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4 Leadership: A call for collective action

What did the survey find?

Guest editors: In contemporary Australian society, wellbeing is often discussed in terms of the personal actions that individuals take to preserve their mental and physical health. But our survey respondents overwhelmingly saw the problem of poor wellbeing in architecture in systematic terms, with a general acknowledgement of the effects of structural pressures in the sector and the profession as a whole. Respondents also noted that solutions would need to come from collective action and reform at a profession-wide scale.

“We need people who are advocates of good, sustainable, resilient design who understand that they need to support

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