Rural and remote communities
Report
Funding Indigenous organisations: improving governance performance through innovations in public finance management in remote Australia
This review explains the context and past experience of public finance reform and its effects on governance in remote Indigenous communities. Preamble The poor development standards experienced by Indigenous Australians, especially in places remote from urban areas, are regularly characterised in public and academic discourse as a crisis, with calls for ‘new approaches, new thinking...
Report
Managing the impacts of feral camel across remote Australia: final report of the Australian Feral Camel Management Project
The Australian Feral Camel Management Project (AFCMP) was a partnership of 20 organisations, supported by the Australian Government, that was contracted in 2010 to reduce the density of feral camels, with the primary aim of decreasing the threat to the ecological and biodiversity value at 18 sites in remote Australia and a secondary objective to...
Report
In the picture: understanding belonging and connection for young people with cognitive disability in regional communities through photo-rich research: final report
For young people with cognitive disability who live in regional Australia, very little is known about what helps and what hinders belonging and connection in their communities. This research addressed this gap in our knowledge by working collaboratively with young people.
Briefing paper
Briefing paper 5: identifying regional capitals
This report identifies the regional capitals of Western Australia based upon a conceptually meaningful regionalization, where regions are defined by (a) the Western Australia Regional Development Commissions, (b) functional economic regions.
Discussion paper
Lessons from a history of beer canteens and licensed clubs in Indigenous Australian communities
This paper aims to provide historical depth to the idea that alcoholic drinks should be made available in licensed canteens or clubs in discrete Aboriginal communities.