Corporate Body

Commission for the Future (1985 - 1998)

From: 1 January 1985
Victoria, Australia
To: 1998
Functions: Social or Economic Research
Reference No: CA 4550
Legal Status: Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia

Summary

Commission for the Future was established in January 1985. It focussed on issues affecting the future including the predicament of youth, the ecology of health, sustainable environments, improving skills in Australia, technological change and law, management and work organisation, education futures, biotechnology, the information society, foreign affairs, the greenhouse effect, labour trends and population studies. The commission was widely criticized throughout its life and had to endure ever decreasing budgets. It closed in 1998.

Related People

Denton, Derek Ashworth (1924 - 2022)
Board Member 1992
Jones, Barry Owen (1932 - )
Jones was instrumental in the Commission's establishment

Published resources

Resources

Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-579801. Details

Resource Sections

'Primary description of agency CA 4550; Commission for the future, Registration of entity: 21 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2002, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%204550. Details

Annette Alafaci

Created: 19 December 2002, Last modified: 28 January 2011

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