This research paper discusses the options available for managing economic transition in NSW regional communities affected by a decline in the coal mining industry.

Regional inequality has been increasing in many countries. It is well recognised that living standards across Australia are also not equal. People in regions away from the capital cities generally have lower incomes, poorer health outcomes, less access to services. This inquiry report looks at how inequality in the regions can be reduced.

This report examines the impacts of economic specialisation and diversification on Australia’s mid-sized towns. For the purposes of this project, mid-sized towns include all settlements with a population of 5,000 to 50,000 persons.

This report looks at the way that people have moved around the country between the last two national Census in 2011 and 2016, where they chose to move to or move from, and the communities in which they decided to stay. It sets out a complex picture of population mobility, in which people move to...

The rationale for this project was to explore a novel approach to regional development in Australia, based on an approach developed by the European Union.