News & Events

Announcing: Erinch Sahan’s Australian tour in partnership with The Next Economy

Erinch Sahan is an international expert on how businesses and investment can deliver social or ecological benefits. He’s joining TNE in Australia for an east coast tour to share his expertise and examples of how business and investment can be a force for good in Australia.

Building the economy we could have: Beyond ‘Lifestyle Drift’  

Why do we keep blaming individuals for problems the economy creates? Our economic change team explores the concept of ‘lifestyle drift’, and why fixing poverty, poor health, environmental issues and inequality starts with changing the system, not the people living in it.

Building the economy we could have: Predistribution

Australia used to do fairly well in terms of predistribution. To build the better economy we could have in Australia, we need to go back to a focus on building a fairer economy by design.

Building the economy we could have: Earthworker Cooperative Network

Earthworker Cooperative Network gives us a glance into a wellbeing economy in action, where workers build the things we need in a worker-owned factory in Morwell.

New series: ‘Building the economy we could have’

Drawn from case studies, explainers, interviews and on-the-ground experience, our new series explores what it looks like to build an economy that works for people and planet – not as an abstract idea, but as something already taking shape.

Empowering Hay: A community-led transition roadmap

The Hay Region Economic Transition Roadmap demonstrate how regional Australian communities can shape their own economic futures. The Next Economy has been proud to partner with the Hay Shire Council and the local community to develop a sequenced, practical pathway for economic growth. 

Our evidence to the NSW REZ inquiry: lessons from the ground 

Energy lead Saideh Kent appeared before an NSW parliamentary inquiry on the impacts of renewable energy zones on rural and regional communities, reflecting on her evidence and what she hopes comes next.

What freight decarbonisation means for regional Australia

Land Sector Program Lead Jacqui Bell ponders what freight decarbonisation means for regional Australia off the back of a commercial vehicle decarbonisation summit at Parliament House.

Making sense of the ISP 

The ISP runs to hundreds of pages and helps guide energy decisions across the country, yet few people read it. We chatted with climate and energy specialist Franzika Curran to break down its importance.  The Australian […]