2005

About 30 per cent of Australia's population lives outside the capital cities and major regional centres. Despite a common perception that city life is more problematic for the mental health of city dwellers, people living in remote and rural Australia face additional risks to mental health and well being, and additional difficultie ....

In the small community of Tara in Queensland, years of disadvantage and the negative impacts of rural residential subdivision development have been turned around. This paper discusses the Tara Engagement Model, an example of effective place based collaboration between community and government. The model used evidence based practice ....

In recent years, significant resources have been allocated to support the establishment of online communities, websites and regional web portals, which can foster community activities, interests and events in rural and regional communities. However, most initiatives fail to develop sufficient revenue streams or systems that can sup ....

Youth homelessness is widely acknowledged as an area of concern and it has received reasonable focus and research attention in metropolitan areas. However, the particular concerns and needs of rural youth have not generally been investigated or documented. This is despite many rural young people experiencing problems relating to th ....

Mount Gambier is South Australia's largest regional city with a population approaching 30,000 people. Located approximately 400 km from Adelaide in the South Eastern part of South Australia, the city is the major commercial hub for several primary industries including logging and wood-chipping, market-gardening and dairy production ....