The big ticket resources projects of the past decade have not delivered as hoped for regional Queensland. New approaches are needed.
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Innovation is focused on regional centres that have research and development institutions, but more than 150 regional areas have potential to match this innovation, research finds.
Knowing a city’s professional network ratio helps to understand how connected its inhabitants are to other markets, customers and ideas. All support innovation, adaptation and city growth.
A comparison of 36 Australian cities finds that, unlike Europe, the data on their creativity and culture are not closely linked to their capacity to generate economic value and social well-being.
Regional settlement of migrants benefits both new arrivals and local communities.
Regional cities can be as effective at generating jobs and growth as their big five metro cousins. But they must identify and build on their strengths to be investment-ready.
The side effects of globalisation that have led to our current populist politics will not be successfully addressed by old-style industry policy.
Professionals in rural and regional Australia such as hairdressers, accountants and bank managers often play the role of counsellors too.
Regions that offer adquate amenities for residents have the best chance of converting long-distance commuters into the sort of new residents who can sustain regional prosperity.
The affordability crisis in regional Australia has a long history. In some places the problem is even worse for residents than in the capital cities.
Outside the capital cities and the coastal fringes, the towns and people of rural and regional Australia have had to be inventive to get through the tough times.
A new coalition of bodies representing regional Australia is calling on the government to help guarantee better access to the internet and the networked economy.
It’s time for a fresh look at community and policy development in rural and regional NSW – one that recognises that doing things differently will deliver benefits to urban populations as well.
Long-distance commuting may help promote the development of regional cities by boosting local populations, skills and incomes.
On the big national policies affecting non-metropolitan Australia, such as agriculture and trade, the major party differences are minor. That’s why the election focus turns to local projects.
A long-term plan can’t properly underpin a vision without engaging many of Southeast Queensland’s stakeholders and visitors or without the use of appropriate futures methods.
Superannuation, health and child care are among the issues that are likely to matter most to voters in the bellwether NSW seats of Eden-Monaro, Robertson and Lindsay.
What are the issues facing rural and regional Australia? The challenges are many and varied – and only some have made the national political agenda – but these areas deserve better than neglect.
The Nine Network’s partnership with Southern Cross Austereo doesn’t just impact regional television. It has ramifications for media ownership, television and what counts as ‘local content’.
Growing population, growing demand for food, climate change: Australia’s rural lands are facing a number of pressures. So how can we sustainably use them in the future?
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Director, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
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Senior Research Fellow & Associate Professor, University of Canberra, Stockholm Environment Institute
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Lisa Waller is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Digital Communication, RMIT University
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Deputy CEO, Regional Australia Institute
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University
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Professor (Communication), Deakin University
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Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Organisational Design, RMIT University
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Media and Communication and Co-Director, Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sustainable Urban Precincts Project, RMIT University
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Honorary Professor of Demography, Macquarie University
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Executive Dean, UniSA Business, University of South Australia
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Associate Director, Government Relations, Australian Catholic University
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Vice-Chancellor, Federation University Australia
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Laboratories and Technical Services Manager at the School of Environment Science & Engineering, Southern Cross University
