Helping to build a better Australia through

government system reform

 

Pursuant to its Charter (see accompanying), the Beyond Federation network plans to conduct a series of Shed a Tier Congresses, each of which will be based on a particular theme or location.  Following the first two Shed a Tier Congresses in 2001, Congresses from 2002 onward are planned to cover a comprehensive breadth of functional themes such as:

 

·       the Murray Darling Challenge, water and the environment generally;

·       health care;

·       education;

·       sustainable futures;

·       democracy;

·       justice, policing and the legal system;

·       business, industry and economy;

·       planning;

·       emergency services, safety, fire and floods;

·       the rich-poor gap, welfare and poverty;

·       foreign affairs;

·       transport and communications.

 

These theme-based Congresses will hear keynote speakers and conduct focused workshops directed toward the establishment of a specific Plan of Action for the constitutional reform needed to achieve optimal government structures – as a means to achieving best possible public outcomes across the functional areas considered.

 

Similarly, locality-based Congresses, conducted in a diversity of rural and urban areas, will explore and recommend government structures that can best serve the venue locality and localities and regions generally.

 

Following each Congress, a Communiqué will be prepared which states the time, place and theme of the Congress, a list of persons present, the name of the chairperson and speakers, points of discussion, resolutions arrived at, petitions established, and the relevant Plan of Action.

 

Each individual Congresses will provide a depth of focus on an area of critical importance to Australia’s future, and opportunities to explore constructive reform options.  Collectively, Congresses will provide multiple opportunities to help work towards a greatly improved overall system of government.

 

If you have a suggestion for a suitable Congress theme, or would like to speak at a Congress, or  can suggest a suitable speaker, please contact Mark Drummond by e-mail at markld@ozemail.com.au, or at 5 Loddon St, Kaleen, ACT 2617, or by phone on 02 6255 0772.

 

All constructive ideas and thoughts will be welcomed:  If you wish to have particular issues addressed at any Congress, or wish to become involved in the activities of the Beyond Federation network and/or the Shed a Tier Congresses in any capacity, please contact Mark Drummond (as above) at your convenience.