During the Financial Year 2023-2024, Regional Development Australia Mid North Coast worked with stakeholders across the region to produce a Regional Plan 2023-2026. This plan is available here. As part of our consultation, we were asked to provide clear visibility into our plans and our activities. These Operational Summaries aim to fulfil that request. 2023 […]
Regional Development Australia Mid North Coast (RDAMNC) is pleased to have received the tender to host The Welcome Experience (TWE) across Port Macquarie, Kempsey and Nambucca Valley regions between 2024 – 2026. TWE’s purpose in the Mid North Coast is to address the vacant positions in essential services (health care, education, emergency services, justice, child […]
The RDAMNC Ignite Mini’s 2025 event took place in the last week of February, uniting community leaders and industry experts across three locations on the Mid North Coast: Coffs Harbour, Valla Beach, and Port Macquarie. Our third Ignite Mini event was hosted at Charles Sturt University (CSU) Port Macquarie, which had the largest turnout of […]
Following on from the Federal Governments release of the Regional Investment Framework (RIF) and the information received during CEO, Madeleine Lawler’s recent residential visit to Norfolk Island, Regional Development Australia Mid North Coast (RDAMNC) is now the process of writing a regional plan for Norfolk Island. The Norfolk Island regional plan will be presented during […]
In early February, over 100 key stakeholders from a diverse range of industry and community, attended the Ignite Mini Sessions. The workshops were held between 9.00am to 3.00pm and were well attended across the locations of Taree, Kempsey and Bellingen. The RDAMNC Minis were a series of three in-person events that relaunched the new Regional Investment […]
The RDA MNC team have been developing regional snapshots for our communities across the Mid North Coast, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. These snapshots are easy to read compilations of the demographics of our People, Places and Industries along with key insights on heath, housing and employment. Click on the links below access the Snapshots […]
One of the four pillars in the Regional Investment Framework (RIF) is Investing in Places. This is a challenging space for RDAs. At the 2023 National Conference for RDA, it was clearly articulated that the federal government wants to see RDAs active in leading and encouraging net zero transition. The opportunity to commission a high-level […]
During the Tourism and Wellbeing Business Incubator of 2022, a “made in Norfolk” brand was again raised as a priority to identify the products and produce that has been locally made and grown. RDAMNC saw the opportunity to work with a branding and media agency engaged to undertake the Norfolk Island Destination Marketing project, to […]
Mid North Coast Faces Significant Labour and Skills Shortages, New Study Reveals A recent study commissioned by Regional Development Australia Mid North Coast (RDAMNC) and undertaken by Charles Sturt University (CSU) has highlighted the escalating labour and skills shortages across the region, presenting a major challenge to its economic growth. The 2024 Skills Audit, released […]