A MEETING in Canberra last week resolved to set up a national body to promote
sustainable development, and thereby pick up the ball that Australian
governments have dropped. As a result, a small working group is developing a
proposal for a national council, which will bring together business and
community groups to advance the cause of sustainability.
In theory, the Federal government and all states and territories are
committed to the principle of sustainable development through a national
strategy adopted by the Council of Australian Governments in 1992. But every
independent review in recent years has noted how little progress…
