Examines the Richmond-Tweed region in New South Wales, looking at its administrative and productive structure and the influences that currently bear on it. Introduction The Richmond-Tweed region (also known as the Northern Rivers) has experienced substantial changes. During the nineteenth century the driving force in production and employment, throughout the region, was primary production. During...

New South Wales has performed strongly and is closing the growth gap on the mining dependent States such as Western Australia, according to this paper. Summary The Australian economy is continuing to show signs of recovery, underpinned by strong growth in resource exports. Activity related to the household sector has also picked up, buoyed by...

Summary: This statistical indicators paper identifies the recent trends in the value, sales and acquisitions of NSW public sector assets, at a whole of government, and individual department and public sector corporation level (selected by order of asset value for the 2012-13 financial year). As a preliminary to that discussion, the paper also presents recent...

Provides information on funding opportunities for community groups, covering: government gateways to community grants, non-government gateways to community grants, grants in selected subject areas, selected private sector/non-government funding sources, and selected local government funding sources. Introduction Members of Parliament regularly receive requests directly or through their electorate offices about funding opportunities for community groups. This...

This paper explains recent High Court decisions on the constitutional validity of a funding agreement under the Commonwealth's National School Chaplaincy Program. Introduction In July 2012 the NSW Parliamentary Research Service published an e-brief on the High Court’s decision in the first School Chaplains case – Williams v Commonwealth of Australia. That case concerned the...