Category Archives: Chamber News

Business Workshops

To celebrate October being Small Business Month, the Chamber held a series of Free Business Workshops for members and non-members. Attendees had the choice to attend all day or select specific sessions.
The sessions included:
1) Your Business Structure After Budget – Presented by John Gowing—GowingAdvisory
2) The Execution Gap: Why Smart Leaders Know What to Do But Don’t Do It – Presented by Tabatha Kattau– Sincerus Mindset Coaching
3) AI Without the Hype – Presented by Alexander Slade—Acorp

Going Country Festival

Our inaugural Going Country Festival was a great success and we were able to deliver another major signature event for Muswellbrook and the Upper Hunter. Events like this, and our Great Cattle Dog Muster, bring significant economic benefit to local businesses and the community in Muswellbrook and across the region.
Thank you to all those who came along, and to all our sponsors and supporters for helping make it happen!

Business After Five

Almost fifty people attended our second Business After Five event held for 2026. For those attending it was a great opportunity to network, socialise, and build relationships with local business owners, managers, and staff.

September Chamber Breakfast

Nearly a hundred locals attended the September breakfast to discuss local happenings:
Simone George from Bengalla gave us an update on the Bengalla Community Day. Mick Redman gave us an update of the Mount Pleasant Mine extension..
Trevor Lynch gave us a briefing on HealthStays.
A incredibly moving presentation from Kate Jones and De-anne Douglas about Jared’s Nine for Nine and Forever Loved Events happening on the 9th September in Aberdeen. A very worthy cause about suicide prevention and mental health resilience.

August Chamber Breakfast

At our August Chamber Breakfast held this week at the Muswellbrook RSL Club, it was great to hear from a number of local businesses, including Dominic Pike from Ray White Muswellbrook, John Gowing from Epi-Centre (Gowing Advisory), and Dylan Hernando from Overdrive Mechanical Solutions.

June Chamber Breakfast

Almost 100 guests attended our June Chamber Breakfast held this week to hear Rob Hayes the General Manager at Malabar Maxwell give an update on their underground mine operations. Those attending also heard from Paul Scobie from the University of Newcastle outline their the funding and R&D support available through the Trailblazer for Recycling and…

May Chamber Breakfast

We welcomed some special guests from the Local Buying Foundation and C-Res to our May Breakfast. Melissa Westcott (LBF Chair), and Tracey Cuttriss-Smith (C-Res CEO), travelled from Queensland to visit Musellbrook and attend the Breakfast. Joining them was John Aursich (C-Res General Manager) and Darlene Flockhart (LBF Project Manager).

April Chamber Breakfast

Member Showcase was the theme for our April Breakfast. Those attending heard from Warrior Disability Services, Select Industrial Services, and Katie Jayne Music.

AI Summit

With the rapidly growing emergence of AI (Artificial Intelligence), the Muswellbrook Chamber of Commerce and Industry is staged a free AI Summit to help better understand this new technology.

February Chamber Breakfast

An audience of over 100 people, representing more then 45 different businesses and organisations attended our first breakfast for 2026.
Those attending heard from Ausgrid and their project partners on the delivery of the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone project. Also presenting was representatives from OX2, who gave an update on the Muswellbrook Solar Farm project.