Community development
Guide
Steps to settlement success: a toolkit for regional and rural communities
This toolkit has been developed to respond to the information needs of rural and regional communities looking to settle migrants locally, be they migrants coming in from big Australian cities or overseas, entrants to Australia on skilled working visas or on humanitarian grounds.
Conference proceedings
Empowerment and Accountability in Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention
In response to the recent high rate of suicide deaths among Indigenous young people and children, and the Western Australian Coroner’s report of the Inquest into the 13 Deaths of Children and Young Persons in the Kimberley Region, Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention hosted an Indigenous Youth Suicide...
Report
Understanding regional settlement in Australia: key learnings from past experiences
This paper contains the learnings from some regional communities in different parts of Australia that have successfully welcomed migrants.
Report
The practice of kindness: learning from the Kindness Innovation Network and North Ayrshire
This publication brings together practical examples of things that can be done to create the conditions for kindness. It also highlights the barriers to relationships within organisations, and posits kindness as a radical concept that demands challenging the systems and structures that currently govern our institutions.
Guide
Funding opportunities for community groups
Members of Parliament regularly receive enquiries about funding opportunities for community groups, either directly or through their electorate offices. This Issues Backgrounder is designed to assist Members and their electorate office staff to respond to these enquiries. This guide provides links to selected funding opportunities for community groups.