This document reviews the Alpine Resorts 2020 Strategy released in 2004 and proposes six strategic objectives to guide sustainable, four-season and vibrant resort development in Victoria's alpine region. An assessment of outcomes since 2004 by the ARCC concludes that: Visitation and growth • Winter visitor days are growing slowly and visitor numbers have grown in...

Thirty-two percent of Australians live in the non-metropolitan areas of Australia. This report looks at the development of community committees in rural and regional areas. The desire for rural and coastal lifestyles, advances in communications technology and positive market conditions for industries such as mining and agriculture mean that a regional renaissance is well underway...

This guide has been conceived as a methodological guidance for policy-makers and implementing bodies on how to prepare for and how to design, draft and implement a national/regional research and innovation strategy for smart specialisation (RIS3).

This publication examines FIFO trends in the Western Australian context, literature on the subject, new directions in FIFO integration and provides examples of current practices of PICC member companies.

Australian governments are under constant pressure to intervene to support the economies of particular regions, particularly those that grow more slowly. The most prominent recent example is the Commonwealth Government’s “Commitment to Regional Australia” in September 2010 1 that promised $10b over eight years, partly implemented through the Investing in Australia’s Regions package in the...