Rural and remote communities
Strategy
National population plan for regional Australia
This plan delivers five key recommendations to better balance Australia's population growth – taking pressure off capital cities and presenting great benefits to the rest of the country.
Report
The social and economic sustainability of WA’s rural volunteer workforce
This research identifies how rural communities in WA are addressing the challenges of recruiting and retaining volunteers at a time of unprecedented demographic change and increasing pressure on the rural volunteer workforce.
Evaluation
The Community Development Programme: evaluation of participation and employment outcomes
The Community Development Programme (CDP) is an Australian Government employment and community development program serving more than 1,000 remote communities across Australia designed to improve employment outcomes. This evaluation report draws on administrative data to examine participation and employment outcomes over the first two years of the Community Development Programme.
Research Summary
An evaluation of the first two years of the Community Development Programme: summary
The Community Development Programme (CDP) is the Australian Government’s employment and community development programme for people living in remote Australia designed to improve employment outcomes. This is a brief summary of the Community Development Programme evaluation, drawing on the community fieldwork and outcome evaluation reports.
Report
Review of the Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) service: final report
Viewer Access Satellite Television Service (VAST) provides free-to-air commercial and national television services to around 500,000 Australian viewers in regional Australia. This final report of the 2018 VAST service review includes the key recommendation that the service should continue to be provided through the current satellite delivery model.