Following the 2022 Budget, the Australian Treasury called for submissions to start the conversation on ‘measuring what matters’ for Australians.

Based on Huber Social’s extensive experience as independent wellbeing measurement experts, this submission provides an approach for Treasury that draws upon the critical success factors learnt from other jurisdictions. In order to ensure that Treasury can effectively measure the diversity of what matters to Australians, there are three elements included in this approach.

1.      Cultural safety

2.      Equitable community engagement

3.      Subjective wellbeing evaluation

We contend that adopting these elements is a critical step in the process to facilitating a more informed and inclusive policy dialogue for improving the quality of life and what matters to all Australians.