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RAI Research Agenda

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: RAI
  • Country: Australia

The Regional Australia Institute aims to better understand the challenges and opportunities facing regional Australia and to develop innovative policy solutions that can drive greater prosperity and quality of life in regional areas. This research agenda provides a high level strategic framework for investment in specific research by the Institut ....

RAI's Proposed Regional Competitiveness Index

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: Regional Australia Institute
  • Country: Australia

Australians face severe challenges in accessing and understanding the diversity of data that is available to explain where our regions are now and where they could be in the future. This report describes the Regional Australia Institute's (RAI) proposed approach to assessing the competitiveness of Australia's regions. ....

Renewal of Local Infrastructure in Regional Australia

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: RAI
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: All Regions

A new national organisation dedicated to catalysing renewal in local infrastructure represents the most promising public policy for tackling the local government infrastructure shortfall. To effectively address the policy problem, this organisation must fulfill three main functions: - Provide Australian local government with access to private s ....

Rethinking the future of northern Australia's regions: more than mines, dams and development dreams

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: The Regional Australia Institute
  • State/Region: Northern Australia

Northern Australia remains the topic of fierce debate and renewed policy interest. While discussion often centres on the prospects for particular industries or projects, it is essential that the national debate and resulting policy frameworks take into account the diversity of situation and opportunity in the north. To identify the imperatives f ....

Stocktake of Regional Research - 50 pieces of influential research

  • Year: 2012
  • Publisher: Regional Australia Institute

The Stocktake of Regional Research project provides people involved in regional development with easier access to the latest knowledge. The project also supports researchers who want to see their work taken up and used for the benefit of regions to connect their insights to decision makers. The objective of seeking to determine the 50 most influ ....

Stocktake of Regional Research - Summary Report and Gap Analysis

  • Author: 2012
  • Publisher: Regional Australia Institute
  • Country: Australia

Since the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) was established in late 2011, many researchers and users of research in regions and government have spoken to RAI about the on-going challenge of connecting with relevant existing knowledge about regional development. The Stocktake of Regional Research is a first step in creating a long term ....

Talking point: Returning to regional Australia

  • Year: 2014
  • Author: The Regional Australia Institute
  • Country: Australia

Talking point: Returning to regional Australia looks at the influx of Australians aged 25-44 into regional areas. There are now more people in this age group migrating from metropolitan to regional areas than vice versa. Many of these are regional 'Returners', people who have left in their younger years but come back later in life to resettle t ....

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