The Hunter 2050 Foundation was established by the Hunter JO in 2019 as part of a regional collaborative response to the growing gap between where the Hunter regional economy was and where it needed to be by 2050, given the global shift in reliance on coal.
The Hunter JO has identified leadership of economic diversification in the Hunter Region as its highest strategic priority. Recognising the need for region wide action as well as some practical ways in which a region wide response could work with its plans for Liddell Power Station, AGL partnered with HJO in 2020 in its diversification leadership strategy. This resulted in the development of a blueprint for establishing the Hunter 2050 Foundation as the key community initiative to lead the Hunter’s transformation over the coming decades.
The blueprint is designed to create a Foundation focussed on leading practical, long term interventions in the economy that align with local needs and international evidence about what works.
