Queensland's next decade will be shaped by the decisions - and the collaborations - we build right now.
Wednesday 25th March, at the Queensland Leaders Annual Dialogue, QFI brought together Members of Parliament, QFI members, partners and guests to launch the Queensland Futures Institute Annual Leaders Survey - Initiatives for 2026.
We extend our sincere thanks to The Honourable Steve Minnikin MP, Minister for Customer Services and Open Data and Minister for Small and Family Business, who opened the evening.
This year's survey brings together 40 contributors spanning finance, energy, infrastructure, health, education, resources, regional government, sport, insurance and the law - and five defining themes emerged with remarkable consistency across every sector and every region:
💡 Brisbane 2032 - a forcing function for lasting legacy, not just a sporting occasion
💡 Energy - the foundation of everything, and Queensland's greatest opportunity
💡 Human capital as economic infrastructure - education, health and workforce as hard economics
💡 Regional Queensland - growth that concentrates only in the south-east is not the growth Queensland needs
💡 Collaboration - the only way forward for challenges too interconnected for any single sector to solve alone
As QFI President, Kate Farrar, CEO, Brighter Super noted in her address, Queensland stands at a genuine inflection point - one where population momentum, capital investment, industrial transition and global attention are all converging simultaneously. That convergence does not happen often.
The Annual Leaders Survey is now a core component of QFI's suite of expert thought-leadership forums, outlining member insights and priorities for the next year to deliver the next decade of prosperity for Queensland.
