Rural and remote communities
Report
Regional Universities Network: Engaging with regions, building a stronger nation
Utilising an internationally validated framework, the Regional Universities Network (RUN) undertook a study to assess and report on the member universities’ social, cultural, environmental and economic contributions to their regions and the nation. The study found substantive evidence of the positive performance of the universities, with respect to the social, cultural, environmental and economic drivers...
Report
Time and tide: moving towards an understanding of temporal population changes in coastal Australia
This report is about measuring temporary populations, in contrast to the permanent population measured by the Census undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) every five years.
Conference paper
Active ageing and employment in rural SA: a Health in All Policies project
The South Australian (SA) Health in All Policies (HiAP) initiative provides a framework and mandate for intersectoral policy work on the social determinants of health. Participation in decent and meaningful employment is a key social determinant of health, and is also an important strategy to promote ‘active ageing’ in the population. This paper reports on...
Report
Analysis of the changing resident demographic profile of Australia's mining communities
This report shows that on the whole mining resident populations are growing and diversifying.
Report
Cancer of the bush or salvation for our cities? Fly-in, fly-out and drive-in, drive-out workforce practices in Regional Australia
This report looked at the advantages and disadvantages of FIFO/DIDO work practices - especially the effect on rural communities.