Join Advance Cairns and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) in this very special year-end economic analysis and outlook with two leading economists.
We are very proud to partner with AICD to bring you the institute’s Chief Economist Mark Thirlwell.
You can look forward to hearing Mark examine the big global and national economic events of an extraordinary year:
- Welcome to the new global order: Fragmentation, populism, and economic nationalism
- How the world economy changed in 2025: from ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs and the TACO trade to fiscal fears and the AI stock market boom
- The year that was in Australia: A post-COVID economy, a post-Review RBA, and the latest attempt to reignite an Economic Reform debate
- What does all this mean for the outlook for 2026?
Our regional economist Pete Faulkner will then unpick what this means for Far North Queensland.
- How has Cairns’ recent economic trajectory compared to the national story?
- Impact of tariffs and the changing face of international trade on the Far North
- Interest rate cycle…where to next?
- Specific regional impacts of an AI Revolution?
- Challenges faced by the Far North – construction costs, housing and skills shortages/gaps, diversification of our economy
Seats are limited for this important year-end event so book now