with a disability and to raise the leel oeconomic participation and recognise the fundamental desire to change ineuality so that eery i%ueenslander will be celebrated embraced and respected particular reference should be gien towith disability 3ust as cultural diersity is identi/ed.

#arget one imiu&es tow di(ernt thihgs + increase in wealth and the elath gap. #he target thereforclarity.

I would suggest the plan leae out the increase in wealth and focus on the wealth gap. #his is re2the /rst indicator on the primary measures.

gain diQcult. hy does eerything hae to be measurable #his attempts to direct e(ort: peoplbe freer of the hurry of liing so that they hae more re2ectie time.

9artially...they seem to be more indiiual goals than group goals like "increase wealth". 9erhaps tre2ect the ma3ority of responses but it wouldn$t be my sense of what community is about...

^ nyone who makes %ueensland their home has employment opportunities and is welcomed intocommunity

It used to be CudeoAMhristian alues of law 3ustice mercy grace. #hat is why people from anti+christian countries are 2ocking here and en3oying our blessing but wturning the country oer to the muti+cultures

e note that the %ueensland 9lan team will prepare a statistical base line for all targets and meabe deeloped through the reiew process and will be included in the /nal plan. @&pert adice willto ensure that for the targets an appropriate balance of aspiration and pragmatism is achieed.this will be critical for the success of the plan.



e fully support the sentiments e&pressed in the target DEFnyone who makes %ueensland their

home has employment opportunities and is welcomed into the communityDE but feel that the ta

should be more speci/c so that it is measurable. #he reised target will enable comparisonbetween culturally dierse and mainstream communities.

e recommend:o #he target is reised: DEF@eryone who moes to %ueensland from oerseas or interstate feels

welcome and has the same access to employment as other %ueenslandersDE .

e would like to see some physical actiity targets included such as access to physical actiity pr

#he inclusie nature of the targets in this foundation area is recognised and welcomed.

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#argets needs to be palced in International and national parameters

6igh+leel targets which are measurable. ll high+leel targets listed in the plan should be measuthat eeryone in %ueensland can track and contribute to our progress throughout the life of the pl5easurable targets will help to drie our actions proiding %ueensland with a clear set of ob3ectifuture.

#argets not rankings. e should not be content with setting targets specifying %ueensland as theDEFbestDE in ustralia. hile this is a worthy goal we strongly encourage targets which continu

improed performance. !or e&ample %ueensland has one of the best attainment rates for Rear 1euialent amongst the boriginal and #orres ,trait Islander population yet the rate is roughly halachieed by the general population. %M<,, would argue that all high leel targets and measuresto a goal of %ueensland being the DEFbestDE in ustralia be reframed as speci/c targets.

e feel that the second target can be strengthened with the inclusion of the notion of that %ueenplace that welcomes people. In addition we feel that the emphasis in the third target should be nabout haing employment but haing employment that is meaningful and that balances economiand enironmental considerations.

e also note that in relation to targets and measures associated with participation it will be imporrecognise and include participation in arts and culture actiities DEJ 1H8 of %ueenslanders currenolunteer for the arts.

e also note that DEUdierse partnershipsDEU which is a theme articulated in the foundation areastatement about where we want %ueensland to be in -0 years is not readily apparent in the targemeasures.

DE] %ueensland is a welcoming community that has ustralia$s highest rates of olunteering andcommunity participation

DE] %ueensland has communities that o(er meaningful employment opportunities that conergetechnology with social and enironmental aspects



#he community targets include that 3obs growth is higher than percentage of net migration Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achiee nothingNBetter describe success for this areawe hae dierse local 3obs that enables people to contribute to the communityour local business leaders inspire and demonstrate community spirit

our community buys locally produced goods and serices

Murrent target

lternatie targetDEFIncrease the wealth and incomes of all %ueenslanders while increasing income and wealth e

Murrent target

#wo alternaties targets are recommended to replace this one targetlternatie target 1

lternatie target

#he document proides ery limitedAnon+e&istent information in relation to addressing crime and sIncorporate more goalsAtargetsAstrategies that relate to reducing crime and promoting safety in %communities.

In ust the driest continent with aged depleted soils + it is essential for food production caused byinappropriate /re regimes since @ropean settlement and the detrimental e(ects of arti/cial fertili;intense mechancal cultiation to restore sustainable management of the land base + food is the m

important element of life before shelter and clothing. #his is a truism + our needs should take priorwants and climate dictates our food production. <ther countries gie priority to food production u

!orced amalgamations of local goernment areas take away community spirit by mi&ing communiothers with no common interest.

I hae to say I felt the ,ummit got bogged down and often distracted by a plethora of DEFanalyticterms apparently intended to e&plain a logical cascading structure but instead confusing all toomight hae most usefully concentrated on broad goals and detailed practicalities )and their con2c

#arget 7 + $in %ueensland nobody gets left behind$ is lofty + particularly when considering euity foregional A rural centres. #he 9lan states $those in need ahe eual access to communtiy and socialand supporting infrastructure$. Murrently there is a signi/cant imbalance between ,@% and region%ueensland. #here is no measure )either in primary or secondary* to ealuate A reiew improemeaccess A euity for regional A rural %ueensland.

suggested indicators are 2u(y and not really dealing with the actual issueDEZ.chosen because theand seem aguely releant rather than actually relating to the speci/c issue.

DEFIncrease the wealth of all %ueenslanders while achieing ustralia$s narrowest gap between twealthy and the poor.DE

DEFnyone who makes %ueensland their home has employment opportunities and is welcomed icommunityDE

DEF@mployment and workforce participation rates are the same for all %ueenslanders includingarrials migrants and minoritiesDE

DEFll %ueenslanders including new arrials migrants and minorities eually feel part of theircommunityDE

#herefore the council amalgamations must be undone and soon to gie local goernment back tcommunities.



#ake care of the communities and you take care of the state and you therefore take care of the costarts with community.




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what targets + speci/cally ,ay one has a target to be well+known wealthy andsuccessful in 10 years time. #his is not a target. #his is a fantasy. proper target would

read: one wants to be recognised as an eQcient engineer by the number and uality ofbridges one constructs )states the numbers* and by achieing a P-00000 annualincome and wins the two main awards in his area of e&pertise.

#hose with e&treme disadantage are not considered as a healthy and productie part ofour workforce and reuire particular focus in order for opportunities to be deeloped. Itwould be ery good to see a section speci/cally for this demographic again I refer alsoto those with a mental illness

missed opportunities for women in the workforce. 5iddle aged women graduates seekingcareer changes are not supported in seeking suitable roles.

#he targets are largely good...need to hae decentralisation of departmental sta( to actas catalyst ,< need to hae more of a focus not only on sia but also @urope andcountries with a higher standard of liing.

+In relation to the food bowl of sia we suggest that the target is inappropriateL becauseof olume we are not likely to be the number one food bowl of sia. <ur opportunityhoweer is to secure pro/table new markets in sia to ensure a sustainable

Growth in ,@% is and will and should be strong and sustained to support %ueensland$scontinued prosperity and create an inestment alternatie to ,ydney and 5elbourne. Itwould be desirable to include a separate target about fostering growth in ,@%. Implying

,@% population is four million by 044 is less than the current ,@% population pro3ectionin ,@% >egional 9lan of 4.4 million by 0-1NNN #he target should be re+stated: "By 044the regions outside of ,@% hae grown to a total population of .4 million" or "-08 of%ueensland$s population lies outside of ,outh @ast %ueensland". >ealistically andappropriately the focus should be on haing achieed strong growth in each of O coastalcity regions outside ,@%. )Mairns #ownsille 5ackay >ockhampton GladstoneBundaberg 6erey Bay 5aryborough*

e should not try to set a speci/c population target as this would mean serices in the,outh @ast would be neglected in order to attract rural liing.



9opulation growth must occur only when there is sustainable economic growth.

#argets for protecting the natural enironment in rural areas should be included

#he target should be to hae rural strong and economically sustainable communities withenhanced lifestyles. Increased populations in rural communities can be a disadantage toe&isting rural community members as highe rpopulations will a(ect the ability of ruralcommunities to supply a(ordable housing.

@conomic growth which is not sustainable for communities e&ists where communitiesonly thrie with an in2u& of foreign workers who will leae with the rewards and notinest their rewards back into the regional community.

et people lie where they want to lie. o not try to socially engineer the state byforcing people to lie in inhospitable places )I can say this haing isited many places*.5any people lie in regional areas because they want the uieter lifestyle fewerneighbours less traQc etc. Rou risk spoiling the amenity of these areas as those peopleperceie it by forcing more people there.

'othing indicates where the 708 liing outside ,outh @ast %ld goal comes from. I amnot sure why the goernment has decided that 708 of %ld$s population should lieoutside south+eastern %ueensland. Rou would think the goernment would be pleasedso many people hae chosen to moe to %ueensland and to settle in to ,outh @ast %ld.5ore ta&es etc. 9articularly disappointing that Brisbane is destined if this plan proceedsto lose its status as ustralia$s third largest city. hy is the goernment trying to holdback the state$s biggest city and best region to lie ,o much for ustralia$s new worldcity. oes the goernment think that if people lie outside south east ld they will beless likely to ote for the 9 ll uite pu;;ling.

#he crucial importance in %ld of fairly sharing publically owned transport andcommunications infrastructure + roads bridges rail sea ports airports and 'B' needs tobe highlighted.

%ld regions primarily can be categorised as ,@% and the others simply based on themassie inestment in ,@% roads bridges and tunnels compared to the rest of the statewhere we play catch up.

"6alf of %ueensland$s population lies outside of ,outh @ast %ueensland" is a greattarget but perhaps there should be another target relating more to the lieability of theregions.

=nder targets for a prosperous and lieable region there needs to be a statement that"we alue the importance of our natural areas to community and industry prosperity.

=nder targets related to being the safe food bowl of sia there needs to be a statementthat "we adapt to a changing climate to ensure a iable and resilient agricultural sector".

I reiterate what I hae written preiously. #he Great iiding >ange and beyond is still$,<5@6@>@$.



gain the draft will not downloadNNNN'o reason to do soL has to be a cause'ot appropriate as not supported by the data.

#arget better represented by more inestment in business in regional areas.

!ocus on s.e. ld

9opulation growth by itself is should not be the primary target. >egional lieability on=rban Mompetitieness Inde& should be the primary target.

'o they don$t because those target are too airy+fairy and there is no substance as tohow they might be achieed. nyone can come up with idealistic targets proided thatdon$t hae to back them up with some solid 3usti/cation as to how the targets might beachieed. It$s like metaphysics people can talk as much nonsense as they like about

metaphysics because it can neer be tested against reality. #his whole %ueensland planis an e&ercise in metaphysics.

It marelous how Morporate Goernments can stu( thing in such a short time and youclowns are talking about a thirty year plan come on its swinging the lead. nothing elsethough change is coming.

lmost all the uestions are designed to gain a limited particular response. #hereforeinsuQcient room for "left+/eld" ideas.

9opulation growth will tell you nothing about whether regions are strong and prosperousand whether they hae taken adantage of opportunities. forced relocation neer works

unless there is something to actually drie people. technology )internetAbroadband* willfacilitate this target but the '9$s Broadband policy will delay this capability by H+10years. 9eople lie somewhere for many reasons + work lifestyle culture family naturealues. I think you need to do a literature reiew on what dries people to a particulararea and how cities grow. =nderstanding the driers can inform the measures and iceersa.

Mome to 'orth %ueensland and ask the workers. Mampbell 3ust pranced on #T yesterdayin Mairns announcing new parts to the hospital being opened. 5y partner works there. 6edidn$t mention he sacked so much health sta( in our hospital that the new wing won$t

work e(ectiely but that$s right Mambell thinks we are all stupid

Moncentrate on lifestyle and enironment adantages. [eep the housing costs low e.g.low rates low cost of housing low insurance costs low utility costs and oer time peoplewill bring their money e&pertise and families to regions and create an economy throughpopulation growth. #he internet may enable more to earn a liing wage in regional areas

with out goernment industry and personal welfare.

>ecognise the huge alues of what we hae and improe these areas. e/nately do notfollow the rest of the world by increasing population.

there is only so much gas in regional areas how about you start looking intomanufacturing steel and all that again to promote 3obs in regional areas



easy 3ust proide eery indiidual response supporting or disagreeing propositions

Balance betwen urban and regional

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6alf of %ueens lands population to lie outside ,@%. #his target has no redeemingfeatures. #he sub targets O to 11 can stand alone with no presumption of whatproportion of people lie in the region. #he only reason for this target is a fear that ane&tra three million in ,@% would not be a good thing. better goal is to change federalimmigration policy to make sure that the three million will not come and make aproblem. 9eople will settle where they want. Goernment plans to populate the regionshae always failed. increasing population in the regions or anywhere in %ueensland willnot improe the lies of those of us already liing here in way. <ur goernment will befailing us by allowing this to happen. #he cost of accommodating three million new%ueenslanders in the regions would be much better spent improing the serices forthose already here.

#his foundation$s targets need to be tied much more closely to infrastructure. ithouteasy access to uality internet and phone serice and fast safe and a(ordable transportbetween regions and ma3or metropolitan centres people will not want to moe out ofcities and businesses based in more remote areas will struggle.

#his area mentions $<ur regions are prosperous and lieable.$ here I lie it is notalways liable. ,ee my description of loud music for K hours from my neighbour and thepolice did nothing.

#his is a ridiculous target. hy should half the population lie outside the south east #his is not necessary for strong and dierse regional communities with the attributes

described. If this became reality the $uniue attractions of our regions$ on which the planwishes to capitalise would more than likely be dealued or destroyed. 6ow would watersupply be secured for such as dispersed population in the face of likely aridi/cation fromclimate change without destroying the state$s waterways and the reef #his really is acra;y target. better target would be nothing to do with population proportions butrather all about the strength and well being of regional communities.

half of population will be in ,@%. Gien geographical nature and economy reuirements)industry farming minining*of the state this aim is nice put not likely. 9erhaps a betterspread 3oining the areas across ,@% e&panding out of the current key centres may bemore likely.

,etting a target of half of %$s population liing outside of ,@% does not guaranteebetter utilisation or connectiity of %$s regions. #he descriptions of success are alongthe right linesL I 3ust think a better initial target should be set that de/nes the route tosuccess more e(ectiely.



target should be sustainable communities.

,ureys. ork with teachers in schools and the curriculum deelopment.

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It needs speci/c consideration of our natural heritage and biodiersity.

#he incredible comple&ity of this issue makes these measures irreleant throughoersimpli/cation. #argets also fail to ealuate long term social economicenironmental health welfare and security conseuences of the contamination anddestruction of soil and groundwater resources in key agricultural regions as aconseuence of the current approaches of $working together$ to force $coe&istence$between mining and agriculture. In the future these approaches will not be debated butcursedL the loss will be indisputable.

I cannot beliee that the ma3ority of %ueenslanders want to see half the population liingoutside ,@%. I think they do want to see strong and prosperous regions which may comefrom not haing too many people liing thereN #hriing communities are not a numbersgame + there are high population growths in some remote boriginal towns + thrigingcommunities are places where people choose to lie. ,o perhaps the measure should besomething about net+migration.

ctually a rule of thumb for all of this is that a target does not proide any outcome. target is the aiming point.. the outcomce depends on implementation. >@ regionalgrowth one looks at teh social challenges in %ueensland$s hi+growth resorucecommunities and one can see that we are already hitting th egrowth target in places butthe conseuences of that growth hae been beyond the capability of those tasked withmitigating those conseuences. ,o can$t /& the bigger Goernment+capability issueinside th escope of this narrower issue but it must be /&ed for this or any of the otherissues to be the best they can be yes

Building thriing communities does not come from a target of "6alf of %ueensland$spopulation lies outside of ,outh @ast %ueensland".

5ore local community and state and federal funding. 5ore 3obs more small businesstraining in the 3obs for rts Galleries and 5useums. ,ay 7 new comple&es in the 5oreton,hire.

#he targets are not appropriate because they are a band+aid patch for an error at thecore of the system code which cannot be compensated for without causing harmelsewhere in the system. #he only solution which causes no harm is to re+write the entiresystem and choose to beliee in the in/nite creatie potential of all human beings

irrespectie of race religion education age or se&.

,ee preious responses. #hese are ideals which sound e&actly like the election spin ofany political party at any gien election in the past 40 years ... nothing new hereN

#he measures for success are ague and do not proide for adeuate input for thedegree of satisfaction of the regional population.

#he targets need to include e(orts to improe se whereat least half the pupation of

%ueensland will lie based on the targets + but in actual fact a lot more based on 00years of e&perience



#argets are too high.

Increasing population and industry destroys what is left of the enironment.

'eed more than half residents outside ,@ ueensland

@en more emphasis nneded for regions outside Brisbane and the ,@ strip'ot suQcient localised issues as opposed to consultant type generalised targets

If we are the number one safe food bowl of sia how come so much of the product insupermarkets is from oerseas #hose farmers that are able to produce a crop get paid apittance because if tghey don$t accept the price then the oerseas product replacestheirs.

#he targets are not re2ectie of the indiidual identity of each region than therefore willnot proide a iable measure of success.

!ocus of e(ort on the ability to proide for the community with basic serices such aspower water and food and the ability to adeuately sustain growth rather thane&pansion.

on healthy ecological corridors strengthening the biological processes our regions arecleansed and renewed with. eg carbon sinks o&ygen generation from photosynthesis.

Because no measures in place to protect ustralian and %ueensland land ownershipespecially in the stated food bowl area. #he Goernment should make this a greater

priority including non G5 status. ban on oerseas imports and dumping of cheapfoods. n increase in accurate food labeling laws and leading the way in ustralia touniuely brand food as %ueensland.

gain the #argets are predicated on the Mentralist control and this whole plan is '<#based on Mommunity inolement.

#he targets and measures need to include community MM@,, to essential serices suchas health serices.

=nitywater notes the target to increase population in >egional %ueensland and that thishas the potential to increase serice costs in its area if deelopment is predominantlyundertaken in green/eld areas. =nitywater supports densi/cation to optimise network

operation costs.!ailure to achiee densi/cation or redeelopment of brown/eld sites has the potential toimpact on the =nitywater$s strategic goal to proide a sustainable and e(ectie low+costserice.

=nitywater supports the consolidation strategies to increase the utilisation of ourinestment and reduce the cost of liing impacts to our customers + our preference isbrown/eld oer green/eld deelopment in urban areas.

=nitywater supports the deelopment of regional centres within our geographic area todeelop primary production opportunities.

hilst the target is appropriate and the regions cant support half of %ld$s populationwithout a dierse robust and thriing economy. It would be a better re2ection of thediscussions and input from both summits to hae a target around regional prosperity andlieability. #hese are captured in O + 11 goals.

s noted preiously the /gure of /fty per cent of %ueenslanders liing outside ,outh@ast %ueensland seems to be an oer representation of the regionalisation sentiment inthe %ueensland$s >esponse report.



#here is no mention of the primary measure: sustainability.ithout sustainability both social and enironmental there will be no long term

prosperity and social cohesion.9opulation growth is de/nitely not the measure of lieability and prosperity in the ,tate

as a whole or in the regions.9opulation growth actually makes many of our society$s problems much worse.

,uggested update to target.^ 6alf of %ueenslands population lies outside ,@ %ld>eliable and safe food bowl for asiahy hen we are importing so much asian produceN

ho is supporting local business 'othing but red tape and high costs from councils

9lease refer to Mouncil$s response at %uestion 10.

#his target also is inconsistent with the DEUInfrastructure$ !ocus rea. #he targets of theDEUInfrastructure$ !ocus rea include the eQcient use of e&isting infrastructure. 6oweerthe infrastructure to adeuately support such a high proportion of %ueensland$spopulation currently only e&ists in ,outh @ast %ueensland.

#he 9roperty Mouncil would recommend more modest regionalisation targets be includedin the plan. #his would still reuire a signi/cant focus on our regional centers withinindiidual regional plans to e&pand the urban footprint and an increase the inestment ininfrastructure in these areas.

hile I agree there are targets therethese to me are meaningless minus the certaintythat there are measureable outcomes.

,@ %ld did not rate so highly on the response to enironmental concerns: that couldre2ect the uick population in2u&.

#here has to be ongoing e&tensie consultation with local councils chambers ofcommerce e&isting goernment agencies and other community groups when decisions

are made to close goernment agencies in regional areas. #oo many 3obs are being lostbecause of the closure of these oQces and people are being forced to moe to the south+eastern corner of the state to retain their positions. I thought state goernment weregoing to look at moing releant departments to regional areas. It needs to happen nowand not wait -0 years many regional towns are beginning to shrink.

e note that the %ueensland 9lan team will prepare a statistical base line for all targetsand measures will be deeloped through the reiew process and will be included in the/nal plan. @&pert adice will be sought to ensure that for the targets an appropriatebalance of aspiration and pragmatism is achieed. chieing this will be critical for thesuccess of the plan.

#he targets in the 9lan need to more oertly include building actie healthy communitiesthat support people to lie healthy lifestyles where they are supported to be physically

actie hae access to healthy foods and be connected.



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!or e&ample we would like to see targets included that recognise that the primarypurpose of food production is to proide a safe and healthy food supply for the%ueensland population.

ocal food production supports local economies and local employment and growing foodcloser to where it is consumed reduces DEUfood miles$ and can reduce ulnerability to

enironmental economic and logistical food supply pressures.

e also would like to see targets for access to cycle ways pathways and transportoptions. hilst these are mentioned in other foundation areas they need to be cross+referenced to the >egions foundation area as we need to build supportie enironmentsfor positie health outcomes.

#argets for boriginal and #orres ,trait Islander people need to be represented such asemployment participation cultural uniueness and acknowledgement of diersity.

#here is general agreement with this ambitious target that it is suitable for a highlydecentralised state like %ueensland. #he target sends a clear message about theimportance of people liing in the regions. dding another target about what people willbe actually doing in the regions will strengthen the foundation area. ithout a balancingtarget this foundation area could be seen as simply being about guided populationgrowth without proiding uality of life and prosperity.

e also note the importance of alignment with !ederal ,tate and ocal Goernmentpolicy and strategic planning intent as important to realise these targets for the regions.

DE] ll regions will hae dierse economies with no more than a third of employment inany region being in one sector

Include an additional target that encourages each region to bene/t from the sustainableuse of their uniue economic cultural and natural assets and to be places where theresidents are proud of where they come from )page 1*.

#o build thriing communities there needs to be a prosperous economy that sustainablytaps into greatest economic strengths of a region which are the social enironmentalcultural and economic assets that make the region uniue. #he recommended additionaltarget will work towards creating uniue regions where people are proud of the town theywork and lie in.

Include an additional point under >egions hae strong dierse economies thatencourages the community to welcome and interact with isitors from across the regionand beyond and come together as a community to en3oy dierse regional eents )page1*.



Insure claims for 2ooding.

ams to capture 2oods!ood bowl6ydro electricityMouncils need to be in more decision making

#arget can be achieed by good political decision making and policy deeloment

>egional breakdown critical to determine inestment and resource allocation.

G>9 measured against G,9.Monsider measuring leels of goernment spending across regions.

#he greatest opportunity is to grow and promote our region for te relocation of a godepartment to >ockhampton in accordance with the %ld plan and to promote the area foran '> team. <ur challenge is to hae belief in ourseles and our area and to oercomethe attitude that we don$t desere these opportunities

@erything we do eerything we e&port relies on the uality of our soil and its ability toproduce.

@(orts must be focused on a fairer return to farmers in return for sustainability ifdegradation and %ld continues to lead in food production and decentralised populationand strong dierse economies.

ocal decision making not algamated councils based on century old boundries + should

make eery region uniue for all time if boundares are realigned accordingly

#he promotion of work opportunities in locations sericed by public transport which isutilised resource being used in one direction i the morning and the other direction in theafternoon. #he increase in the use of these assets by haing oeople occupying theseating in the place of fresh air to trael to locations where the 3obs need to be. #hesupport of business entures or public sector workplaces located to where the workerslie will sae considerable cost of the e&pansion of the road network in Brisbane

DE] #he target against the DEU>egions$ foundation area is ambitious. #he currentpopulation ratio is appro&imately H0:-0 for ,outh @ast %ueensland ),@%* to the rest ofthe state and business as usual pro3ections would see this ratio increase slightly oer -0years )%ueensland #reasury 9opulation 9ro3ections*. ith a pro3ected eight million peoplein the state by 044 the change target to a 70:70 split would reuire 1.O millionadditional people liing in regional %ueensland and the ,@% population to remain staticfor -0 years. ,uch a shift would bring ma3or unuanti/ed changes.DE] ,I9 isdeeloping a %ueensland Goernment response to the >egions target in #he %ueensland9lan. n economic deelopment approach will be taken as 3obs are the primary drier forregional migration. Broader deeper and more resilient regional economies will be thegoal.

Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achieenothingN

'eed substantial policy interentions. Incenties would be needed /nancal based aswell as further promotion and endorsement of better lifestyle opportunities.



dd strengthening community capacity in rural and regional areas as a desired success

Gien the importance of small business consider comparing conditions for smallbusiness between ,outh @ast %ueensland and areas outside ,outh @ast %ueensland. #hiscould be measured by comparing the small business surial rate and other metricsspeci/c to small business.

#his target 3ust doesn$t make any sense. It is inconceiable that oer the ne&t -0 yearsthe rest of %ueensland e&periences 1008 population growth while ,@% e&periences 3ust

-08. #hat means cities like Mairns ? #ownsille will hae populations of 700000 +1000000. #his is simply too high a rate of growth for the timeframe.



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s per preious comments there should be some targets around small business.

>eference speci/cally four pillar economy and tourism as part of that.

where is teh glossary to gie de/nitions of this working draft$s ocabulary@&plain "dierse" economy 6ow dierse" hat e&actly do you plan and consider to be that "ie

youhae people who deliberately waste ta&+payers money producing soapy documentsierse maybe needs to read: eually represented national and international players greater reprbusinesses tamed powers and full transparency of monopolies driing farmers and smaller grocerrepresentation of wired and wireless opposed to imposed iolation of citi;ens with the full wirelesspretences greater representation of health proiders etc

"e hae an abundance of sia+literate businesses and serice sia$s growing prosperity" + by diwe are so illiterate and unable to prosper to not be dependent on sia for surialN nd this is goo

"e are prepared for and responsie to natural weather eents such as 2oods cyclone or drougto preent such eents hy help weather corporations and scientists with dubious e&pertise and

e&periment with no accountability and conseuences #his is unlikely to help % hae better fut

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5anufacturing is not for high wage countries in this day and age. %ueensland for the foreseeable

5ining griculture 6oliday industry @ducation as a pro/table business for non ustralians.

I refer to my preious answer. In that I feel that the uestion is far more pertinent as to "how" weto achiee. 6aing the ision is only a ery small part of the total problem howeer at this 3unctuthe process and it is a magni/cent moe towards a future that at least is forming a ision that madone.

!ocus on %ueensland 3obs+not only to hae the best 3ob opportunities in ustralia but to also ensuopportunities.

+'eeds to be a !ocus on facilitating co+e&istence between the agriculture sector and the energy s+in relation to businesses working together tangible strategies 'eeds to be put in place to achiebeen often spoken of but rarely achieed in practice.

DEF#he most ambitious and brightest professionals areattracted to places where there is a culture of innoationcourage and continual adancement. #his creates anenironment where innoation can prosper and realchange can occur.DE

)Brisbane*In order to do this we must take care of what we hae. %ld has highly e&perienced people who arebecause their e&perience is not being recognised if we are to plan for the future we must look aftee&perience is concerned.



they are not achieable in the current global economy they need reising

gain if you don$t know where you are going you will probably end up somewhere else.

#oo focused on economic deelopment

#he success statement regarding showcasing our natural wonders for tourism needs to say that "natural wonders. ith respect to internationally competitie agricultural while it says "we are prnatural weather eents" it needs to also say "we adapt to a changing climate to ensure a iablesector". lso for the statement that DEFour businesses work together to innoate ....DE the st

strong support for emerging industries needs to say DEFe proide strong support for emerging

'o they don$t because it is an unrealistic uestion. #he better uestion is "6ow can we come upthese targets". gain it has eerything to do with "money" and if the Goernment wants to be inthese targets they hae to be in a strong /nancial position to proide the leadership. ,o far themuch leadership as they can in terms of economic management by ooading their public purposmaking priate enterprise. Ineitably that means higher consumer prices and less competition wserice is eliminated. #he bandwagon of strong law and order enforcement is replaces logical andmanagement but that$s 3ust normal politics.If the Goernment came up with a alid /scal policy they would be implementing the creation ofBank based on all the /nancial resources and assets currently owned by the people of %ueensGoernment has the responsibility to maintain and operate on our behalf. 6aing our own ,tate B

achieing some of the targets.

I suppose if you keep borrowing like you do you can promise anything but neer lose sight of thecommonwealth you and your corporate Goernments are the ones in debt so if the people wakebeing done against them and do an Iceland R<= and your corporate buddies are the ones carryin

9oint 1- $5a&imise opportunities in sia. t my table at the ,ummit there was considerable discunotion that %ueensland must connect globally and not 3ust focus on sia. #herefore suggest that

opportunities globally$ and amend descriptors to re2ect this.ustralians are paid too much money in relation to other countries.5achines can make a lot of thimore countries are starting manufacturingustralia will hae to rely on its natural assets of 5iner,unshine of the industries not reliant on the foregoing @ducation and research would hae the b

#he targets and goals are good howeer it is time for the state goernment to start to partner moso that they can contain to grow and deelopment and become a ital part of the food bowl of si%ueensland should lead the way in ustralia and proide outcome subsidies for its farmers so thamore competitiely priced and accessed by international buyers in order for prosperity can 2ow inturn create more 3obs in the agriculture sector and stronger regional centers in %ueensland. ustr

of the deeloped word e.g. @urope and 'orth merica by not subsidi;ing our farming sector and isomething about it by making an inestment in this important sector in the %ueensland economyto aoid any stealing of subsidies they would be performance and productiity based in productsthe releant goernment department and as farmers produce in this area they are assisted at saleassistance.



again does not take into account a plan for unemployed of 40 years plusplease proide detailed information to support your assumptionsno 3ob growth increase unemployment no help for youth unemployment

#he @conomy in the future will be fossil fuel free so we must include the process.>estructure to facilitate a surial strategy and then default on your outrageous debts.I would like to see something about looking forward and ensuring our economic base is sustainabl

target against global best not 3ust ustralia

Inest in renewable energy generation'ot enough emphasis on community iniaties. ppears to be goernment controlled

#he targets are unachieable when combined with the rapid population growth which is forecast bthe community. e want more 3obs for those who are here not more competition for 3obs. e waparticipation of the e&isting population not more 3ob seekers to discourage people from een tryicoming in will bid up the prices of all the best located houses so our higher incomes are spent on ldestroying our uality of family life. oubling our population will double our infrastructure costsour credit rating without cutting serices. #he economic repair task is much harder if not impossiforecast rapid population growth.

ny targets which are simply $we$re better than the other states$ are a complete cop out. #he targnot relatie. o we want to be 3ust the best of a bad bunch 'o we want to meet a certain mini

lso don$t we want 3ob satisfaction and sustainability not 3ust employment

,ome of the break down points on what %ueenslanders want are good. #here is a strong focus heeconomy based on e&ploiting natural resources to one of utilising innoatie human resources. #thought and it is delightful to see $sustainability$ the word so loathed by the 'ewman goernmenway forwardN #he desire for showcasing our natural wonders for sustainable economic bene/t iashould stop destroying them now for mining and other short term pro/teering. hat a great targ

>ating number one is easy if we de/ne what that means. hat does it mean 6ighest income iswealthy+poor gap or underemployment #rade is unambiguously good In 1KK the <@M identieconomic growth that were not good. #hat is %ld could be going gangbusters economicaly but ifidenti/ed types %ld was not a good place. #his document$s model needs to be drafted in a way tgood results rather than being neutral about what results we end up with.I don$t understand the second target. re we going to start gauging the intelligence of an idea byimmediate situation Cules Terne had bright ideas that could not be applied for 100 years so thisweren$t that bright. Gallelio$s ideas were perceied as haing social dis+bene/ts by destabalisingworld.. #arget #wo would de/ne his ideas as not being among the brightest.. so.. SSSS

#he target should be long term economic sustainability. #his would rely on inputs. #he main inputinputs of climate population and a feedback loop of P )from outputs*.

@mployment and other social and economic bene/ts would follow.

hilst a ision is necessary it must hae /nancial commtment to 5[@ I# 699@'. !or instance thgoernment /nancial assistance at S8 to achiee targets Goernent must insist mining and other

3obs growth in %ld etc



'9 targets are not %ld targets.as re mental health needs

s preiously stated+ gross domestic income is not necessarily a realistic target to measure succe

G9 is no longer a alid measure.because I don$t think so

#he #argets are not applicable to most of the ,tate.!ocus on the youth unemployment. !ocus on ustralians and especially regional ustralia. ,top tr

#argets should include decentralisation of economy and bureaucracy

an e&tra ta& on non essential things like processed food sugar and plastic bags would generate athe essentials

% has the highest income. what does that mean is this highest income per capitawhy is income the key heresurely you can come up with better targets these seem poor and generic.we also 5=,# be internationally competitie. e might end up best in ustralia but so what if us

competitie internationally..see where i am goingthis is too ustralia focused and not stretch targets.

InsuQcient emphasis on the importance of producing food + ie research into agriculture /sheriestechiues to eQciently and e(ectiely getting it to consumers + if insuQcient food is not producedsupport the population

I sure wish you had shown an estimated time for completion of this surey. 9lease see preious rereleant to this one.

we need 100 per cent renewable energy target. no more ports on the barrier reef.... ;ero mining sreplaced with other industries.

<ur brightest ideas hae to go oerseas een to be heard. @en when they do get heard they sooBMM buses for e&ample. #hey should all be running on natural gas but they are reerting to diesel

<ur e(orts in being recognised agriculturally are sub3ect to other conditions and restrictions. ,omare ital to ensuring our place. #hese areas while not drien at the state leel should be supporteincluding /sheries.

ittle mention of >enewable @nergy which will be the most important growth industry in the ne&tsuited to take adantage of this.

t the same time Moal demand from Mhina has already peaked. e need to look carefully at whe

future.

e reuire some type of ta& incentie for both employers and employees to lieAwork in regions aotherwise no hope of attracting 708 to region as it is based on economics 101. 'o 3obs no growth

#his should be along the lines of that within the @uropean =nion which has used ,@\$s to bolster eregions by declaring special status. !or e&ample this might relate to seed funding models or attraselected areas.

#here needs to be an element of sustainability underscoring the targets: enironmentalAecologicalsustainability social sustainability. ll three elements are important for economic targets.



#he targets need to represent the need for balance with the enironment.

#he targets entirely ignore the clear feedback indicating a desire for "sustainable and renewable s

>efer p1 of %ld >espinse report Molmar brunton.

#arget 'o on page 14 could be e&panded to state "our brightest ideas become reality haing reeconomic bene/t."

#arget 'o - could be added "@ach region identi/es economic assets through a $futures$ lens.

I approe of the suggestions for economy in this section howeer considering the links to economsection it seems only logical that the economy section should hae retrospectie links to the enir

3ust straight up*.

9ipe dreams.

Rou don$t walk the talk.

low unemployment rates+ proiding opportunities to relocate people from areas of high unemployshortages

im to be "the number one performing economy in ustralia" + totally disagree. #his notion of competition between ,tates e&cept perhaps in sports is ery wrong.

If we as a society are to hae a safe happy ful/lling and sustainable futureit will depend on co+operation mutual understanding euity compassion and sharing.'ot on who is "getting ahead" at the e&pense of other people or parts of the nation.

#hey should recognise how climate change impacts will e(ect the economy if we do not e(ectiel #hey should recognise how the enironment underpins the health of the economy oerall.

,uggested wording for targets^ %ld has the highest possible income trade and employment leels.^ <ur bright ideas hae real economic and social bene/ts

#argets do not take into account drought and other factors as the future cessation of mining and lmanufacturing.

#he current targets in the 9lan are focused on haing high income trade and employment leels aeconomic and social bene/ts. s outlined aboe the 9lan also needs to focus on containing the m%ueensland economy such as health e&penditure poor productiity as a result of poor health ashae a shrinking workforce and therefore a potentially shrinking ta& payer base.

#he 6eart !oundation recommends the raft 9lan acknowledges the primary purpose of food prodsafe and healthy food supply for the %ueensland population. e would emphasise that the healthdirect and signi/cant impact on the health and wellness of our population the cost and burden onserices our productiity and our economy.




hile the essence of the target DEF<ur bright ideas hae real economic and social bene/tsDE is

aspirational and inspirational. e feel that there is the need for a target that better re2ects: the importance of haing a strong creatie and knowledge baseL the impact of technology in increasing the 2ow of ideas globallyL the importance of the application of new ideasL the importance of creatie industries and knowledge industries to %ueensland$s economic futu a focus on competitie adantageL and the need for collaboration.

e hae proposed a reised second target that incorporates the essence of the aboe DEJ and imconnecting creatie and knowledge industries which will be a key part of %ueensland$s long+term

e are of the iew that a number of the proposed primary and secondary measures reuire reworis no aailable data to support measurement and a number of the secondary measures duplicate

,peci/c ,uggested mendments

,=GG@,#@ >@<>I'G <! ,@M<' #>G@#

DE] %ueensland is a globally recognised centre of e&cellence for creatie and knowledge indus

Include an additional point under e hae a resilient economic system that can cope with global sencourages %ueenslanders to identify and capitalise on the global growth opportunities that will eprosperity in the future )page 14*.

ustralia$s ne&t two decades can be found in our uniue adantages in agribusiness gas tourism

wealth management. %ueensland is more than capable to make the most of these opportunities.Include an additional point under e o(er a dierse competitie contemporary business sector testablishment of e(ectie inestment attraction serices to help local businesses get /nance andoerseas markets )page 14*.

#his section talks about encouraging and supporting innoatie industries )4.4.17*. Innoation thrdeelopment should be encouraged and supported across all business types and si;es.

#he funding model used where the deeloper has to carry the full cost of infrastructure oer a erof ma3or infrastructure should be proided by local authority or state and amortise oer -0 yearsincreases the purchase ost of the real estate. #he ma3or bene/t will be the cost of land will be redentry by the new home buyer leading the wal and will proide more 3ob opportunities.

9riate sector and unersities often inest research dollars ery di(erently.eg @ngineering + 78 business ? but only K8 of uniersity >?6ealth and medical +-O8 of uniersity >? but only 8 of businessIM# +O8 of business >? and only 48 of uniersity >?

#argets reuired to be 2e&ible as the economy ary with each opportunity. !ood production staus i #ourism we are no doubt in front.



#ourism target

here reference is made to the sian region + we suggest this should be the sia+9aci/c region

Begin by creating a dierse and resilient economy that allowsbusinesses to drie inestment innocreating a strong business operating enironment oer the ne&t -0 years we will delier prosperite must stand out in ustralasia

ork to deelop e&port industries based on our e&pertise in high alue serices such as agricultuprocecessing urban planning tourism building and construction educationhealth and public infrthe fastest growing area of world trade.

#he '> calls on the ,tate Goernment to reiew the current system of trading hours to ensure tbusiness and leisure enironment that matches the ery e&citing future imagined in the draft %ue

Murrent targetDEF%ueensland has the highest income trade and employment leels in ustraliaDE

lternatie targetMonsider setting speci/c targets rather than highest in ustralia.If setting a relatie measure use <@M statistics rather than ustralia.

dditional targetDEF%ueensland$s workforce participation rate continues to increase oer timeDE

dditional targetDEF$&$ )to be determined* number of children liing in 3obless householdsDE

>ationaleorkforce participation is a conseuence of haing a strong economy one that shows that econoeenly distributed.=sing the number of children in 3obless households as a target means that there is economic andthose caught in intergenerational poerty.

focus on oercoming speci/c barriers to productiity growth or competitie adantage that industGo should reiew all support gien to mining to ensure t is not disadantaging other industries cproiding an implicit guarantee to support inestment decisions that turn out to be uncompetitie



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#he targets are not suQciently ,5>!I#: speci/c measureable achieable releant funded inno

cc'eed a speci/c target for better mental health as not all mental illness is $preentable$

gain while high leel goals about healthy lifestyle etc are /ne where is the focus on the actually

)!raser Moast*

#here are only targets for such a big foundation considering we are moing into an age whereis that not in the targets <ur preentable diseases are on the rise I get that but what about the g

needs more targets to make the /nal goal attainable.it is highly o(ensie to anyone with sound health background and een more so to all citi;ens whrelation to their lifestyle.

you fail to address factors that graely impact citi;ens health and are outside their control such ase&cessie irresponsible blanketing of nation with wireless technologies heay metals from cloud+sand food uality. hy do you fail to address those and play lifestyle and e&ercise as the main factethics of those who hae put this part of the draft together with unparalleled ignorance or is it pr

it seems to be all talk and no action it looks wonderful on paper B=# we need more serices for

can educate about the perils of not eating healthy till we are B=@ I' #6@ !M@ but it will always b

"#imely access to health care serices for all %ueenslanders" would be a more appropriate way toyears to achiee ia a long term program of training and deploying more health professionals andnecessary additional infrastructure throughout the state.

It would be appropriate to include those with a mental illness alongside Indigenous populations toconsidered and euity is reached. #his will also mean a long term improement in reliance on the

,orry for digressing gain howeer all of these improements are going to need funding or nothingMasket was used to raise funds and it was this income which allowed %ueensland to hae free hos

'eed to add GB#I% people as a target group for health and well+being. #his includes a measure f group.

!ocus is mostly on wellbeing which is great but limited focus on capacity of health sector to copeand growing population which will impact on prealence of chronic disease + again not all of whichresponsie health serice with structured eidenced based programs including self management

manage and slow progression of chronic diseases like diabetes M<9 and heart disease. Rou needwaiting listsAtimes and good clinical outcomes that is funded on population need not historical actiall working together instead of current fragmented competitie system. 'eed to work towards aligfunder which purchases serices from G9s 'G<s and hospitals )public and priate*.

DEF<ften the focus of health care is on primary health rather than a proactie model of health prrather than purely disease preention.DE



#arget for number of people using actie transport )bikes feet* should be included.

more home care initiaties to enable the sick and elderly to lie in their own homes

ll goernments need to rethink a lot of their polices.

Rou could sack K08 of the unless money sinks and end up with a health system

same comment: Improing global health rather than target a minority group. Incidence of poor n

lack of consideration for increasing mental health assistance in the community for low income ear>un trials to ealuate assumptions

#hey$re too broad they need more detail.stop cutting health care. more into staQng not cutting sta(.<nce again it is a cop out to set targets that are relatie to other states rather than relatie to a d

ith the massie decline in the health budget your outcomes and targets can not be reach. you cif not all preentatie programs and then set a target that cannot be reach it is dishonest. Rou cacare workers and then e&pect to reach these targets it is dishonest disrespectful and I hope peopldream in %ld

+ ideological drien health agendas should not become a blanket approach to healthcare. <ftentiare encroached by these measures

=nder "5ental health is improed" add in the word ""natural" to the statement "e are aware ofwell+being and positie health family work economic and natural enironments." =nder "e hacommunities" add in "e ensure communities hae access to natural areas and clean air and watresilient to a changing climate and associated heat disease and e&treme weather eents.

,.@. %ueensland is only a portion of this ast state. I do not consider that suQcient thought is gi

hae to trael for treatment hat type of transport they must use for that treatment #hat is notlocal hospital + what about those with kidney disease 6ow far do they hae to trael to dialysis

empty promises you cannot look after the health now its totally bloatedby useless managemenoerseers the list goes on till you get down to the real workers the 'urses its more than - to 1

=nder goal 1K there is no mention of the important role goernment can play in helping disadanGoernment must work with community and social networks to achiee this goal.

Inclusion of targets and aims for people with an intellectual disability as they are ulnerable populoutcomes.Improing the health for all %ueenslanders means we need to ensure programs and e&pected outgenerations.

<besity and the sedentary lifestyles of our children is a concern due to the fact their days are largactiities whether for learning or leisure.

couple of thoughts + the health A physical components of the curriculum + what is o(ered whatof schools in ctie ,chool #rael or like programs across the state and regions j a(ordability of cl

#he targets themseles are nice places to aim but are not realistically achieable in the fast populproposed. #he missing target is that of stopping the population growth until such time as these o/nancial inestment as well as e(ort and focus. #his is seriously hampered by the neer ending rcaused by unnecessary and unwanted population growth.



rest of ustralia is a poor baseline"%ueensland has the lowest incidence of preentable diseases in the world."

nil

,upport the health initiasties that work not 3ust those you wish to be associated with.

( parenting screens after birth and reuired supportsSSSSwe need to think more out side of the bo&

#he targets are well concealed under a layer of motherhood statements that could be freely inter

stop taking alue out of peoples lies so the young people don$t think suicide is a good alternatie

#here needs to be an additional target focussing on the principle of preention rather than cure

#here is mention of links between built enironment and wellbeingAhealth which is good. howeepersonal health and wellbeing and a healthy natural enironment. #here is much scienti/c literatthat a healthy natural enironment supports healthy people and society

hy is the life e&pectancy target for Indigenous people included If the second target is met thenclosing the di(erence between health outcomes in urban regional and remote areas might be mo

to encourage people to lie in the regions.

#he comments about work+life balance are too generalised and simplistic. 6ow is the Goernmentapproach especially allowing workers time out of the working week to deote to their health 'o

#he sustainable targets from all the nine areas relate to this area particularly the economy and itswellbeing.

6ealth and well+being target benchmarks should also be set against international standards rathe

being is as ma3or issue facing all Goernments and policy makers and is not 3ust a local country prstate in ustralia but if its future prosperity is linked to an international stage then it must be seenbest in the local country.

>emoe money and market economies from health focus resources and time on transforming edfacilitate optimal health and well being empower wide distribution of life+logging B=# < '<# colde/ne their ownership and sharing of data about themseles. I am uite aware of the health infordeeloped for % 6ealth and serice proiders and I see it is an inasion of priacy which does nthey receie. hen you hae spent 7 years de/ning in/nitely sustainable systems like I hae theidenti/ed. ecentrali;e health focus on nutrition and well being and consider that all matter is i

beyond healing at the cellular leel and consider healing at the smallest known leels of matter.

InsuQcient response to community concerns about the inability of law+abiding people to possessiolent crimes.

>emoe the constraints to use public facilities ie permits to use parks for /tness programmes ita /tness programme then they need a permit yet if a group of people decided to hae a game of

Geographic di(erentials in illness and disease are important measures for %ueensland. !or e&ampdie of cancer each year because of the gap in surial rates between the city and the regions. It isplatform for a smoke free %ueensland + with an aim to reduce the prealence of smoking to 78 by

I want fast food either abolished or that e&pensie that people will only eat healthy food that needbecome a sub3ect. bolish the adertising of alcohol. nd make alcohol e&pensie. nd put the dri



"%ueensland has the lowestincidence of preentablediseases in ustralia" is an unrealistic and unachieable target. #ry for:"%ueensland has the eual lowestincidence of preentablediseases in ustralia".

#argets should include "high uality health care aailable to all"please include some target s for 5ales like reducbng the high incidence of males suicideith target 1. e are physically and mentally healthy inclusion of the following needs to be cons

#oo narrow )eg ust obesity rates hae been worst in the world being best of the worst is not goo

9ercentage of %ueenslanders satis/ed with their well+being.

@&tremely simplistic focused on w a ery small social demographic.It$s a case of shutting the door after the horse has bolted.

6ow many fat and unhealthy %ueenslanders are there

9eople wanting to produce and consume healthy non G5 organic food are penalised at eery turn. #his Goernment is about as cleer in helping %ueenslanders remain healthy as the ! in meri

9articular focus is needed on mental and emotional wellbeing.Mannot support the aim that "we take more responsibility for looking after our own health"

#his would be a alid ob3ectie if all other factors were neutral. 6oweer they are not.

9eople are not gien suQcient information on how poor choices really impact on their health. #his is because business has persuaded goernment that it is not in the interest of businessto hae consumers easily learn what is in their products or what alternaties are aailable.

cknowledgement needs to be gien to the health of our most ulnerable citi;ens including peopl holistic response to health must be gien including a healthcare system that has clear referral pongoing care and support ia rehabilitation and appropriate accommodation proided.

Better target: %ueensland incidence of preentable diseases is among the lowest two states in uproincesAstates in the world.

9reention is not 3ust about %ld residents taking more responsibility for looking after their health iproactie primary and preentatie health care.

1. @uipping and permitting community nurses to be our "frontline" of community health + with aleast once per year euipped and certi/edAapproed to address the "O08" of issues in isits to Gscripts medical certi/cates etc.

. 6aing a %ld 5en$s 6ealth 9lan that speci/cally addresses the health issues of men includinglife+e&pectancy higher DEFnon+fatalDE and DEFfatalDE occupational in3ury rates fewer 5en$s

the focus is on preention + what about those with disabilities and are already sick 6ow do we eillnesses that are not preentable they seem to be e&cluded

#here is absolutely no reference to men$s health ? wellbeing. #here is no plan to proide sericesmen hae space to discuss issues and emotions in a safe space. ,ociety is all to willing to condemhoweer no resources are being put into serices for men . 9reention is greater then cure.

#here is no mention of a target to balance the health and wellbeing between the genders. @g. #obetween men and women.



<ur health system should be able to support eeryone not 3ust those most in need.

more work reuired

#here should be an additional target "%ueenslanders are ready for change and challenges"^boriginal and #orres ,trait Islanders %ueenslanders hae the same life e&pectancy as non+indig^%ueenslanders hae the lowest possible incidence of preentable diseasesMost of health care e&orbitant.

hy are medical staf working 1hr shifts endangering patients and their own healthhy do nurses need P-00 per day5any of the responses )page K and K4 of %ueensland$s >esponse report prepared byMolmar Brunton* refer to participation in physical actiity and maintenance of healthy

weight. dditional targets could include an increase in the proportion of adultsmaintaining healthy weight an increase in the participation of residents in actie andhealthy actiities as well as the proportion of adults participating in -0 minutes of moderate physical actiity.

'eed speci/c outcomesMheck=9 would make the following comments about the targets highlighted in this !oundation re

#he /rst target around boriginal and #orres ,trait Islander life e&pectancy is absolutely ital and i

iabetes strokeMancer

Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achiee nothingNe need to recognise and support those community organisations who are e(ectiely working in t9rice regulationdertising regulation5arket regulation )[3 display at fast food counters and pack labelling reuirements*

,trategies to speci/cally address the high suicide rate of men need to be included. ikewise recogiolence well established by the 01- national 9ersonal ,afety ,urey )ustralian Bureau <f ,tati+ need support serices eually with serices for female ictims. 'ot proiding support to ictimsgender is discrimination.

In spite of medicare ley priate health insurance hospital and emergency serices ley on M9Ienormous.

#he target + we hae a balance between preention and treatment DEJ we take more responsibilitchoosing actie healthy lifestyles.

#here is too much emphasis on the indiidual in this target and not enough acknowledgement of tmaking healthy choices.

#he Goernment often prioritises economic growth at the detriment to %ueensland$s health wellbpreent and manage chronic diseases often go against the business interests of powerful economisoft drinks alcohol car producers etc*.

In relation to the primary measure DEF9roportion of adults and children physically actie comparsecondary measure DEF9articipation in sports and recreation compared with the rest of ustraliaDinclude arts and cultural actiities particularly those that inole actie participation gien the eiimplications.

#he second target that has been highlighted in the working draft is disease focused. e would suaround improing oerall well being. #his would drie a greater focus on preention rather than ill

dd the following target: e place high alue on the science underlying the protection of public hhealth goals as our understanding improes.

Mhanges to goernment employment policies to promote a healthier workplace within the public ssendentary workers.



Mommittment to planning instruments which help create healhty built enironments and promote

,tate 9lanning 9olicy to strengthen its role in promoting healhy food choicesImproed access to a(ordable fresh food particularly in remote communities.

#argets are primarily based on physical wellbeing + a social model of health determinants need to

dditional targetDEF#he proportion of %ueenslanders who are oerweight or obese declines eery yearDE .

>ationale

care out of hospital and support home carers to proide care in community.

#he rate of obesity is rising eery year caused by a range of preentable actiities resulting in siboth indiiduals and society.

By setting an ongoing reduction in the proportion of %ueenslanders who are oerweight or obeserange of preentatie measures that promote improed health and wellbeing including smoking cconsumption increased e&ercise and reduced alcohol consumption.

%ueensland has the lowest ratesAleels of disease and death )or more technically morbidity andchildren$s health in school programmes that teach healthy liing. DE] lowest leel of childhood ob

school sport and e&ercise programmes in ustralia. #he lowest suicide rates in young people in u



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nd more other issues left out of the draftcc

Montrolling pollution most notably air but also noise may bene/t from being a target on its own.

#he whole section is so focused on economic deelopment it fails to proide for a ision of a heal #here should be targets for protecting our natural and cultural enironment and e&panding on are

#ake notice of what the people hae to sayN

ords to keep the sheeple happy nothing else.!racking as usual.

there are fundamentally wrong people in places responsible to look after enironment and ma3oritcon2icts of interest.

money has oerridden morals ethics and humaneness here and 3ust because the e(ects eniroaren$t immediately isible and traceable does not mean they do not e&ist. ireless technologies ahumans but to nature and water. @idence about such e(ects is deliberately irresponsibly withheleident it will be too late and those responsible well out of reach. ,omeone needs to do the right tmaddening greed driing wireless circus around the gloe today which is only making billions forthemseles from it.

Mloud+seeding is an incredibly e&citing actiity for scientists who hae now e&tended their playgrothey bear no accountability and neither do those who fund this program under e&cuse of protectin,omeone needs to do a proper thing here too and think about ery grae conseuences for all.

In relation to 1. e protect the enironment + not enough is being done currently +e.g. Great Barrhighest leel of protection

Because of the direct in2uences from other states federal interention and international in2uencethat cannot be simply answered.

#he plan does not specify the natural resources that will need to be managed more e(ectiely. !uhow the enironment will be rehabilitated due to past and future deelopment across the state. #other O pillars in this plan such as healthy liing.

!or the most part we will neer know what might hae been appropriate because much of %ueensdestruction.

=nder the targetAsuccess statement )section 0* "griculture and mining industries are antegratebe a describing success statement that "e understand rigorous standards for enironmental rehhae rigorous standards for assessing and managing deelopment and enironmental rehabilitatiafter the impact.

In section 1 =niue enironments are protected and well maintained add a statement that "e

nature and deelopment to ensure no net loss of enironmental alues"

#here must be speci/c numbers in relation to how much renewable energy will be installed by 0to the rest of the country

<f course they don$t proide any long term outcomes + they are only idealistic targets without any,ome of the targets are so nebulous that aren$t een worth trying to achiee because they can bto di(erent people.

Mhange the basic tenet that we all want a bigger %ld. e don$t. nd it won$t be good for any of ustake a drop in your standard of liing I think the primary target is wrong. #o be based on perceptions of %ueenslanders about a ery comore ob3ectie measures some of which are secondary.



the target makes no reference to sustainable deelopment and understated enironmental concer

#oo focused on balance between economic deelopment and enironment

failure to address measurements for conseration ) plant and wildlife* actiities

run limited trials to establish practicality'ot only is it too broad it$s too ague.

#he statement under goal 0 that "e produce more from mines W...X with less impact on natural rminerals being mined are themseles a natural resource. 9articularly for coal mining being "enirleaing most of the coal in the ground. I would alter the description of success to read "e producrespecting enironmental limits."

ll ies . Mambell has approed dredging about point and happy to dump spoil on the reef. #hats afor research on the reef which puts the crown or thorns research in 3eopardy which could lead to a

decimating the reef. 6e got ride of ild riers legislation so mines can dump tailing into riers likema3or prawn breeding habitats for the entire prawning industry. I could go on and on but reality thenironment cause it stops business from making more money .

#o hae a document about the enironment that doesn$t een mention climate change shows thatparaly;ed our goernment and doesn$t bode well for %ueenslanders. 9lease don$t use language toneeded.

,top the destruction of our northern wet tropical forest by an incompetent 'ational 9arks serice,parks and ild/res. #his may appear a 3oke but unfortunately its a most appropriate title.

%9, are now the biggest killer of wildlife in %ueensland. #argets need to focus on %ueenslands amissmanagement and focus on eentually stopping teh e&port of Moal. pparently if somebody elcause of teh enironmental damage this creates.

#he target is clearly confusing people trying to address enironmental conseration with economiattention to economic deelopment in other areas of the %ld 9lan so this target should focus on e

#he best way to protect our enironment is to make sure that the forecast population increase neneer stops then enironmental collapse is ineitable. #he only uestion will be when. e can csustainability but only if the number of people stops growing. #he state goernment must deal wi

which is causing all the unnecessary and unwanted population growth to hae any hope of preserterm.

,ee preious response. #he targets need to shift slightly away from the skew towards business anrepresent managing a sustainable enironment.

#here is too much bias from an economic standpoint in each of the success measures. eg 6ow doprotected as what success looks like relate to economic growth I would say it is fair to include socurrently* economic and social aspects to and - and possibly 0 but a lot less if any in 1.

#his is a terrible target. By far the worst in the plan. #argets need to be about the enironment nabout presering %ueensland$s dierse landscapes and biodiersity. second one should be abouecological goods and serices to support a prosperous healthy and sustainable society. #hese ar

I hae strong opinions about renewable energy and I$m aware that it isn$t the ma3ority opinion. %ers want. ,imply put some renewable energy adocates beliee an immediate global conerspossible and preferable. But our current renewable energy technology doesn$t present a iable solproblem. In my opinion renewable energy became fashionable long before it became eQcient en



5ining will not e&ist in -0years time it will hae been replaced with clean energy ...

Monseuences of mineral and petroleum e&tractie actiities hae not been accounted for.'eed a target about setting the state up to be suQciently robust to cope with changes to climate

a

'o protection for landholders the water table ? uality or for the GB>L why not start therefocus on whole system change with the ob3ectie of facilitating solutions to perceied issues issss

because there 3ust not

#oo much emphasis on city air and not enough on rural land uality.

9opularity is not the measure of success in this area.

!ossil fuels are problematic. #hey are hard to /nd and re/ne. nd they pollute. But they do generaand we already hae eQcient infrastructure in place. hereas current renewable energy technolocostly. I think the targets to e&plicitly acknowledge that renewable energy technology must adannorm. 9erhaps by referring to innoation and >? in green technologies

#he focus is clearly /&ed on mining and economic outcomes. #argets in respect of the 'atural @n

conseration retention of biodiersity.

#argets should be $,5>#$. hilst I am aware fairly generic targets would be set in such an initialbalance of enironmental protection and economic deelopment doesn$t specify how you want to$best$ balance is achieed. I am not /lled with con/dence at this target and think all parties will su

#his is simply not a legitimate target for "enironment". ook at the kid$s posters and see where " #he targets should relate to haing the cleanest and most functional enironment on the planet. the economy. 9rocess was manipulated at the ,ummit.

#he comment "we protect the enironment" is simplistic and generalised. 'o strategies are gienenironments against possible threats only for how they should be supporting economic growth.the Great Barrier >eef is under particular threat from port deelopments for e&ample. hy doesdealing with such threats

#he target should be the sustainability of the land and sea. #he enironment is the only input to lisecondary inputs.

@ery degradation of the enironment brings long term degradation of the economy. Mhanges in thae signi/cant implications for the enironment and the outputs we rely on: water agriculture5ineral resources are /nite.

I think the "ecosystem serices" alues of the natural assets + along with their "intrinsic Talues" aror emphasis

'othing which mentions electric or hydrogen fuelled ehicle adoption as a target nothing whichand walking )R@, ... outside the metro areasNN* what about % becoming an international hub ofperfectly placed. 5ore meaningless ideals from you again I$m afraid.

much more focus on growing botanical gardens make %ueensland the place to come to see nataldamaging the barrier reef for starters. stop miningNNNN 100 percent organic farming with in 10 year

Gien our already heay reliance on natural resources the dredging of the Great Barrier >eef M,Gcould eer be achieed.

more and more of %ueenslands parks and forests are being closed o( to people. Mosts of using throof in comparison to the rest of ustralia een.



I beliee that %ueensland should inest in infrastructure.

ll of these problems can be soled by building more dams.

future target for %ueensland must be !>@@ #@> !<> .hy ask people 3ust hae scientist proide actual information about the destruction.

#he targets should e&plicitly link the enironment and community health outcomes.

=nitywater preference is for increasing brown/eld regional deelopment to ma&imise the utilisatio

the only target is unrealistic and unachieable: it will fail.

#here is no mention of the need to address climate change to mitigate e(ects and to adapt. #his ichallenge in the enironment that %ueensland faces. Great to see renewable energy mentionedfurther.

%ueensland has a problem with proision of clean energy and water resources. e hae pollutionunemployment )not by world standards but certainly by ustralian standards*.

6ydro turbines proide the cleanest and most sustainable means of producing electricity while prto life giing water.

e cannot lie without water !>@@ MM@,, #< #@> I, >IG6# !<> 5'[I'. right curr%ueenslanders.

6ow about a real measure of traQc problems associated with sprawling up not out as no focus apbanning G5 and branding foods as %ueensland bred G5 free. hat about encouraging ,olar take

i.e. target 1 million houses.t present >enewable energy is '<# iableN it needs massie incenties to the manufacturer ande should build more ams and where possible 6ydro electric we should also focus on other for'uclear energy.

=nitywater supports the %ueensland 9lans intent to balance enironmental protection with econothat the %ueensland 9lan includes a particular focus on alternatie energy which broadly aligns widenti/ed by =nitywater #reatment ,erices 9lan whereby treatment plants may moe towards b

=nitywater supports the %ueensland 9lans focus on limiting urban sprawl which aligns with =nitytotal cost to sere.=nitywater recommends the 9lan elaborate on the intent of goernment partnerships and alternatinnoatie cost e(ectie infrastructure solutions that still achiee enironmental outcomes.

=nitywater is building enironmentally sustainable treatment solutions rehabilitating the naturalcapabilities in the process of euent treatment. ,peci/c e&amples are the deelopment of the 55aleny community. etland treatment solutions are being trailed and proing successful to imprenironmentally sensitie areas.

=nitywater is inestigating energy generation options using euent outfall 2ows to drie energy ginestigations to reduce our carbon footprint.

'ot sure how to reframe so not so sub3ectie....need to maintain and improe our enironment thopportunities and sustains our lieability.

#here needs to be a target of usage as against locking up our enironment and basing success pumeans of increasing bio+diersity. e risk [akadu+[akadont in many areas

the current targets are about reducing biodiersity protection to facilitate e&ploitation. the eniron"%ueensland has the best enironmental protection"

#here is no mention of how %ld will contribute to e(orts to aoid or mitigate climate change. e athis. It is within our power we can do something + we need our $can do$ attitude towards climate c9lan will be treated with contemptAscorn if we do not seriously address climate change mitigation



#arget does not re2ect desire for conseration and sustoinable solutions.

#erget is not measureable in enironmental terms.

%ueenslanders and %ueensland businesses lower their impact on the planet + champion innoatio

"Best balance" is an indeterminate target. nother aspirational but more discernable target woul"In 044 %ueenslanders will pass on a healthier enironment to the ne&t generation than the one

"Best" sounds too sub3ectie.hile the targets are well considered there is still no guarantee of deliery. 9aper dreams.!ar too simplistic... :)

aste of time.

'obody will listen.

Cust drill for more gas and screw up the water. ,hort term pro/ts will do it. #hen we could always sell the assets. #his Goernments ision would be better if they all wore blinkers

5ake %ueensland a centre of e&cellence for sustainable energy production.'o new unsustainable energy pro3ects )Moasl ,eam Gas Moal /red plants + dirty or clean 'uclear

ll funding for new energy pro3ects to be spent on renewableAsustainable pro3ect only.9hase out unsustainable energy plants by 044 completely.

'ational 9arks and ,tate !orests to be managed with a 100 year longeity plan.9arks to be protected for 100 years from 'R industryAagricultureAminingAcommercial interests.

#he enironment is to be gien legal status that needs representation )like a person* in any legal

more appropriate way would be to commit to 1008 renewables.

'ational parts and heritage areas must be ensured to not hae their statuses remoed under any

#he enironment target should be standalone and not linked to economic deelopmnent. @nironthe alues of the ueensland plan + it should not be a sub+set of the economyN

#o be really high uality managers of enironment as a group we need to engage in a targets likeindustries )which are restoratie* recycling industries )which either use wastes from other procesproducing processes* or cleantech which generate alue from new renewable or clean technologi

balance" of enironmental protection and deelopment is ery much like saying how long is a piecuantify the target. 5ight be better to actually say by when we could remoe ma3or M< emittingwe can reerse the polluting run+o( to the reef to a certain minimal leel etc.

=rban sprawl needs to be halted and reersed '<# managed. e already hae consumed too mulands in good rainfall areas. plan to manage is 3ust too soft.

'ational 9arks and ,tate !orests and water ways to hae assessment of their asset alue from clerainfall tourism etc

"e use more renewable energy sources" is a ery small commitment. In fact growing the populaare used but enironmental impact still increasesN



9opulation growth should be discouraged to reduce oerall consumption.I strongly disagree with much of what is included in this section of the draft.I do not agree with the concept of "balance" as that is and can be taken to meananything to eeryone. #he concept of sustainability is the only one that is alid.>elating many of the statements to economic indicators is also totally wrong.<ur priceless land and water and biosphere cannot be treated as a commodity any more.

It is long oerdue that society recognises that it cannot continue to harm and destroylarge sections of our ecosystem for pro/t without ultimately sacri/cing all liing things.needs more workmend target to: "#he full alue of the natural enironment is recognised as the highest priority in

,uggested wording for target^ %ld has an e&cellent balance of enironmental protecton and economic deelopmentocal input rather than Brisbane centricIn the enironment section goals to measure enironment performance arepresented. primary measure of success is e&pressed as a percentage of

%ueenslanders who are satis/ed with the balance between enironment andeconomy in a surey. #his is not a useful and accurate measure of enironmental performance.

etlands. Morogo akes ,4..1 talks about protecting the enironment as a goal but the success descriptors only talk abo

#he language of the success descriptors should be more in line with that of the goals.

Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achiee nothingN=rge that /nal target retain reference to a balance of enironmental protection and economic de@ncourage a moe away from reliance on e&ploiting our natural resources.

mend target 1 to read: e protect the enironment and heritage.

hile the intent of the target in this foundation area is appreciated we feel it does not coney strtype of enironmental outcomes we want to see. Monsideration could be gien to including a boldachieing world+class enironmental outcomes. @&amples could be around themes like achieinghaing no further species e&tinction.

,tress the needs for legal protection of the enironment with penalties that will be e(ectie againenironment.

Include an additional target that encourages %ueensland$s enironmental management practicesa benchmark )page 0*.

#he balance bwtween Green ,pace ater Matchment 5anagement and the controls againse loinreduce the population growth on the coastal 2ood plains which only destroy the fragile ocean and

"e protect the enironment" is a goal noone could disagree with but to do this is comple& and thdecide what is best

@nironmental education alone will not lead to broad scale personal responsibilty with respect toto minimising our indiidual impacts on it.

%ueensland has the best balance of enironmental protection and economic deelopment in usthat does balance mean #here has to be some ob3ectie way to measure thisL peoples$ opinionsissue and it is hard to see this changing any time soon. #he Mhapter <ur Mhanging orld states: Dhotter and more e&treme with the risk of losing some of our uniue 2ora and fauna. 6oweer whadepend on the choices we make to protect our biodiersity.DE espite this caution biodiersity d

DEUhat do %ueenslanders wantAhat does success look likeAescribing success section.



<ur schools educate children about ecological sustainability>ecognise the state$s e&isting natural assetsBreak up the 9lan into workable time frames. ,et achieable 7 year goalsL outline realistic aims fodirections for the ne&t -0 years. >emoe comparisons with other states and set statistically measshould be practical achieable and measurableL for e&ample DEFe produce more from mines anatural resources DE replaced with DEF5ining and gricultural production euialent to 01- le

enironment footprint )hectares per suare metre*.DE



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s stated we will not reuire the personnel.

It needs to include GB#I% people as a target group and proide measures for achieing success f

Is your police some sort of slae labour program

+ $shared alues$ is a ery conspicuous term

+ not all diersity deseres respect. e must noMhie2y because keeping an eye on what is aimed to be achieed is beyond the ma3ority of people.By now you know the answer to this stupid uestion.<nce again the corporate Goernments will take the rains and it will fail miserably as usual.

9eople should make the choice who they wish to associate with not corporate Goernments

o not take into consideration e&plicitly the targets for people with an intellectual disability.targets to be reassessed.

selectie targets to re2ect political ambitions rather than genuine e&pectations for diersity and h

#he implication that people oer 77 need to be in formal employment andAor registeredArecorded

identical to when "housewies" were not alued in society because they were not in paid employ%ueenslander I would be deeply o(ended and ashamed if you use this target and these measureswant".

Rou can take a more humanistic and less capitalistic iew of people oer 77. Rou can alue their incommunities and promote the broader range of ways in which older people contribute to family a

see comments in community about need to assist people with a physical or intellectual disability tthe community and in the workforce. the document as far as I can see does not mention disability

#he plan oerlooks the middle aged bracket of workers. Routh are supported and mature aged arno support in maintaining 3ob security or gaining employment. #he costs to businesses for those sbusinesses and needs to be addressed to maintain stability and support for the younger generatio

I think one more key area is looking at how respect for one another can be better done. t the manother and that in turn is a self manifestation of social issues. I also strongly beliee that the issbe addressed. lthough this pillar will help with these two ideas I think they should be target are

e need to increase the polulation. #here is no target as to how this will happen. In the =, the

that will sae the country from the problems that will beset %ueensland in the future )because wematerialism*. e need a target for attacting people who can contribute to a "deeloped country"foundations of that country.

+ freedom of speech does not mean a licence to ulgarity. #he rts media and adertising need cenforcement of ethical standards

gain the underlying philosophy is in error. Bigger will not make us better or smarter or hae m100000 each year we hae to /nd 100000 new 3obs without getting any better or bigger. ,o wor

-0 years ago these goals would hae been 3ust as desirable but hae not been achieed. e musgoals again.

'on+Indigenous %ueenslanders refers to those not natie to %. =se of word indigenous through% has a mi& of new ustralians % born and bred interstate migrants and Indigenous people.



to general please establish eracity of assumptions6ow on earth are you going to measure %ueensland is the best place to lie in ustralia.... Tery su

#oo broad and too ague. #he concern is the reason the target for Y 77 in the workforce. Is it because they hae to work

#hese targets are the outcomes from the other areas.Be careful with the olunteer concept.If the 3ob needs to be done then 9R the person.!ind out why people are so angry. Is it #T is it the fact that there are so many choices. are costs es

'o putdowns as on #T. #oo much B '@, on #T and awful iolent shows.

proper euality not the pick and choose type women these days seem to want.

#his plan is heading %ueensland to disaster.5iss the point and transport infrastucture increase

#raget should include limits to rate of growth and absolute si;e of population5ales make up appro& half of our populaton were are they in the %ueensland 9lanust =nity personal wellbeing inde& no longer e&ists so alternatie will need to be sought

Mreating opportunity for eeryone is doubly diQcult if not impossible when you double the populanice but if eeryone comes here we won$t be the eny of anyone anymore. 9eople who lie hereopportunities for them not for three million people coming later. #he impact of population growthcommunity. ll of the targets listed pretend to sere them yet the best serice to them would be

Giing people the ability to help themseles is great. 6oweer 3obs are scarce and arming people

areas is a factor of unemployment. =nskilled areas and giing people the same ability and samehaing the same adantage. Industries such as. Instruction is so. isted shop that unless u knowhae the same adantage. 6ow can eeryone therefore be gien the same adantage.

I don$t think the targets re2ect %ueensland being a place where people want to lie. I think that s

and satisfaction would be better targets.hat unemployed %ueenslanders want is a 3ob not being taught "life skills" and how to be "actidisadantage and unemployment" be broken unless employers including the Goernment stop s

I am bored of this uestionnaire now. Inite me to meet with Mampbell 'ewman before 5arch 11. Iempower all people to co+de/ne a new system of society and it will be better if he knows /rst hana number of appropriates forms of collaboration.


I tell you what ... I$m getting really sick of this. Gie me your e$mail address and I$ll customise myto click yes for the ne&t few + not necessarily because I agree with them but because it seems yo

It is all warm and fu;;y but light on how to achiee it. >emember that the !ederal system is goinga ision and will that goes beyond a term of Goernment anywhere.

,kills training should encompass all people rather than those who are 3ust oer 77. #his would catcommunity.

ny target to double the proportion of %ueenslanders is non+speci/c and impossible to test. It befor this target what is the de/nition of a olunteer and it should be noted that the great ma3orityconsiderable inolement in the community as olunteers. more releant target would be to doemployment as these statistics are readily aailable.



[eeping elderly relaties within the community and in the regions needs more focus. >egional are

,ustianable population should be the goal: there is a carrying capacity of the land and /nite resouo not support the use of the word "support" when it should be replaced by the words "ensure thaand changing the releant erbs.I do not support the concept of "bright minds" at all. @eryone in the community is eual and shobe treated and described as such.,uggested wording of targets^ #he proportion of %ueenslanders oer 77 who participate in the community and workforce is ma^ boriginal and #orres ,trait Islander %ueenslanders hae the same workforce participation as no

^ %ueensland is the best place to lie6ealth care for our aged in/rm totally lacking in sta( reuired other than chemical straight 3acke

dd a target about disadantagee recommend:DE] new target is added: DEF<ur least adantaged are actie participants in community lifeDE

9articipation in community life can be measured by employment education training andolunteering rates for M population within e&isting measures for disadantage.Broaden the workforce participation targetMulturally dierse %ueenslanders felt that migrant and refugee communities should also be part othe workforce participation target alongside boriginal and #orres ,trait Islander %ueenslanders.e recommend:DE] >ewording the target to: DEFboriginal and #orres ,trait Islander %ueenslanders and

%ueenslanders from migrant and refugee backgrounds hae the same workforce participationas other %ueenslanders.DE

Generally the targets are appropriate howeer awareness should be gien to the dierse populatigoing up and not out new planning will be needed to incorporate the inclusie and accessible comwith a disability and our senior community.

#ogether with people with disability the increasing life e&pectency of %ueenslanders people will wnot hae to moe away from their home due to disability or ageing.

7. <lder %ueenslanders are respected and alued + should be changed to all %ueenslanders are rlook like should then re2ect the current proided description including $all %ueenslanders are engsuccess: 9lanning deelopment and deliery of accessible and inclusie communities allow %ueecommunity of choice regardless of health age or background.

ctually I agree with the targets but do not think that all bases are coered because of changing punlimited pot of money so it must be well spent on preentatie health care. <ther aspects of pla

#here is absolutely no reference to men$s health ? wellbeing. #here is no plan to proide sericesmen hae space to discuss issues and emotions in a safe space. ,ociety is all to willing to condemhoweer no resources are being put into serices for men . 9reention is greater then cure.

e note that the %ueensland 9lan team will prepare a statistical base line for all targets and meaprocess and will be included in the /nal plan. @&pert adice will be sought to ensure that for the tand pragmatism is achieed. chieing this will be critical for the success of the plan.



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Murrent targetDEF%ueensland is the best place to lie in ustraliaDE

Momment #his target does not /t in the people foundation area.

Monsider replacing with the alternatie target below to better re2ect the foundation area.lternatie targetDEFS )as per preious* number of children liing in 3obless householdsDE

>ationaleMhildren liing in 3obless households is a key indicator relating to intergenerational disadantage.

5ust break cycle of unemployment and in recognising it takes people to husband the land and arrdue to lack of people to burn /re+breaks /ght wild /res control escalating weed infestations repapredictions cannot be realised in this oldest continent with its lack of snow+melt uncertain rainfallhealthy soil.

=nemployed aborginalsasylum seekers and unemployed can be engaged on enironmental husbthinning regrowth for ethanol production and wild+fre control. 5anageing regrowth is the cheapest

deeloped new technology where biofuel can be produced in processing facilities around the regioin the regions. ) farms and mines* Mattle production will also be increased

#arget 4 on 9opulation Growth relates closely to #arget K on >egionalisation ,trategy. #hese two ishould both consider the implications and opportunities proided by infrastructure as a key part o

hile the intent of the targets in this foundation area is clear we feel that the current /rst targetre2ects what is likely to happen anyway with our changing demographics and ageing population.integrating the /rst two targets to be more aspirational with more emphasis on DEFdiersityDE

ustralia in meaningful community and workforce participation especially by people who are aged

In relation to the target DEF%ueensland is the best place to lie in ustraliaDE we note the signi

and community connectedness play in making local communities attractie and ibrant places toto see these aspects captured in thinking about what contributes to meeting this target.

DE] %ueensland leads ustralia in meaningful community and workforce participation especially bdisabilities

#he real challenge is 3obs and businesses can$t be protected. e need a system of creatie destrucompetitie to close or change and new companies to establish

,etting a high+leel target in the people foundation area would drie the adoption of programs thawhich is critical to ending poerty and disadantage.



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ater resources insuQcient.

,tate must @!I'@ "infrastructure" ery e&plicitly. #his as a /rst step

#argets for people using actie transport should be included

9romises promises words are so e&pensie particularly when its a Morporate Goernment plan.e hae third world roads we pay one of the highest regos for ehicles in the world hardly any g

,o where is the money coming from for this infrastructure

In -0yrs time if it still takes me days from Mairns to Brisbane by train there$s something wrong.system and let International corporations in.

argely good...highlight the importance of water infrastructure in part K on page 4 )'ote somethe this part read the same as those in part - on the ne&t page. 5aybe the goals can be amalgasakeNNN

lthough this pillar is de/nitely on the right track I think a focus on smart infrastructure and dataincluded somehow.

need a stronger focus on resilience use of natural assets or technological solutions to build a resilresilient infrastructure

'eed describing success statement "e proide limit the e(ects of weather eents using cost e(eincluding green infrastructure to ensure the resilience of communities."

It would be more appropriate to widen the scope of aailable sources of capital inestment. I haeof e&traordinarily successful approaches to the proision of monetary resources one torn down byinterest and greed and the other currently standing tall against enormous odds and a beacon of lbleak /nancial mine/eld.

I understand the !ederal Goernment is currently negotiating the #rans 9aci/c 9artnership whichto signatory countries$ operation of publicly owned banking enterprises. ho would this bene/t ifbanking interests

e all e&pect our goernments state and federal to look after the interests of ustralian citi;ens

bullying and blackmail from ested foreign interests.It is most diQcult to foretell the future. ll we can do is plan to the best of our ability with the knofuture generations this may not appear to be adeuate. 6oweer in the future planning the all s

'o it doesn$t because the discussion omits to de/ne how infrastructure is planned in the most e( society and not 3ust speci/c businesses. It also fails to de/ne what infrastructure should come unresponsibility to proide the "public purpose" for which a Goernment is created. It is a stupid conto borrow money from priate sources to proide the essential infrastructure needed by their sociinfrastructure includes a reliable power supply e(ectie sewage systems a good water supply atransport infrastructure to name a few. ith a publicly owned ,tate Bank the Goernment is in amuch of this infrastructure without haing to borrow money from priate sources or e&tort unreas

people.

e are up there with the dearest places for petrol though we hae lots of fuel and natural gas thahae untold wealth in the ground but we gie that away to oerseas interests.

=nder goal -0 the draft 9lan says success looks like "#here is an increase in priate inestment."

"appropriate priate inestment" as we need to consider the long+term cost of infrastructure pro3what leel of return the priate inestors will e&pect oer time.



lso with the right /nancial due diligence associated with the infrastructure inestment.

feasibility musted be tested #here should be a desire for infrastructure to be sustainably built and managed added to the e&ist

#oo open but diQcult to uantify.

no sale of electricity generation and transmission network

ll the atrgets are ery generla and geneic

#he deliery of public infrastructure on a cost neutral basis.,ee preious !>@@ #@> !<> %=@@','@>,.

=nitywater plans to a -0 year hori;on with inestments made to sere the community now and fo

#his is easy. '9 slashed budget for the Bruce 6ighway so they don$t care how many people die aeach year and how much it costs the economy outside brisbane. #hey wont twin the rail in the stawestern country has twin rail systems. Ret < today he found 7 billion dollars to make a tunnelget to work uicker. 5ust be good to be king

,olar not coal. >ail not road. ,ustainable infrastructure not unsustainable. 6ybrid cars not fuel ineconcrete.

basically money for infastructure is only spent in brisbane regional areas need to /&ed now beforebrisbane or its going to fail

,ureys show that %ueenslanders want improed infrastructure. #here is nothing to support any%ueenslanders want more more %ueenslanders. Ret this whole %ueensland plan presumes that thineer hae enough infrastructure for a perpetually increasing population. It will always be easierbetter infrastructure to a smaller stable population. #hat should be the target of any goernmentthe people who ote.

9ublic transport must be a(ordable and accessibe een if it needs to be signi/cantly subsidised. %e&pensie public transport systems on earth. free public transport system or one with a token feway to go if you want people to signi/cantly reduce using cars.

the ,nowy mts scheme proided worthwhile infrastructure + this type of scheme needs to be reintby gots and from superannuation A federal fund monies drought preentionAwater conserationsupply money e&pended now will be worthwhile and less e&pensie than in the future B@ !<>

you hae too many limitations on your thinking. pply the concept of "in/nite creatie potential"R, and I R, transcend the impossible"

Monsider that inrastrcureture is the bones A skeleton of society and the skin and muscle is the ecoskeleton + then you do not hae a real econony that can function....

#his has been and remains the greatest failing for % politicians who pander to miniity pressuremoney on escoteric matters.

,ell o( Got assets that are no longer needed to be owned by Got including transmaission distriwater supply.... then build the road and railways we need

big inestment in public transport. low cost of public transport. change the culture. public transpotwenty fold in this state.

o you realise that for eery person who comes to %ueensland it costs P00000 in infrastructureare the targets to ensure eery person pays for their part of the infrastructure.

=nitywater$s ision is: #o be a sustainable industry+leading community and customer+oriented wabusiness.

=nitywater continually monitors new infrastructure reuirements in its serice areas. SSSS maintamonitoring of our assets interening both remotely and on site as operational reuirements dicta



#his target also seems ery sub3ectie + not sure how to reword to capture sentiment from both ,

'othing to take into account the e(ects of 6uman Induced Global arming which must include m

I don$t know,tatements are generally meaningless and a series of platitudes.

#here should hae been long term infrastructure plans drawn up by goernmentmany many years ago and updated after full consultation with and approal bythe people eery /e years. #here is still no credible medium or long termplan een now we 3ust hae a long series of ad hoc pro3ects that are based onpolitical imperaties. #his is still occurring.need more work^ #he right infrastructure is deliered in the right place at the right time

#he measures support access but the targets do notGien the ision statement$s commitment that we will not leae anyone behind ensuring eeryoncan access our infrastructure is key. ccessibility is already recognised in the measures for thisfoundation area but it is missing from the targets.e recommend:

DE] n additional target is added: DEFe hae infrastructure that eeryone can access.DE

,ometimes it is necessary to proide infrastructure VbeforeV it needed for e&ample to encourage9eople will not moe there unless the infrastructure is already in place.

castrated 'ational Broadband 'etwork isn$t going to hack it if we intend more people to work frthe world not so long ago for business oer internet.

9lease change -1 to $e hae secure and reliable essential and community infrastructure that is lfunction e(ectiely during and immediately after a natural and human+induced disasters. If reuirplace to uickly rebuilt or restored in the eent of a disruption.$

9lease change -1 to $e hae secure and reliable essential and community infrastructure that is lfunction e(ectiely during and immediately after a natural and human+induced disasters. If reuirplace to uickly rebuilt or restored in the eent of a disruption.$

#he =nited 'ations )01* suggests that eery dollar spent on preenting and mitigating disasterseen dollars in humanitarian disaster response. uring the 01 2ooding eent which was the srecord #he Mharleille town leee protected more than 1000 properties from inundation. #he totathe town leee is PO000000. %ueensland >econstruction uthority assessment suggests thatrecoery saings are estimated to be P7101H including roads )P1OO0100* priate propertgoernment grants )P1H-0O70-* and insurance )P-71HO*.

@nironmental sustainability needs to be integrated with infrastructure it is fundamentally linkedmade mention of harmony between infrastructure )e.g. for energy ports* and enironmental sust

#he target ignores the need for infrastructure to be enironmentally sustainable. @g. more roads #his is not sustainable. 9oor infrastucture choices can lock in unsustainable deelopment and resomany decades.

hile I agree generally the emphasis appears to be on the economic to the e&clusion of other nepick and we see the economic outcome chosen aboe other matters.



<ther targets will then be appropriate

5ust supply our state with water storageA food mitigation

'eed to focus on =rban design.'eed to take seriously the issue of waterA2ood mitigation.

Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achiee nothingN '@ G<9ublic sector inest has promoted priate inestment.

dditional target aimed at the deliery of pro3ects highlighted as a priority by infrastructure %uee

'9 election L " <nly the %ld Moalition cares about local cmmunities and has a plan to allow you tthe future of your region" means the %ld 9lan should take into account te wide disatisfaction withboundaries based on 1O00s manually restricted sureys when modern G9,Aaser means are aalcatchmentAcommunityAnatural disaster boundaries.

hile haing a detailed plan is critical any plan must also be funded if it is to be achieed. #his m

capital constrained economy so a range of fundingAinestment mechanisms will need to be considis well aware of this issue as eidenced by the Infrastructure for @conomic eelopment paper relby the epartment of ,tate eelopment Infrastructure and 9lanning. gain @ngineers ustraliaengagement of the professions industry and Goernment around this topic.

Murrent car usage rates are unsustainable and we need a signi/cant shift towards more sustainablcycling walking and using public transport.

chieing the current target DEFthe right infrastructure is deliered in the right place at the rightuestions and will create citi;en e&pectations and these will need to be carefully managed DEJ hoinfrastructureDE de/ned for the community. In sparsely populated remote areas where infrastruc

low in many cases what is an appropriate serice leel standard that the broad community can aalso an ongoing tension between proiding new infrastructure and getting ma&imum use from e&iand /nding ways to use e&isting infrastructure more eQciently and intelligently will be an on+goinapply innoatie thinking and problem soling approaches.

e asked ourseles what matters for the future in relation to infrastructure and issues arise like hinfrastructure can we proide more adaptie infrastructure and can we proide /t for long+term p

!unding infrastructure according to greatest need and widest bene/t )4.O.-0* will neer delier esthat is the catalyst for sustainable regional population growth outside of ,@%.

Include statement that deliery of essential infrastructure inestment is proided to regional %uegrowth and economic prosperity in the regions and proide catalyst opportunities for regional de

the long term infrastructure planning and inestment reuired to attract business and talent to sucurrently hindered by resource constraints. ithout capital inestment we risk becoming a dormafor the elderly andor retired reducing productiity innoation and future prosperity

#he prelimnary target should be re/ned to " the right infrastructure is deliered in the right placethe right cost" #his is imperatie so the corresponding goals and outcomes reference cost+e(ectiinfrastructure



or a goal that e&plicitly acknowledges the interactions and connections. ,omething like:

Mreating companies out of our current infrastructure may be a way to create long term alue.

Murrent targetDEF#he right infrastructure is deliered in the right place at the right timeDE

lternatie targets-4 A 5arch 014 >esponse to #he %ueensland 9lan

>ationale #he current target is not measurable.MMI% suggests including the following outcomes to better describe success for this foundation are

we hae access to reliable and a(ordable infrastructure we coordinate planning of infrastructure to improe accuracy of demand forecasts we use agreed standards to determine infrastructure reliability that matches demand we use 2e&ible pricing options that encourage users to be eQcient we increase priate sector inolement in planning deelopment and deliery of infrastructure we en3oy the price bene/ts of increased competition in essential infrastructure supply.

>ather than setting a success target of $uninterupted supply$ distribution outages should be kept ton the alue of reliability to the community and the willingness of customers to pay + rather than tpossible interruption + as suggested in the working draft. It should also be recognised that there isreliability and cost as improements in reliability standards may reuire new inestment that a(ethese reasons success should be de/ned in terms of our ability to proide a reliable supply of eleDEUuninterrupted$ one.

DEF%ueensland cities and towns are well+designed to o(er ma&imum integrated support to the eenironmental sustainability of the regions and state and to the health well+being and connectedcommunity.DE

Isuggested indicators are 2u(y and not really dealing with the actual issueDEZ.chosen because theaguely releant rather than actually relating to the speci/c issue.

I would suggest therefore if my strategy suggested in point )10* is not taken up you should consi

rea )which is called something like Mities and #ownsDEZ* or a goal that e&plicitly acknowledges tconnections. ,omething like:

DEF%ueensland cities and towns are well+designed to o(er ma&imum integrated support to the eenironmental sustainability of the regions and state and to the health well+being and connectedcommunity.DE

5ust be supported by ongoing inestment in energyand transport infrastructure. >ail access is itsericing mining. 'ew and compettie power sources must be secured.

DEF#here is community consultation in the planning and deelopment of infrastructure pro3ects tcommunity need.DE



E3b_+ - WHY TARETS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE - C!"#$% +

Brisbane to far from Mape RorkL ,plit into two states5aybe if the goernment takes note of forum submissions.

simplifying goernment leads to shortcutting safeguards.

I say yes if they come out and meet the public more instead of waiting for election time.

#he Mapitol of %ueensland should be more central not at the end in a worked out parasitic area.s I said preiously + don$t think there is enough accountability with a unicameral system.

+ 9arliament to put measures in place to preent 3udicial actiism+ make sure that the bureaucracy doesn$t water down the law when informing the public on issues+ there needs to be more consultation between doctors and lawyers on bioethical issues beca

It is ironic that the target suggests that the Goernment will operate with long term perspectie +and e&tend the way we do things now + no mention of climate change or planning for resilient coinitiatie well consulted and welcomed the plan needs to better re2ect the e&tensie feedback frthe enironment and adaptation to climate change across all sectors. s it currently stands the lmeasures more with the policy approaches of the goernment of the day than the eoling needschallenging climate and the input from %ueenslanders about these critical issues.

ctually they probably will result in the same amorphous style of political process which we currechanged in terms of goernance. If there were any semblance of honesty on either of the main popushing for an =pper 6ouse of Goernment to proide some decent checks and balance obn the

-4 and -7 this has all been said before and followed by more ,tatutes egislation silly cts incr

!alse words. all lies.

%ueensland 9lan is a state initiatie. hy is satisfaction with federal and local goernment crucia>ather than a uote of community consultation why not focus on how many policyAprogram initia

#here is a role for red tape so to focus purely on a 8 reduction is a poor measure. Its an output nthere for a purpose. better to make sure that if it is there it seres a really good and important pbarrier reef is protected and not irreersibly destroyed by commercial ends.

I don$t think it is sensible to "remoe prescriptie regulation" without specifying what kinds of regcertain regulations are prescriptie to ensure public safety.

"e adopt a regulatory approach based on best practice industry needs" + why not also based on

#here are cases in which the priate sector can proide a serice but not as eQciently as goern9lease change the wording under goal -7 to "e hae a goernment that operates in areas whereor e(ectiely than the priate sector".

because our politicians lie ? are more interested in looking out for themseles we need to get thepensions and actually think about the sort of state ld will be in !#@> #6@R G@# B<<#@

Goernments should sere the %ueenslanders of today. llowing the number of %ueenslanders tobest interest. #his emphasis should be built in to the planing agenda. ,tates should ensure that tcomplies with this priority.



it is incumbent for the targets to be demonstrated that they are correctno comment

#hey are ideologically 2awed. ,top focusing your e(orts.

5ore transparency and public feedback is reuired at eery step of law making.

,ureys are not a(ectie ways to gauge success.

Informed satisfaction would be <[ but in this instance we$re considering a /eld where Goernmeconsistently transparent and where many people would be hard pressed to understand the fundapublic sector practice.

If ueenslanders were less happy with Goernment after the G!M smached their economic wellbeiGoernment was any less competent or performing less well<n its own this target would reduce G<ernment to a popularity contest which may be <[ for thand e&ecutie arms. 'eeds to be articulated in a manner that makes it clear that it is about perfoand not style. "satis/ed" could be either.

as per preious comment. lsofocusing on making decisions with the outcome in mind would leadturn could see ends rather than means becoming more prominent. 6aing a goernment that operesults that cannot be proided by the priate sector: this is a neoliberal ideological point with whiinappropriate for inclusion in a long+term strategic document like this. Inestigate the possibility o- years is too long to wait to get rid of a bad goernment. onger terms would not sere the inter

unicameral 9arliament.

!ocus your e(orts on supporting the eolution of ideastreams like in/nite sustainability responsiwhole of community self goernance.

politicians use the same process as other public serants re pay rises etc what eer public errantnot moreNNN

accountability transparency. far less rules for people. its fairly basis. people need to be of good blaws to re2ect this basis trait in society make life and rules simple. far less double up in processe

more connectiity between states such as police serices etc... there should be one police sericserice a good indicator would be the goernments educating the people about the bene/ts of thlong term. then hae a referendum. 59$s to pay for their own e&penses then claim on ta& like thea good indicator of a good goernment.

hat$s missing is a commitment to locating more public serice department heads in >egions. =nthe ,@ will bene/t disproportionately at the e&pense of the >egions.

s mentioned there is a greater need to hae more Tolunteer input into the goernance of their roenuiry must be implemented in total and immediately to gie the Tolunteer !ire !ighters a greatoer their and their communities destinies.

!ocus on remoal of local goernment )elected representaties*. M@<s of these bodies are capableQcicently noting that some oerlap of serices with the ,tate Goernment is reuired. #his woulengagement to the ,tate leel so that transparency and accountability rest where they belong.

It is great to see a section on goernance and most of the material is ery positie. 6oweer thewill respect the freedoms rights and dignity of its citi;ens. It can be hard to de/ne rights but besway respect and that is missing from this list of measures. lso while there is mention of opennefreedom of information which seems incomplete.

llow citi;en initiated referenda. Gie %ueenslanders the right to put forward legislation to hae a huge step for ustraliaL a giant leap for %ueensland.



test

<pportunities for our most disadantaged young people to participate fully in community is missi

ell done but concerns as before.!ar to simplistic wishy washy not tangible real goal focused.

'o ideas

#he current listed target is more an aspirational goal but not a target which is measurable and Gounpopular decisions from time to time. better #arget might be: ll %ueenslanders are consulteddecisions which a(ect their future.

ll this mention of $fast tracking$ is now obiously Got. repudiating its responsibility to ensure thi

of e&treme @nironmental signi/cance. #he latest scandalous arm twisting of the GB>59 is 3ust

#arget -4 regarding regulation also needs to re2ect that it is regulation that protects the communiindustry. statement that recognises this is essential.

#he targets do not re2ect many of the ,ummit iews at 11G especially to do with enironmental

e would suggest an amendment to this target to speci/cally include residents and businesses wway all leels of goernment delier for their communities.

5any of the metrics used to discuss goernance refer to processes that directly impact the busine

operations and an acknowledgement of this would be appropriate.

<ne of the real targets we should be aiming for is to do better as a ,tate ? nation than we current)http:AAworld3usticepro3ect.org* "rule of law inde&". !or e&ample we don$t do well on criminal inesystem and timeliness of court processes. nother good target is to hae the best rule of law wehigh uality social outcomes for citi;ens and our rule of law is somewhat hampered by poor goethe way the Monstitution frames certain aspects of the goernmental system.

e hae a ,tate <Qce !or omen representing women$s issues and health needs. #here is no sihealth needs of men. 5en are seriously under+represented in areas of health and social wellbeing.oice in areas of health and social concern to them that they don$t hae now.

e note that the %ueensland 9lan team will prepare a statistical base line for all targets and meareiew process and will be included in the /nal plan. @&pert adice will be sought to ensure that f of aspiration and pragmatism is achieed. chieing this will be critical for the success of the pla

#he catchment area of a rier is the natural unit in erosion control the catchment and drainage arregion uni/ed by the water 2owing through it and by the conformation of the land. + ) ,oil and Mii>ecognition of these principles and the welding of them into one could open the way to perhaps tustralians hae eer taken part as a people + te recreation of the fertility of their soil and the crebetween agriculture and industry city and farm should be held in such a way that the whole ustpossess ital strength



Betterment opportunities

hile the target is accepted it is noted that part of achieing this will be to change the culture ofhile current culture and alues renewal work underway in the state public serice goes a long wroom for cultural improement. In particular a focus on de/ning and deliering outcomes would

e also note the importance of collaboration partnerships and innoation in deliering serices f that goernments can engage early with communities and adisory bodies on policy deelopmentbetter the outcomes for communities are likely to be.

Include an additional point under #here will be no duplication of serices and a closer partnershipthat encourages the remoal of barriers to inestment by reducing costs and stimulating inestora competitie global adantage )page *.

I think one of the biggest issues that many of the 59$s are oerlooking is the ability for a successf public. I hae fought for 1O months to hae someone do this and all of you hae failed. 6ow is anno+one is going to listen to complaints let alone actually do something about them.I feel the Go needs to oerhaul those who hold positions and replace them with people who are aoice of the people. I as a 3ustice would appreciate haing the ability to access a decent complain

position wo is prepared to do their 3ob rather than consider the position of the person in the wrongpeople that are unafraid to do the right thing. <biously this %ld 9lan is not designed for any of thi

DE] #he considerable e(orts that hae already been made by goernment to grow the %ueenslreduction regulatory reform and simplifying planning will form a strong foundation for the regionDE] #he %ueensland Goernment recognises that there are issues of ulnerability and opporturegional communities. #he goernment$s intent is to accelerate regional population growth and asregional %ueensland and the south east corner. #he aim will be to build more resilient economiesopportunities for regional %ueenslanders.

e make consistant decsions that gie businesses con/dence to inestwe ure technology to reduce the time and cost of business compliancewe ensure regulation adds alue to locally produced goods and serices and gies local businesse

It will take 5inisters with more ision and drie than we hae seen in the past and departments withan we hae seen in the past. #he key issue is that the loss of tenure of senior public serants ameans that the uality of the senior ranks of go and public serice are depleted

dditional #argetDEF9rocesses to measure outcomes for clients are built into 100 per cent of goernment serices>ationales the contracting of serice deliery shifts to a focus on achieing client outcomes there must beas a key goernance tool.

#he %ld go or a broad coalition of industry representaties should initiate a ,tate @conomic ,umclustersL consider their competitieness and key capabilitiesL and identify barriers ti increasing co

#he go should deelop the skills and knowledge with industry facing departments to ascertain wgo can tackle and ensure policy support comes with clear conditions and outcomes



E&b_1 - WHAT COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE WAY OF MEASURIN - C!"#$% 1

#he uestion itself is confusing. 5ore detail needs to be put into the measures. #o make the uest

they are 2awed and based on loose merit@mpowering #eachers better + not 9rincipals who 3ust use nepotism to surround themseles with $;;

not sure

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Include ,cience 6istory Geography and #echnology competence leels.

I think we need feedback from students. 6appy students are motiated and will strie to succeed.children is that school is a neccesarry eil. I know I achieed when I felt my teacher cared and gato know there sub3ect but they must also understand themseles and their students. 5ost simplyand een doing it without 2air or enthusiasm.

I see in the de/nition of success is particularly .- profession is held in high esteem and teachersthink there needs to be an oerriding measure of the number of schools students and teachers m

education in the manner we are proposing and to een discuss it always prookes hot debate frociti;en without children listening the spending of our ta& dollars spent appropriately sericing futhelpful measurement of success to me.

#he focus is too much on high achieement. Good students will e&cel in any conditions. #he focuwith behaioural problems disabilities family problems etc. #he success of any primary school sthese low achieers can be guided to a stage where they can continue their education to make asociety in general. " chain is as good as its weakest link" so to speak. In primary school a teachealthough high skills are preferable. good teacher needs communication skills compassion emp)especially psychological*. #oo many of our teachers feel a lack of appreciation for their professioinput indiidually or ia their union. good school has an inclusie community.

Introducing the national system that relates eery child to eery ,tate on the same scale is a starmethod. But one of the most critical areas of education is to cease the oerbearing power of [email protected] am not a teacher but I hae a large number of teacherA educator friends familycolleamost draconian attitudes of the management of this department. #hey function as they instructedknow only too well the complete stupidity of instructions passed down by the authorities. bsolutthis is all about the welfare of children and their acheiements. hat on earth is happening in this

#here is much criticism of the '9' process and eidence teachers are $teaching to the test$. ,hae in re: to education is smaller class si;es. O students to one teacher is too many. 5ore teachclassroom to construct helps the construction industry.

#he measures are appropriate howeer we do hae concern as to how some of the measures areindigenous education settings.

#he most e(ectie way of measuring success is not whether or not students can obtain 3obs withibe productie and resourceful in those 3obs. #he measure of success should be e&tended to acconstays in that 3ob and whether the employer is actually bene/ting from the new employee.

e can continue to base educational success on workfore participation rates and attendance butproblem facing education.



statistics are good but people are more improtantNNN

#hese need to be focused on uick wins to get %ld up to the same leel of the rest of the country

,econdary 5easures

>ates of participation in the workforce post+school by people with a disability

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G9 growth as a result of a good education system should be our measure of success. If we contipass they will most de/nitely by unproductie in the workplace reducing the eQciency and prosp

the measure that you hae in place are important but it is also ery important to get ongoing feeteachers schools students ? parents

It is much more important to moe away from the measures listed as they hae neither face alididetermining Goals 1 to 4. #he ones chosen inite gaming and politicking. 9lease pay for consens

6aing parents or students /ll a report out on a teacher any teacher is open to corruption. paregood marks for hisAher child. student marking a teacher that enforces behaiour management oprocess. #his on has been plastered all oer the news in recent months and is an outrage. o crimthem up #his is akin to telling my doctor how to do his 3ob or a passenger reporting on the pilot othe scenic route I would hae liked that the 2ight was too bumpy or that the plane 2y at the wron

Improing the economic and social participation in the community by people with disabilities is aMommission and the 'I,. It should also be e&plicitly re2ected in the measures of the %ld 9lan aspeople.

#his is ery diQcult. #he measures presented are <[ to a point. 6oweer the "negatie" measuor otherwise of the deelopment process. In a sense the "parenting" and "education" combine to

become criminals #he leel of criminality may be considered as a "measure" of "education" or fo

I would like to add as a measure $student feedback$ whereby we ask the students their thoughts. Iown learning then they need more control oer their own learning I$m not talking about sub3ect sreiewing teachers the sub3ects + are there things they are learning that for the ast ma3ority aremany students they aren$t engaged in their own schoolwork because they don$t see the point andthey are older. e seem to be adding a lot to the teaching program but not taking much out fornot going to write a noel or study poetry or ,hakespeare so maybe @nglish should be diided intsentence structure spelling reports letter writing resumes etc. @nglish B goes into more depth lstories etc. @ssentially gets the students feedback as a primary measure success in this measurewith the secondary measures as well.

hen will the blind following of the =, be dropped ustralia has implemented many things frofound them unsuitable.

Man$t we look elsewhere hat about the ,candinaian countries who appear from my reading anchildren I#6<=# ongoing e&ams.



#he are ery narrow )only reading and arithmetic*.<nce again it would hae been yes had it been true

it sounds ery sweet and nice but hard to measure,uggest additional primary measure: $anguage competency in primary school$test

"9articipation by community organisations in education and skills training" should also measured."9erceied trustworthiness of educated peopleAprofessions" should also be measured.

=nable to answer as the draft will not downloadNNNeducational success of the students after leaing 9rimaryAsecondary school5easure it by a politician.......if someone is more or less corrupt....'eed clear operational de/nitions of literacyAnumeracy competency ++Y what is the target

detailed information is missing'o

ike most of these uestions there is no "yes" or "no" answer + some of the measures are <[ butanswer. Rou do not gie any respondent the opportunity to comment unless they tick the "no" optias "opposing" the foundation in uestion. and if I am any 3udge of a Goernment sponsored "inuistraight away. =nfortunately the "Res 5inister" syndrome always applies with these sorts of Goethe basis of predetermined results.

there is no education in this country anymore its indoctrination and any child that challenges thaother mind destroying drug God forbid we hae a free thinking person that wouldn$t work for the

more e&ternal assessment program perhaps a little more like ',. ,ay 08 e&ternal e&am andbalanced outcome for all who compete for tertiary places.

Monsultation with people with an intellectual disability and their families also need to be taken intsuccess.

hat is the releance of a measure that %ueenslanders iew education as one of their top aluesgoernment is doing hy not hae a measure that has clear ob3ectie measures with clear targassess how well the go$t is performing

ow truancy rates would show success not improement in literacy and numeracy. #his would shoare doing their 3obs.

#he e&isting measures are good howeer they must be broaden beyond merely academic and starates tertiary education ect. e must also focus on the moral emotional metal and spiritual heaour schools and institutions. ,o that we create a generation of responsible ethical considerate cithat are no merely re2ected in academic performance. 5y concern is the current generation of yoteachers police politicians nurses the elderly than the generation before them. #his is not an aof the education system in the past -0 years to e(ectiely instil respect for authority adherence t

the structures and institutions for our society and a willingness to look beyond their own cares anthemseles.

asian language skills for christ sake SSSS kids hae enough work to do now let alone learning a Sright /rst

#he current measures are normal e&pectations for education. #here is nothing here o(ering aspirneeds to be measures relating to the standing of %ueensland uniersities on an international scalattract and retain leading academics )there are well established measures of academic standing t



#his is the link we want to tell you about +

Mhanges in education leels across family generations by geographical area cultural background'umbers of disengaged youth that are re+engaged and complete uali/cations through goernme

Rour central planning approach is the failure point.

no releance for 7 years time

re the $measures$ the "hat do %ueenslanders want" list

-. should refer to parents$ role in educatiionL see preious suggested te&t.

little mention of disability supportmount of industry growth within both the priate and public sectorsssess the physical classroom conditions the teachers are working under.ssess the resources that each teacher has access to.

!ollow Gonski

#he goals for numeracy and literacy attainment will neer be met without a focus on assistance fospeci/c learning diQculties. #hese children often hae high I%s but are seerely disadantaged bcountries there is a lot more support for people with dysle&ia to go on to achiee well at =niersitassistance. I feel this is an area of discrimination which is built in to our ,#ate @ducation system.

#hese measures are /rmly rooted in today yet the plan is about the ne&t -0 years. #hey do re2ecare wrong*.

#hemodel of educaitons as something proided ia "department of educaiton" type institutions wlearning ob3ectie or as a uniersal enable in a future %ueensland with signi/cant ethnicity+based

. e hae practical+based learning + a cop outL "e o(er e&cursions..." + this is not an adeaute dembarrasing.

@ducation is comple& and there are many outcomes that cannot be measured.Mountries where ed!inland* could proide ideas for measurement. edicated teachers in low+socio economic areas fe'9'. nother method of measuring literacy and numeracy that does not condemn students wconsidered.

Improement in ustralian @arly eelopment Inde& )@I* results. If early childhood are improeprimary school and secondary school.

#here should be a program of health checks on children say - & in their school years both physicrecorded and the success of healthy lifestyle teaching in this area is measured systematically. #hemeasurement eoled to track and pro3ect the cost burden of poor health education. It is only wheducation can be identi/ed that funds will be made aailable otherwise improements are seen aand will neer happen and the cycle of poor health will continue into adulthood.

#here may be a really good resource in the school but only one or teachers may know about it ateacher

doesn$t sn know the school has the resource. #he teacher may hae used a di(erent resource inone school and #hrass in another school. eputy$s 6<M need to see that all teachers in their ,ectresources. not 3ust one in the school to share... that is not eQcient.

5ore eQciencies better logistics better timetables. <ne teachers may hae interrupted morningsand <#@ interruptions whilst another teacher may hae all there specialist lessons in the afternostudent outcomes.



,oft science approach rather than gettting the data then trying to work out what it means and theaa

5ore testing from an early age to ensure uality of teachers is high enough to get the reuired re

i don$t know. time will tell when society is a better place.

5ore speci/c targets that are capable of being measured for achieement.

nothing about consering our heritage

an election .

If I was in goernment I would double the public serice workforce. 6ire one woman for each manyou end up with 708 male j 708 female. send them into the public to ask for opinions directly. in a structured format which is automatically organi;able and uanti/able to create eoling big dnalyse the e&isting statutory code in a way I can teach you. Mombine all of the new big data streconersation. #his will raise the awareness of all people participating. in - months we will hae cotransition process to facilitate an in/nitely sustainable future. t the G0 summit we will change tconcert

measure the outcome of student success instead of 3ust all the teachers creoosing all the ts and dgoernment criteria

5easure how many students are reaching the top in ustralia as well as the proportion meeting astudents in the top 100 in ustralia"

a better way to measure success of education is isitation to schools listening to parents and stustudents ask people form low socio leel backgrounds and ask them if this a fair way of measurin

the criteria for support your child misses out. and that is the way it has always been. ,chools graprogramAs are gien permission to use the goernment funding in areas they see /t and unfortube best spent.

1. 9oliceAambulance attendance statistics at schools truancy rates suspension rates '9' resand meaningful.

Mritical iteracy should be alued and measured. )@nsures the errors of the past are aoided.*#hesread or write but not think or conduct analysis. <ur world is changing concrete knowledge is follysituations is key. 5easure and celebrate creatiity and innoation in ld wide competitions held at

I think they are a little ad hoc @g the measure that language courses should be deliered by onlinnot appropriate + why would we care how a course is deliered surely we should be more concernlanguage.

,ome of them are contradictory eg the focus on literacy and numeracy seems to contradict mostother things.

6anding assessment back to the teacher and backing them up if that assessment is not faourablare doing a good 3ob and making a real assessment.

#his can be measured by the number of people holding ppositions )lack of turn oer* positie incrdecrease in number of comapnies being dissoled )stability in the local economy*and decrease in>ecognition and reward for those tasked with education and subsidies for them to eole into "ge

#he measures include attendance at kindergarten but that is only one year of pre+school edcuati #I55, tests show that children do much better in later literacy and numeracy tests with more tha)e.g. three years*. #he measure should touch would be better as "ttendance in kingergarten )prethe three years before school". #hat would pick up the period from age upwards which is increaeducation participation.



I beliee that the #argets are based on changing the ustralian persona to a more sian culture.

Rou hae omitted the measurement of competency leels in high schools

Mhallenge to measure lifelong learning + surey communities for participation in all types of educaGeneral comment can be a challenge to deelop measures when the speci/c $mechanisms$ for del

hy

as per preious response5ore igital ,peci/c measures>etention rates in areaAregion

#he employment "basic skills" DEFparticipationDE and DEFbell+cureDE /lters for measuring s

#he learning material reuired in -0 years may ery well be di(erent from that of today howeerwill not change. 5athematics the sciences and the ability to communicate clearly are obiously sbeing fundamental to all understanding. #he system which best seres these needs is competencachieement is determined by whether or not students can actually perform the task set for them

#he I@ instructional design model with the /e phases: analysis design deelopment imple

alidation* proides the ability to meet changing community needs oer the ne&t -0 years. #his nreiews by committees. #o alidate the education system learning outcomes must be measurable

9erhaps it would be adantageous for our children to learn asian languages but this as in the passtudent choice. @ducation %ueensland should proide the ability to pursue that choice.

@ducation in this form would be consistent throughout %ueenslandL all children would be taught tariation being at lesson plan leel.

#here needs to be a measure to determine a leel of respect gained in our children from all the baeducation this will be a foundation to the ability of our future leaders.

dditional measures are reuired to benchmark the uality of education. ,peci/cally benchmarkspromotion in curriculum and measures of childhood health and well being.

If the !oundation area and #argets are amended in line with the responses to % 1H aboe then thsectionsL the wants the success and the description.

9erhaps include measures of 3ob satisfaction amongst educatorsL increases in aerage salaries pe-.

speci/c measure around uptake of sian language skills )possibly 8 of students at di(erent yeaand ,@% areas to tease out where there might be gaps to address etc*

speci/c measure around uptake and application of innoatie and technology focussed curriculuskilled workforce for tomorrow$s 3obs.* + diQcult to come up with a "/t for purpose" education mea

ppropriate measure for top ten priority leeraging e&pertise through partnerships + partly coereindustry....need to ensure able to capture regional participationApartnership leels.

<erall deelopment of child needs to be considered not 3ust academic. #he child needs to deelodeelop attributes to be a "useful" member of society in all di(erent areas of life. #herefore socialschool need to be gien nearly eual alue as academic. ,ome kids who aren$t great at written acother areas and also need to feel important.

6ow about the number of kids doing olunteer work out of school helping less lucky %ueenslandeMross ,t. Cohns Boys Brigade Cunior ,@,



9ercentage of young people who like being at school and doing school work.

9ercentage of young people who hae diQculties with their mental health.

emonstrate the increased e&pertise of our educatorsemonstrate the links between participation in education and employment outcomesemonstrate increasing participation by business and industry in education and skills training inemonstrate increasing integration between school et and higher education proiders

@ducation needs to be about euipping people for participation in the political cultural social crecommunity not 3ust employment. Mritical and eidence+based analysis ability to demonstrate unpoints of iew creatie problem+soling con/dence in creatiity and appreciation of others$ creatiand sportsmanship are all important in raising the ne&t generation to fully participate and contrib

5ore e(ectie: @aluation of schooling from parents and students )with suitable methodologies foserice parents and students are the clients. ,adly there seems irtually no accountability to the

lso ealuation of how much teachers are passionate about what they teach are able to teach wable to connect with what their students are passionate about. In my e&perience including watchithe single best indicator of high uality education is passionate teachers modelling and connectin

dd measures for the success indicators for which measures are currently lacking. dd measuresof secondary school by all students rate of participation in post+school education and training peinternational comparisons satisfaction rates of %ld students and parents with the education syste

system on arious national and international comparisons )eg genuine proision for dierse learneand pedagogical approaches*.

Taluing education is no guarantee of on ground participation and application of learning. ,uggestnon formal or community education program.

,pecial ,chools will be swept under the carpet with these measures as the ept of @ducation willtargets. #his could hae a signi/cant impact on thousands of children and their families. )like 'apto hae seerely disabled children from the target although through more sophisticated techniuedeelop literacy skills* #argets to include integration and inclusion actiities. Include early interbenchmark special school programs against international standards

It is a diQcult uestion. #he danger is always that the measurement takes oer from the skilling. ,and simply comes from the inspirational teacher esp if they are an e&perienced life person. goochild$s learning not necessarily easily measured.

#he targets are not re2ectie of the long term results that should be achieed through a strategicaspirational targets and three primary measures fail to make the connection between DEFhat ddoes success look likeDE and DEFescribing success.DE Building life skills and inspiring bright

which:

Mapture the improement in educational outcomes across the three education sectors of school higher education

#argets and measures should be deeloped for each of the three education sectors indiidually scwell as broader measures which address the system as a whole.

@ducation is highly alued by all %ueenslanders as a target is not tangible and the lack of baselisuggest all measures are based on current data sets to ensure all measures hae baseline data su



ll of life skills.

,mart self suQcient con/dent and thinking people.

s preiously indicated the primary measure should be to delier a broad+based curriculumthat not only teaches numeracy and literacy skills but also deelops social and knowledgebased skills.

Indiidual testing freuently.'o promotion until basic goals achieed@ducation measures should be disaggregated for culturally and linguistically dierse

%ueenslanders DEJ in particular for children whose families speak @nglish as a second language.o e recommend ustralian @arly eelopment Inde& )@I* data which assessesdeelopmental ulnerability and can be disaggregated for children born in a countryother than ustralia and children with @nglish as a second language. e alsorecommend kindergarten attendance is disaggregated by M measures DEJ bornoerseas by year of arrial and @nglish as second language.o ll school attendance and competency measures )<ne ,chool data* tertiary training andemployment measures should be disaggregated by: born oerseas by year of arrialL andlanguage spoken at home. )'ote: @, support reuired is a 2ag within the <ne ,chooldatabase*DE] 5any families who speak a language other than @nglish at home are also pro/cient in @nglishtherefore an additional a measure of ustralian ,tandard @nglish pro/ciency for children of non+@nglish speaking backgrounds is important . Iso that resources can be targeted to the studentsthat need it most.DE] >eplace entry reuirements for uniersities with percentage of %ueenslanders who enteruniersity and compare with rates who graduate. isaggregate by M measures.

,=GG@,#@ I#I<' ,@M<'>R 5@,=>@,DE] >ates of participation in ,#@5 )science technology engineering arts and mathematics* sub'eeds speci/c outcomes based on national goals

'ot really sure...but the measures appear to enable realisation of the targets which appear uite lseen all the discussion.

n improement in 'aplan performance would not be an impossible or immeasurable indicator gi

nationally compared to other parts of %ueensland

5onitoring the peformance lower grades and drop+out rates of boys in comparison to girls and relong+term future rami/cations for the wellbeing of boys their future mental and social health asand families in general.

#here are many challenges to be met if these education goals and their arious success indicatorsto be addressed in terms of practical implementation measures.

It was pleasing to see the focus on mathematics and science in the preamble to this section howmeasure were included to track this speci/c outcome. In addition we note that there are no specisector which @ngineers ustralia urges the Goernment to include.

6ealth and access to health education is not included as a secondary measure in this foundation aa basic skill when describing success.

#his section talks about priority industries )4.1.4* but not about emerging industries )as mentionethe terminology should be the same. If not this section needs to talk about identifying long term ieducational outcomes that support transition towards leading those new industries

#he sense of alue should be e&tended to the % goerenment thorugh a measure such as the re&penditure directed to proiding free state education to all %ueensland children.



In secondary measures there is no mention of post school formal training such as that o(ered inhile countries grow industrially they lose maturity


@ducation is comple& and there are many outcomes that cannot be measured

lternatie + 9roportion of the Rear - population that meet the minimum standard for writing in %u

lternatie + 9roportion of the population 17 to 1K years old who were fully engaged in education

ttendance at a kindergarten )preschool* program + should be a primary and not secondary meas

dditional measures:9roportion of children who are deelopmentally ulnerable in one or more indicator in %ueensland9roportion of students e&cluded from state educational institutions.9roportion of the population attaining a Rear 1 or euialent uali/cation in %ueensland ),ource:

@&tended measure to that the %ueensland teaching profession has the best pay and condition inare ital to achieing the aims of the %ueensland 9lan this measure should be primary.

#he secondary measure for attendance at kindergarten should be e&panded to capture those atte

@M@M setting gien the eidence demonstrating the bene/ts of multiple years of @M@M before sch

Goodstart recommends an additional secondary measure: the number of children starting school@I*.

#here remains challengers arond languages. e(orts are being made but consistent messaging islanguages and uniersities need to work with schools on doing this

e re+skill and re+train our e&isting workers so they moe seamlessly between industries and weto promote entrepreneurial skills

%ueenslanders highlighted the need for a complete education including life+skills practical skills o

secondary measure needs to be included to measure the improed leels of practical skills + it nee

DE] !or @ducation DEJ building life skills and inspiring bright minds DEJ e&tending the scope of focimportance of post+school education and innoation. e suggest adding improing higher educatof the success of a thriing education sector in which %ueenslanders are being prepared to improwell as better economic outcomes for the ,tateL

lternatie + 9roportion of children attending an early childhood education program )kindergarten*epartment of @ducation*. #o understand if people alue education we should /rst measure whet

<9 cut o(s are not a reliable indicator of teaching ability or the leel of rigour associated with anadeuately measure the leel of building life skills and inspiring bright minds. <9 cut+o( reuiremand demand for education courses which may ary depending on regions institutions and campu

>emuneration is only one of a number of factors in2uencing the attraction and retention of a high>elatiities between teachers and other professional categories are also highly susceptible to a rathe in2uence of goernment.

#he implementation of new national reuirements commencing in 014 for the reporting of #otalcomprehensie source of information on non+goernment training inestment. #his will help measindustry in education and skills training in %ueensland.



Building life skills and inspiring bright minds reuires targets and measures which:

DE] emonstrate the increased e&pertise of our educatorsDE] emonstrate the links between participation in education and employment outcomesDE] emonstrate increasing participation by business and industry in education and skills trainingDE] emonstrate increasing integration between school et and higher education proiders

@ducation is highly alued by all %ueenslanders as a target is not tangible and the lack of baselisuggest all measures are based on current data sets to ensure all measures hae baseline data su

#argets and measures should be deeloped for each of the three education sectors indiidually scwell as broader measures which address the system as a whole.

DE] Mapture the improement in educational outcomes across the three education sectors of schoand higher education

Rear 1 students who hae options to pursue knowledgebased work or tertiary study. ,tudent perfustralia. #ertiary proiders di(er in their o(erings areas of specialisation and approaches to learfunded sustainable uniersities that attract twice the international student income per capita andany other state




@&am results5y concern is olunteering receies a huge consideration in the measures and this should be abo

hether this goernment is still in after ne&t election&&&& I think we should look at child abuseAneglect statistics + also the preelence of iolence in the co

ongoing consultation is essential as described by this gentlemanDEFGreater consultation with thepublic is reuiredL communitieswill get inoled if they areencouraged to do so...DE

SSSSI strongly argue that including the issue of disability is ery important and two additional measure

DE] >ate of workforce participation by people with disabilities compared with the rest of ustralia.

DE] >ate of community participation by people with disabilities compared with the rest of ustrali5easurement and future target of number of people using their feets or bikes to commute should

Is success to be measured only by those who goern and are thankful they hae not had to proid

not sure

send the key people responsible for hollow measures back to school and get proper people to scraproduce a proper one

9rimary measures focuses on cultures and migrants + what about the rest of those disadantagedlame deaf intelectual etc etc

">ate of workforce participation for migrants compared with the rest of ustralia" is a good measurate of workforce participation for migrants in %ueensland compared to non+migrants in %ueenslaas a measure.

<nce more there is no "yes" or "no" answer to this uestion because ery few of the terms usedoutcome are de/ned. !or e&ample what is meant by the term "a strong work ethic" + does that ap

spends all their time and e(ort in perfecting their sur/ng skills oes it include someone who studthe share market in order to place their bets and make a killing #here can be a ery strong work"perfect" crime.

part from the many hopeful platitudes in these measures how do you e&pect to control human neeryone in the community can be made to behae according to these idealistic measures

,ee my last answer how can anyone beliee a politician particularly an eil political party whencountry o( and sell the people out

,uccess doesn$t always mean /nancial gain. ,ome people who are relatiely wealthy don$t considsuccessful. In fact they still feel that they need more and will always do so. ,o somewhere educati

how to make people feel successful. #hen the community will be successful.



Monsultation with people with an intellectual disability.

hb

ery general old style from the 1KK0sbecause we wont see any results for years SSSS

start by measuring data proided

no

Goernment funding to 'G<s )not %M<,,* for social research

"6ours spent in oluntary work" is not necessarily a good measure + an increase could be drien 3goernment withdrawing an essential serice as by increased altruism.

e need to carefully de/ne what "wealth" means in the phrase "Increase the wealth of all %ueenscreate a measure based on that de/nition. I would argue that "wealth" means more than merely /

#he silliest way of measuring success is of course growth. #his is a measure of actiity good or bameasure out and use something that measures real wealth and more importantly uality of life.

6istorically in %ueensland and ethics were fostered and encouraged in families churches and cogroups. !amilies were made stronger through their inolement in churches community and sporforward %ueensland must maintain this tradition by strategically allocating space and land for thcommunity groups and churches so that they can continue to be apart of the social and cultural laproblem with today for churches and community groups is that they are competing with wealthy pacuire space and land to build their facilities and sadly newly deeloped areas now contain predshops and schools but rarely new church buildings community halls e.g. scout halls or sporting facourts ten pin bowling. ,o our point is thisL education must be holistic and go beyond merely acagoernment must embrace the other institutions within our society that educate both old and yofuture inolement in society by continual ;oning and allocating of resources and land for churcheand sporting facilities in order thrie and surie in all new deeloping areas of %ueensland.

#he reference to comparing against an ustralian standard is not a good measure eg if ustralia$sthe result for %ld might look good but is also poor compared to what the goals are. If ustralias lethen we are setting the measure up to fail.

9olice iolence empathy noise law regulation legislation. ,ee a pattern here #hese words are9olice inolement in community is ery important but it$s not in there. Tiolence against women iis empathy 6ow can you hae a good community without some reference to these things

ny measures which are simply $we$re better than the other states$ are a complete cop out. #heaspirational not relatie. o we want to be 3ust the best of a bad bunch 'o we want to meet astandardN In line with my comment on the targets there needs to be measures of the broad standsocial well+being of %ueenslanders not 3ust of their economic wealth.

#here is a growing trend toward olunteering being used by ine&perienced 3ob seekers to supplemuali/cations. hile it still bene/ts the community olunteering can signify unemployment ratheTolunteering )and e&tended study* can mask unemployment. necdotally this phenomenon is woand in certain industriesAplaces.

lso I$m surprised homelessness isn$t e&plicitly mentioned. I think this problem is serious and uniwarrant its own measure apart from poerty in general.

>eduction in social media forums that dont help + like the webcaht % 9lan one on at the momentattracted O people stateide to in2uence the worm



education

#here is no action to secure the narrowest gap between the wealthy and the poor...

. should read "%ueensland I, an inclusie society with strong community alues"

H. "e hae regular meetings..." + surely not an adeuate measure of success

no mention of churchAreligion and little on not for pro/t contributions

,omeone needs to look at the fact that in 'orth akes there is no room to build another church.Mhurches are meeting in school halls council halls and warehouses. 6R.

'ewspaper comments encouraged. <pen discussions.

#hey need to go beyond statistical measures and look at %=I##IT@ data.6ae the 9 mesure the '9s success for the '9 to measuring their own success is a 3oke.9roision of emotional literacy and @% for all school children and measurement of their outcomes

>elatie adantage and disadantage is ery much localised so the comparisons would need to taparticular places not be an oerall aerage. #here is a greater emphasis on migrants than shouldimportant for eeryone + you don$t hae to be a migrant to be diengaged from society or the work

6ow is it proposed to ensure that "no %ueenslander is left behind" hat e&actly does this meanto ensure it happens epending on who you are you could say that this is not a reality in the %uee&ample in 01 there were 14000 or more public serants )including many permanent workers*yet there were many people )including the Goernment* who did not seem to care. hat happenserants 6ow many are still unemployed hat has been the e(ect on their families 6ow manysu(ering mental illness issues because of the process that was used to terminate them #he com%ueenslander is left behind" sounds ery trite and unless it is changed it should be omitted from t

ealth is a diQcult target to de/ne and measure along with olunteering and community participmeasurements all seem relatie )to the rest of ustralia*. I think more $lifestyle$ measurements sand should stand alone rather than be comparatie.

#he measures feel too broad and disconnected from indiidual communities. @ach community is dbe measured as such.

5aybe some sureys of the local churches >eiew of council regulations and reuests for 5aterialreuests.

#he number of sports comple&es and church based comple&es. Mommunity sureys. eeloper recommunity like setting aside land for parks.

#he same answer I gae for this uestion in the education section. =se Big data facilitate whole oconersation double the public serices to facilitate 7085 708!. I will go further in one aspect f to empower all participants to de/ne their perspecties of society "9ast 'ow !uture on 9erceie!uture inclusie of in/nite sustainability and responsible abundance." #hen use gami/cation to insand re+organi;ation of all ideas and opinions into a transition towards the collectiely agreed idealmake sense I can e&plain it better face to face andAor using content on my website.

ooking at areas where the demographics of population ages hae changed in the past few yearsreturn to these areas....because the age of people at present seems to be representatie of the nua community + along with community spirit.

in positie classroom e&erinces for all reduced bullying fewer o(ences by youth lesss truancy hiperformance and retention no illict drug+taking employability

no unwanted pregnancies all parents are "good enough" with no dysfunctional families and no dfamilial se&ual abuse and early identi/cation and treatments.



!or e&ample: whether our biodierity increases rather decreases.

suicide and mental health outcomes #here is no mention of access to housing #his raft needs direct Mommunity discussion.

'ot being so politically correct .Important to hae measurement of crime rates and measure of the impact of criminality on comm

lso how "perceptions of social disorder" would be measured.9rimary 5easures should include: >ate of participation in community by our most disadantaged

9oint e celebrate embrace and respect diersity

escribing success

#he targets outlined for the community foundation area are not adeuately supported by the mea

@ery time I write something it says I haen$t answered "correctly" .... what is the correct way of awant my feedback or not

If you want community then you need a solid foundation and you are busy embracing all culturesremoing foundations that e&isted preiously.

lignment of public serices with community rather than business practices which would allow for

on community organisations.

5aybe both men and women might be asked to assess the wellbeing and coping skills of men andcommunities particularly at an emotional leel and especially in times of stress.

hy has indigenous culture been separated from cultural diersity in ants no o not all theseboth parts of 'o

#he measures are mostly on track but unsure how you$d measure "acceptance of other cultures cof ustralia" + look at multiethnic workforce participation olunteer participation rate funding demulticultural organisations board diersity whether adertising re2ects a diersity of cultures +attitudes

#here are not surprisingly for this topic plentiful suggestions re what will make for a stronger comseems to be a mismatch between the three targets identi/ed and any strategies about how to achalso seems to be an obious missing measure namely how much of a sense of community people

now a commonly asked uestion in the social sciences and ought to be a mainstay of any measurfoundation area.

ith reference to my preious comment #he targets are appropriateL howeer my comment is thareference regarding diersity is gien to people with disability. ith 1 in 7 %ueenslanders liing wiraise the leel of economic participation and recognise the fundamental desire to change ineualiindiidual %ueenslander will be celebrated embraced and respected particular reference should bwith disability 3ust as cultural diersity is identi/ed.

hat does success look like 9eople with disability hae eual access to all opportunities within thare embraced recognised and alued members of a truly inclusie community.

e hae accessible communities enabling eery person eual opportunity to freely interact withinemployment opportunities.

Increasing the wealth of all %ueenslanders and proiding ample employment opportunities reuirgoernment support to delier economic growth to %ueensland. s a result this focus area needslinked with the 9lan$s focus on economic prosperity.



5easures of ustralia$s 9rogress + %ueensland statistics from B, !amily Mommunity and ,ocial M

ustralian =nity ellbeing ,urey

gain it was impossible to say Res or 'o.ll of life skills

9roper community skills.

In Goernment not 3ust culling public serants without thought.

esigning departments to be smart and sering the community.

,ame with the enironment.,hort term pro/ts oer long term heritage.including rates of crime and community safety measures

#he rate of participation in oluntary work is not a suitable measure.9eople who struggle to surie on low incomes do not generally hae the abilityto undertake oluntary work. #hose on high incomes do not generally performoluntary work for altruistic reasons.isten to senoir cisi;ens who built this country on hard work and sacri/ce

#here needs to be a measure to ensure that theaccessibility and a(ordability aims for community infrastructure are being met for the fulldiersity of communities so that action )eg. grants* can be targeted appropriately if this is notthe case. %ueensland state surey could ask uestions about access and disaggregate bydemographic information including cultural background.

<ther aluable measures include a ranking ofL acceptance and re3ection indicated by attitudes to

e&perience of discrimination agreement with goernment support for ethnic minorities andfeelings that life will be better or worse in - or 4 years.5edia and social media analysis is also a possible method for this measure.

5 proposes that a%ueensland ,tate surey include a uestion about welcome asking new arrials about feelings

of welcome and others about perception of how well we welcome new arrials.

5easure rate of workforce participation of migrants.

#he current measures do not include an analysis of the proision of a(ordable housing for %ueenscompetitieness of the ,tate$s business enironment to drie employment opportunities.

It is submitted that an additional measure on page 11 of the draft could be "6ours spent in oluntper region e.g. natural and cultural heritage"

disability employment rates and carer support for post school aged children. #he 'I, will not bethese problems and shouldn$t be e&pected to address this issue.

#he idiocy of culling great people for the sake of it re2ects this Goernments e&pedient cut and bugiing a thought to the longer term bene/ts.

e note that the %ueensland 9lan team will prepare a statistical base line for all targets and meadeeloped through the reiew process and will be included in the /nal plan. @&pert adice will befor the targets an appropriate balance of aspiration and pragmatism is achieed. chieing thissuccess of the plan.



5easure rates of community participation of migrants but again

we suggest the Mommunity Indicators Tictoria instrument could be used as a model.

n additional measure for housing a(ordability is necessary in this foundation area. ,uggested ad

DEU'umber of %ueenslanders spending more than -08 of household income on housing.$Include water in the following measure: e hae community spaces that proidelocals with shelter water food serices education and recreation spaces.

Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achiee nothingNwe suggest including the number of businesses by local go area as a secondary measure%ueenslanders respect other cultures and other cultures are e&pected to respect ours.

Tolunteering rate in %ueensland ),ource: B, Tolunteer ork*9eople welcome and support cultural diersity and inclusion.

@&perience of discrimination #he Gini MoeQcient is the most commonly used measure of income euality.'umber of people liing below the poerty line.9ersons aged 1O years and oer who are able to get support in times of crises from persons outsid

9ersons aged 1O years )or their partner* who proide support to other relaties liing outside the

Tictimisation rate for se&ual assault )B, and %9,*.Tictimisation rate for physical assault )B, and %9,*.

@&perience of partner iolence )B,* DEJ only reported at the national leel but state data may be

'on+physical assault should be considered

suggest the comparison should be to non+migrant %ueenslanders. Mould be measured through a,urey and

Mlear and concise measures relating to each high+leel target. @nsuring measures are accessible

mean that eeryone understands the importance of each measure in assisting to meet the high leplan.

e welcome measures that will indicate euity in our community such as the DEF>elatie adantdisadantage on the ,ocio+@conomic Inde& for reas ),@I!*DE . It is critical to measure how euit

is as the greater euity the better outcomes for all citi;ens not 3ust the wealthy or the poor.

e would also like to see other measures included such as social isolation access to transport hosureys physical actiity participation and so on.

I hae to say I felt the ,ummit got bogged down and often distracted by a plethora of DEFanalyticapparently intended to e&plain a logical cascading structure but instead confusing all too many wusefully concentrated on broad goals and detailed practicalities )and their con2cts*.

suggested indicators are 2u(y and not really dealing with the actual issueDEZ.chosen because theaguely releant rather than actually relating to the speci/c issue.

DE] !or Mommunity DEJ making connections DEJ recognising the important role of schools and othinstitutions in indiidual and group socialisation and as the hubs for a wide range of social sportinactiitiesL

9ersons aged 1O years or oer who disagree A strongly disagree with acceptance of other cultures,urey*



=nemployment rate )B, abour !orceabour force participation rate )B, abour !orce*ealth euality ),ource: B, 6ousehold Income and Income istribution*Monsider measuring intergenerational elasticity coeQcient




done so repeatingmeasure those with low income and meaningful work

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add...number of Goct epts present in region.

@nironental challenges are not addressed

'ot at all because ery few of the terms are de/ned in a way that gies them an single understa

5ore measures need to be in place for this haing so few measures for such a large target is goinfoundation target should be one of the high focus targets and should therefore hae a lot more m

what targets + speci/cally ,ay one has a target to be well+known wealthy and successful in 10 yfantasy. proper target would read: one wants to be recognised as an eQcient engineer by the nuconstructs )states the numbers* and by achieing a P-00000 annual income and wins the two

so what targets opposed to the empty fantasising

I would say the e(ectieness of measures are always going to hae to be reiewed and enhanceduntapped potential eole.

9opulation growth in each of the coastal city regions would be a good measure of success becausalongside such as teh deelopment of the economies business education health facilities tourisother centres outside ,@% is also important in deliering uality of life but oerall is less signi/caincluded int eh %ueensland 9lan about ,outh+@ast %ueensland which will continue to be the homthe coastal city regions outside %ueensland also prosper as desired. ,hould this important ob3ectiregion too.

llowing people to lie where they want.

thriing ,outh @ast %ueensland region with great lifestyle.n alternatie regional lifestyle for people outside the ,outh @ast region )for people who choose ton$t try to replicate south east %ueensland throughout the ,tate.5t Isa will neer be the Gold Moast.It shouldn$t try to be.

I suggest that a measure that recognises e&port income produced by each region is a good way ofcontribution of the regions to the %ld economy.

">egional lieability on =rban Mompetitieness Inde&" as a primary rather than secondary measurmanaged growth in the regions.

Include a measure relating to the natural enironment + eg growth of the regions is based on a soprotection of the natural enironment.

iide %ueensland into at least 4 hori;ontal sections. ll are di(erent. =ntil that di(erence is accstill feel they are a forgotten group.

6ow the hell can you measure success by ta&ing people out of there homes raising the cost of lipretending you are going to o(er 3obs while the unemployment spirals out of control and you hid9eople need the truth not fairy tales and deceptie lies.



#he draft will not download

,ee preious statements on growth and population #ourism numbers may represent success.

detailed records showing results to establish eracity of measurmentsno comment

no

s with the target feedback the secondary measures are a more e(ectie measure of success. #he problem is your @!I'I#I<' of $success$ + both imponderables and oerwhelming datasets are9opulation growth should not be the primary measure + the lieability inde& might be better.

708 of %ueenslanders $chose$ to lie in the regions

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, preious answer. ,uccess is not only measured by /nancial gain. #here are many >egions thatuniue and strong. #hought should be put into presering this. #his is called #he %ueensland 9lan%ueenslanders 9lan.I see such a lot of destruction of %ueensland surely this is not ,uccessful.

Giing more responsibility to people at a local leel + '<# politicians at state leel who consistentlsense across the board.

,till reason and feeling that %ueensland is too big and it would be better to separate 'orth from ,Mooktown then there are 1000 klms still to go.

'ot appropriate as not supported by the data. #arget better represented by more inestment in business in regional areas.

n additional measure which looks at the amount of capital inestment in regional areas + whethe<ne would e&pect a direct correlation in the achieement of population growth targets where therinfrastructure.

9opulation growth will be a measure of failure not success. #here is no eidence anywhere that pnumbers. e should aim for ;ero population growth. e should use per capital G9 growth not aand water uality measures and other citi;en well being measures.

,ee my preious statements and answers. Rou tell me how does the 9lan hope to deal with noisemention the e(ect of noise on health community and lieable regions.

#he one about regional lieability is a good one but the inde& suggested may not be the best. #hshould be scrapped.

#he measure is unclear because the ,outh+@ast is not de/ned. <n what might be considered the bMoast 5oreton Bay >egion Ipswich + are regional areas of signi/cant growth. ill moement to thmoement to more remoed regional centres

6aing population growth as a primary measure does not indicate success. If our infrastructure egrowth then increasing the population is not successful.

>egional lieability scale is a good start.. I propose that a ",ustainable ellbeing" matri& is ultimcommunityAregional measures. #alk to 9rof 5ike ,alaris from >5I# in 5elbourne. >emind him of

,table diersi/ed populations in communities with sustainable economies. 9rimary measures wparticularly of numbers age income and health statistics.

#he targets are not appropriate because they are a band+aid patch for an error at the core of the scompensated for without causing harm elsewhere in the system. #he only solution which causes nand choose to beliee in the in/nite creatie potential of all human beings irrespectie of race rel

9opulation growth is a T@>R coarse measure of success. ,urely we are '<# 3ust looking for populastrength of the regional economy employment degree to which people want to moe there.....



#he measures for success are ague and do not proide for adeuate input for the degree of satis

#here need to be some measures about supporting se

nyone who thinks you can 3ust build little ,@%$s across this state has no understanding of the lan

s preiously stated[eep things as they are.I don$t know

#he measures are based on a predetermined outcome.,uccess should be measured by access that regions hae to essential serices and state+of+the+ar

'ot suQcient localised issues as opposed to consultant type generalised targets

s mentioned in preious response re behaiour o(ences mental health early diagnosis and treabene/ts for mental illness and to reduce crime."It takes a Tillage to raise a child" #he Mollectie Impact moement is haing good outcomes asprogrammes for children and youth.1 in - children in ustralia hae brain changes from witnessing repeated domestic iolenceand 1persons known to them.A- of all inpatients and outpatients in 5ental 6ealth #reatment serices had been se&ually abuseand drug addiction and often suicide.@arly intereention is needed ia supportie educational programmes for all parents eg #riple+9.

#hese are ideals which sound e&actly like the election spin of any political party at any gien elechereN

It looks like a piece of deelopers$ propaganda.Instead of measuring growth how about measuring biodiersity

on healthy ecological corridors strengthening the biological processes our regions are cleansed ano&ygen generation from photosynthesis.

ll the items contained in this area are focussed on deelopmentL there are no measures outliningrefer response to %--=nitywater will work closely with ,tate Goernment departments and agencies to ensure its long t%ueensland 9lans aspirations for regional deelopment.By working collaboratiely with ,tate Goernment departments and agencies and other essentialpositioned to meet the challenges arising from regional deelopment and continue to proide sustserices for its customers.

#he unstated assumption that population growth is desirable and ineitable must be challenged. Ithe rate of growth and total of population must be controlled. =nlimited growth cannot be sustainlimit and reduce VallV outcomes for residents.

'eed to deelop measures around:+ >egional employment unemployment growth in industry increase in aerage wage etc+ local decision making driing regional deelopment )what goernance changes might be eniscome picked up in goernance section...*+ regional deelopment and serice deliery re2ecting the needs of each region+ collaboration between regions DEJ partnerships 5o=s 3ointAcross regional pro3ects and progr+ food bowl for sia

lso be good to emphasise innoatie approaches.



5ore consultation with regional community leaders.

#ry reading letters pages of local newspapers. #hat is the only aenue aailable to the ma3ority

#he 9roperty Mouncil supports the inclusion of the secondary measure on DEUregional lieability$ atarget to the population growth measure currently utilised.

lso critical to the successful monitoring of this !ocus rea will be a measure of the number of regsigni/cant increase in population to their areas.

9rimary measure should be regional lieability inde&. 9opulation growth by region is a secondary

be sustained ie not boom and bust in response to short term deelopment and employment cycle

#here is no mention of the primary measure: sustainability.ithout sustainability both social and enironmental there will be no long termprosperity and social cohesion.9opulation growth is de/nitely not the measure of lieability and prosperity in the ,tateas a whole or in the regions.9opulation growth actually makes many of our society$s problems much worse.

e note that the %ueensland 9lan team will prepare a statistical base line for all targets and mea

reiew process and will be included in the /nal plan. @&pert adice will be sought to ensure that f aspiration and pragmatism is achieed. chieing this will be critical for the success of the plan.

5easure of population growth in the regions needs to be disaggregated to determineproportions of growth from international migration )including local measures of where people1Hare from* domestic migration and natural increases through birth rates.DE] 'umber of companies headuartered in regions should be a more detailed measure of numbeof organisations DEJ large and small and include all organisation and business types. Businesses Aorganisations started by migrants ersus ustralian+born should be tracked.DE] ,erice growth A decline in the regions should be measured to determine whether sericeinfrastructure spend matches population growth trends. #his could be measured for key sericeareas )eg. health transport housing* through a combination of goernment spend /gurescombined with client counts.

5easures section reuires further consideration to capture and report on inestment industry demeasureas across industries are needed in the %ueensland 9lan. 5easures that identify current ato the %ueensland 9lan.e propose that an additional 9rimary 5easure be adopted around industry inestment by regionetc* together with a secondary measure around collaboratie or cross industryAsector entues an

e would like to see measures included that demonstrate the production of local healthy food forfor nutrition and health outcomes and a measure to demonstrate the creation of these 3obs in theinstead there is too much focus on ma&imising agricultural production without mention of the ualproduction.

!ruit and egetable consumption freight costs cost of healthy food access basket usage data ontransport usage physical actiity leels and so on. number of these measures are mentioned in7*. e would welcome the cross+referencing to acknowledge the needs in regions.

5easures to demonstrate employment and health outcomes for boriginal and #orres ,trait Island



DEFGross >egional 9roduct )G>9* increasesDE should be moed from being a secondary measur

consider urban design more e&plicitly in the connection between the processes and intended outc

,hould note that regional uniersities are often the area$s biggest employer ) CM= largest employe


In relation to the measures on industry diersity and Gross >egional 9roduct )G>9* increases we nmeasures will only be aailable on census years DEJ i.e. 7 yearly and it will be diQcult to track ch

,=GG@,#@ I#I<' 9>I5>R 5@,=>@DE] Breadth of industry diersity

,=GG@,#@ I#I<' ,@M<'>R 5@,=>@DE] 'umber of creatie and knowledge industries based businesses in regions

,=GG@,#@ @@#I<' <! ,@M<'>R 5@,=>@DE] Industry diersity

GBM recommends that future iterations of the plan consider the use of sustainability and lieabilimethod of measurement and support best practice outcomes within the build enironment. It is iconsidered in regard to long to decision making in order to ensure the realisation of high uality bcommunities are created.

It is important to regions and regional economies that population growth is demographically dierof young people and people of working age.

e need to aspire to population growth outside of ,@% being comparatie demographically tohen it comes to encouraging regional population growth the %ueensland Goernment must leagoernment agencies in regional %ueensland.

@nsure regional planning processes are collaboratie and that each regions climate is also taken i

dd a new measure: eelopment will be complementary to

natural landscapes and aoid risks such asimpacts from 2oods.

5ention the water supply in the following measure: %ueensland leads the sian region in food proinesting in research and deelopment across the water supply and agricultural sectors.

>ather than a ision for -0 years building thriing communities must be the ision for the unforsecost of the right foundation + biology and geography remain inde/nately.Matchment councils can still collaborate as indicated

DE] Building thriing communities in the regions is strongly dependent on increases in gross reemployment growth and broader socio+economic improements rather than 3ust population growtmeasured by focusing on the indicators of these characteristics and would aid in achieing a bala

#his is also 2agged in the footnote under the 5easures heading )page 1-*.

#argeted industry attraction and ma3or pro3ect fundingincenties for refugee and skilled migration to regionsdecentralisation and relocation of go agencies and serices,uccessful regionalisation will further depend upon targeted inestment in key industry sectors to

sustain employment opportunity and liing standards



DE] !or >egions DEJ building thriing communities + the role of uniersity research in supportinresearch at Cames Mook =niersity and GriQth =niersity$s Gold Moast campus in health coastalsustainability. !urther actiely support the deelopment of regional centres of e&cellence and inregions through inesting in >? infrastructure and actiity at key regional sites to complement i

DE] optimises the production and use of its

natural resourcesLDE] remains productie and competitie byworld standardsLDE] minimises the impact on the enironmentand water resourcesLDE] maintains rigorous regulation andoersight.



E&b_& - WHAT COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE WAY OF MEASURIN - C!"#$% &

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they are not achieable in the current global economy they need reising

#he lack of de/nition for what is being measured make the yardstick meaningless.

Rou hae no diersity measures. 'umber of industry sectors and concentration contribution to G

eually represented national and international players greater representation of small businessespowers and full transparency of monopolies driing farmers and smaller grocers out of businessL erepresentation of wired and wireless opposed to imposed iolation of citi;ens with the full wirelessthings under false pretences greater representation of health proiders etc

"e hae an abundance of sia+literate businesses and serice sia$s growing prosperity" + by diown gien that we are so illiterate and unable to prosper to not be dependent on sia for surialNgood >eally

"e are prepared for and responsie to natural weather eents such as 2oods cyclone or drougstate the e(orts to preent such eents hy help weather corporations and scientists with dubioand ethics run a global e&periment with no accountability and conseuences #his is unlikely to hbetter future.

#he measures are good but should also include the number of isitors traelling to %ueensland anoernight spend. #hese are clear measures of how well tourism and the isitor economy are perf

@conomy is 3ust about the resource of income it is also about the resource of e&perience loss that

making money

dditional targets that ealuate the alue of natural assets to a healthy lifestyle and economy thimpacts on the enironment and costs to the community are considered in deelopment assessmproportion of regional plans and planning schemes that proide for de/ned biodiersity protection

#here needs to be a measure on condition of natural assets + such as water uality and aailabilitcondition e&tent of natural areas.

ets re2ect once more on this:+Rou cannot be serious to say a healthy state "In the commonwealt

Monstitution ct 1K00" it plainly states ustralia prints its own money interest free now that wothe wealth of the country that use to be uite large howeer with the traitors in power that borrwithout the permission of the people and pay interest on that money how can you pretend you kabout economy #he Banks own us.

5easuring the success of an economic plan is usually done !#@> the plan has been running for ado need to hae a clearly de/ned target ' a process for getting there that inoles us all. 9olitipersuasion are notoriously lacking in common sense.

Rou need a measure that captures the social bene/t of our ideas + perhaps surey %ueenslandersopinion on whether a gien set of %ueensland products or innoations hae had net social bene/t.



'ot sure

dos not take into account unemployment age demographics and opportunities for oer 40ssimple proide detailed supporting your assumpionsno

ustralians are paid too much money in relation to other countries.5achines can make a lot of thiunskilled helpso more countries are starting manufacturingustralia will hae to rely on its natur5ineralsgricultural5arine and ,unshine of the industries not reliant on the foregoing @ducatioresearch would hae the better chance of success.

Momparing our measures with the rest of ustralia is not good enough. 9er capital improements

absolute and ad3usted for in2ation. If the rest of ustralia is going backwards we can$t be congratourseles or our goernment.

Its sad to see the poerty line gets bigger when we talk about success stop go for a walk aroundwhat i see people are left behind the economy will an should bene/t eeryone '<# si& /guredmore we say an heard it before work for the dole well i say no won$t work how about this lets spay money in helping these ppl that are on the poerty line an get them the education like we haperson can$t get a 3ob cause he or she has a reading disorder or at write or can$t spell lets /& this

say in 0 yrs we all here more money on the three big things but really at the end of the day reallby e&ample i say an they will follow the cost of liing has to stop an reduce it it can be done 3ust dlong term of this an for many years to come will prosper for eery one

measure of the proportion of economic actiity which is sustainable is needed. #his is way morthe long+term future than credit rating. lso there should be measures of innoation )which is thcommercialisation of new ideas* not 3ust inestment in research per se. ustralia performs ery pinnoation compared to other countries.

<nce again it is a cop out to set measures that are relatie to other states rather than relatie totarget.

5any of these proposed measures say "compared to the rest of ustralia". oes this skew the meustralia$s economy is in poor condition ? many other deeloped economies are doing worse. nhard to get a 3ob nowL especially for the long term unemployed young )ine&perienced* people anretirement* people. hile comparing ourseles to the rest of ustralia is important comparisonscountries may be eually useful. Momparison with historic rates may be 3ust as useful. @conomicprone to distortion )I$m sure you know that though*.

lso do these measures coer the local economic $2ow on$ e(ects of business ,ome companies )run pro/table operations around the world but the bulk of their pro/ts are sent back to the parentandAor ploughed into share diidends. >elatiely little remains here to generate further economic

course such businesses also import capital innoate etc. @.g. pple$s shops employ %ers andare reolutionaryL but the price margin on my i9od mostly goes to Malifornia )or possibly a ,wiss barguing against foreign ownership per se but may be worth measuring.

,uccess in -0years time will be based on how much of our natural world we hae not touched ..hohae protected for the generations of the future...our wild life..our marine life..our pristine coastal

5easurements fail to incorporate foreseeable economic impacts including unmanageable debt eenergy cost in2ation and the destruction of groundwater resources and soil and air uality in agriareas.

5easure of gross state product and gross state domestice income would need to net out mining brelatiely ery few bene/t from that actiity )but the P /gures are high*.



>ely too much on odious comarison with other states + why not create independent targets'eed to be reassessed after the targets changed.

,top listening to your 59s and start listening to the people

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G9 is no longer a alid measure.

5easures should include benchmarks for economic prioritisation of public health and well being.

G,9 like G9 was not designed for the purposes it is being used. e.g. G,9 measures may includspent on petrol burned sitting in traQc 3ams or on rebuilding houses destroyed by 2oods and notthe alue of the houses not destroyed through e(ecite Goernment interentions or of a nice glaone got home half an hour earlier... #alk to 9rof 5ike ,alaris from >5I# in 5elbourne about sustaiwellbeing ,tiglit; and a whole raft of thinking that would be a better basis for %ld policymaking aealuation..

1-. under the success area "we are recognised as ...sectors" there is no mention of agricultural e&strong clean and green. e.g "<ur continually growing agricultural e&ports are recognised and souclean and green foods."

By measurement of outputs: waterL agriculture 2ora and faunaL energyL minerals and lifestyle. #necessarily rely on the inputs. #he primary measures as stated should become secondary econoin addition to those already listed which would also alidate the success of the economic system.sustainability )economic iability* the alue and the e(ectsAcontrolAchange to inputs must be recoplanned. 5easurement of these is thus also a necessity for success.

#hese measures listed need to be re organised. #here seems to be a long list +like a "dump" #easibe more helpful and more speci/c focus to a business or a industry area or a plan of attack. 'eedslot more.

unclear how this is to be achieed. more dierse economy and a moe away from mining is critieconomy and a lot of the other ob3ecties stated in the draft plan but it is unclear how this wouldor measured.

'o matter what I write here it says that I didn$t answer "correctly". o you want my comments orknowNNN*.

>esilience and the ability of our serices to respond would be a good measure of our economy. our industry performing and can a(ord to properly resource our serices and infrastructure this wworthy measure.

#he comparison should be against all world economies as well as measured against other ustralieconomies. If all of ustralian states hae poor economies it would be a good measure in that casshould be for the best in the world and close to 1008 employment for those on 'ewstart or reuir

more e(ectie way would be to all regions to hae community meetings and allow them to follopolicies

<ne of the ma3or resources working to bene/t the %ld economy is the %ld population. #here is not!oundation area which addresses the composition education up+skilling and employment of theor of their wants and needs. !oundation area H coers people but again there is no cross+referenciworking draft.

By making people work for unemployment payments. By not giing so many imports welfare. ndhuge debt for future generations. nd concentrating on the older generation if they hae to work lmaking education a(ordable so as future generations will stay at school.



'eed measure for Mentres of @&cellence est operation inestment outputsAoutcomes etc.'ot with respect to our speci/c area of comment.

=nitywater supports the %ueensland 9lan plans to create an inestment centre of choice o(eringfriendly enironment and plans to ma&imise opportunities in sia. =nitywater recommends that iphase of deeloping the %ueensland 9lan the plan e&pand on ways to help local businesses estabpartnerships with ,outh @ast sian business.

=nitywater supports the %ueensland 9lan plans to adopt cutting edge technology. =nitywater wonote that adopting cutting edge technology generally comes at a high initial upfront cost to busin

high risk of limited returns. =nitywater recommends that in the ne&t phase of deeloping the %uethe plan e&pand on ways to help local businesses cushion the upfront costs of adopting leading edtechnology.

=nitywater would actiely engage in any initiaties which reuired working with local and internatspecialists to deelop ground breaking processes and products and embed innoation into our wo

=nitywater looks forward to the opportunity to work with the goernment and local industry to shpriority and growth industries

#he measures are /ne 3ust suggest consider regional measures for industry health diersity groregions*

5easures of @conomic ,uccess in the ne&t -0 yrs 5=,# be linked to ,ustainability ? >enewable 9target for the amount of energy generated by >enewable sources like ,olar. 'o target for decreasIndustry. 'o target for decreased use of cars ? fuel.

e reuire some type of ta& incentie for both employers and employees to lieAwork in regions aemployment + otherwise no hope of attracting 708 to region as it is based on economics 101. 'o 3growth.

#his should be along the lines of that within the @uropean =nion which has used ,@\$s to bolster edisadantaged regions by declaring special status. !or e&ample this might relate to seed funding

attractie enture capital returns in selected areas. #here needs to be an element of sustainability underscoring the measurements: enironmentalAecsustainability economic sustainability social sustainability. #hese three elements are important foeconomic prosperity and are intimately tied together.

#he re+branding of %ueensland as a hub of innoation and a desirable place for new industries tothemseles cannot occur without signi/cant changes to the ,tate$s economic enironment.

more appropriate measure would be a uanti/able reduction in ta&ation in %ueensland. Murrentl%ueensland$s ta&ation system is ineQcient and ineuitable and will actiely preent the %ueenslatargets from being achieed.

%ueensland is also disadantaged in our inestment attractieness due to conoluted and e&pensdeelopment assessment processes. #he 9roperty Mouncil would support the inclusion of measureensuring %ueensland$s planning system as well as deelopment assessment processes fees andthe best in the country.



Ignores sustainable and renewable industries.

,eem somewhat simplistic. I think we need larger broader long term goals.I wouldn$t really know about this.low rates of unemployment compared to nationally'one of the measures indicated are alid. 'one.

,uccess needs to measured by how sustainable the society is how manypeople are /nancially stable how many businesses are soundly basedhow many people hae secure and stable 3obs Wthat should be eeryoneXand when the economy is resilient broad+based euitable inclusieand adaptable.

sk the oerworked and unemployed who are facing homelessness=nderemployment should be measured alongside employment and workforce participationmeasures. ll should be disaggregated by country of birth and @nglish as second language.

isaggregation further by date of arrial will help to demonstrate progress oer time and wherefurther work is needed.DE] >ates of start ups should be disaggregated by country of birth and language spoken and furt

by date of arrial. #his will allow small business support to be targeted appropriately.

In addition to employment and workforce participation rates we need to include measures on pro

,=GG@,#@ >@<>I'G <! 9>I5>R 5@,=>@,

DE] >eal G,9 growthDE] 6ousehold disposable income per capitaDE] =nemployment rate

It is disappointing to see no mention of %ueensland$s four economic pillars in the 9lan. Instead theon moing away from our tried and tested economic driers in pursuit of new industries. #he propis currently the largest employer of %ueenslanders paying wages to oer 1.48 of the state$s woachiee the target of the highest income trade and employment leels in ustralia a focus on thproperty industry should be paramount.

include measures on scienti/c research. 9rof !ra;er type breakthroughs are close for a range of digenetic syndromes if the support is there and %ld could lead the way

Morrect up to a point but there is no guarantee that %ld won$t see a continuation of the destructiolandscape for economic gain. #hat is this is an important guarantee that seems to be missing.

G9 and G,9 are ine(ectie measures for uantifying enironmentalAsocial impacts. more apprmeasure would be something similar to the Genuine 9rogress Indicator.

5easures section is dierse yet misses the fundamentals + enture capital inestment is only a smstory for e&ample. e propose that broader economic and inestment indicators should be the bameasures adopted for this area.

5easures on containing health costs per capita in %ueensland )across acute primary health carepharmaceutical bene/ts scheme* while increasing inestment in preentatie health to a minimupreferably more.

5easures around agriculture such as production of nutritious food that is consumed locally by %ue)focus seems to be on the sian market*.



DE] %ueensland$s credit rating

,=GG@,#@ >@<>I'G <! ,@M<'>R 5@,=>@,DE] Imports as a percentage of G,9DE] @&ports as a percentage of G,9DE] 9ercentage of % /rms reporting innoation actiity in the preceding three year period

DE] 'umber of innoatie companies or ,5@s collaborating business to business or business to re

DE] 'umber of successfully applied ideasDE] Innoation Mities Global Inde& ranking

DE] Business inestment as a percentage of G,9DE] B@> )B, cat no. O104* and Go@> )B, cat no. O10K*'eed speci/c outcomes.Increase research and deelopment similar to 00O and 011.

Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achiee nothingN<utcomes to measure successwe are the lowest ta&ing state in ustwe yake a minimalist approach to regulation so local business can employinest and innoatewe hae dedicated serces to help local businessess access /nance and oerseas marketswe see our local businesses participating in ma3or pro3ect deelopmentswe ensure go procurement processes support local businesses

orkforce participation rate ),ource: B, abour !orce*=nemployment rate ),ource: B, abour !orce*ong+term unemployment rate ),ource: abour !orce*'umber of children in 3obless households=nderemployment rate ),ource: abour !orce*

DE] Tenture capital DEJ options include later stage enture capital )as reported through TM* orMapital and ater ,tage 9riate @uity )B, Mat no. 7HO*

DE] ,econdary 5easures DEJ Industry diersity )page 1-* should focus on the diersi/cation withisuccessful industries and the associated supply chains consistent with goernment$s four pillar ecstrategy.

DE] It is recommended by ,I9 that Infrastructure: ,econdary 5easures )page 7* include waterrelated measures )e.g. productiity in energy and water sectors*.

@ncourage the goernment to inlcude a metric that captures the ease of doing business in %ueenthe /nal 9lan to ensure that deregulation remains /rmly in the mids of policy makers in the comin

,ingapore is a successful economy and yet its only natural resource is its location and its people.player in world agriculture by owning aspects of the agricultural supply chain all around the world.in the industryAcommodity mindset where the real opportunities are in companies selling products

DE] !or @conomy + forging diersity and prosperity DEJ as noted aboe the ery signi/cant contriinternational education makes to the ,tate economy and to society in many and dierse waysL



It is suggested that all measures are based on data sets which currently e&ist which will ensure alhae baseline data to support comprehensie ealuation of the plans implementation. dditionalshould be added to ensure the measures re2ect the target which captures the social bene/ts fromideas. 5easures which re2ect the focus on workforce attributes innoation and industry deelopdiersi/cation should be included.

measure of progress towards a goal of economic diersity is needed. #his should focus on the ceconomic actiity in %ld not 3ust aggregate contribution of di(erent industries to e&ports or state

@stablish the 9remier$s ,cience @ngineering and Innoation Mouncil to proide high+leel adice tand Goernment scienti/c and technological deelopments.



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seeing results no more waiting lists in hospitals #he targets are not suQciently ,5>!I#: speci/c measureable achieable releant funded inno

Include a measure of health and well being for GB#I% people.

ccI uestion the immunisation rates as a measure gien that it is not an outcome in itself.

#here shld be some targets around uality of health care hospitals etcdreaming if without highly professional ? @S9@>I@'M@ ,#!! these targets can be reachedneeds to add in "proportion of green space accessible in communities"

ctie transport should be included

=p your gameNN

it is highly o(ensie to anyone with sound health background and een more so to all citi;ens whhae no relation to their lifestyle.

you fail to address factors that graely impact citi;ens health and are outside their control such asimposed e&cessie irresponsible blanketing of nation with wireless technologies heay metals frodeclining water uality and food uality. hy do you fail to address those and play lifestyle and eis professional and personal ethics of those who hae put this part of the draft together with unpapremeditated mass manipulation

"#imely access to health care serices for all %ueenslanders" would be a more appropriate way toI take -0 years to achiee ia a long term program of training and deploying more health proand proiding the necessary additional infrastructure throughout the state.

It would be appropriate to include those with a mental illness alongside Indigenous populations toe&pectancy is considered and euity is reached. #his will also mean a long term improement in rgreater contribution

I do not beliee prealence of mental health is suQciently descriptie. ll state and communitiesmore important is that there is appropriate access to good serices and that the stigma of mental

#he remainder are acceptable. In addition to measuring the consumption access and cost of healmeasure these aspects for the consumption of unhealthy food.

'ed to include prealence rates of all K health priority areas ie add diabetes asthma cardioascuarthritisAmusculoskeletal and dementia. key primary measure is reduced rates of $aoidable adustralia same with readmission ratesL reduced rates of hospitalisation per 100000 popL numbernumbers waiting outside clinically acceptable times )'@,# targets* etc. Mould hae the number ofmgt programs in the community or self management coursesL reduced rates of cats 4?7 patient aneaure of e(ectieness and aailability of G9 serices*

lso needs to proide a measure for community resilience to increased temperatures rising sea lweather eents.

9lease add in a measure "9roportion of people that hae access to natural areas" and there needuality and water

Rou say W a better balance between work and lifeX I$m sorry to say but to me work is life and part oseparate this.Is work death if it isn$t life. gain how can you hae any degree of success if you do



6ow do you measure health success in a growing communityI think that more needs to be done with health educationtalking to the people that you want to help that you want to help improe their wellbeingAlife.Monsideration of health outcomes for people with an intellectual disability. ,igni/cantly under rep

'o of children walking to school rather than being transported.

9er capita e&penditure on health should also be included.Improed health and well being should result in reduced cost.5easuring the impact $loss of 3ob security$ has on stress leels of workers and their ability to realis

>un limited trails to establish practicality of assumptions

sta( and patient satisfactionAless e&pensie health care for all<nce again it is a cop out to set measures that are relatie to other states rather than relatie to

It would be useful to include something on diseases due to poor enironmental health.a

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#he number of elderly who are not deeloping dementia through emotional detachment isolationopportunity to speak and dialogue in an intelligent manner as they used to in their 0$s 40$s 0$s..

#6e number of families that stay together and do not get diorced the cold hard numbers of statisionary leaders and speakers who isit and motiate in a touch team manner to all regions of th

#he number of people who increase in wisdom patience tolerance and all the wonderful Mhristian

measure.

5easures to help lower the suicide rate in all age groups + set up more facilities to respond to emeparamedics + feel there should be mental health workers on call for these situations. on$t like theask uestions later.

s in @ducation comparing against ustralian leels could either set the measures up to fail )if udoes not really meet the goals )if ustralia has poor leels of that measure*.

It needs to look at the impact neighbourhood noise has on families. ook at 5aslow$s theory of neachiee but shelter means an enironment where you can thrie. #he neighbour$s music passes t>educe the noise and I can guarantee the mental health issues will reduce. lso high density hou

link: http:AAwww.newgeography.comAcontentA00-K47+health+happiness+and+density

Cust as there is a secondary measure concerning the suitability of built enironments to support hbe a comparable measure for the health of natural enironments in and around communities to sutheir communities.

I$m glad mental illness is e&plicitly mentioned in this foundation area. But I$m unsure about this mhealth conditions in %". #he implied de/nition of success is low prealence of mental illness. Bpreentable or curable diseases e.g. measles. e can preent measles with accines so wiping oBut surely not all mental illness is totally preentable ,ome is genetic. ,ome is due to trauma + be&ample. e don$t know the cause of many mental illnesses. 9realence is not a great measure ifcuratie treatments. #here must be a better measure for %$s ability to help the mentally ill. %uapossible* curatie treatment management etc. 5ental health is comple& so a suite of measures

#he comments about work+life balance are too generalised and simplistic. 6ow is the Goernmentwith this approach especially allowing workers time out of the working week to deote to their hethis are gien.



I do not think the $standard$ comparison should be the rest of ustralia.

Cust < I#. @mploy the workers. ,ee the results.

gain it is odious to compare us with other ust states #he health information system is mediocre at best.Goernment has a tendency to produce poor systems of uestioning which I beliee stem from th more e(ectie method is to go open source crowd source o(er unlimited help to de/ne health!i& eery issue in one eoling process of whole system change. sk me to collaborate and I will hdd

we need to think more out side of the bo&

6aing speci/c targets that are capable of being measured for success. Tague statements can$t b

=nitywater recommends that the %ueensland 9lan include a worker$s compensation measuremen

DE] 9sychological claimsDE] ll in3uries:DE] 'on work related health issues: and anDE] ll in comparison to access to workplace health and wellbeing programs.'one of these measures re2ect the uality and cost of health carehile the measures included are certainly useful there are others that could be added such as:^ proportion of adults and children who consume takeaway foods soft drinks )measures of unheal^ comparatie trends in preention and treatment e&penditure^ rate of 3unk food adertising on teleision that children are e&posed to^ number of fast food outlets that are in close pro&imity to schools A sporting clubs A children$s plaagain ........... please include the forgotten se& males . #he brothers ads =ncles friends husb,uggest additional measures around leel of inestment in healthAactie communityAwell being pr

6ow measure DEUprealence of mental health conditions in %ld$ community perception 6ealth a

6ow measure DEUproportion of adults and children with sunsafe behaiours..DE DEJ reduction in

6ealth and well+being target benchmarks should also be set against international standards ratheand well+being is as ma3or issue facing all Goernments and policy makers and is not 3ust a local ceole into the best state in ustralia but if its future prosperity is linked to an international stageinternationally and not 3ust the best in the local country.

'o matter what I write here it says I did not answer "correctly". Rou are wasting my time here. oyou #hink I knowNN

'o I dounbt they will be acheieable gien the reliance on a bouyant and continued growth econo

on imagined or targetted growth which may or may not be a reality.

Mutting the middle management out of health and replacing it with real doctors and nurses paid ameasure

5ental health and well being are directly related to the ability to work and earn money. remoe thpermits.

9lease refer to preious response. 5ore e&plicit commitment to addressing geographic di(erentialclosing the gap between men and women$s health. 5easures must include euality of access to ha(ordability. 5ore e&plicit targets and measures are reuired on tobacco control + towards the goa



5easures:>ates of suicide>ates of workers e&ceeding 40 70 and 0 hours work per week

>ates of iolence e&perienced>ates of drug use )legal and illegal*

hile the measure of life e&pectancy is alid again using comparisons withother ,tates and the nation for obesity and physical actiity is not accepted.,peci/c agreed targets aimed at reducing the number of obese and oerweightpeople and at increasing the number of people who do engage in physical actiityshould be set after consulting with health professionals.

more work reuiredInclude: proportion of green spacesA parklands in urban areasL secondary measure: temperature i>eality please.<nly city )BrisbaneAGold Moast* hae infrastructure that makes it easier to traelhereer possible measures relating to mental health preentatie health )immunisationsscreening* and factors linked with preentable disease should be disaggregated by Mmeasures including born oerseas and date of arrial and @nglish as second language )languagespoken at home*.DE] Greater measurement of community connectedness is needed to assess impact on health.>acism and discrimination factors need to be included and the ,canlon !oundation$s annual,ocial Mohesion >esearch can proide local area measures of attitudes towards migration ande&periences of racial discrimination.DE] If use of community facilities is a measure we recommend that %ueensland Goernment alsocollect demographic information

#his foundation area is the most coherently and straightforwardly articulated of the nine in the 9lahae commensurate measures )of which many are aailable* to meet the targets... as it stands nwould be prioritised )eg mental health + indiidual wellbeing + suicide attemptsL both*

gain comparisons should not 3ust be with other ustralian states or the national /gures but alsointernational countries and proinces.

>ates of incarceration of people with personalityA psychologicalA psychiatric issues that are eitherameliorated by suitable oluntary community or professional serices.

what about those already ill or with seere disabilities + uality of care access to serices and earlimportant. If you hae eer tried to access serices or treatments then you would realise that the'umber of clinics or the number of patients managed through comple& care clinics >egional acce

5onitoring the health and social wellbeing of men who make up 708 of the ,tate population andand health+threatening industries and essential serices that maintain our economy and lifestyle.documents supporting men$s health are almost non+e&istent and claim only that men are unwillinhealthier lifestyle habits. #his does not re2ect the reality of dangerous high+risk work that men pr

has on their health outcomes.

#argets could be improed signi/cantly by measuring against international best practice )not 3ustthese /gures are not great*. e need ongoing data collection of the calibre of the current biennial

#argets are currently proided by the =nited 'ations General ssembly )signed 01- by ustralia*preention and control of 'on+Mommunicable iseases )'Ms*.



,peci/c outcomes

Include a measure of the water supply as this is fundamental to the health of a population.

Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achiee nothingNe need to recognise and support those community organisations who are e(ectiely working in t

9roportion of patients from inland rural and remote regions being treated within the regions.,uccess should be described aswe hae the safest workplaces in ustwe recognise employees that take responsibility for ther own health and safetywe encourage proactie and innoatie business practices to impre health and safety

9rice regulationdertising regulation5arket regulation )[3 display at fast food counters and pack labelling reuirements*

,tate 9lanning 9olicy to strengthen its role in promoting healhy food choicesImproed access to a(ordable fresh food particularly in remote communities. measure for preentatie initiaties A social health determinants is reured + eidence based an

lternatie measure 9roportion of population oerweight or obese ),ource: B, and %6ealth*

6ealth ,ystem measures are under represented and need to be included to demonstrate continuomeasures and a reliable measure for 9otential 9reentable 6ospitalisations.

Mheck=9 would highlight that it is important to consider a transparent process to measure succeswould see that this process would not necessarily be drien by Goernment. It is important to e(egoernment sector alongside the community in this process to ensure collectie ownership.

#he measures themseles identi/ed in the working draft are appropriate. 6oweer as important awhich tracking and reporting progress against these measures is supported is critical as this will bchange.

Include recreation to the following target: e sustain healthy lifestyles with the support of a range&ercise options.

Include a high uality water supply to the following: e hae access to fresh food and high ualit

make healthy food choices.

#he number of workplace health and safety incidents) eg ost time in3uries freuency rates* shoumeasure

Mhanges to goernment employment policies to promote a healthier workplace within the public ssendentary workers.

Mommittment to planning instruments which help create healhty built enironments and promoterecreation.

DE] !or 6ealth and wellbeing DEJ being health and actie DEJ the world class health research carreither alone or in collaboration with premier institutions internationally and producing highly ualgraduates. #he forthcoming Mommonwealth Games will be an e&cellent opportunity to showcaselifestyles and our e&pertise in sports management. !urther recognition of the need for real inestsystem engineering to improe the health of %ueenslanders and preent the rising chronic diseasoutcomes are needed to support the rhetoric and it is critical to ensure adeuate serice proisio



ocal and regional data would be ery important in showing the diQculties some communities fac

community or at homeLDE] 9articipation in screening of cancerblood pressure cholesterol andsug

DE] 9roportion of children who are physically actieLDE] 9roportion of children who are obeseL DE]physically actieLDE] 9roportion of adults who are obeseLDE] 9roportion of families who consumeeating is often a family a(air. Incidence of suicides )or eating disorders* in adolescents and youngand chronic care deliered outside hospitals in



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nd more other issues left out of the draft

+dditional recommended measures

'o net loss of enironmental alues9roportion of regional plans and planning schemes that proide for de/ned biodiersity protectionnumbers of species whose conseration status has been maintained or improed"Biodiersity and protecting of habitats should be included when measuring success.@nironmental uality indicators should be primary rather than secondary measures.

looks good but no chance I would bet on it.

there are fundamentally wrong people in places responsible to look after enironment and ma3oritinterest.

money has oerridden morals ethics and humaneness here and 3ust because the e(ects eniroimmediately isible and traceable does not mean they do not e&ist. ireless technologies are deaand water. @idence about such e(ects is deliberately irresponsibly withheld. By the time it becoresponsible well out of reach. ,omeone needs to do the right thing howeer diQcult and stop thethe gloe today which is only making billions for those who can a(ord to protect themseles from

Mloud+seeding is an incredibly e&citing actiity for scientists who hae now e&tended their playgroaccountability and neither do those who fund this program under e&cuse of protecting the planetproper thing here too and think about ery grae conseuences for all.

#he time frame inoled in when we can measure these successes is today not 0 or -0 or more

#hose responsible for any enironmental degradation or resource depletion should be made accouhow large land deelopers will re+plant all trees remoed. #his could be done through better incedestructie behaior of the built enironment industry.

+In relation to target the aailability of water for regional communities is paramount. e needproduce with less water which will reuire inestment in technology and innoation to ma&imise

#he primary measure about percentage of %ueenslanders who are satis/ed with the balance...." ncommunity perceptions* about the enironment based on science. ,uch as "'o net loss of enirodeelopment."

dd in secondary measures relating to "'umbers of species whose conseration status has beenregional plans and planning schemes that proide for de/ned biodiersity protection".

Goernments rely on their constituents to support and keep them where they are. It reuires $gutbetterment of all not 3ust a minority.

It is not 3ust oter satisfaction that is a measure of a healthy enironment. ,cienti/c indicators neregrowth spawing numbers land clearing and deforestation rates biodiersity indicators water

Tirtually all the measuring yardsticks are hypothetical ideals and don$t represent reality. 6ow cansustainability in any undertaking it$s a totally unrealistic measurement. Besides how are you memaking more "money" oes it mean proiding useful employment irrespectie of whether it mak

serice that enhances one$s life and wellbeing and thereby achieing a pro/table personal outco



!or working in balance with natureI beliee that a plan should be implemented to take better con

the primary measure is too dangerous@cological footprint of the aerage %ueenslanderL total carbon emissions of %ueensland.

Mlimate change must be talked about.9rimary measure is a surey. #his is not a scienti/c measure but a political twist

=nsure9opulation number must stop growing to hae any pretence at sustainability. #his target and meafailure to list a measure re conseration and wildlife protection

run trials publish results in a scienti/c study'ot only is it too broad it$s too ague.

#he primary measure is terrible and inappropriate.

,et targets that measure how well the conseration alues are achieed #he @nironment will hae alue 3ust in e&isting ..not being e&ploited.

it will be the Goernments which will be much slimmer and less e&cessie and more inclusie to t #here will be an enironmental party in power and the world as we know it will hae changed fore

If we could all witness a growing enlightenment by our leaders with regard to the inter+connectedstarting point.

ll ies . Mambell has approed dredging about point and happy to dump spoil on the reef. #hats a

on the reef which puts the crown or thorns research in 3eopardy which could lead to another unchof ild riers legislation so mines can dump tailing into riers like the alsh and wenlock which arprawning industry. I could go on and on but reality the '9 don$t care about the enironment caus

,top the destruction of our northern wet tropical forest by an incompetent 'ational 9arks sericeild/res. #his may appear a 3oke but unfortunately its a most appropriate title.

%9, are now the biggest killer of wildlife in %ueensland. #argets need to focus on %ueenslands afocus on eentually stopping teh e&port of Moal. pparently if somebody else burns our coal we ar

this creates. suitable additional measure would be "9ercentage of %ld with remnant egetation by region coustralia"

,ee preious response. #he targets need to shift slightly away from the skew towards business anmanaging a sustainable enironment.

percentage of %lders being happy with the outcomes ,urely there needs to be a better measursomething that is comparable to most of the other preliminary targetsN 5aybe need to hae enio

as a better primary measure than this one. ,eeral other secondary measures bear no relationshibalance is already tipped to the economic aspects before anything has started.

9rimary measures should concern the metrics concerning the maintenance of iable landscape diabout measuring the sustainable proision of ecosystem goods and serices to support a prospero

5ost of the secondary measures are ok but once again it is a cop out to set measures that are redesired target.

6aing "satisfaction" as a primary measure does not indicate success. 9eople may base their resppaper. lso the people who lie closest to these issues eg. farmers people liing on the GB> etc sunderstand the issues better than someone who lies in the city.

gain measures should be more speci/c. I like the secondary measures more than the primary meresults not sureys and percentages of satisfaction.



ho says you can Man you measure current failuree should include something on enironmental footprintsaa.

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Get rid of mining companies we hae the potential for sustainable energy and renwable energy. st

action not pretty words that hae little merit gien the enironmental credentials of the current g #hey are all couched in terms of the economy which does not seem to re2ect the full range of res #oo much emphasis on city air and not enough on rural land uality.,top listening to the consultants and talk to the people on the ground who lie and work there.,tatements of attainment to the people of %ueensland detailing what has been achieed drien l

!>@@ #@> !<> %=@@','@>, as preiously discussed.hy ask people 3ust hae scientist proide actual information about the destruction.hat appraoch is there to measuring loss of natie fauna such as [oala and platypus + '<'@s per preious outcomes measures must ealuate the close connection between the enironme

#he comment "we protect the enironment" is simplistic and generalised. 'o strategies are gienpossible threats only for how they should be supporting economic growth. <ne particular natural

particular threat from port deelopments for e&ample. hy does this not hae a speci/c strategy

<pinion measurements are no measure of the enironment. #he natural enironment has many fand sustainability climate soil fauna 2ora agricultural production would all be good indicators osecondary measures hae a place but comparisons with the rest of ustralia are of no alue. ataualitatie* also has a place.

Identify the areas of %ueensland which hae planning law protection and monitor on an annual baamended.

9ercentages and data are uite good but they are not the only method. oely parks and gardens.9lants are soft rather than too much concrete. 5easuring by before and after photo shots. Mommu

#he actual product will be the measure.ithout any practical commitment on the part of your goernment to date and the meaningless aanything to measure anyway

>esponsible abundance all human rights and all needs of all people in all places being met. #haimmoral and un3ust.

#he primary monitoring element + a surey of %ueenslanders iews on enironment does not re2emeasure which is monitoring the $health of the natural assets$ to underpin the economy

'o matter what I write here it says I haen$t answered "correctly" + this waste of my time is becothink I know.

sorry I don$t hae time to fully answer this uestion. e need decision which don$t cause futureadeuate funding to stop the deterioration.

#here is no mention of the need to address climate change to mitigate e(ects and to adapt. #his ienironment that %ueensland faces. Great to see renewable energy mentioned but a proper plan

In ,ection 1 DEUecisions are based on scienti/c eidence$ neither of the two success descriptorappropriate descriptors would highlight the need for thorough research into enironmental impactB@!<>@ any deelopment is approed and further the implementation and monitoring of enironfollowing approal.



'eed to measure the amount of protected land and water in national and state parks,uggest additional measures around funding inested in protected area management and '>5Increases in productiity and stewardship outcomes from agriculture mining tourism etc from we

e support the oerall targets of this focus area.

in relation to -. urban sprawl is managed eQciently + suggest need sustainability angle there toregional areas as well as cities* ma&imising sustainable design for buildingsAhouses eg. cost e(ec

materials and approaches )smart homes*. 5ay need to acknowledge di(erent planning approachemust be addressed whether here or under >egions section + gien the target of half %ld populatio

the current measures would allow ongoing clearing of natie egetation and natie habitat and lobetter measures would be recoery of threatened species increase in e&tent of natie egetationareas.

#he targets are consistent but the ways of measuring success are not. @.g. 5ore production fromprotection.

lso the words used in measuring success are $maintain$ rather than $improe$ or $increase$. #herewestern countries that $maintain$ re2ects a ery low leel and the measures need to be focused o

target ">enewable energy will be the norm" hae measurements that are inappropriate to the tarfor higher renewable energy targets in -0 years. #his is not 3ust a !ederal issue we are all respons

<ur primary concerns with the enironment focus area are the success metrics attached to DEUh5anaging urban sprawl.

hile the %ueensland 9lan de/nes success as ensuring DEU%ueensland cities will go up not out$this and no directie to local goernment to re2ect that mantra in their planning schemes. more

the number of local goernment plans and ,tate Goernment regional plans that adeuately pro9lan.

#here is also a disparity between the measures under this !ocus rea and the target of balancingdeelopment. Murrently all of the measures with the e&ception of a surey of %ueenslanders focwith no recognition of the need to balance priorities.

e support the inclusion of measures that acknowledge the fundamental reuirement to plan forbalance between urban deelopment and enironmental metrics. #his should include measures ththe regional plan is protected for urban uses.

#he primary measure is 2awed. "9ercentage of %ueenslanders who are satis/ed with the balancesurey." is meningless in enironmetal terms. oes not re2ect on the ground enironemental cond

#he primary measure if retained at all should be a secondary measure. ,ome of the sendary meshould be eelated to primary measures. ,hould also include international comparisons not 3ust enironmental uality as the enironment does not stop at the border and global responsibilities aconsideration.

%ld cities will contain green spaces and will be built using sustainable building practices to reductransport and clean air and spaces for communities and residents to be actie and to engage wit

%ueenslander businesses households and indiiduals lower their ecological footprints. ess wasteprocessing. #he circular economy.



8 of energy consumption sourced from renewable sources8 %ueenslanders inoled in natural and cultural heritage conseration actiities=nder secondary measueres on page 1:

M< emissions direct and indirect )e.g. from coal e&ports*.

hile the targets are well considered there is still no guarantee of deliery. 9aper dreams. #he constant link between enironment and economy is unsustainable.

ctually listening to people who know.

Implementing policy based on knowledge rather than short term pro/t.

>emoing coal industry owners from the Great Barrier >eef park decision makers may be somewh

9rimary measure as per draft is 3ust ridiculous. It presupposes that people know whata sustainable "balance" is that they support "balance" and can properly and fairlydecide if the "balance" is right after remoing their personal economic interests.gain the secondary measures that compare this ,tate against others cannot be supported.

#he primary measure is oerly simplistic and sub3ectieon$t knowIn the enironment section goals to measure enironment performance arepresented. primary measure of success is e&pressed as a percentage of %ueenslanders who are satis/ed with the balance between enironment andeconomy in a surey. #his is not a useful and accurate measure of enironmental performance.

dd percentage increase in natural and cultural heritage tourism e&periences andAor number of inheritage businesses.

Generally the two are mutually e&clusie or totally unrelated )e.g if knocking down a rainforest isdoes this support positie enironmental outcomes similarly for /shing a species into commerciashort term.

@&ternal measures like the way we are seen by the =nited 'ations or other enironmental bodiesgood to engage in comparisons with best practice comparators like Malifornia or others.

5easure success not by present population$s iew but what is best for the ne&t - 4 7 and sehae done. #here would be more focus on enironmental conseration and social cohesion rather

Independent scienti/c data from arious sources pertaining to the sustainability of %ueensland suneducated surey opinionsN

#he ob3ectie of this foundation area is for a natural enironment that is the eny of the world sopreseration of %ueensland$s natural dierse landscapes.

nother measurable could be linked to the achieement of %ueensland griculture ,trategy goals%ueenslanders meet the ustralian ietary Guidelines andL to support health promotion campaigdemand for healthy foods particularly %ueensland+grown fruit and egetables.

e also feel that inclusion of additional primary measures that look at enironmental health indicbe bene/cial. In terms of the secondary measures all are reasonable but to get world+class enirDEFbest in ustraliaDE

e also note the long term importance of regulating for outcomes rather than imposing process aguide planning decisions.




,=GG@,#@ I#I<' 9>I5>R 5@,=>@,DE] @nironmental balance sheet A accountsDE] @nironmental health indicators e.g. air water e&tent of remnant egetation soil biodiersit

,=GG@,#@ I#I<' ,@M<'>R 5@,=>@,DE] ll regional ecosystems are represented adeuately in a comprehensie resere and o( reser

DE] 'o increase in the number of endangered ulnerable and near threatened plants and animal

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DE] @nironmental uality indicators e.g. air water soilMlearer ob3ecties and outcomes.

Include catchments to source our water supply from as a measure of the health of our natural en

@ncourage behaiour change as a measure of enironmental education and personal responsibilit


mend the measure for target -: e plan cities to ensure there are safe and enironmentally sus

mend the measure for target -: e limit city deelopment while maintaining our uniue charac

%ld needs to go beyond protecting the enironment from known threats and instead manage ren

%ld needs to manage the renewable natral assets that tourism and agricuture depend as strategicIncorporate sustainable land use planning and its releance to urban and rural planning conte&ts

DE] 9ercentage of energy consumption sourced from renewableAclean energy production compareword DEUustralia$ DEFas a surrogate for carbon footprint per capitaDE X

DEF@nironmental uality indicators e.g. air water soilDE should be moed from being a second

!urthermore this indicator should include egetation ecology and habitat )page 1*.

hen planning cities to ensure they are safe attractie and enironmentally sustainable ensure tand 2ood mitigated.

Mritical to make reference to commercially iable and competitieness in renewable energy solutiarea of concern for small and medium businesses. future energy solutions need to proide low cos

mend the measure for target 1: e ensure 'ational 9arks orld 6eritage reas prim agricultuplaces are maintained and support economic growth.

,tratagies that include behaioural change and community building component as well to help coeducating.

DE] !or @nironment DEJ achieing balance DEJ similarly the research conducted in uniersities ainternationally to the understanding and management of enironmental issues in both the priate

#here is no measure at all related to the condition of the natural enironment. hat good is hainhae lost DEFsome of our uniue 2ora and faunaDE . #his must be addressed.



@nsure representatieness by including new delegates who were not preiously adeuately represwho can proide statistical baselines for targets and measures on energy )e.g. Beyond \ero @missand the I9MM* population ),ustainable 9opulation ustralia* currencies )e.g. 9M,@* and other cri



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Include a measure of success for GB#I% people.Im 77 and intend to retire soon get stu(ed

'eed a target in relation to skilled migration.

Good luck but will fail as its done throughout the whole world what makes you think you can do,uppose happy words for sheepleBy taking into consideration that we won$t surie such an unreasoned population e&pansion + but

Monsultation with people with an intellectual disability.targets to be reassessed.too sub3ectie and prone to manipulation

the proposed outcomes must be proen by detailed case studies #oo broad and too ague. #he concern is the reason the target for Y 77 in the workforce. Is it because they hae to work #hey are too focussed on employment which isn$t the only opportunity that people want.

5ore research about people'eedsBehaiours and habits.Inite me to meet with Mampbell 'ewman before 5arch 11 014 to discuss my actions and plans.InsuQcient response to community concerns about the inability of law+abiding people to possess

Instead of measuring how many people oer 77 are in paid employment or registeredArecorded omental health of older people relatie to younger people and a reduction in the crime rates agains

communities.

reduction is people taking their life or seeking help from mental health not for pro/ts and a notiand at work.

Mommunities are now so disparate that to retain cohesion in order to gain some success if nearly i9eople are deeloping $2itting$ minds and for that reason it is most diQcult. hile concentration i

<f course they aren$t. 6ow can anyone use these things as a measure when you haen$t de/ned t

+ and how do you distinguish between them being "aailable" and being "a(ordable" when they hthem

5ore people in the cities or the regions will not improe well being or participation. #his will incre

been proposed need to work in the conte&t of a stable population to produce any improement for

hat unemployed %ueenslanders want is a 3ob not being taught "life skills" and how to be "actiunemployment" be broken unless employers including the Goernment stop sacking people

#he measurements are the same as in the preceding areas. #here seems to be a confusion of outpopulation more olunteering higher unemployment indicator of $popular areas$ increased mawater shortages higher income for goernment.

s I am in the 77 year old bracket I had to choose a profession that does not discrimination againuali/cation to gain employment I was tired of being knocked back from work because of online rresume to apply for 3obs and hae to good old fashioned interiews by the people you will be wor

better way to measure is by listening to the mature aged workers and hearing what they hae tpeople and help them back into the workforce should be may aailable.



Mommunity resilience is a better measure.hen I get to 77 I don$t want to hae to be a worker. I want to en3oy my life and beautiful %ueen

5iss the point and transport infrastucture increase(ordability is a key access issue and needs to be addressed in both the descriptions of success a

5easure state population9lease open consideration to 5en$s issues needs and care.

#oo disparate not sure of the logic that ties these arious issues together under this foundation arplease refer to preious response:

\ero population growth: oerall population stabilisation )ethically through liberal means and incen #here should be no unemployment or underemployment whether under or oer 77 years of age.It should be one of the primary tasks of goernment to ensure that no one is unemployed.

#hat goernment does not regard this as a primary task that it cannot formulate policiesto remoe unemployment altogether is shameful and a traesty.

#he plan needs measures that demonstrate the participation of culturally dierse%ueenslanders especially the newest arrials in community life. @&isting measures forworkforce participation education and training participation as well as olunteering could beused.

#he ,canlon !oundation$s annual ,ocial Mohesion >esearch last year included a surey of recent

arrials including asking participants to rate agreement with the statement DEFI see myself as pof my local community in ustraliaDE . ocal area measures for this statement will proe a useful

indicator for participation of newly arried people in %ueensland$s community life.

'o matter what I write here it says I haen$t answered "correctly". I$m not wasting any more of mytick yes on the ne&t few to sae time. I don$t necessarily agree.

#yhe happiness health wellbeing of people the enironment and the economy must all e&ceed aas possible. In other words it becomes self eident to all that %ueensland is e&cellence incarnate.

hat about measuring the young graduatesL measuring the trade uali/cations achieedL measurattendance records.

part from the points mentioned in response to % 7 mature age employment has not been addrmature workers and encouraged to employ them DEJ not easy when youth unemployment is also

5easures proposed are /ne + suggest need measure around "5inorities actiely participate in com

section regarding ethnic diersity employment participation rate olunteer participation rate rep

lso think need a measure around ">egions are attractie to bright minds and trained professionaloer with @ducation.

#arget 7. <lder %ueenslanders are respected and alued + should be changed to ll %ueenslandere2ect the current proided description including $all %ueenslanders are engaged with their commaccessible and inclusie communities allow %ueenslanders to remain engaged in their community

ttracting innoation bright minds and a reputation for innoation...could be measured by thingsare a common measure of innoation. Mensus stats would be a reasonable measure of whether th

sk the inmates in nursing homes who neer get to go outside the building and are left to enduretoilet.

e note that the %ueensland 9lan team will prepare a statistical base line for all targets and meaincluded in the /nal plan. @&pert adice will be sought to ensure that for the targets an appropriawill be critical for the success of the plan.



DE] @mployment rates should be disaggregated by people born oerseas )including comparisonsbetween recent arrials and long+term residents DEJ year of arrial* and @nglish as secondlanguage )language spoken at home*. ong+term unemployment should also be added as ameasure and similarly disaggregated.DE] #he plan should include measures relating to older %ueenslanders$ satisfaction with carearrangements including whether care is in the home community or a facility and whether it is

culturally appropriate. #his could form part of the %ueensland ,tate ,urey.

,oil degradation occurs as farmers strie to surie + farm returns are not inde&ed t M9I

,=GG@,#@ I#I<' ,@M<'>R 5@,=>@,DE] =niersities ranked in the global top 170

DE] =niersity schools faculties or institutes ranked in the global top 0 in areas of e&pertiseDE] eel of accessibility to sericesDE] >educed customer e(ort to access sericesDE] Mommunity participation rates in arts and cultural actiities

Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achiee nothingNIncludeskilled migration rates in %ldapprenticeships in %ldranking of %ld tertiary institutions relatie to international institutions

"e will not leae anyone behind" is hard to measure. ,uch statements may need a 'ational isa

9erception based measure of connection between the generations is reuired

dopting a Mommunity Indicators approach would allow data on the lieability of local communitie

dditional measureong+term unemployment rate ),ource: B, abour !orce*dditional measureorkforce participation rate ),ource: B, abour !orce4. ith a -000000 increase in population there must be some consideration of the impact on thmeasures of success.

,oil is the primary natural habitat that determines the long term wealth of nations. 5ost declines imismanagement and subseuent degradation of the land ) ,B 6il. 000LMater?ale 1KH4L 6illel

s a general comment the current measures appear oerly focused on workforce and economic iadditional secondary measures around the standing of %ueensland$s uniersities accessibility to s

Bring other regional areas outside ,@% to a competitie standard to grow population is a commetowards our ,tate$s prosperity and many iew the ,unshine Moast as a regional area in its own rig

DE] !or 9eople DEJ creating opportunities for eeryone DEJ the contribution of education and trainand in the te&t of the draft 9lanL



'ot enough time has been allowed for rectifying procedural problems that hae arisen in meetingfacilitate a myriad of iews is commendable the absence of appropriate information to guide delidirection. <ur !uture orld$s predictors and indicators hae not been referred to systematically. >debates and a herding mentality. t the Brisbane ,ummit there was no an attempt to focus on arsubmissions )Grow ? strengthen regions ,trengthen %ueensland$s economic direction and !it+for+multiculturalism were barely mentioned at the Brisbane ,ummit the working draft highlights thesand e(ects or relate focus points to enablers. 'o scenario planning or futurists$ skills were emplodeliberation of most important issues and mere attendanceL no formal endorsement was sought..



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Mompare Internationally.6appiness

'eed a concise and precise de/nition. #his so that closely de/ned terms are upheld.

need something on resilience

ctie transport should be included. #here needs to be a measure about community resilience infrastructure.

5ake promises about great things you will do for the people then hae them pay for it

'one of the countries wealth goes to the people its for the lobbyists.

Monsolidated P inestment in infrastructure per region + whether priateAgot or other.

5easures of the sustainability of infrastructure should be added

'eed to hae some primary measure from direct users or potential users eg the current"9ercentage of %lders" would mean nothing if trying to measure the adeuacy ofirrigation water storage in the 9ioneer Talley.

+#he measures are generally satisfactory howeer in relation to target O we need toproide leadership and assistance to local goernment to allow them to deelop long+term infrastructure plans that take into account ision and opportunities that will

#hat in this large state are included in what happens to infrastructure not minorities.5ost minorities )those who are building this state* /nd that those who lie on what I call1 perch allotments hae the loudest oice with no knowledge.

@(ectiely resilient integrated + what do these terms mean Integrated with what orwhom @(ectie by what measure+ making money for priate enterprise or proiding ana(ordable serice to the people >esilient by oercoming natural disasters that wipe outeerything and rebuilding in the same place and not learning anything

#his is easy. '9 slashed budget for the Bruce 6ighway so they don$t care how manypeople die and how much it$s 2ooded each year and how much it costs the economyoutside brisbane. #hey wont twin the rail in the state yet eery successful westerncountry has twin rail systems. Ret < today he found 7 billion dollars to make a tunnelin brisbane so he can get to work uicker. 5ust be good to be king

Its not %ueenslanders who must be satis/ed with the infrastructure it$s the air that mustbe satis/ed with less M<.

ll the measures of success are inersely related to higher population numbers. ,urely itmakes sense to include population as a measure since it is a leading cause of problemswith infrastructure and to seek to minimise that number.

what is the measurement for determining eQcient use of public funds by thegoernment



'eeds to be uantitatie rather than ualitatie once the target is de/ned.

(ordable and accessible public trasport will be a goernment priority.

no sale of electricity generation and transmission network

measure how many times an indiidual or group of people make the impossible possible.

more community inolement. ess goernment inolementwhat a poor measureNNN

I don$t think electie surgery waiting times are the best measure of our healthinfrastructure. )If I$e read this section correctly*. t least not in isolation and not withoutuali/ers. @.g. does electie surgery include true cosmeticAnon+essential surgery )e.g.laser eye surgery* oes electie surgery included surgery that improes uality of lie)e.g. hip replacements*

<ther useful measures of health infrastructure include: emergency departmentadmission timesL prealence of mistakes in hospitalsL whether we hae suQcient doctorsboth practicing and training etc.

#he whole public transport topic in %ueensland is fraught with misinformation andassumptions with no basis. 9# is essential for transport disadantaged and ane&pensie illogical redistribution of people$s money for eeryone else. bit like railfreight oer short+to+intermediate distances.

%ueensland$s reality is huge distance between dispersed communities and from our

I got a great uote from "Game of #hrones ,eason -" a "wildling" called a young man asorcerer or a wi;ard because he could comprehend a comple& perspectie by looking atscratches on paper. In early times knowledge gained by reading was impossible tomany now ia the internet we can access the thought leaders of all humanity sincerecorded history began. #he more one learns the more references one has to separatetruth from /ction and distil data into information into knowledge into wisdom and intopatterns for learning to de/ne the in/nite comple&ities of a gien topic. I speak the truth

and I shine a light towards an in/nite future.

it should be in upper uartile world wide and is shown that the infrastructure issupporting the economic deelopment and prosperity of %

big inestment in public transport. low cost of public transport. change the culture. publictransport needs to be increased twenty fold in this state.

n annual reporting of the amount of new roads rail ports communications

achieements that hae been accomplished.I beliee the secondary measures need to replace the 9rimary 5easure of generalsatisfaction: self+reporting especially on something habitual is not necessarily the bestmeasure for successN nd surely e(ects on the other key areas + particularly@nironment 6ealth Mommunity and 9eople but also >egions @ducation and @conomycould be used to establish the e(ectieness of Infrastructure.

Mommuting time is dependent on location of the business. If the business changesaddress so does the commute. ,uccess would be better measured against reduction incommuting distance Between work and home rather than against time which is sub3ect

to ariables which cannot be controlled.



,ee preious + !>@@ #@> !<> %=@@','@>,.

(ordability is a key access issue and needs to be addressed.

'eed to measure the impact of infrastructure on the enironment

>ate of return on infrastructure inestmentssupport community surey of satisfaction with infrastructure.

9opulation retention rates would be a measure of success

@nironmental sustainability needs to be a measure of successful infrastructure.

9roision and fuding for measures which enable the 3ourney and consistency in traeltimes. Montrol of the space in which the 3ourney is made.

here is the P00000 per person coming from. nswer that and then you can hae ameasure.

'eed to measure leelAsuccess of public priate partnerships <r other innoatiefunding approaches

$cost of response and recoery from natural disasters$ should be a measure. ,ubcategories could be included to address indiidual industry and leels of goernment ortypes of infrastructure )transport health educational recreational waste and waterresidential communication community emergency serices*

"e are connected by a state of the art telecommunications network linking us acrossthe state across ustralia and across the world." I would like to see an acknowledgementthat this area is seerely lacking and accordingly is signi/cantly holding the %ueenslandeconomy back. e hae no direct connection from %ueensland to the world and that iswhy all ma3or international inestment in the igital space are directed to the ,ydneybasin which is currently the only east coast link to the rest of the world. Cust as norunways means no planes no international connection means no digital business.

Goal O. <ur infrastructure /ts our changing population and demographics. e take along+term approach to planning and deliery through infrastructure.

Information to be considered for inclusion: e take a long+term inclusie and accessibleapproach to planning and deliery through infrastructure.

5easuring the success of this focus area on DEUthe percentage of %ueenslanders who aresatis/ed with infrastructure$ does not proide for any scrutiny of long term infrastructureneeds for the state.

#he measures must include inestigation of both current infrastructure proision and anassessment of long term infrastructure planning aligned with future growth predictionsand nominated growth areas.

#he 9roperty Mouncil recommends the %ueensland 9lan include reference to the@conomic Growth 9artnership 5odel )@9G5* currently in deelopment by the ,tateGoernment and Mouncil of 5ayors ),@%* as an e(ectie mechanism for ensuringinfrastructure is planned prioritised funded and deliered in the right place at the right

time.



'o idea<ut of time to respond.

#his primary measure is oerly simplistic.

#he primary measure is ery weak.,econdary measures should include:9roportion of infrastructure for actie transport

9roportion of green infrastructure incorporated into new deelopments'umber and freuency of actie transport users!uture climate solutions are embedded in building designs and deelopments

>estore local councils + deamalgamate

gaps are.

measures DEJ born oerseas and year of arrial and language spoken at home.

#he primary measure is based on perceptions not on ob3ectie measures. 9rimary andsecondary measures need to include enironmental aspects of infrastucture. @g. pointK on page 4 of the working draft should include enironmental bene/ts ofinfrastructure as well as economic social and community.

Generally yes but likely to be considered without reference to other aspects of the

state$s needs particularly social and enironmental.

Infrastructure should include green infrastructure with a measure to ensure greeninfrastructure is being implementedAencouraged as a climate impact bu(er and builtinfrastructure cost saing.

#he natural enironment is protected and its alues incorporated within infrastructuredesign and placement

Infrastructure is of great importance to multicultural communities in the regions who listmany

e&isting infrastructure gaps in a wide range of areas. e welcome the draft 9lan$sstatementsabout understanding the infrastructure needs of each region and suggest that this besupported

by regional measures. [ey infrastructure measures should be able to be separated intolocal

areas to determine gaps and needs at the local leel. #here should also be separationinto topic

areas )eg. satisfaction with transport hospitals primary health schools* to understandwhere

DE] ccessibility measures should be broad DEJ they should not be limited to physicalaccess but

should consider other barriers to access such as language )access to interpreters* andlack of

information A understanding. ny accessibility measures should be disaggregated byM

<nce the present amalagamated councils be re+aligned by catchments and sub+catchments they will form more integrated communities aid social inclusion andintegrated management of natural disasters in con3unction with '>5 Matchmentuthorities




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DE] 9ercentage of ma3or pro3ects on time and budget

I submit that the completion of the [enmore Bypass must be included in the /nal%ueensland 9lan as a measure of meeting %ueensland$s infrastructure ision. ithout itsinclusion the plan is 2awed and it would be hard for local residents to be able to supportit.

It is obsered that the current 9rimary 5easure 9ercentage of %ueenslanders who aresatis/ed with infrastructure in state surey has no releance to economic infrastructure

while the secondary measures are also silent on this.

ith the adent of the 9remier$s splendid initiatie in implementing >esources% toestablish a -0+year goernment+industry partnership for the ongoing deelopment of thestate$s resources sector it is recommended that the %ueensland 9lan re2ect someconte&t and linkages to >esources% in whateer ways the Goernment deemsappropriate.

Monducting freuent household trael sureys to measure people$s trael behaiour willproide aluable data to demonstrate the e(ects of interentions to increase actietrael inform inestment in transport policy and planning proide current mode share

progress and support actie healthy communities. Murrently the secondary measuresonly mention utilisation rates of public transport leels of congestion and aeragecommuting times. #here needs to be a measure of actie modes of trael. @ery trael

3ourney has a walk at each end and these need to be measured too.

In terms of the primary measure we feel that this would be stronger if reference is madeto linking infrastructure in regions to economic growth in those regions.

In terms of secondary measures we note that there are - measures about transport useDEJ we suggest these be rationalised and the principal measure should be aboutcommuting time. ,econdary measures around the use rate of e&isting infrastructure andthe eQciency of infrastructure deliery would be bene/cial.

DE] =se rate of e&isting infrastructure including educational health recreational andcorrectional facilities water energy transport and IM# infrastructure

DEFeels of accessibilityDE and DEF>ates of connectiity and use of digital

sericesDE are moed from being secondary measures into primary measures )page

7*.



Monsider the economic eQciency of promising uninterrupted supply of essential serices.

,uccess we hae access to reliable a(ordable infrastructurewe co ordinate planning to improe accuracy of demand forcastswe use agreed standards to determine infrastructure reliabilty matches demand

we use 2e&ible pricing options that encourage users to be eQcientwe increase priate sector inolementwe en3oy the price bene/ts of increased competition,econdary erage energy costs for business and personal useerage water costs for business and personal use

,ecuring long term water security.5igration and liebilty

Increased reliance in priate inestment is /ne but a signi/cant proportion of reuiredinfrastructure is not attractie to the priate sector due to risk or limited p4.O.Omentions support for regions to inest in infrastructure for their future. #here is limitedpotential for local goernment under the current reenue generation regime to makesigni/cant inestment into ma3or infrastructure.otential for attractie return oninestment.

%ueensland 9lan needs to be more e&plicit in the connecti0n between the intendedoutcomes and important role =rban esign plays in facilitating these outcomes.

<er H0 items in the draft report noted as strategies targets or measures of success andunderstanding of the urban design process.

= encourages the use of ,tate and epartmental resources or other allied bodies toact as a point of reference and resource to assist with maintaining best practice =rbanesign and to ensure the targets and reuirements of the % 9lan are measured

against good =rban esign outcomes. Rour targets and measure need to drill down to speci/cs otherwise you will achieenothingN

,hould recognise broarder role for the priate sector. #his would go beyod 3ust inreasedpriate inestment to include comprehensie priate sector inolement in the planningdeelopment constructionand operation of %ld$s infrastructure.

suggested indicators are 2u(y and not really dealing with the actual issueDEZ.chosenbecause they e&ist and seem aguely releant rather than actually relating to thespeci/c issue.

I would suggest therefore if my strategy suggested in point )10* is not taken up youshould consider a new !oundation rea )which is called something like Mities and

#ownsDEZ* or a goal that e&plicitly acknowledges the interactions and connections.,omething like:

DEF%ueensland cities and towns are well+designed to o(er ma&imum integrated supportto the economic growth and enironmental sustainability of the regions and state and tothe health well+being and connectedness of the %ueensland community.DE

DE] !or Infrastructure DEJ being connected DEJ the highly trained trades and professionalpersonnel produced by %ueensland institutions without whom there be no infrastructureL



MMI% suggests including as secondary indicators: erage energy costs for both business and personal use and erage water costs for both business and personal use.

Mommunity consultation processes should be at the cornerstone of infrastructuredeelopment processes gien the long lifespan of most infrastructure.

Informed communities should hae an opportunity to feed into the planning process toensure that infrastructure meets the needs and desires of local communities



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Brisbane does not know what is going on in cooktown.simplifying goernment leads to shortcutting safeguards.

,o its 3ust words to keep the sheeple happy.gain they are outputs not outcomes. Rou need to measure outcomes.

nother good measure would be "'umber of goernmentAcommunity organisations 3oint initiatie #he Mapitol of %ueensland should be more central not at the end in a worked out parasitic area.Its not necessarily less red tape that is needed but the right red and green tape.

Go to the people before selling o( assets to pay for future infrastructure.

#hese measures are too simple and ague. 'eed some more detail

run limited trials to erify assumptions

9erhaps a better measure would be "regular audits of red tape with cuts whereer possible"'o. 5any of these measures are already being ignored.It is not about the number of community engagement actiities but the uality.

I could not answer Res to the preious uestion. #he surey would not allow it.a referendum in 'oember or ecember 014 during the G0 leaders summit

6ow can they be e(ectie measures when you talk about "long term" and don$t de/ne what thatbe e(ectie when it ignores party politics and the fact that eery goernment in power sets its pol

#his will only happen with a repeal of all laws statutes silly acts after 1KK and the arrest of all pthat date.

">ed tape reduction" is a goal not a measure. ,uitable measures in that area might be "'umber oamended" and "9erception by %ueenslanders after 1 months of the net bene/t of remoing spec

#here are 2ow on bene/ts from red tape reduction ie measure of business productiity and also cemployed which are uanti/able metrics that could be used in addition to red tape reduction.

,tability of population numbers should be measured. Giing away shares in our state to all comercorporation would eer consider doing such a thing.

$>ed tape reduction$ is a ery broad and ague target in comparison to targets in other foundatiopeople are against $red tape$ and $green tape$ until they need to protect something important to tstarts out as the solution to a problem the public considers important.

#he proposed secondary measures are likely to degenerate into measures of actiity. <f process.outcome.

see two preious comments. lso what is the "state surey" that is referred to 6ow would the i

be represented =sing the number of community engagement processes undertaken would not bGoernment is not bound to implement community feedback. lso what is "red tape reduction")e.g. we need road rules to be safe when traelling*. #he use of red tape as a measure does not rneeds to be amended.

online sureys should be conducted that are open and fair. constant feed back that is not manipulgoernment to know how they are going and allow the community to know what the border commleaders. the current electoral system and is a 3oke.

>ed tape reduction + why regulation stops e&cesses of the human condition. Greed is natural partneeds to be regulated.



>eduction in numbers of elected representaties at teh local goernment leel or elimination of th,hould be a measure of freedom.s stated preiously allow %ueenslanders to hae a say in their own goernance by instituting cit

,ureys are not a(ectie ways to gauge success.test

#ransparency and accountability need to be measured.

=nitywater supports the %ueensland 9lan measure to make goernment decisions more transpare

=nitywater agrees that cost e(ectieness should underpin all goernment serices.

5ight be useful to hae a measure of community understanding regarding goernance arrangeme5easure around increases in productiity resulting from less oerlap in leels of goernment5easure of the range and e(ectieness of di(erent serice deliery and funding models,uggest greater focus on regional engagement by ,tate Goernment + picked up in secondary me

hile reduction of red tape is good 'ewman$s interpretation is open slather on <=> @nironment

n important measure of success is the #>=,# of %ueenslanders in their got.

Barking up the wrong tree.

#his is the 1st century not the 1K00s.

'umber of goernmentAindustry 3oint initiaties+ why there some goernment serices too ital thands of priate citi;ens + roads education 3ustice prisons )all the traditional deeloped oer the

=nitywater looks forward to the opportunity to engage with national and international industry buto deelop policy and help delier pro3ects to build a local water industry which is internationally rpractices and productiity improements.

=nitywater endorses the %ueensland 9lan proposal to reduce bureaucracy and process. =nitywat

deelopment application process is an e&ample. By reducing red tape to enable a more streamlinhousing establishment costs can be reduced.

=nitywater endorses the %ueensland 9lan proposal to implement regulation based on an assessmto end customers.

=nitywater operational e&cellence corporate strategy and customer serice strategy supports incrstreamlining serice deliery and remoing operational oerlap.

=nitywater$s customer serice strategy aligns with the %ueensland 9lans aspirations to implemendeliery and funding models be proactie and responsie to trends and community needs and toserice deliery models.

Tery strong feedback from summit and submissions was around localisedAregional leel decisionmeasure around this i.e. deoled decision making.

Tery odd to hae chosen $community engagement processes$ undertaken as a secondary measurecommunity engagement for what endAoutcome

@nsuring that there is ma&imum opportunity for community inolement in decision making. @nsuappeal decisions made by goernments are maintained and not reduced.

=se the measure of "rule of law inde&" within the orld Custice 9ro3ect )http:AAworld3usticepro3ect.operception of their ability to control the goernment this is the best measure of goernment becsatis/ed" by the way they delier but dislike what they are deliering because the goernment isgroup rather than minority interests.



hat is the future direction for ne&t generation with lack of occupation about too much money to

'umber of community engagement processes undertaken and community satisfaction shouldbe disaggregated by demographic factors including oerseas born year of arrial and languagespoken at home to ensure there is good representation of migrant newly arried and non+@nglish speaking background communities in goernance. It should also be measured by regionto make sure regional oices are heard as much as those in metro areas.

#he return of the cost of liing inde& instead of the consumer price inde&.


,=GG@,#@ I#I<' 9>I5>R 5@,=>@DE] #he ease of carrying out transactions with the %ueensland Goernment through a state sure

,=GG@,#@ I#I<' ,@M<'>R 5@,=>@,DE] eel of customer satisfaction with serice delieryDE] >educed customer e(ort to access sericesDE] 9ercentage of %ueenslanders who are members of political partiesna

>ed tape reduction should be a primary measure6ow to creat a climate of change + a new way of doing thingshw to creat a more aggressie business culture to cope with technology cahnge and growing inter

e hae a ,tate <Qce !or omen representing women$s issues and health needs. #here is no sisocial and health needs of men. 5en are seriously under+represented in areas of health and socialwould gie men a oice in areas of health and social concern to them that they don$t hae now.

e note that the %ueensland 9lan team will prepare a statistical base line for all targets and meathe reiew process and will be included in the /nal plan. @&pert adice will be sought to ensure thappropriate balance of aspiration and pragmatism is achieed. chieing this will be critical for th

#he return of ust to the more egalatarian society which e&sisted under a system of controlled ca

intro of free market economics.

In relation to primary measures we feel there would be bene/t in including an additional measuretransactions with Goernment.

In relation to secondary measures we feel there would be bene/t in including measures associateparticipating in the political process and customer satisfaction with serice deliery.

DE] #hroughout #he %ueensland 9lan the concept of DEFMentres of @&cellenceDE is proposed

#his approach is consistent with recognised regional deelopment principles.

DE] n additional statement which re2ects that parts of ,@% also iew themseles as regional aninitiaties supporting the deelopment of regions should be considered for inclusion.



It would be useful to capture client satisfaction in di(erent areas of goernment serice deliery.'eed a more re/ned measure that looks at whether goernment processes inole consultation.It is unclear how the number of 3oint initiaties would assist in measuring satisfaction with goernIt may be better to measure if goernmentAindustry 3oint initiaties result in positie outcomes.

DE] !or Goernance DEJ balancing all our interests DEJ additional measures should be the leel aof how public institutions operate and thus promote olunteerism e(ectie engagement in ciil sappreciation of ethical goernance in both priate and public sector conte&ts. #hese are the outcciti;enship and signify more than 3ust DEFsatisfactionDE as determined by some simplistic pollin

can be a function of either not knowing )or not caring* what is going on in the public realm on theinformed iew on the other.

It is important to remoe duplication and oerlap between leels of Goernment. #he reduction orather it is haing appropriate regulatory frameworks that presere and balance the public good

n independent institution needs to monitor and ealuate progress one with enough teeth to keeon track.

Gien %ld lacks an upper house this institutio should be established for the life of the plan haewell as to parlment and the right to reiew releant legislation to ensure consistency with the -0reised and renewed + should not be /&ed in time.

@stablish a mechanism for public serants and academic researchers to work more closely and mof %ueensland.



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ir uality as impacted by traQc may desere being a target.9ersonal safety may desere being a target.,uggestions:

. dd chapter to corelate population growth water and energy consumption pro3ected economic

>egardsSSSS@ducation: ,uggest additional target: %ueensland has and is seen to hae the best education systestty3ty3u@&port needs to be included in the @conomy section. ,adly only -8 of %ueensland companies e&

I$m really ama;ed that liing in %ueensland I5< the best state in the "world" blessed by naturalfoundation to consider #<=>I,5. #ourism comes in many many forms. #o retirees in ustralia this,houldn$t we hae a strategy for that alone gien the oerwhelming burden on G9 already ia h

#he education foundation was also an interesting one. By those outcomes listed seems there wereconcern is in %ueensland school curriculum$s the lack of reference to the teaching of %ueenslandmandatory for a semester. lso a compulsory test for immigrants to pass who plan on liing here

1. dd ",cience ? #echnology" and "!uel and @nergy". lthough some of their components are meshould be considered as independent areas of speci/c importance for the future of % )and ust

-. dd chapter with low medium and high pro3ections beyond -0+year hori;on. -0+year hori;on iscienti/c futuristic studies coer SSI century with stages 0-0 + 070 + 0O0 + 100. !or e&ample9resident Mlinton his ision of the future in the ne&t 1000 years.

I realise that this is a high leel document but if the plan is to be successful we need to hae accodocument. 9ublic accountability and time lines. #he $who is responsible$ column is ague and talksapproach would work + eg stage one who is responsible for deeloping the written document and

for negotiating the responsible driers for each of the targets and the deliery times of ma3or [9Isresources attatched to the plan + without resources e&isting or new nothing will happen. regulprgress and barriers encountered will also help to maintain credibility.

I$m wondering why some of the key /ndings that emerged hae not been deeloped into actions. Ichanges )e.g. rela&ed red tape*L protection of wildlife green corridors the natural enironmentL chighest responses yet are ignored in the recommendations. #his is ery concerning.

education + more practical life application skills + se& education. olunteer work. how to write resumanagement. mandatory military serice.

community + ensure % keeps its identity and stop allowing immigrant suburbs to be establishedbene/ts are in place for employers to allow sta( to hae some time o( work to olunteer to a olu



economy + deelop and promote the rest of % not 3ust ,@%.health + more free gym euipment in parks and /tness programs. decrease waiting times in publicenironment + open up the national parks.

people + get tougher on 3uenile crime. don$t allow immigration suburbs to be built.

goernance + hae more appropriate politicians 1s in touch with their community

#his gies a good oeriew of the plan but also as a conseuences re2ectes the many pronlems I

yes

It is framed within e&isting limits of statutory code and market economies. >e+frame it to sole all

ell laid out positie gies hope keep up the process. #he at a glance section was easy to read and displayed in an engaging manner + it was also easy

ell doneN

regions + separate the state and make ,@% separate from the rest of %. stop stripping money frrest of state. i.e. '% deelop #,T to be a capital city of % and deelop it instead of eerything i2ood proo/ng etc.

infrastructure + deelop the rest of the state not 3ust ,@%. better roads 2ood proo/ng. entertainmoutlets etc.

#he preliminary targets for the region section do not neceesarily re2ect what the poulation wants.not out in the sticks. #o get 70 percent of people to lie outside ,@% would take enormous sustainits fanciful.

@ducation: ,ome more information to guarantee funding to the state sector will be paramount. 9rinot receie ,tate or !ederal funding. Mommunity: o we want to increase the wealth or do we menecessarily mean better life style. @nironment: ,trong emphasis on the reduction of feral animal

remoal of domestic animals from ,tate !orests and 'ational 9arks. Infrastructure: ater will de/be made which do not reole around the - year election cycle.

<er all it would be good to see less emphasis on comparison between %ld and the rest of ustralustralia.

ith regards to education there is no alue placed on attracting the best of the best into the teacthere is no indication of a concerted e(ort to improe roads and facilities in the proincial citiesAre

southeast corner. 'o indication of how to improe regions outside of the southeast. #here is no comment or discussion on population. It is stated it will be around O million and is $a t #here is no mention of climate change and its conseuenes and what shouldAcan be done about it


practical based education is worth the e(ort. #otally agree. religious instruction is not practical babelongs in school. >eligion belongs in a church

great summary. it needs to capture the underlying reason)s* why the community has identi/ed thseeking and why is that outcome important

#his is great + 3ust wanted to proide strong positie feedback that the whole document is really wcritical starting point for people really.

#he cynicism of many current %ueenslanders arises from many of the pressures of a uickly increthe estimated population for thirty years on is a worry if we couldn$t get the infrastructure right th

9erhaps a degree of in2e&ibility in the chapter as it seems to be based on predictables and doesn$increasing cost of natural disasters pressures of competing countries for our resources etc.



Cohn dams " #he only ma&im of a free go ought to be to trust no man liing with power to enda #he goal DEUurban sprawl is managed eQciently$ could be changed to DEUurban growth ismanaged e(ectiely$ to create a more positie statement rather than accepting sprawl.

e think the tabular form of this section is appropriate for the oerarching summary of %ueenslan

Gie regard to including the following goal statements:DE] Infrastructure is deliered eQciently to make best use of public resourcesL andDE] Infrastructure deliery is prioritised in a manner to ensure that the needs of all %ueenslander

Important to be accountable to the ision + eg [9Is or a balanced scorecard showing annual trends@conomy shold be represented as the /rst foundation area

In %ueensland$s >esponse !ocus rea -: !oster Mommunity 6ealth and ellbeing highlights how tspaces plays a part in deliering this. #his has not been re2ected in the 9reliminary #argets for Moglance section.

', %ld has welcomed the process of goernment working with %ueenslanders on the deelopmencourages the inclusion of people with disability as a discrete group and a comprehensie targeti

#he preliminary target for infrastructure should hae regard for deliering infrastructure in an eQcDEUeQciency and euity$ in the target statement.

DEFhat %ueenslanders wantDE could be moed to the /rst column with the DEF#argetsDE in

way as the DEF#argetsDE help to achiee DEFhat %ueenslanders wantDE .

>ectify the aboe process issues by returning to the planning process. Implement a >eision 9erionecessary modi/cations to the orking raft$s nine !oundation areas in light of the M,I><$s reporproper statistically alid sample surey. !ollow this with a recall of delegates to a >eision ,ummitkey predictors in <ur !uture orld. !ocus on areas where consensus emerges. eelop a Mommunconsensus endorsement from delegates at the ,ummit.



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the way we lie. #he 01 >eision. M,I>< ustralia.

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It does not identify how we are going to deelop the skills we need for %ueenslanders to take ad

Mlimate change and loss of biodiersity are some of the most important challenges in our "Mhangi

#he changing world is getting worse I predict bad time to come I would like to see Goernments

yes

6ow can you make a sweeping generalisation of this kind "In -0 years time our climate populatioin this chapter is sourced from 6a3kowic; Mook and ittleboy )01*. <ur !uture orld: Global me

#o make a clean sweeping statement of this kind is deterministic and showing this is what "somefor granted as there seems little to no scrutiny or transparency.

ho is changing this world and why hat are their moties for aggressie push to change it hpeople hae a say if they wish to be sub3ected to such changes and to what e&tent ccording toa fact. hy ho owns citi;ens here is the proof of ownership ho owns skies here is thecorporations In consultation with whom 6ow much ta&+payers money goes into it

bsolutely eerything planned and promised is completely wasted unless the Goernment addresbeen led and dealt with by irtuous and fair 3ustice. @ery enue that I attend asks the same old

3ust sentencing" #his uestion lays /rmly at the Goernments doorstep. ll the other grand plansaddressed immediatelyNN

It does not identify what new industries may be important in thirty years how %ueensland is goinnot a fan of 9eter Beattie*

It seems to betray an agenda of getting people away from south+eastern %ueensland for some unwhere they would like to lie. It is not for goernment to in2uence that decision.

#his is so broad and general that it is diQcult to comment. Res there are diergent iews on howand the mind power of its bureaucracy you need to be assessing those diergent iews running splacing our bets.

Mlimate change is real and our politicans must not be afraid to tell us so and if any of them doubtso at the ne&t election %ueenslanders can make their ote count.

@mphasis on the aging poulation and conclusions for our poorly euipped and /nanced health sys6ealth system. octors get paid far too much + it is unsustainable. e need to reform the medicpreentatie health.

#his is $spot+on$ in terms of climate change and water and the e(ects the decisions of today can hcourage to make sustainable decisions that will bene/t the future and not 3ust their re+election chto /&ed parliamentary terms to reduce the lottery we hae now and the electoral oQce waste of f

#his section os ery good. It is interesting that this is the only place in the plan biodiersity and tbe translated into targets and measures in the enironment foundation area.



Biodiersity is and energy sources are mentioned here but are not targets in the preceding K area Rou really hae no clue about the future when you e&amine it through the lenses of statutory code

#he future is the dynamic sum of all the co+de/ned in/nite futures which stem from asking inspiri,tatistics are /ne and possibly een accurate. But if we lag in getting all this started they will alre

#he ne&t generation is also geared towards greater consumer choice. #hese are ma3or in2uencesnAa

be seriously need to address the fact that climate change will impact on %ld in the future and we

the words climate chaange should be speci/cally included as should climate change impacts suc

9lease allow for a reiew of the %ld 9lan each - years + no one could hae foreseen the changes indon$t beliee there is anyone who can see into the future to the year 044 + it will be a forecast atargets to know you are on track and longer term goals reiewed eery - years or so.

Increased population is taken $as gien$. It should be debated. Mlimate change is taken $as gien$discussed at the summit but the goernment has decided to ignor it and it is not $on the agenda$ f

Rour pro3ections are fruitless and do nothing but frame people$s mindset to beliee in limited opposupport a healthy lifestyle and secretie goernments who think they know best but in actual fac

white man law always changes and black man law neer how is the black man going to lie in thecommon white fella trying to get culture out of by deforming education. nd do they hae a thinghappening up there that isnt fair and that isnt brought to 3ustice.

while the plan refers to megatrends they don$t appear to hae in2uenced the %ld 9lan. !or e&am,ingapore o(er by way of competition to our economy our e&ports an imports our employment oIndian population will be under the age of 7.

6ow does the 9lan allow linking %ueensland and ustralia into an sian common market If we waeconomies we need to hae a larger population...the only realistic option is to open our doors to

6uman Induced Mlimate Mhange is a ma3or factor in any future plans. @erything we do will eithermitigate aderse e(ects and een take adantage of the opportunities it opens globally.

If we don$t play our part )eg we dig up more 9olluting Moal for short term pro/ts* we make life muin the world.

#he our changing world section mentions climate change alternatie energy natural resources athe choices" but the oerall plan is weak in this regard.

renewable energy sources will be adopted by the mainstream becoming the norm rather than thetransition to new opportunities resulting from widespread adoption of the circular economy.

<ur climate will get hotter drier or wetter in parts and human settlements and wellbeingare likelyproo/ng communities is adopted across political diides clearly focused on future generations an

#he draft plan does not address the issue of population growth adeuately. hile "%ueenslanders$manage and cater for" )%ueensland$s >esponses* the draft purports to address the symptoms of"bailing water instead of plugging the hole" and is only a short+term /& for a long+term problem./rstly remoing /nancial incenties such as birth payments with ta&payer$s money.



'eed to e&plicitly refer to climate change to lend the document crdebiity5ore 3ails and police will be needed if society is to function unless this generation returns to our fo

KA0HA1- BM ateline + Mlimate economist warns of impact of climate change. #he %ueensland 9lan could be further enhanced with a discussion on how it will bekept current oer the ne&t -0 years in light of the changes outlined in this section.

Mhanges in transport demand and associated infrastructure will signi/cantly in2uence %ueensland

'eed to establish a group of in2uence to make a national impact on payroll ta& workers eadershiDE] compensation and red tape reduction.DE] eadership needs to be about ision and applying clear targets to that ision to achiee resulDE] #his leadership does rest with peak bodies DEJ our members pay us to represent themL we arDE] 9erhaps goernment could create a olunteers register and public championsAambassadors toDE] 9art of this could inole writing to businesses to inite participation in implementation of the

DE] Important to e&pose the positie progress and get people inoled including friendly competit

<ne female wanted the goernment to "restrict population growth and housing deelopment" butdeelopment. In fact the growth went unchallenged and future deelopment was used as a soluti

"In -0 years time our climate population and way of life will be di(erent" implicitly forces the assbusiness+as+usual growth oerdeelopment and pollution. 9reention is better than cure: the enti

oerpopulation and work to preent these problems rather than simply permitting continued destr

#he references to climate underplay the climate change impacts that %ueensland is likely to see o2ora and fauna but our agricultural tourism and mining industries the health of our people and oinfrastructure we build and where we locate it. failure to discuss climate change in a thirty year

1KO7 + a commission for the future designed to build bridges between scientists citi;ens and polit'othing changes

01- BM "Matalyst" program looked at the domino e(ecrt of atmospheric and enironmental facte&tremes.

#here certainly is comple&ity in the challenges ahead oer the ne&t -0 years and this section doescomple&ities are necessarily re2ected in all of the foundation areas especially when it comes to t

=nfortunatey far too few are informed suQciently on global geopolitical issues which stem largelyallow our population to stabilise and prioritise food water and energy securitythen it is a waste ofacing a time of rapid depletion of cheap access to fossil fuels phorphorous potassium and climat

and ths is a deliberate and perilous plan which robsfuture generations ) including ildlife* of the p

#his section does not proide information regarding %ueensland$s transport future and should doanticipated transport future.

<ur changing world mentions that problems of rising obesity and its fallout in terms of medical anthe simple and straightforward way to address this. Its not 3ust a $focus$ on e&ercise and healthy lieery community is walkable and rideable.

If the built enironment does not support the populations desire to be healthy then we will hae f Goernments hae failed us during the era of car+dominated transport planning



It is burgeoning business actiity and 3ob opportunities that will allow %lders to reach their potenticompetitie business operating enironment oer the ne&t -0 years

%ld needs to shift ts prodctiity away from lowering costs for the miningindustry and towards supa strategic plan to build competitie adantage in global alue chains across multiple industries

cknowledge climate change as a signi/cant challenge for %ld and recognise the opportunity t bricommunities and ecosystems



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>egions+ the preliminary targets for education are ery releant for regional areas as are the targe

I consider that I hae been suQciently oluble in my answers to preious uestions.<ne of the preliminary targets must be "action on climate change"I am not sure what this table is trying to say.test

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$%ueensland is the best place to lie in ustralia$ is sub3ectie rubbish and should hae no part in

5ake sure you follow the people$s will and at least gie the enironment an eual chance for its syes

#here seems little ision currently

I do not understand this isuali;ation or its purpose. It seems like a waste of space.

In regards to the target of half of %ueensland$s population liing outside of ,@% in -0 years timeupdate infrstructure planning for education transport etc. to be re2ectie of this target Murrentl

pro3ected by the %ueensland #reasury to lie outside of ,@% by 0-1. #hese /gures I imagine areplanned for in the future in terms of long term infrastrucutre proision until direction is receied frto the regions.

6ae the ability to include any additional targets or pillars for things that are strategically importaafraid of a little change. ,ometime marginal bene/ts are better than none at all.

#o suggest that "6alf of %ueensland$s population lies outside ,outh @ast %ueensland" adances "is fallacious. If half %ueenslanders lied outside ,@% by 044 then ,@%$s population growth wouldpro3ections for 0-1 not 044 and therefore H08 of the ,tate$s population would hae been ade

6oweer most important are the targets for education and health as regional areas hae some ofleels.

"%ueenslanders hae the lowest incidence of preentable disease" probably applies to both @duca

reuired education and regions today typically hae less access to medical assistance.%ueensland needs to act on the enironmental degadation massie population growth is causingall measures growth.

I would like to reinforce the case for the introduction of daylight saing for the ,outh @ast Morner. Ienhance lifestyle without impacting those to the 'orth and 'orth est as they would deal with thof people in the ,@ corner want it as has been shown in numerous sureys in recent times.

I don$t see the connection between some of the foundation areas and the targets. @G #he enironbene/ts.

healthy and sustainably managed enironment in2uences all the foundation areas not 3ust thosimportant supporting function to health and wellbeing. #here is a plethora of scienti/c eidence t

I think we hae peoples aspirations but no greater understanding of the trade o(s people are likelhae negatie impacts.)enironment s 3obs health serices s greater ta& etc* 9erhaps some plabe deeloped to $test$ goernment )and any other* plans to see if they would succeed or fail in mo



#he infrastructure needs lot of improement. s the population increase traQc will be more ? mor9lanning for 5># from Brisbane to Gold Moast and ,unshine Moast. #his will not only ease the tra

#his is a ery e(ectie way of demonstrating the adantages of the preliminary targets to %ld as

<ne of the reasons for ustralia$s success is its good goernance. I think it should /gure as an inp

ith reference to two preliminary targets attention should be gien to employment retention strat

%ueensland has the highest income trade and employment leels in ustralia andouble the proportion of %ueenslanders oer 77 years who participate in the community and wor

#his table is uite an e(ectie communication of the broader picture of the plan. %uite good.

#he enironment underpins all foundation areas both directly and indirectly and should be noted@nironment should be against all nine foundation areas

'ot applicable.

I was ery happy to see importance placed on increasing boriginalAIslander health and employmparticipation including increasing seniors alueAwork in community.

,ad not to see food proision make it to the list in #argeting future success. gree with making suwould hae liked to see something of food proision within this listing.

I think planners should tackle this with the the goal that @T@>R [ey rea will be positiely a(ected+targets

@ducational success should not totally rely on academic data. >eal success is has the child deelopositiely to society. #he whole child needs to be deeloped so they can be physically emotionall

#he enironment line has a dot in the infrastructure column but the infrastructre section )4.O* doecomment.

'ot only does the draft plan not re2ect the feedback of %ueenslanders but it uses biased and chaineitable rather than addressable. #he "%ueensland$s >esponse" document is similar in its spin.

"Impacts of population growth are managed": the draft %ueensland 9lan coneniently rephrases tactual growth itself. It$s akin to saying "manage the impact of pollution": pollution shouldn$t be mapopulation growth )using ethical practises*.

Both the draft %ueensland 9lan and %ueensland$s >esponse ignore the enironmental implicationparadigm which has caused widespread species e&tinction and climate change. #he enironmentpopulation growth.

@ducation needs to clarify "ownership of land". #he land is the national estate which allocates steor in "fee simple"

It is not a freedom to do what one likes with the land merely freedom from paying rent to the crocoenants regards management

5any of the measurables in the arious foundation areas refer to ustralian statistics as the bencstatistics are not best practise by international standards. e suggest that you consider this and cbest practise oer the -0 years of the 9lan. In the @nironment and Infrastructure sections to be iso to using these as an e&ample would be appropriate.

#he Mentre for >esearch @&cellence in 6ealthy and ieable Mommunities due to launch in late 5adata that we undoubtedly inform the direction of the %ueensland 9lan.






ImplementationDE] !unding could be tied to regions and competitieness between councils.DE] Business Mouncil of ustralia 'ational ction 9lan for 9rosperity had a phased implementationDE] t a glance DEJ who is actually responsible for the 9lanDE] 6ow will it get to the ne&t stage DEJ what leadership role will the goernment playDE] 'eed to make sure planning aligns with the -0Rr 9lanL %ueensland goernment needs to pro

DE] #he 9lan is more silent than it needs to be on a branding strategy for %ueensland as a destinDE] 'eed to stay competitie by supporting goods and serices from %ueensland businesses )fro08 of %ueensland$s population residing in inland rural and remote regions.

I#6 I59M#, <' 'I'@ !<='#I<' >@,lign the action plans to all other action plans and strategys so there is consistency across go ag

#his section may reuire further clari/cation to ensure that it e(ectiely articulates the interface bthrough a more e(ectie description. gain it would be worth highlighting the importance of inesis inclusie of all stakeholders. It may be more e(ectie for this to be led outside of Goernment.

It is a constant source of angst and fustration to my network and me that these "plans" are so burwill politicians and bureaucrats take heed. @nough of the nanny state. e can neer go forward wi

at all leels of go world wide at present e&cept the growing economies.<ne topic should relate to citi;ens wanting to make their own decisions and be responsible for theshould not be 3usti/ed because the smalest minority may rort the system". #hat will happen noGos and public serats and unions need to get out of the way and let the rest of us get on with gbe looked after in real terms with increased income thus more ta&ation or income spent in these

'o+one could argue wth the targets identi/ed. hat is missinghoweer is a statement of wherewords + " hat does it lok like now" )* nd in relation to the target: " hat will it look like whendo we moe from where we are now to where we want to be" )M* #hat /nal uestion will delier tclearly identify makes it diQcult to identify the correct actions needed.

#he preliminary targets summary is presented in the document before the ision and outcome staprogress in attaining the ision and should be presented after the ision)s* has been presented.

#he multiple bene/ts of the two /rst listed preliminary targets )1008 of % children hae basic li)education is highly alued by all %ueenslanders* are not adeuately presented. Both targets are ilatter should also be plotted uner $people$ and $goernance$.

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ets not let that opportunity escape usNill the mountain gie birth to a mouse ery mediocre outcome after all the time resources go long term plan for a(ordable infrastructure is necessarynilhere are the $action$ wordswhat are you actually going to do

3ust that is for the people to decide the directions that %ueenslanders will support6ow do we empower and educate indiiduals communities and institutions to embrace responsibi

I would prefer to see actions rather then words

yesno sale of electricity generation and transmission networkbefore 5arch 11 SSSS meets with Mampbell 'ewman for 1 to hours on the record

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I simply wish to make a general comment regards Goernance. ,ome years ago goernment oQcmatter the hospitals had local boards of Goernors head teachers had more autonomy and it socommended. 9eople had more security of employment more stable lies less crime less homeleown. #his is an admirable target to aim for and I hope it bears fruit.

bolish all the fraudulent ocal Goernments return the administering of shires to ,tate Goernmthe shire residence who would form a shire rate payers council of olunteers #his would sae th

making them happy but this may be contra to corporate Goernment policy as its meeting the nthe people.

I would like to hae the opportunity to be employed on a team to elier for %ueensland. I am 74,hakespeare paint like 5ichelangelo I cannot /nd work. I am ery gifted and am oerlooked as IM>@#ITI#R should be harnessed. I hope this is not thrown aside and oerlooked ... q

I do struggle with the concept of strategic planning through collectie wisdom. ,ome things reuiourseles to mediocracy.

hile I appreciate that it is ery diQcult to e&tend the plan beyond a glori/ed "wish list" at this stnot giing those who hae proided their iews an opportunity to suggest ways of achieing that "

years time it is a lot harder to come up with ways and means to achiee same.

n e&cellent uestion: e need to alue our most underalued resource i.e. children under /e winadeuate parenting. <ur goernment needs to stand up for them as they are our future. 9our re

physical mental emotional and erbal abuse. 6ae the courage to remoe them if necessary ref options to those struggling to do their best under conditions of intellectual or economic hardship.

s part of the %ueensland 9lan I beliee that decentralisation would help to build stronger commuachiee this outcome would beL (ordable housing and less red tapeL infrastructure to attract peohae to relocateL Goernment subsidised electricity to attract more peopleL lower fuel pricesL thesecondary schools in some towns conseuently people relocate from these areas to larger centreblack spots this would attract more business and greatly enhance lies in rural and remote areas.



before 5arch 1 an agreement on methods of collaboration will be negotiated.between 5arch 1 and pril 01 a new system of uestions will be determined to facilitate in/nitebefore 5ay 01 % will be asked to de/ne their leel of participation in the process.before ugust 01 all people will receie P0 access to awareness raising patterns of technology an

before ,eptember 01 all people will hae de/ned a basic framework for human rights and all of t

before <ctober 01 the Global ,ongline Montest will begin to crowdsource TerseA,ong which encapbefore 'oember 01 the song list will go to a ote to decide which songs will be performed by eabefore 'oember 14 the song list will be announced and a global ,ongline will then connect all s'o 9riatisation of Goernment owned ) #a&payer !unded * epartments.

testhat ne&t after the %ld 9lan is deliered in Culy @ery ,tate in ustralia and the Mountry itself ha

I agree it$s @T@>R<'@$s responsibility but as someone said if it$s eeryone$s responsibility no on

In nature a seed is a plan. It contains the ' )the genetic program* to create and replicate. #heno comment5aking the document state $s state is self limiting.

#he draft 9lan states that a group of community representaties will be established tosupport the /nal %ueensland 9lan$s implementation. s a key player in the deliery of many outcomes sought by the %ueensland 9lan Mouncil recommends that localgoernment organisations be a(orded a strong oice on the community representatiegroup.

dditional information on how the aspirations in this document are intended to be translated into6ow will funding and responsibility for actions be sharedhat are reasonable timeframes for actions

espite my political leanings I think this is a fantastic approach. ustralians need to feel more polgood way to achiee that. It makes me want to stay here. I think it would be good to be realistic t%ueensland 9lanL acknowledge that our own de/ciencies as indiiduals and en masse could get ibe chosen at random from the community to engage with it now and in the future 6ow will the 9l

Tolunteer @mergency serices need to be fully supported by goernment considering the cost sa

supported mechanisms which inturn will delier resilient communities.

#o delier the plan there needs to be a "maintenance" regime for the plan. ll sectors of public andelier the outcomes.

,ustainable landscapes if managed it is assoc with wet weather spelling of deed rooted -9 grassemany sustainable bene/ts will accrue+

ight to allow perennial grasses to grow and secrete carbon and proide stock feedL less comp forweed seeds less drain on acuifer from too many trees diQculty to muster and cull feral animals

M,I>< states " 5anageing regrowth is the cheapest of - biomass sources for bio+fuel there$s a lot 3obs and amrkets for fuel in the regions too."

#he draft 9lan captures the ision and destination ia the targets what success looks like and medriing alues and high leel principles to guide how we will delier success oer the ne&t -0 year

#here is a lot of cross oer in the foundation areas and we would like to see that the foundation arfertili;ation will be paramount to success.

In relation to daylight saing + consider the omplementation of a standard ld time using a meridaoutback. I beliee there is 1 hr di(erence to sunrise time between Moolangatta and 5t Isa.



hat is the anticipated role of local goernment in deliering this plan

ImplementationDE] !unding could be tied to regions and competitieness between councils.DE] Business Mouncil of ustralia 'ational ction 9lan for 9rosperity had a phased implementation

DE] t a glance DEJ who is actually responsible for the 9lanDE] 6ow will it get to the ne&t stage DEJ what leadership role will the goernment playDE] 'eed to make sure planning aligns with the -0Rr 9lanL %ueensland goernment needs to proDE] #he 9lan is more silent than it needs to be on a branding strategy for %ueensland as a destinDE] ' d t t titi b ti d d i f % l d b i )f

,o far it does not yet prioritise the wide range of outcomes and opportunities. isting all the comengage the same communities in a similar consultation to help prioritise outcomes to inform actio

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