Rural and remote communities
Policy report
Impact of competition policy reforms on rural and regional Australia
This report examined competition policy reforms and their impact on rural and regional Australia.
Working paper
Women's electronic networking: building social capital in rural communities
This paper argued that community development can inform service delivery models and telecommunications policy to establish appropriate telecommunications for rural and remote communities.
Thesis
Rural restructuring, policy change and uneven development in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia
This thesis examines economic restructuring and changing governmental regulation in the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia.
Conference paper
Sense of place, social capital and rural development
Discussions of rural communities often attribute values or images to them that imply their intrinsic 'goodness'. Such attribution of value is reminiscent of the ideals which farming is often held to enshrine, and which has been called 'agricultural fundamentalism': the notion that the occupation and way of life of farming are inherently superior to other...
Conference paper
"Let me have my own pigeon hole and copying number": developing partnerships in rural and remote schools
This paper reports on a project designed to better prepare inexperienced teachers for the particular demands involved in teaching in rural and isolated areas.