Well-being and Prosperity
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Year: 2011
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Author: Victoria. Department of Human Services
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Publisher: Victorian Government
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Published Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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ISBN: 9780731163601
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Victoria
Torrential rain, riverine and flash flooding took place across Victoria from 4 September 2010 to 23 March 2011, causing major damage to whole communities, roads, rail networks, community infrastructure and the natural environment. Some communities were inundated several times, causing repeated damage to homes, businesses and the agricultural sect ....
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Year: 2008
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Author: Edwards, Ben; Gray, Matthew
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Journal Name: AIFS seminar series
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Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies
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Country: Australia
The most recent drought has been one of the most severe on record with large parts of southern and eastern Australia experiencing dry conditions since 1996. Moreover, 'For the agriculturally important Murray- Darling Basin, however, October 2007 marks the sixth anniversary of lower than average rainfall totals, with the November 20 ....
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Year: 2008
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Author: John S Humphreys, John Wakerman, Robert Wells, Pim Kuipers, Judith A Jones and Phil Entwistle
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Journal Name: The Medical Journal of Australia
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Journal Number: 188.8
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Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Company
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ISBN: 1326-5377
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Country: Australia
• Successful, “innovative” primary health care (PHC) models exist that have adapted to the specific circumstances of their rural and remote context. • A typology of discrete, integrated, comprehensive and outreach rural and remote services exists rather than a “one coat fits all” PHC health service model. • Successful models are cha ....
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Year: 2012
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Author: Foley, Elizabeth
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Journal Name: Australian Nursing Journal: ANJ, The
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Journal Number: Vol. 19, No. 7
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Country: Australia
I am one of the approximately 70,000 ANF members who choose to live in rural or remote Australia. Whilst I commute by train to the city daily for work I escape each evening to my 'home among the gum trees'. Amidst the beauty of the countryside there are challenges, especially with access to health and aged care services. The ANF is ....
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Year: 2009
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Author: McHenry, Julia Anwar
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Journal Name: Rural Society
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Journal Number: Vol. 19, No. 1
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Country: Australia
Despite the significance of rural Australia to national identity, many commentators claim that rural Australia is in crisis and suffering from decline as a consequence of economic restructuring and policy reform (Gray and Lawrence, 2001; Sonn, Drew, and Kasat, 2002; Baum, O'Connor, and Stimson, 2005; Tonts and Atherley, 2005). As a ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Carey, Timothy A
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Journal Name: BMC Health Services Research
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Journal Number: 13.1
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Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd.
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Published Location: United Kingdom
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Country: Australia
People living in rural and remote Australia experience increased mental health problems compared with metropolitan Australians. Moreover, Indigenous Australians are twice as likely as non Indigenous Australians to report high or very high levels of mental health problems. It is imperative, therefore, that effective and sustainable social and emot ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Craig Faulkner, Catherine Robinson and Helen Sparrow
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Publisher: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Country: Australia
This report summarises the findings of a review of selected aspects of the 2010 and 2011 regional plans of the 55 Regional Development Australia committees. The Indian Ocean territories of Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Island are also included in the summary, because although they are not part of an RDA, they are aligned with RDA Midwest Gas ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Taylor J, Braunack-Mayer A, Cargo M, Larkins S, Preston R
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Publisher: University of South Australia Centre for Rural Health and Community Development
In regional Australia "communities of place," defined as bounded geographic locations with a local society, undertake community-wide primary prevention programs. In helping to prevent chronic illness, communities provide valuable resources to the health system. To understand the role of community-health sector partnerships for primary prevention ....
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Year: 2005
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Author: Baum, S
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Journal Name: Australian Geographer
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Journal Number: Vol 37.2
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
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ISBN: 1465-3311
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Country: Australia
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 ....
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Year: Various
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Author: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Tas
Includes data over various years on labour, economic activity, industry, population, family and community, household economic resources, education, housing, transport, crime and justice, health, and the environment.
Report Locationhttp://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/1307.6Main+Features1Dec%202010?OpenDocument ....
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Year: 2010
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Author: Manning, I
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Journal Name: National Economic Review
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Journal Number: 63
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Publisher: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research
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ISBN: 0813-9474
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Country: Australia
The extent to which governments have an obligation to provide a core set of essential services to all taxpayers, irrespective of their place of residence, is a topic of regular political debate. Of particular concern is the quality of telecommunication, health and education services in rural and regional Australia. A major weakness of discussions ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Carter, Amanda J; Burritt, Roger L; Pisaniello, John D
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Journal Name: Australian Accounting Review
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Journal Number: 23.2
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Publisher: Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants
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Published Location: Melbourne, Vic
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ISBN: 10356908
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Country: Australia
The role of accountants in dealing with the social, emotional and stress-related problems of their clients is explored using semi-structured interviews with owner-accountants and regional development workers. Findings indicate the importance to rural communities and the related public of accountants acting as 'emotional wellbeing counsellors'; a ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Victorian Government, Department of Environment and Primary Industries
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Publisher: Victorian Government, Department of Environment and Primary Industries
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Published Location: East Melbourne, Vic
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ISBN: 978-1-74326-650-2
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Victoria
Wild dogs are a significant threat to Victoria’s
livestock industry, at an estimated cost
of $13–18 million per year. Their impact
on productivity, animal welfare and social
wellbeing requires an action plan to address
the wild dog issue over the five years to
2019. This plan’s implementation is the
responsibility of all stake ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Bar-Zeev, Sarah J; Kruske, Sue G; Barclay, Lesley M; Bar-Zeev, Naor; Kildea, Sue V
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Journal Name: BMC Health Services Research
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Journal Number: 13
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Publisher: BioMed Central
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Published Location: London, United Kingdom
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ISBN: 14726963
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Country: Australia
Remote dwelling Aboriginal infants from northern Australia have a high burden of disease and frequently use health services. Little is known about the quality of infant care provided by remote health services. This study describes the adherence to infant guidelines for anaemia and growth faltering by remote health staff and barriers to effective ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Morphy, Frances; Morphy, Howard
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Journal Name: American Anthropologist
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Journal Number: 115.2
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Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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ISBN: 00027294
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Country: Australia
In this article, we set up a dialogue between two theoretical frameworks for understanding the developing relationships between indigenous Australians and the encapsulating Australian society. We argue that the concept of "the intercultural" de-emphasizes the agency of Aboriginal people and the durability of their social relations and value orien ....
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