Rural and remote communities
Strategy
Remote engagement and coordination strategy
This strategy document aims to improve the way the Northern Territory government coordinates services and engages with regional and remote Aboriginal community members.
Policy report
Leasing reforms on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory: impacts on land rights and remote community governance
Since 2006, Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory has been subject to a range of land tenure reforms, mostly government-initiated. This paper examines the extensive and varied impacts of three leasing models on the governance of the land rights system and remote communities, and the changing governance dynamic between traditional owners and community residents.
Report
SDA in thin markets
This resource identifies challenges and barriers to delivering Specialist Disability Accomodation (SDA) in thin markets. It explains the role that housing providers, disability support providers and all members of the community play in shaping opportunities for people with disability.
Report
The 15 practices of rural community co-produced mental health initiatives: advice from people who are doing them
This paper highlights key advice about things to do and things to think about when establishing and operating rural community co-produced initiatives for local mental health and wellbeing services.
Report
Back to basics: a new model for business creation in remote Indigenous communities
This paper calls for an overhaul of the current approach to Indigenous economic participation through business creation. It outlines a practical model for remote Indigenous communities that harnesses the fundamental principle of supply and demand, and what the authors identify as the three foundations of business creation — capability, entrepreneurship and business support.