The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development was agreed by 193 Member States at the United
Nations Sustainable Development Summit in New York in
September 2015, including Australia, and culminated in the 17
clear goals to reach by 2030. The goals apply equally to Australia
and Australians as they do internationally. The 2030 Agenda is not
just for and about government initiatives and activity: it also
involves the business sector, civil society, academia, communities,
families and individuals. Australians are already contributing to
achievement of the SDGs through their work in the care economy,
by volunteering, by preserving the natural environment and
through their everyday activity. Australia’s youth play a crucial
role given their potential to deliver on the SDGs into the future
and their stake in the realisation of the Goals. https://sdgs.org.au.