The Hunter Community Alliance is inviting you to register for the 2025 HCA Annual Assembly.

Join us to demonstrate the power of civil society and to take action on housing, energy and climate ahead of the Federal election.

The Assembly will include a roll call of organisations, testimonies from our communities and negotiations with politicians attending. We will ask decision makers to commit to our asks for specific, concrete post-election action on housing and renting, affordable and renewable energy, climate and transition.

Confirmed attendance as at January 2025
Chris Bowen (ALP)- Minister for Energy and Climate Change
Other decision makers to be confirmed.

Date: Thursday 6 March

Venue: Great Hall, University Drive, Callaghan.

Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm (final times to be confirmed).
Note: 6.30 to 6.50 pm will include a briefing for participants.

Transport: We encourage participants to come by public transport or carpool. Further transport information advice will be sent to attendees.

Wear: Organisation t-shirts or cultural wear to represent the diversity of the Hunter Community Alliance

Bring: pen, filled water bottle & snacks, Humanitix QR code for sign in

Donations: Donations are warmly received and help Hunter Community Alliance cover the cost of the Assembly.

Agenda, background, essential pre-reading and briefing details will be sent to participants ahead of the assembly.

Please Note: this is not a debate between candidates, nor will questions be taken from the floor. The agenda for this event has been agreed upon by the Alliance partner organisations, and questions will be sent ahead of time to political representatives invited to speak. 

Hunter Community Alliance is a non-partisan coalition of faith groups, community organisations, NGOs, charities, and unions acting on issues of the common good. We provide opportunities for Hunter people to shape the decisions that decisions that affect them, their families and everyone living and working in our region. Find out more at www.thehca.org.au