From the ground up - A Blueprint for economic diversification in regional Australia

She was Aurora Hawcroft Deputy Secretary, Strategy & Delivery for the NSW Aurora holds a Bachelor of Arts from SciencesPo Department of Education, and the Founder and Institute of Political Studies (Cum Laude) and CEO of a boutique government and social sector a Bachelor of Economics from the University of strategy firm with offices in the US and Australia. [...] With 10,000 workers across Australia at risk during the energy transition over the next From the ground up 1 Introduction As the economy changes in a post-COVID world, displacement of metallurgical coal workers and and traditional industries begin to face new other structural changes in the years ahead. [...] • Many local industries rely on coal, including • Coal mining is by far the biggest employer in alumina refineries and cementing plants, the area, employing 25.3% of the workforce but future manufacturing opportunities in the Bowen Basin and 21.7% in the Central could provide prosperity to the region. [...] Hazelwood, Latrobe Valley (2016-) A centralised authority enabled While the rapid nature of the closure of the an integrated response Hazelwood facility shocked the Latrobe Valley, The launch of the Latrobe Valley Authority is one some of the institutional responses succeeded such success. [...] testament to both the effectiveness of policy From Latrobe to Port Augusta, Australian and the adaptive capacity of the community.