Sustainable Development Goals

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Australian Government's Reporting Platform

This is the Australian Government's Reporting Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals Indicators (SDGs). The platform is designed to provide a single point of access for anyone interested in Australian Government data on the SDG Indicators. The platform forms part of a comprehensive package of reporting on Australia's progress on the SDGs that includes Australia's 2018 Voluntary National Review and the Australian SDGs website.

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Reduce inequality within and among countries

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

The reporting status

Each SDG Indicator has been assessed and provided with a colour code to indicate the availability of a dataset. There are four colour codes. Green applies to datasets that are reported online. Orange means exploring data sources. Red is used if there is no suitable Australian data source or the Indicator is deemed not relevant. Grey appplies to the Indicators that have no globally agreed methdology.

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The SDG Indicators

The SDGs comprise of 17 goals, 169 targets and 232 indicators. The SDGs, together with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development (a global plan for financing the SDGs), form the 2030 Agenda, the globally agreed roadmap for building a stable and prosperous world to 2030 and beyond.

The SDG Indicators

The Voluntary National Review

Australia's first Voluntary National Review (VNR) on implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals was launched by The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on 15 June 2018 and delivered to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development on 17 July 2018. For more information and for ongoing updates on how Australians are contributing to the SDGs visit www.sdgs.org.au

The Voluntary National Review