Future fizzles: the promises and predictions for 2025 in Australia that came true (or didn’t)
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From cheaper energy to recyclable packaging and phasing out Australia Post motorbikes – here’s what has and hasn’t been achieved. An Australian republic, renewable-powered supermarkets, recyclable packaging and the phasing out of Australia Post motorbikes.
These are just some of the promises, targets and predictions that years ago were set for 2025 – which is now finally here. Here’s a look at what actually got achieved, what is in progress and what is not going to happen in the next 365 days. Australia Post told a parliamentary inquiry it would phase out its fleet of postie motorcycles by 2025 to improve safety.
At the time, it said three-wheeled electric delivery vehicles would replace motorcycles – used for postal deliveries since the 1970s – because they are safer, can carry more parcels and have improved technology. Australia Post is working towards the target, set for the end of the upcoming financial year.
“We’re proud to have 5,131 electric vehicles in our network, the largest electric delivery fleet in Australia,” a spokesperson said, with more than 3,800 eDVs being rolled out. It is understood that where terrain requires it, petrol motorbikes will instead be replaced with electric ones.
Ten years ago, Bill Shorten declared a future Labor government would work towards a republic in the next decade. It didn’t happen. “We can be an Australian republic, with an Australian head of state,” he told the Labor conference in 2015. After the Queen’s death in 2022, a survey found 43% of respondents supported Australia becoming a republic.
