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The strategic framework
> Principles
Sustainability
Achieving sustainability requires an integrated
approach to decision-making. This means taking a long-term view
while ensuring that economic, social and environmental implications
are considered.
The National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable
Development provides a framework for achieving long-term sustainability.
The core objectives are to:
- safeguard the welfare of future generations
- improve equity within and between generations
- protect biological diversity and maintain systems essential
to support life.
A key principle is that, where there are threats
of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty
shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures
to prevent the threat from being realised.
Innovation
Innovation and the creativity, cultural vitality, intellectual capacity
and entrepreneurial skills that give rise to it are essential for
all forms of growth and development. The Government is committed
to finding new answers and approaches.
Adaptability
People can and must take into account past trends and indications
of future directions. The Government is determined to plan for change
and to be adaptable when faced with the unexpected.
Inclusiveness
The Government will consider the differing needs, values and aspirations
of all individuals and groups in society while managing urban and
regional growth and change, carrying out the processes of planning
at all levels, and implementing Melbourne 2030.
Equity
The Government is committed to ensuring fairer access to the benefits
of growth and change. All Victorians will benefit because, in providing
social, economic and environmental infrastructure, we will focus
on areas of need and current inequality. To ensure more equitable
access to that infrastructure, the Government acknowledges the right
of all people to be safe, and to feel safe.
Leadership
Leadership at individual, community and industry level is vital
— to manage the rapid change that many communities are experiencing,
and to achieve the desired outcome for metropolitan Melbourne and
the surrounding region. Communities have an enormous capacity to
influence their own destiny, but there is also an essential role
for government. The Government is committed to providing direction
while encouraging and supporting leadership at all levels.
Partnership
People operate in a complex urban system where no one level of government
or organisation has dominance in decision-making. The Government
is committed to working in a collaborative manner with local government,
non-government organisations, the private sector and the community.
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