• Future of Care -

Addressing the Future of Care in Australia is a complex problem, not easily solved through traditional approaches. It requires a systems thinking approach that acknowledges the need for collaboration, experimentation and positive ambiguity.

Addressing the Future of Care in Australia is a complex problem, not easily solved through traditional approaches. It requires a systems thinking approach that acknowledges the need for collaboration, experimentation and positive ambiguity.

Addressing the Future of Care in Australia is a complex problem, not easily solved through traditional approaches. It requires a systems thinking approach that acknowledges the need for collaboration, experimentation and positive ambiguity.

Why now?

Why now?

Why now?

"1 in 10 Australians provides ongoing care and support to a family member or friend."

"1 in 10 Australians provides ongoing care and support to a family member or friend."

"1 in 10 Australians provides ongoing care and support to a family member or friend."

"In 2020-21, 46% of Australians had one or more chronic conditions, and 18% had two or more chronic conditions."

"In 2020-21, 46% of Australians had one or more chronic conditions, and 18% had two or more chronic conditions."

"In 2020-21, 46% of Australians had one or more chronic conditions, and 18% had two or more chronic conditions."

"The cost of care in Australia is set to double in the next 20 years."

"The cost of care in Australia is set to double in the next 20 years."

"The cost of care in Australia is set to double in the next 20 years."

Our ethos for effective innovation in the social sector:

Our ethos for effective innovation in the social sector:

Our ethos for effective innovation in the social sector:

Futures Thinking

Disciplined exploration of potential future pathways and scenarios.

Futures Thinking

Disciplined exploration of potential future pathways and scenarios.

Futures Thinking

Disciplined exploration of potential future pathways and scenarios.

Frame Innovation

Use of different learning (re-)frames that unlock fresh thinking to challenge the status quo.

Frame Innovation

Use of different learning (re-)frames that unlock fresh thinking to challenge the status quo.

Frame Innovation

Use of different learning (re-)frames that unlock fresh thinking to challenge the status quo.

Community of Practice

Cross-sector collaboration is needed to tackle higher order challenges.

Community of Practice

Cross-sector collaboration is needed to tackle higher order challenges.

Community of Practice

Cross-sector collaboration is needed to tackle higher order challenges.

Experimentation Mindsets & Models

Discovery and learning via experiments and new engagement models.

Experimentation Mindsets & Models

Discovery and learning via experiments and new engagement models.

Experimentation Mindsets & Models

Discovery and learning via experiments and new engagement models.

The Care Futures Lab

The Care Futures Lab

The Care Futures Lab

The scale and complexity of the challenges faced by today's care and community services are multi-faceted.


The Care Futures Lab's mission is to build burdges between different fields to explore new cross-sector approaches. To create a platform of diverse perspectives where insights an be shared, novel ideas surfaced and where we can explore a different scale of impact through a living cross-sector ecosystem.


A collaborative initiative, the Care Futures Lab brings together experts in aged care, disability care, youth mental health, homelessness and humanitarian services.

The scale and complexity of the challenges faced by today's care and community services are multi-faceted.


The Care Futures Lab's mission is to build burdges between different fields to explore new cross-sector approaches. To create a platform of diverse perspectives where insights an be shared, novel ideas surfaced and where we can explore a different scale of impact through a living cross-sector ecosystem.


A collaborative initiative, the Care Futures Lab brings together experts in aged care, disability care, youth mental health, homelessness and humanitarian services.

The scale and complexity of the challenges faced by today's care and community services are multi-faceted.


The Care Futures Lab's mission is to build burdges between different fields to explore new cross-sector approaches. To create a platform of diverse perspectives where insights an be shared, novel ideas surfaced and where we can explore a different scale of impact through a living cross-sector ecosystem.


A collaborative initiative, the Care Futures Lab brings together experts in aged care, disability care, youth mental health, homelessness and humanitarian services.