2005

Fault Lines Exposed intends to understand inequality across Australian cities and towns. Social and economic change in Australia has resulted in the emergence of disparities in advantage and disadvantage between metropolitan communities and regional localities, towns and cities. In 1999 the book Community Opportunity and Vulnerability (Baum et al ....

The experience of depression for older rural men is particularly difficult, due to societal messages promoting a view of hegemonic masculinity. This study investigated the prevalence and predictors of mild depression among older married men living in rural areas of Australia and the United States. The study investigated how demogra ....

This paper reviews the content of non-statutory regional natural resource management (NRM) plans from several Queensland regions in terms of their consideration of the economic viability of natural resource dependant enterprises and industries, the plans consideration of the region's ability of regions to respond positively to exte ....

The paper and associated database directly tackle the issue of quantifying economic growth in regions. BTRE derived regional economic activity indices for every Local Government Area in Australia from 1980–81 to 2004–05. The figures are based on Australian Taxation Office individual income data which have been reworked to allow easy compariso ....

Social capital theory proposes that social networks and norms have a role to play in influencing a community's development. This paper presents and analyses statistical information relating to social capital in Australia and its regions, using a set of 33 social capital indicators for 2001–02. It also explores the relationship between social ca ....

Sets out a new conceptual framework for analysing disadvantage and dysfunction in Cape York; sets out the goals of the Cape York reform agenda which based on the work of Amartya Sen who considers freedom to be the critical measure of individual wellbeing; the end goal for the Cape York reform agenda can be expressed as ensuring tha ....

The UK rural economy is increasingly driven by consumption-based demands rather than by productive land use. Such demands have been an influence on rural land use for many hundreds of years, but a range of factors, including greater wealth and mobility, have reinforced a long-standing trend for the rural economy to be consumption driven. A n ....

Since the early 1980s, there have been a number of attempts to use rural service centres as a policy instrument for regional development in South Africa. This paper traces the evolution and reformulation of the strategy and concept through an examination of six case studies. These demonstrate how rural service centres were incorporated ....

Housley Consulting was engaged by the G21 Geelong Regional Alliance, to undertake a Telecommunications Needs Assessment Study of the region to indicate where G21 should direct their supportive effort in relation to telecommunications. Report LocationClick here to view the full publication ....

The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health examines the health of over 40,000 Australian women. This paper draws on a range of indicators and data on health, health behaviours, health service use and generational lifestyle issues among women in different geographic locations and argues that there are important spatial diff ....

This paper reports the results of a pilot research project examining the health service needs of rural and regional seniors in the Cradle Coast communities of north west Tasmania. The study examined older peoples' living situation, mobility, education and employment, financial status, quality of life and activities, social networks ....

This report is a statistical reference source. It examines mortality inequalities by sex, geographic region, socioeconomic disadvantage, occupation, and country of birth among infants and children, young adults, working aged adults and older persons during the period 1998-2000, and between 1985-1987 and 1998- 2000. Mortality inequa ....

How do we see and relate to the agricultural heartlands of Australia? Might alternative ways of imagining and engaging with rural places enable ecological and social regeneration? In Heartland, George Main takes us on a journey through the country of his childhood to explore the cultural and historical dynamics responsible for ecological change a ....

An effective work force can make or break a farming business, so it is vital for farmers to place particular emphasis on the employment process. This report provides a guide for farmers looking to employ staff, both family and non-family, and shows how adopting a professional approach can make the process of employing staff m ....