The Community Development Employment Projects scheme provides funds to help Indigenous communities in rural and remote Australia provide employment, skills development, and various essential and desirable municipal services. However, Josie Misko argues there is room to improve the range and quality of employment and community development activities available, and to increase the number of participants...

This report offers employers, industry organisations, and professional associations an insight into the benefits of contracted work-based training arrangements for training associate professionals.

Andrew Kopras provides an analysis of socio-demographic data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing by Commonwealth electoral division, reflecting changes to electoral boundaries brought about by redistributions. The next federal election, due on or before 16 April 2005, will be contested on these boundaries.

Vocational education and training (VET) can assist rural communities develop the necessary skills to enable them to survive and prosper in changing social and economic environments. This report investigates the implementation of training packages in five rural communities, and the strategies providers, community and industry stakeholders use to achieve positive training outcomes. Providers in the...

A key challenge of Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system is to serve the broad needs of individuals, communities, and industries. This includes the provision of literacy and generic skills which meet the needs of all groups. Peter Waterhouse and Crina Virgona investigate and document workplace literacy in aged care facilities and call centres...