Rural and remote communities
Briefing paper
Some features of financial services in regional and remote communities: background paper 18
This paper discusses access to, and use of, financial services by those in regional and remote areas and challenges people may face when accessing financial services.
Guide
Rural proofing guide for policy development and service delivery planning
This guide has been produced to ensure that when policy-makers sit down to design the rules, they take into account the unique factors that affect rural communities, such as low populations, isolation, and reliance on the primary sector for employment.
Report
Cyber safety in remote Aboriginal communities: final report
This report looks at issues that fall under the umbrella of cyber safety, and the particular kinds of outcomes that are occurring in remote Aboriginal communities and towns. Some of the standard strategies for avoiding harm are failing in these contexts, and the resulting problems can affect many people.
Audio
Disconnect
The Disconnect audio documentary discusses why people in some Aboriginal communities believe that mobile phones and social media are creating new kinds of conflict.
Journal article
Community-engaged research with rural Latino adolescents: design and implementation strategies to study the social determinants of health
The health of adolescents, perhaps more than in any other period of their life, is shaped by the social determinants of health (SDH). The constellation of SDH that disadvantages a specific group’s health may also make members of that population unable or unwilling to engage in health research. To build a comprehensive body of knowledge...