INSIGHTS PAPER RELEASED
11th February 2026
Insights Paper Released - The Conversation Starts Here
The Hunter is entering a period of profound disruption – and unprecedented opportunity. Change is underway and built into our region’s future.
The choice is not between growth or decline, it is between the current path and the Hunter achieving its full capacity. The next decade matters, and the question is whether we use this moment to lift our region to its full potential.
Hunter Agenda 2026 is your opportunity to join that conversation, test ideas, create partnerships and help shape what comes next for the Hunter.
We’ve prepared a pre-event Insights Paper to get discussion started. It brings together the evidence, opportunities and challenges ahead to support an informed dialogue ahead of Hunter Agenda on 13 March 2026.
Our special thanks and acknowledgement of our Insights Partner @KPMG for supporting the development of this report.
Access the Insights Paper here.
Read the Hunter Agenda 2026 article from our Official Media Partner – Newcastle Herald here.
Secure your place at Hunter Agenda 2026:
📅 Friday 13 March 2026 | 8:30am–3:00pm @ NEX Newcastle, NSW.
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HUNTER AGENDA 2026 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS. Local panellists to be imminently announced:
🔷Malcolm Turnbull - 29th Prime Minister of Australia
🔷Professor Jennifer Westacott AC - Chair of the Bradfield Development Authority
Former Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia, Member of the Reserve Bank of Australia's Governance Board
🔷David Shankey - CEO Net Zero Economy Authority
🔷Tim Parker - CEO of the High Speed Rail Authority
🔷Richard Yetsenga - Group Chief Economist ANZ
🔷David Moretto - Chief Commercial Officer AGL Energy
🔷 Henrik Stiesdal - Special international guest (Denmark), widely regarded as the inventor of the modern wind turbine