Captains of industry, politicians and thought leaders all agree that skilling children early and in areas of the fastest growing occupations is important to productivity, workforce participation and global competitiveness. RDA Hunter's ME Program is addressing the need for a STEM qualified workforce

The Hunter tourism industry has an opportunity to take advantage of the State Government's new funding program that helps drive visitation to our region.

According to Todd Williams, after the Hunter’s innovation was benchmarked with European Union regions in RDA Hunter’s 2014 Hunter Innovation Scorecard the concept of ‘‘smart specialisation’’ was identified as the next logical step to improve productivity and position the Hunter for future growth.

We invite you to a public information session about the rollout of high speed broadband in the Hunter and opportunities and case studies to grow business and the Hunter's digital economy

RDA Hunter has had the highest number of nominations for Board positions of any of the 55 strong network of RDAs in Australia

Smart Specialisation helps define our competitive advantages. RDA Hunter is applying the proven system as a catalyst for new activities to strengthen the economic development of the region

Joint natural disaster relief and recovery arrangements are available for Hunter areas including Cessnock, Dungog, Great Lakes, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, and Singleton.

The Australian Government is building safer roads in the Hunter through the national Black Spot Programme.

RDA Hunter Chairman and CEO this week joined the German-Australian Science Circle at the invitation of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Christoph Mueller

RDA Hunter’s ME Program this week announced a new partnership with University of Newcastle’s Robogals and BAE Systems to engage the Hunter’s female primary and secondary school students in engineering, robotics and programming.