The focus of this project was to identify the factors that contributed to the success of businesses in desert Australia. In particular, the study was designed to determine: " how successful these businesses had been over the last three years " what factors were used to measure such business success " what factors were considered...

This study set out to review work to date on sustainable investment in desert settlements, reporting on extending the lifecycle of remote, particularly Aboriginal, settlement housing and infrastructure relative to social, technical and economic investment. The main thesis of this project is that technical and economic considerations alone are inadequate for developing innovative responses to...

Attracting and retaining skilled and professional staff is a problem not limited to remote, or even rural and regional locations in Australia. There is strong evidence to suggest that it is increasingly a global problem and organisations throughout the world are seeking innovative strategies to attract and develop new talent and develop other strategies to...

Study of whether 'desert tourism' is a topic worthy of research, and is it a component of 'desert knowledge'; Indigenous tourism is seen as an important component of 'desert tourism' and a high research priority is to develop an agenda for researching issues surrounding Indigenous tourism.