Australia predictions for 2025

Read 39 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

Politics related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:

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
  • Australia’s digital identity program could save government billions of dollars per year – One World Identity.Link
  • Tax 2025: People, the economy and the future of tax.Link

Economy predictions for Australia in 2025

Economy related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:

  • Australia requires an additional 280,000 skilled workers, particularly in the technology sector. Likelihood: 75 percent.1
  • The growing launch industry in Australia has sent many rockets and satellites to space while generating AU$2 billion per year since 2019. Likelihood: 50%1
  • Tax 2025: People, the economy and the future of tax.Link
  • Australia's economy is set for an “overdue” fall.Link

Technology predictions for Australia in 2025

Technology related predictions to impact Australia in 2025 include:

  • The artificial intelligence market in Australia is now worth AU$1.98 billion, up from AU$33 million in 2016. Likelihood: 70%1
  • How AI will impact Australian labor market, and how many jobs will die because of it.Link
  • Atlassian will work to create 'Australia's Silicon Valley' in a new Sydney tech hub.Link

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
  • The Australian defence force wants to double indigenous recruits by 2025.Link

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
  • At its current rate, Australia is on track for 50% renewable electricity in 2025.Link

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
  • Soft drink industry pledges to cut sugar overall, but doctors say it's a diversion from the real issue.Link
  • Smoking could be gone by 2025 in Victoria.Link

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January 7, 2022. Last updated January 7, 2020.

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