Strong Australia Adelaide

The Strong Australia Network centres on getting outside the major cities and bringing together employees, customers, businesses, suppliers, and distributors to discuss the issues facing our regions and work on the solutions to the challenges people face.

The Business Council of Australia and the Committee for Adelaide partnered to bring together leading local and national speakers at a luncheon and panel conversation on 21 June in Adelaide.

The event featured a panel moderated by Sky News’ Business Editor, Ross Greenwood, and included:

• The Premier of South Australia, the Hon Peter Malinauskas MP
• Mike Henry, CEO, BHP
• Jennifer Westacott AO, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia
• Sam Dighton, Chief Executive, Committee for Adelaide.

Our panel explored the massive potential for the state to lead Australia’s clean energy transition and leverage new opportunities off the back of growing demand for copper, AUKUS and the space industry. It was emphasised that for the significant opportunity to be taken up, Australia had to remain competitive and focused on creating better conditions for productivity and investment.

• Watch the event highlights
• Watch the Sky News post-event interview