The New Economy Network Australia (NENA) works to facilitate connections, showcase and promote innovative projects, build peer-to-peer learning and use collective strategies to advocate for change, so that we can build a strong movement of people demanding, creating and benefiting from a ‘new’ economy.
There are three dimensions to NENA’s work: we are building networks, connections and shared initiatives:
- within specific geographic areas such as towns/cities, regions and states;
- within and across different sectors within the new economy, including: sustainable food, energy, transport, housing, indigenous economics, ecological economics and many more; and
- that prioritise specific strategic goals every year.
To carry out our work, NENA is made up of a growing number of connected, semi-autonomous Sectoral and Geographic Hubs that bring people together to focus on different issues in the new economy. NENA also has a central coordinating hub that provides support to our Hubs across Australia, and secretariat support to our elected groups.
NENA Hub Guide
Please read our NENA Hub Guide, for information about how to create, join and manage a NENA Hub:
For all inquiries, please email: nena@neweconomy.org.au
NENA Coordinating Hub - nena@neweconomy.org.au
- NENA National Coordinators - Michelle Maloney, Rhiannon Hardwick and James Lee - nena@neweconomy.org.au
- NENA Journal - journal@neweconomy.org.au
- NENA Radio - Anna Garnock and Scotty Foster
- NENA Social Media & Communications - Michelle Maloney, Rhiannon Hardwick
- NENA Website and Event Updates - James Lee, Rhiannon Hardwick and Michelle Maloney
NENA Geographic Hubs
To get in touch with the Geographic Hub Convenors in your local area, please email: nena@neweconomy.org.au
- Adelaide Hub - Sue Gilbey, Bernard Thomson
- Brisbane Hub - Michelle Maloney, Marcus Foth, Kira Athanasiov
- Canberra Hub - Scotty Foster
- East Gippsland Regional Hub (Victoria) - Caroline Crunden
- Melbourne Hub - Mark Bremner, Imogen Wells
- Newcastle, Hunter and Central NSW Hub (New South Wales) - Meaghan Burkett, Ann Apps, Sidsel Grimstad
- North Queensland Regional Hub (Queensland)
- Northern Territory Hub - Kamaljit K Sangha
- Perth Hub - Al Connolly, Adam Jorlen, Kate Biondo
- Sydney Hub - Monique Potts, Bronwen Morgan
NENA Sectoral Hubs
To get in touch with the Sectoral Hub Convenors listed below, please visit the individual webpages for details, or email: nena@neweconomy.org.au
- Arts & Culture - Catherine van Wilgenburg
- Cities & Urban Communities - Steve Liaros and Emily Sims
- Commons - Jose Ramos and Rhiannon Hardwick
- Cooperatives - Antony McMullen and Anthony Taylor
- Democracy and Governance - Sonia Randhawa and Karen Jones
- Ecological Economics - Haydn Washington and Michelle Maloney
- Education - Michelle Maloney, Phil Jones and Sidsel Grimstad
- Energy - April Crawford-Smith and Rhiannon Hardwick
- Faith Groups - Jonathan Crawford
- First Nations Economics - Ross Williams and Anne Poelina
- Food - Joel Orchard and Nick Rose
- Health & Wellbeing - Christine Doan, Janelle Kwong and Chris Henderson
- Housing - Elena Pereya
- Inner Dimensions & Healthy Cultures - Michael Berney
- Just Transitions - Kimberley Crofts and Meaghan Burkett
- Law Reform and Legal Services - Bronwen Morgan and Michelle Maloney
- Localisation - Tracey Cooper, Michelle Maloney and Helena Norberg-Hodge
- Money & Local Currencies - Kevin Cox and Simon Cole
- Narratives & Storytelling - Chris Riedy and Michelle Maloney
- Post-extractivism - Natalie Lowrey and Anisa Rogers
- Research Hub - Hamed Hosseini, Bronwen Morgan and Michelle Maloney
- Rural & Regional Economies - Kamal Sangha and Adam Connell
- Youth - Rhiannon Hardwick