Like larger urban populations, rural and regional communities have also experienced significant changes with increasing forms of mobility across a number of areas involving rural-to-rural, rural-to-urban, urban-to-rural or international-to-rural migration.

Social Cohesion underpins the success of Victoria’s diverse multicultural society and provides significant economic and social benefits for Victorians. In March 2015, The VMC contracted La Trobe University to undertake a research project into Understanding Social Cohesion in Shepparton and Mildura. The objective of the research, is to identify the key success factors in Shepparton’s...

What is the impact of the increased importance of risk management on people and agencies working in the community services sector? A group of researchers at La Trobe, led by David Green and Judith Brett, have undertaken an extensive study of the way in which risk management policies have been interpreted and translated into practice...