With a growing population the RDA Moreton Bay busniess strategy aims to help businesses build resilience and sustainability. This project was designed to deliver a Sustainable Business Strategy through a process of auditing current levels of sustainable business practice, consulting with key stakeholders, preparing a Moreton Bay Sustainable Business Strategy and developing a toolkit to...

The 2013-16 Regional Roadmap builds on the success of the past with the inclusion of ideas and contributions from a wide range of stakeholders over an extensive consultation process, demonstrating an ongoing commitment to a collaborative approach. The Roadmap includes a solid evidence based approach to the region's fundamental economic, social and environmental metrics, followed...

The purpose of this study was to use a partnership approach between three Regional Development Australia entities and CQUniversity to better identify, understand and plan appropriate responses to issues relating to resource sector development in regional Queensland.

This paper aims to contribute to the task of evaluating Queensland’s efforts to cultivate trauma and attachment informed residential care environments. This is achieved, firstly, by identifying broad therapeutic goals and core therapeutic tasks of trauma and attachment informed residential care based on an examination of the theoretical and research literature. The paper then considers...

In light of sweeping changes to vocational education and training (VET) provision in Victoria, and dramatic proposed cuts in Queensland, this new CPD paper studies the sector’s social and economic significance and asks what lessons can be gleaned for NSW. The paper presents definitive evidence that: Substantial benefits from VET accrue to individuals, the economy...