2000

This article reports on a sample of early school-leavers in rural Australia who attempted to make the journey from school to work or training. Data was gathered from early school leavers and other informants, such as employers and providers, using interviews and focus group discussions. Key findings to emerge include a description of early leav ....

While not denying that tourism has environmental impacts, tourism's potential to aid biodiversity conservation world-wide is great and needs to be harnessed. However, unless precisely explained, the notion of ecotourism clouds the role of tourism in nature conservation. Therefore I define ecotourism as all visits that focus on natu ....

The fourth case study reports technology transfer performance as a widespread and major concern for research, development and extension managers and their clients. The principal aim of this project was to apply contemporary best practice in agricultural extension systems to research, development and extension focused on the complex ....

This article investigates recent claims concerining the 'new regionalism' - that is, the 're-emergence' of the region and a unit of economic analysis and the territorial sphere most suited to the interaction of political, social and economic progress in the era of 'globalization'.  It is also borne out of an interest in the changing pattern ....

The Tangentyere Family WellBeing course was held in Alice Springs between March 1998 and April 1999 in response to increased suicides and attempted suicides among Aboriginal youth in Alice Springs and the surrounding region. A personal empowerment course designed to assist people to take greater control over the conditions affectin ....

The Aboriginal Careers Aspiration Program was established to enhance knowledge, skills and access to career pathways information and to raise the numbers of Indigenous students across as many subject areas as possible. This report presents a review of this program, focusing on the critical issues which impact on Aboriginal students ....

Regional measures of longer term farm performance are examined. Report Locationhttp://adl.brs.gov.au/data/warehouse/pe_abarebrs99000561/PR11738.pdf ....

This is the first edition of an annual, comprehensive report on financial disadvantage among Australia's children and adults. The key goal of this annual report is to provide authoritative and up-to-date estimates of financial disadvantage (or 'poverty') in Australia. Section 2 of this report looks at what types of families are in ....

This paper reports on a participatory research project conducted in two Victorian rural communities during 1998-1999: one Mallee town and one Western District town. The inspiration for this research came from the changes that have occurred in rural areas of Australia over the past two decades, together with the political neglect of ....

This report attempts to identify a way forward on some of the challenging self-governance and service delivery issues facing governments and Aboriginal peoples, by identifying strategic opportunities for change and the development of more collaborative relationships. The authors provide some background on Aboriginal affairs reform ....

The Productivity Commission was asked to examine the economic and social impact of competition policy and related infrastructure reforms introduced at the Commonwealth, State and local government levels, and to identify measures to increase the flow of benefits or mitigate any transitional costs arising from the implementation of c ....

Over recent years, the issue of farm poverty has been addressed by Government through a number of schemes, including the Drought Relief Payment, the Farm Household Support Scheme and, more recently, the Farm Family Restart program. The effectiveness of these types of programs can be influenced by the nature of the policy development process which ....

Strategies, priorities and actions to address the key regional issues facing communities in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria region of Queensland: integration of native title processes with regional planning processes, and facilitation of an agreements-based approach; environmental issues; economic development; employment education ....

Paper summarising a panel discussion presented to the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association. Conference (23rd: 1999: Newcastle, NSW). Report Locationhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/39290310?q=toronto%2Cnsw&c=article&versionId=52130113 ....