This literature review looks at community engagement and academic research with a particular emphasis on public health issues. Community engagement is a term that has come to be associated with a broad range of activities involving the interaction of universities and researchers with communities. In the health field, there has been a particular recognition of...

This paper introduces community governance to an Australian local government audience and provides the foundation for further research on the topic. It summarises the findings of a literature review on community governance from a local government perspective and sets out the theoretical underpinnings.

This report provides evidence for DPCD's community development work and Indicators of Community Strength. It shows that building community participation and collaborative governance have significant outcomes. These include better physical and mental health, positive parenting, improved child development, success at school, better employment outcomes and positive ageing.

The 2011 annual Garma Festival was staged from Friday 5 August and the closing ceremony concluded the afternoon of Monday 8th August. The Key Forum theme was Academic Excellence & Cultural Integrity, a topic that flowed on from the 2010 Key Theme of Indigenous Education & Training.

This report assesses improvements in service delivery for remote indigenous communities in Australia. This is the third report under s15 of the Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services Act 2009. This report is primarily focussed on implementation at the community level, while the September report will be more focussed on government activity. This third report focuses...