The Intergenerational Fairness Coalition
The Intergenerational Fairness Coalition is a collective of almost 40 Australian organisations that recognise the need for increased long-term thinking in Australian policymaking.
A brighter future for all Australians
A brighter future for all Australians, where long-term thinking, sustainability and equality are front of mind. We believe in the potential of pragmatic and economically-minded approaches to safeguarding Australia's future to address long-standing and emerging challenges.
We believe that recognising and honouring the sacred 65,000-year history of First Nations Peoples and cultures across the land we know as Australia today is essential to realising our vision and embracing the potential of our shared future.
Taking an intergenerational lens, embedding long-term thinking in policymaking
Our collective mission is to see an intergenerational lens embedded in Australian policymaking, supported by meaningful intergenerational engagement, data-driven measurement and accountability mechanisms.
Foundations for Tomorrow is proud to have chaired the Intergenerational Fairness Coalition since its establishment in 2023.
Almost 40 organisations, one shared agenda
A call for unity, not division
Long-term thinking must be a government priority
Australians' future health and wellbeing requires the government to embed long-term thinking and apply greater priority to intergenerational fairness.
Collaboration across the spectrum drives change
Collaboration across civil society, sectors and the political spectrum is required to drive the cultural and institutional change needed to achieve intergenerational fairness in Australia.
This agenda is a call for unity
Achieving intergenerational fairness requires intergenerational collaboration and solidarity. This agenda is a call for unity, not division.
Three complementary paths to reform
Supporting existing initiatives
We will seek to support existing initiatives that are gaining momentum, prioritising collaboration and establishing common ground where possible.
Nurturing an ambitious vision
We will strive for the ambitious goal of advancing law reform that protects the interests of future generations, legislation that could establish an independent Commissioner for future generations, similar to Wales in 2015. Once momentum has been built, this includes advocating for a Parliamentary Inquiry into Intergenerational Fairness.
Investing in concurrent efforts
We will pursue complementary initiatives that safeguard Australia's future: improvements to the intergenerational report, a Budget Statement for future generations, and ways to embed future generations considerations into the work of Government Departments.
The Intergenerational Fairness Summit
The inaugural Intergenerational Fairness Summit was held in 2023, with keynote speaker Sophie Howe, the first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, setting out why Australia must take the interests of future generations into account.
The Summit grew in 2024 to bring together over 100 policy leaders, experts, advocates and academics, fostering collaboration and nurturing a unified movement for intergenerational fairness, championing policy innovations to protect future generations ahead of the 2025 Australian federal election.
The Summit will be reconvened by the Intergenerational Fairness Coalition when there is adequate strategic value in bringing the movement together again.
Learn more about the SummitMoments from the Intergenerational Fairness Summit
Joint action and advocacy
From summits to open letters and election campaigns, the Coalition turns shared conviction into collective action.
Towards the Summit of the Future
In response to the 2024 United Nations Summit of the Future, the Coalition wrote to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and key Ministers, setting out five recommendations to put future generations at the centre of Australia's global engagement.
Read the open letterThe inaugural Intergenerational Fairness Summit
The first Summit, with keynote Sophie Howe, the inaugural Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, set out why Australia must take the interests of future generations into account.
Learn about the SummitThe 2024 Summit outcome briefing
The 2024 Summit brought together over 100 policy leaders, experts and advocates to champion policy innovations for future generations ahead of the 2025 federal election.
Read the outcome briefingThe For Our Future campaign
For Our Future carried the Coalition's asks into the 2025 federal election, calling for a Wellbeing of Future Generations Act and an independent Commissioner for Future Generations.
Explore the campaignThe Federal Budget through an intergenerational lens
‘Through the Eyes of a Child Born on Budget Night’: EveryGen led the Coalition's analysis of the Federal Budget through an intergenerational lens, drawing on the Intergenerational Report and the Measuring What Matters Framework.
Read the analysisInterested in joining the Coalition?
Add your organisation to a growing movement of almost 40 Australian organisations working to embed long-term thinking in Australian policymaking.