Our Regional Advocacy
Our statutory mandate outlines our role to provide regional leadership for the Hunter region, and to be an advocate for strategic regional priorities. Our Board has identified the following shared advocacy focus areas.
Our Shared Priorities
Economic evolution to achieve net zero
We want to partner with State and Federal Government to achieve their vision for a net zero future, where we can evolve and diversify the economy of the Hunter Region to remain the largest regional economy in Australia.
Projects to achieve economic growth
Evidence based Business Cases to demonstrate how we can diversify our economy in the Hunter to achieve net zero, with a positive return on investment:
Improving housing supply
Federal and State Government investment in enabling infrastructure can open up 64,000 homes and $20 billion in direct housing development across the Hunter Region.