2004

The primary objective of this research was to work with key stakeholders and the communities affected by Fly-in/Fly-out (FIFO) operations to develop a more sustainable and mutually advantageous future by arriving at strategies to maximize identified benefits and minimize identified negative impacts of FIFO in the Pilbara. Report LocationClick h ....

As the Minister responsible for the newly created portfolio of planning, I believe that Tasmania needs a robust system of land use planning which not only deals properly with natural environments but also the developed and urban environment. Report Locationhttp://www.planning.tas.gov.au/?a=152601 ....

Contributors to this Workshop presented a perspective on how a range of social and economic factors, including culture, law, education, employment, models of governance, and social and community interactions, affect the health of Indigenous Australians. They also suggests fruitful directions for further inquiry into how these facto ....

The Victorian Government's population policy outlines the government's visions for 'growing' Victoria's population in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner. The policy focuses on six key strategies. These are addressing low fertility rates by reducing obstacles to raising a family and providing more suppo ....

Regional and rural Australia is undergoing significant change. Among the drivers for change are: (1) an emerging discourse on nature that challenges the agricultural centric view which has dominated regional and rural Australia; (2) transforming agricultural landscapes, which are increasingly multifunctional and complex; and (3) a ....

Discusses the changes in population and economy of rural regions in Australia. Status of urban and rural populations in Australia; Factors that contribute to changes in rural populations; Overview of the disparity in incomes between urban and rural areas; Analysis of the future of farming communities in the country . Report Locationhttp://conne ....

The growing use of the Internet is providing rural, regional and remote areas with new opportunities to communicate, purchase goods and services and make use of applications that can reduce transaction costs, generate revenue and/or provide access to new forms of entertainment. The development of more data-intensive applications is stimulating de ....

Given the public health burden of chronic heart failure (CHF) within the community, difficulties in patient access to health services in rural and remote areas, and the relative high morbidity and mortality of this disease, new strategies are urgently required. However, the allocation of health care resources in rural areas makes d ....

Statistical methods of dimension reduction and classification are used to obtain homogeneous local-area clustering with regard to the most relevant demographic parameters. The dimension reduction is conducted in two stages using Principal Component Analysis and a modified k-mean procedure is proposed to determine the final clusters. This clusteri ....

Children living with domestic violence are at high risk of abuse and death, yet state child protection responses to children living with domestic violence have remained largely uncoordinated. This collaborative project between non government organisations and the statutory child protection authorities in the Mackay and Whitsunday R ....

Community renewal is a dominant theme in American society today. It has been said that public administration could and should be a leader in the community renewal movement, yet for the most part the field of public administration fails to "get" community. This study advances and explores a concept of community learning as part of a broa ....

A project was undertaken to enhance the capacity of resource managers, in particular the local occupants, to identify, plan and implement sustainable natural resource management options in tropical woodlands of Zimbabwe and northern Australia. The project involved the collaboration of government, non-government institutions and com ....

One side-effect of the Big Sky boom that began around Jackson WY has been the birth of a novel approach to economic growth and land-use planning that focuses on environmental and conservation protections. To serve such emerging niches, Sullivan presents some architects and developers, who find themselves in alliance with a host of exper ....

This paper draws on original research conducted in 2003 with drought affected people and communities in inland NSW The paper outlines the scale of the drought, its social impacts and the resultant need for services. Income support mechanisms aimed at drought affected people and communities such as the Exceptional Services scheme ha ....