Australia's large regional cities and towns display a wide variation in their adjustment to the socio-economic transitions that have occurred over the past decade. In terms of socio-economic advantage and disadvantage, these changes, often associated with globalisation, wider economic and technological restructuring, the changing demographics of ....
Author: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,Queensland
Publisher: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,Queensland
Country: Australia
State/Region: Queensland
The Queensland Government has set a clear, ambitious target to double Queensland’s
agricultural production by 2040.
The purpose of this research, development and extension (RD&E) plan is to describe how
the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s (DAFF) agricultural
RD&E program will contribute to achieving th ....
Publisher: National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra
Published Location: Canberra, ACT
Country: Australia
In the past few years NATSEM has developed spatial modelling techniques to create synthetic small area socio-economic data. This is achieved by combining the Census data with that from the ABS national sample surveys. This paper describes the techniques used to create the synthetic small area data. It then provides some examples of ....
In the past decade Australian immigration policy has emphasised settlement of refugees/humanitarian entrants in rural and regional locations, in preference to metropolitan areas. The settlement outcomes of a case study of African humanitarian entrants of South Sudanese background in Murray Bridge, a regional centre in South Australia, are examine ....
Author: Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE)
Publisher: Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics
Published Location: Canberra
ISBN: 978-1-921260-36-0
Country: Australia
The Northern Australia Statistical Compendium was prepared by BITRE with the assistance of the Office of Northern Australia, with the aim of compiling a base of factual information that would contribute to improved understanding of the economic and social developments in this region. The compendium discusses essential characteristics of Northern ....
Publisher: Australian Local Government Association
Country: Australia
According to most publicised indicators, Australia's economic performance over the past decade has been exemplary. Incomes have increased, unemployment has decreased, and the inflation rate has remained low. In addition, nearly all home-owners have received gratifying capital gains. For many, this additional wealth has provided psychological comp ....
Publisher: Australian Local Government Association
Country: Australia
This is the fourteenth State of the Regions Report. The Report is commissioned by ALGA and prepared by National Economics.
This year's report incorporates the latest census analysis examining population and migration, as well as distribution of employment, income and household wealth, including the scale of private savings and mortgage burden ....
Journal Name: Policy: a Journal of Public Policy and Ideas
Journal Number: Vol.16, No.4
Country: Australia
The thesis of this article is that Australians are enjoying unprecedented economic prosperity, with the benefits being dispersed more widely than is often recognised. The author challenges the 'favourite description used by those wanting to talk down Australia's good fortune - that there are 'two Australia's', ranging from 'black a ....