who we are

Director

What is your favourite outdoor memory from your childhood?
Spending weekends with family on Victoria’s wild ninety-mile beach coast.
What are you most hopeful about for the future of our planet?
For a future where environmental conservation and respect for nature, works in harmony with business and entrepreneurship.

Director

What is your favourite outdoor memory from your childhood?
Going for a Sunday Drive with my mum and dad, sisters and brother. A walk to a waterfall, along the beach or a barbecue in the bush and an ice-cream on the way home.
What are you hopeful about for the future of our planet?
Everything. When nature and people work together good things happen. It’s the world’s best kept secret.

Director

What is your favourite outdoor memory from your childhood?
Swimming in crystal-clear, freezing cold rocky rivers, and camping under starry skies with my family.
What are you hopeful about for the future of our planet?
I'm hopeful (and excited) because so many people are already stepping up for nature, and young people have the energy and vision to drive real change.

Partnerships & Operations Manager

What is your favourite outdoor memory from your childhood?
Holidays with my family where I grew up in Sri Lanka was always an adventure. We would drive hours to the Coast or Hills. When we visited National Parks, the kids would keep count of the elephants and leopards.
What are you hopeful about for the future of our planet?
I'm hopeful because people are starting to talk more about climate change and understand why it’s important to focus on solutions.

Brand & Communications Manager

What is your favourite outdoor memory from your childhood?
Visiting my extended family in regional Vic and spending time in their gardens collecting eggs from the chickens and watering the veggie patches.
What are you most hopeful about for the future of our planet?
I’m most hopeful about the creative power and determination of young people. I see a generation that refuses to give up, even in the face of climate anxiety and burnout. They are demanding change, and that gives me hope.

Our Mission

Ministry of the Future's mission is to make climate and nature action feel normal, credible and inevitable to mainstream Australians.

We lead with fact-based ideas, not echoes, shaping the public conversation around environmental issues with clarity, optimism, and purpose.

- The Talia Institute is a registered environmental charity founded by David Prior.
- We focus on research, education, and collaboration to protect forests, oceans, wildlife, and clean air.
- Our communications channel is called Ministry of the Future, a platform to spark fresh thinking and broader engagement on environmental issues.
We get this question a lot! We are not affiliated with any religion or political party.
Yes, the Talia Institute is a registered charity under the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission.
Our principal supporter is the Prior Family Foundation. We are able to operate thanks to their generosity. Visit their website to find out more: www.priorfoundation.org
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