News & Events

South West Queensland launches economic blueprint for future

South West Queensland is thinking differently about future opportunities and how they participate in a future economy, launching a Future Economy Strategy.

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.

Hay’s Economic Transition Roadmap is here -why this more than just a plan  

The Hay Economic Transition Roadmap is live – and for a region on the edge of economic transformation, this plan puts the community in the driver’s seat.

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.

Navigating the land sector in 2026

Jacqui Bell leads The Next Economy’s land sector work. In this Q&A, she shares her reflections on a pivotal year for agriculture and land use change, how climate risk, investment and policy began to converge in 2025, and what this means for building fair, resilient and regenerative landbased economies.