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The Australian Government has invested $100 million in Solar Cities programs designed to test new and sustainable models for electricity supply and use. it is being implemented in seven separate regions across Australia, including Central Victoria. Central Victoria Solar City program encourages residents to test the effectiveness of different ene ....

The Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities and the National Water Commission have engaged CSIRO and Geoscience Australia to undertake the Assessment. The Assessment involves a basin-scale investigation of water resources to fill knowledge gaps about the status of water resources in the ....

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. ....

The on‐line searches will include case studies of positive examples from around the world. Direct contacts will be made with leaders and principals of the selected case studies, to have conversations with them and learn of the nuances which occurred and as part of the process of development, which will be on‐going. • Contact and dialogue wi ....

The scale and pace of Asia's transformation is unprecedented and the implications for Australia are profound. The Australian Government has commissioned a White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century to consider the likely economic and strategic changes in the region and what more can be done to position Australia for the Asian Century. Report ....