By Richard Threlfall2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00
Economic growth has become the only measure of a country’s success, but the pandemic and climate crisis tell us to strive for something more meaningful, says KPMG’s Richard Threlfall
Is bigger, better? Quality over quantity, goes the old adage. But it seems as society, as businesses, and as individuals we have an obsession with wanting more. More jobs, more revenue, more income, more stuff. But, increasingly, the assumption that growth is good is coming under scrutiny. It is a discussion that has profound implications for the construction industry.
Covid has intensified the debate, but is not the cause. The trigger is rather the growing awareness that we are living beyond the means of the planet to support us. Or to use the term adopted by Kate Raworth in Doughnut Economics, we are breaching our planetary boundaries. We are doing so in multiple ways, particularly through global warming, biodiversity loss and deforestation. If we
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Subscriber only An essential cross border road in the Tenterfield Shire will hopefully be fully sealed, with the backing of government funding. Lismore MP Janelle Saffin said she was working with the Tenterfield Shire Council to ensure sealing the final 7.11-kilometre gravel section of Mount Lindesay Road is achieved. Ms Saffin said she is pushing to get the project more economic stimulus funding to help local communities recover from the impacts of drought, bushfires and the ongoing challenges of COVID-19. There are significant cross-border tourism benefits which would flow from having a fully sealed road link between Tenterfield, the birthplace of Federation, and Brisbane and surrounds, Ms Saffin said.
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