The Report of the Commonwealth / NSW Working Party on Migration to Sydney and Regional NSW was jointly endorsed by the NSW Premier and the Commonwealth Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in 2004. The report identified a number of strategies for a whole-of-government approach to promoting business and skilled migration to regional NSW.

This report, Evaluation of Skilled Migration to the Riverina examines a number of measures that have been taken subsequent to the recommendations of the Working Party report, especially as they pertain to initiatives undertaken in the NSW Riverina.

The evaluation is encouraging of skilled migration initiatives in the region and recognises the benefits that skilled migration to the Riverina can bring for employers, migrants and host communities.