australia predictions for 2025
Read 33 predictions about Australia in 2025, a year that will see this country experience significant change in its politics, economics, technology, culture, and environment. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A trend intelligence consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends in foresight. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
International relations predictions for Australia in 2025
International relations predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:
- Australia and Singapore implement areas of cooperation in green and digital shipping, establishing a Singapore-Australia Green and Digital Shipping Corridor. Likelihood: 65 percent.1
Politics predictions for Australia in 2025
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Government predictions for Australia in 2025
Government related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:
- Rear-view cameras and reverse sensors become compulsory for all newly introduced cars. Likelihood: 75 percent.1
- The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) releases regulations on all crypto-related activities. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
- Australian farmers are required to tag sheep and goats with electronic identification tags. Likelihood: 75 percent.1
- Victoria becomes the first state in the country to enforce a levy on short-term rental properties found on platforms like Airbnb. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
- The operation of one of New South Wales’s largest prisons is handed back to the government as Labor moves to reverse the privatization of correctional facilities. Likelihood: 75 percent.1
- All Australian citizens now have a single digital ID, which allows them to secure their personal information and easily access government services online. Likelihood: 60%1
- All federal government services are now available online. Likelihood: 60%1
- Tax 2025: People, the economy and the future of tax.Link
Economy predictions for Australia in 2025
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Technology predictions for Australia in 2025
Technology related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:
Culture predictions for Australia in 2025
Culture related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:
- Powerhouse Parramatta, dubbed as Australia’s most significant new museum and envisioned as the largest cultural development in the country since the Sydney Opera House, opens. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
- Australian Star, the country's first five-star river ship and the only wood-fired, five-star accommodated paddlesteamer in the world, starts its maiden voyage. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
- The National Archives of Australia has digitised 130,000 hours of audio and videotapes as there are no more working tape playback machines in circulation. Likelihood: 100%1
- Decades of history could be 'erased from Australia's memory' as tape machines disappear, archivists warn.Link
Defense predictions for in 2025
Defense related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:
- To build relationships with Indigenous communities and increase the cultural capability of its workforce, 5% of the Australian Defense Force's recruits are now Indigenous Australians. Likelihood: 50%1
Infrastructure predictions for Australia in 2025
Infrastructure related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:
- Australia’s biggest coal power station, Eraring in New South Wales, closes. Likelihood: 50 percent.1
- Startup Uluu, which uses seaweed to create plastic alternatives, builds a $100-million commercial plant. Likelihood: 65 percent.1
- Australia’s most populous states experience blackouts if new power capacity is not built to replace the potential shutdown of the country’s biggest coal-fired plant. Likelihood: 75 percent.1
- South Australia hits 100% renewable power. Likelihood: 75 percent.1
- Star of the South, a 2.2-gigawatt offshore windfarm, begins generating 20% of Victoria's total energy needs. Likelihood: 60 percent1
Environment predictions for Australia in 2025
Environment related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:
- Australia only achieves two-thirds of its national target of making 70% of packaging reusable, recyclable, and compostable. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
- BP starts producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) after converting its oil refinery near Perth to produce renewable fuels. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
- Single-use plastics,’ including plastic utensils and straws, are phased out. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
- Australia plants 25 million trees to aid bushfire recovery. Likelihood: 65 percent.1
- Bank of Australia stops offering loans for new fossil fuel cars. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
- All packaging must be made of reusable, recyclable, or compostable materials. Likelihood: 80%1
Science predictions for Australia in 2025
Science related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:
Health predictions for Australia in 2025
Health related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:
- To create healthier products, the Australian Beverage Council, with support from government health ministries, has encouraged the reduction of sugar in soft drinks by 20%. Likelihood: 40%1
- Public health agencies in the state of Victoria have helped reduce the number of people smoking daily to less than 5%. Likelihood: 40%1
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