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2000

Small business and networks: aspects of social capital in a small rural town

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Bell, R; Kilpatrick, S
  • Publisher: Centre for Research and Learning in Regional Australia, University of Tasmania
  • Published Location: Launceston, Tas
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Tasmania

This paper explores through empirical research, what contributions small business people make to the community of Scottsdale (a small country town in north eastern Tasmania), over and above their economic contribution within the sphere of normal business activity. It is the notion of networks and productive interactions between peo ....

Social and cultural factors that influence the adoption of sustainable farm practices

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Phillips E
  • Editors: Shulman, AD; Price, RJ
  • Journal Name: Case studies in increasing the adoption of sustainable resource management practices
  • Publisher: Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 0642267502
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

As part of the first case study 'Barriers and constraints to the adoption of sustainable farming techniques in the sheep/wheat industry: the sociological context', the large body of sociological theory which seeks to explain farmer behaviour is focused on. An ethnographic interview survey of 104 farm people was conducted in two Riv ....

Social indicators for regional Australia

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Bray, J R
  • Publisher: Department of Family and Community Services
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia

A range of social measures is examined in this paper in order to provide an insight into the relative outcomes of communities in different parts of Australia. It reviews all regions of the nation, and the characteristics of the location with respect to its urban form and its relationship with the state capital. Data from the 1996 C ....

Socioeconomic correlates of mortality differentials by Local Government Area in rural northern New South Wales, 1981-1995

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Yu, Xue Q.; Robertson, Christine; Brett, Ingrid
  • Journal Name: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
  • Journal Number: Vol.24, No.4
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

Objective: Many studies have examined the correlation between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality in Australia, but little is known about the oorrelation in rural areas and most studies have not explored the trends in SES differentials in mortality. This ecological study examines this correlation and explor ....

Special article: Australia's regional population growth

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Publisher: Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Country: Australia

Except for the state of Tasmania, all States and Territories recorded gains in population in 1999 - 2000. At a regional level, differences in population change occurred as a result of the interplay of the components of population growth with internal migration as the main determinant of the level of population growth. This article  ....

STATE OF THE REGIONS REPORT 2000-01

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: National Economics
  • Journal Name: State of the Regions
  • Journal Number: 3
  • Publisher: Australian Local Government Association
  • Country: Australia

The approach taken in State of the Regions (SOR) reports is to adopt an inclusive approach to Australia's regions. All Australia is broken into geographical units. The advantage of this approach is that we are able to examine what is happening in all parts of Australia and compare the performance of different types of region. Report Locationhtt ....

The agricultural impacts of environmental flow rules in the Murrumbidgee Valley

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Jayasuriya R; Crean J
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

Environment flow policies introduced by the New South Wales Government are aimed at improving and maintaining sustainable river systems. A combination of economic and hydrological simulation modelling was used to assess the impacts on agriculture from the implementation of different flow scenarios in the Murrumbidgee Valley NSW. Th ....

The future of population growth in Victoria

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Deacon, M
  • Journal Name: People and Place
  • Journal Number: Vol.8, No.1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

The Victorian Department of Infrastructure has recently released a new set of population projections for all Local Government Areas and Statistical Local Areas in Victoria for the period 1996-2021. This article seeks to analyse the population projections at a broad level and evaluate the assumptions chosen. There is a discussion of ....

The great divide: Sydney or the bush

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Trebeck, D
  • Journal Name: Policy: a Journal of Public Policy and Ideas
  • Publisher: Vol.16, No.2
  • Country: Australia

The popular perception that the bush is going bust while the cities boom is challenged in this article which argues that some regional areas have thrived. Issues discussed include: adjustment to change by rural people; trade reform; productivity; falling commodity prices; misguided solutions; politicians out of touch with the commu ....

The inter-regional economic impact of microeconomic reform

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Whiteman, John L.
  • Journal Name: Economic Papers
  • Journal Number: Vol.19, No.1
  • Country: Australia

This paper focuses on microeconomic reform in three major infrastructure industries: electricity, gas and telecommunications. The objective of the paper is to examine the inter-regional effects of micro-economic reform. Report Locationhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1759-3441.2000.tb00951.x/abstract ....

The myth of 'two Australia's' : wealth and income distribution

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Skeffington, R
  • 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 ....

The non-cointegration of Queensland regional employment and some considerations for regional policy and modelling

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Trendle, Bernard
  • Journal Name: Australasian Journal of Regional Studies
  • Journal Number: Vol.6, No.3
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

Report Locationhttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=200113205;res=IELAPA ....

The regional impact of national competition policy

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Madden, John R.
  • Journal Name: Regional Policy and Practice
  • Journal Number: Vol.9, No.1
  • Country: Australia

Report Locationhttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=200102255;res=IELAPA ....

The relative social and economic status of Indigenous people in Bourke, Brewarinna and Walgett

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Ross, K; Taylor, J
  • Publisher: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 0731549074
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

This profile of the relative social and economic status of Indigenous people in Bourke, Brewarrina and Walgett in New South Wales was prepared to inform discussions which will explore solutions to pressing social and economic problems facing Indigenous communities in these three towns. The focus is on those aspects of social and ec ....

The rural adjustment scheme: its role, operation and effectiveness

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Bill Malcolm et al
  • Publisher: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
  • Published Location: Barton, ACT
  • ISBN: 0642578044
  • Country: Australia

This report investigates the role, operation and effectiveness of the Rural Adjustment Scheme in dealing with farm businesses experiencing difficult financial circumstances. It looks at issues such as the history of low incomes in agriculture, the 'farm problem', adjustment, and the role of the former RAS in Australian agriculture. It also examin ....

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