Right now regional Australia is at a crossroads. The globalisation process has brought a new focus on the exciting potential of many of Australia’s regions. This report suggests that a reformed migration policy could play an important role in meeting this goal.

This technical paper considers the housing, services and infrastructure needs created by population trends in the Greater Perth area.

This paper is part of a broader project on household inequality and living standards being conducted by the Social Policy Research Centre in partnership with the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The main purpose of the paper is to discuss methodological issues in assessing geographical differences in the propensity of households to be relatively poor, and...

This report provides a select review of previous government intervention approaches and experiences in pursuit of regional development.

This briefing paper, by Stewart Smith, discusses contemporary regional policy in relation to urban regions around the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Area.