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Impact of Competition Policy Reforms on Rural and Regional Australia

  • Year: 1999
  • Author: Productivity Commission
  • Publisher: Productivity Commission
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 1740370244
  • Country: Australia

The Commission's primary task has been to investigate and report on the effects of NCP on people, businesses and communities, especially in country Australia. The Commission has looked at the effects to date and likely long-run effects on country Australia and the nation as a whole. It has sought to disentangle the effects of NCP&n ....

Improving the skills of rural and remote generalists to manage mental health emergencies

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Ellis, Isabelle; Philip, Tina
  • Journal Name: Rural and Remote Health
  • Journal Number: Vol.10, No.3
  • Country: Australia

People living in rural and remote areas have been found to suffer higher rates of mental illness and psychological distress than their urban counterparts. However, mental health consumers are concerned about the lack of access to specialist mental health care and report poor service quality and stigmatizing staff attitudes when pre ....

Income, sense of community and subjective well-being: Combining economic and psychological variables

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Bradley S. Jorgensen, Robert D. Jamieson, John F. Martin
  • Journal Name: Journal of Economic Psychology
  • Journal Number: Vol.31, No.4
  • Country: Australia

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of income and reference group income on well-being while controlling for a range of social psychologicalvariables. A random sample of 1033 residents in a regional Australian city were surveyed by mail on a number of variables including subjective well-being, sense of community, attitudes toward th ....

Indicators of Community Cohesion in an Australian Country Town

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Louise Holdsworth; Yvonne Hartman
  • Journal Name: Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
  • Journal Number: Vol.1, No.2
  • Country: Australia

While the notion that communities require resources in the form of financial capital for their development and wellbeing has long been recognised, it has become increasingly apparent that economic resources alone do not lead to community sustainability and wellbeing. The building and supporting of strong, safe, socially cohesive communities that ....

Indicators of Community Strength

  • Year: Various
  • Author: Department of Planning and Community Development
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

The Indicators of Community Strength measure Victorian’s perception of their local area amenity, ability to get help when needed, participation and select social attitudes. The following reports provide the framework and evidence that underpin the indicators, 2008 local government area data and an examination of some indicators by select popula ....

Indicators of community strength in Victoria: framework and evidence

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Jeanette Pope
  • Publisher: Department of Planning and Community Development
  • Published Location: Melbourne, Victoria
  • ISBN: 978-1-921940-24-8
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

This report provides the underpinning framework and evidence for DPCD’s community development work and its Indicators of Community Strength that track elements of this work (DPCD 2010). The indicators measure aspects of Victorian’s ability to get help when needed, community participation, satisfaction with amenity in their local areas and sel ....

Indigenous family violence: Australia's business

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: Carney, Libby
  • Journal Name: Indigenous Law Bulletin
  • Journal Number: Vol.6, No.1
  • Country: Australia

This article explores some of the reasons why family violence is an increasing issue for Indigenous peoples, and recent developments aimed at combating the problem. Discussion includes Indigenous and Western law, self determination and family violence, and the need for governments to develop a better and closer relationship with In ....

Indigenous Parenting Project: main report

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: Borg, Tracey; Paul, Anne
  • Publisher: SNAICC
  • Published Location: North Fitzroy, Vic
  • Country: Australia

Phase One of the Parenting Information Project consists of a literature review, program audit and substantial national consultations on parenting information and programs for Australian parents including those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This document reports upon the Indigenous component. The Department ....

Innovation in ageing for regional communities: planning for productive ageing in the Wide Bay/Burnett region of Queensland

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Soar, Jeffrey; Garlick, S; Waterman, P; Gururajan, R
  • Journal Name: Exploring the meaning of ageing through practice, policy and research: Australian Association of Gerontology 38th National Conference
  • ISBN: 0975831003
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

The Program of Innovation in Ageing for Regional Communities research project is a partnership between the University of the Sunshine Coast and the University of Southern Queensland, both with campuses in the Wide Bay Burnett region of Queensland. The project aims to assist regional communities to better understand and address incr ....

Interactive Distance E-learning for Isolated Communities: The Policy Footprint

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Crump, Stephen; Twyford, Kylie; Littler, Margaret
  • Journal Name: Education in Rural Australia
  • Journal Number: Vol. 18, No. 2
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales, Northern Territory

This paper provides information on the policy strand of an investigation into the Australian Research Council Linkage research project into 'interactive distance e-learning' [IDeL] following the introduction in New South Wales and in the Northern Territory of Australia of satellite-supported two-way broad-band internet services for ....

Is Isolation a Problem?: Issues Faced by Rural Libraries and Rural Library Staff in South Australia

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Haines, Rebecca; Calvert, Philip J
  • Journal Name: Australian Library Journal, The
  • Journal Number: Vol. 58, No. 4
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: South Australia

The aim of this research was to investigate current issues faced by public library staff in rural South Australia and to examine some of the reasons why people choose to work in rural libraries. The study took a mixed methods approach, combining interviews and questionnaires to gain a fuller understanding of the issues and experien ....

It's about people : changing perspectives on dryness : a report to government

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Kenny, Peter
  • Publisher: : Drought Policy Review Expert Social Panel
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 9780980371475
  • Country: Australia

As part of the Federal Government's national review of drought policy, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry appointed an expert panel to examine the social impacts of drought on farm families and rural communities. The Panel's report was released in September 2008, and includes independent research as well as the pe ....

It's More than the Money: The Relationship between Social Values and Demographic Change in Sustaining a Rural General Practitioner Workforce

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: Cheney, Helen; Wilson, Erin; Willetts, Juliet
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol. 14, No. 3
  • Country: Australia

Historically, rural General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia tended to be male, Anglo, middle-class and in nuclear family structures, whereas the contemporary workforce demographic is increasingly female and of diverse ethnicity. Demographic trends and changing social values of university-educated professionals directly affect serv ....

Keeping youth in communities: Education and out-migration in the South West

  • Year: 2001
  • Author: Robyn Eversole
  • Journal Name: Rural Society Journal
  • Journal Number: 11.2
  • Publisher: eContent Management Pty Ltd
  • ISBN: 1037-1656
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

The out-migration of youth is a particular concern facing rural communities. A study of eight communities in the Blackwood region of South Western Australia demonstrates the key role of educational availability in encouraging the out-migration of people, especially young people, from rural areas. The study also highlights difficulties involved i ....

Kids Come First

  • Year: Various
  • Author: Department of Health and Human Services
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Tasmania

Includes key indicators of health, wellbeing, safety, development and learning that reflect the influences of child, family, community and service systems. This resource provides a wealth of publications on regional issues, including specific reports relating to children in Regional Australia. As a collection, these publications provide valuab ....

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