It’s well-established that developing renewable manufacturing and export industries will be good for the climate and create thousands of well-paid, quality jobs for aussies. Additionally, if the transition is managed properly and the public returns are invested back into our communities, the benefits can be even more expansive. Ensuring that investment in renewable manufacturing goes hand-in-hand with key areas like healthcare and housing means transition communities like Gladstone in central QLD can futureproof their towns, increase livability and inoculate against ongoing impacts from the transient, FIFO industries of recent times.