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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.

What if economic development starts with the wrong question?

TNE program director Jacqui Bell joined economic development practitioners from across NSW this week to explore what a wellbeing economy looks like in practice –and what the Hay community’s approach to transition can teach the rest of us.

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.

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.

Building the economy we could have: insights from Progress 2026   

Our Economic Change lead, Dr Katherine Trebeck, and Josh Devine from Regen Melbourne, hosted a workshop at Progress2026 on going upstream for this economic transformation. Progress is the largest social justice conference in Australia, with over 1500 people attending the conference as guests and140 speakers from across the world running 60 sessions on how to win the change we need for people and planet. Here are some highlights from the event.

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.