Describes and evaluates the role of the Community Development Employment Projects scheme in rural and remote communities; also describes the major needs as identified by elected representatives and how the schemes have attempted to meet these needs; support document outlines the needs of particular areas - Roma, Tennant Creek, Ali Curang CDEP, Bidjara-Charleville CDEP, Cherbourg...

ABSTRACT In response to the 'digital divide', national and local governments in the UK, the US and Australia have embarked on various initiatives designed to promote the use of computer networks in low-income communities.

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has served the Australian community well, according to Jan Donovan In this article she argues that increases in the present system of 'copayments' for medicines will not contribute to improving the equity, effectiveness or efficiency of the health system, particularly for those using the health system most.

The key factors in promoting resident participation in renewal are community development approaches that start with local people, identify local issues and give residents the confidence and skills to influence their communities writes Bill Randolph.

Robert Putnam's influential book about 'social capital', Bowling Alone, uses volunteering as an index of civic participation and argues that the imminent decline of volunteering signals a potential crisis for democracy. Volunteering: The Human Face of Democracy by Jennifer Wilkinson and Michael Bittman challenges the assumptions underpinning Putnam's ideas.