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New grant scheme launched for regional communities

Launched by Elders CEO Mark Allison at the RAI’s Regions Rising National Summit – Shifting our Gaze in Canberra today, the Elders Community Giving Project will provide grants of up to $20,000 for grassroots projects.

14/09/2023

New grant scheme launched for regional communities

Housing and workforce “Achilles’ heel” of regional Ambition progress

Housing and the shortage of workers are the two targets called out by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) as hampering the advancement of the regions, following the launch of the first progress report.

13/09/2023

Housing and workforce “Achilles’ heel” of regional Ambition progress

Inaugural report of Regionalisation Ambition 2032

We all know the only certainty in life is change. Change is inevitable but transformation is a conscious choice. Transformation requires choice.

13/09/2023

Inaugural report of Regionalisation Ambition 2032

Regions need fair housing funding to address record workforce shortages

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) is backing a proposal to see regional, rural and remote Australia assured an equitable distribution of the Federal Government’s $10 billion housing fund.

11/09/2023

Regions need fair housing funding to address record workforce shortages

New data unveils dynamic change in Australia’s demographic landscape

A surge of millennials leaving Australia’s capital cities for country communities is helping drive a regional renaissance, new research from the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has found.

4/09/2023

New data unveils dynamic change in Australia’s demographic landscape

MEDIA ALERT – Big Movers 2023

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) will release its latest research report, Big Movers 2023, Regional Renaissance: A rise in migration to regional Australia, on Monday.

1/09/2023

MEDIA ALERT – Big Movers 2023

Applications for nbn® co. innovation program now open

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) is pleased to again be a partner of the transformative Innovate with nbn® grant program.

28/08/2023

Applications for nbn® co. innovation program now open

Intergenerational Report puts regional Australia at the centre of nation’s future economy

The release today of the 2023 Intergenerational Report (IGR) highlights how critical regional Australia is to the nation’s future over the next four decades.

24/08/2023

Intergenerational Report puts regional Australia at the centre of nation’s future economy

Tradies look to the bush as city-living takes its toll

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI), in partnership with industry bodies, business and government, is calling on city-dwellers working in the building and construction sector to consider a life beyond city-limits.

23/08/2023

Tradies look to the bush as city-living takes its toll

New Regional Australia Institute & Elders partnership advances

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has welcomed a new partnership with Elders Limited to advance the RAI’s goal to ‘rebalance the nation’ and create a more equitable future for the 9.5 million Australians who live outside city bounds.

31/07/2023

New Regional Australia Institute & Elders partnership advances

Regional Western Australia emerges as growth hotspot

City dwellers are continuing to escape the hustle and bustle of metropolitan living, with the latest Regional Movers Index (RMI) for the June 2023 quarter showing migration flows to regional areas are up more than 16 per cent.

30/07/2023

Regional Western Australia emerges as growth hotspot

Collaborative regional leaders bring their key learnings to the nation’s capital

The Leading Australian Resilient Communities (LARC) program, which focuses on building leadership skills through a local lens, is celebrating 12 months of success this week.

27/07/2023

Collaborative regional leaders bring their key learnings to the nation’s capital

Regional Movers Index – June Quarter

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will release data on Monday 31 July, shining the spotlight on where people are moving around regional Australia.

27/07/2023

Regional Movers Index – June Quarter

Digital divide between country and city decreases

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has welcomed meaningful increase in the latest Australian Digital Inclusion Index (ADII) score for regional Australia.

21/07/2023

Digital divide between country and city decreases

Regional Australia’s casting call for arts professionals

The arts academic relocated to Mackay to head up a theatre course at Central Queensland University, and research from the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) shows Linda’s expertise is in high demand.

19/07/2023

Regional Australia’s casting call for arts professionals

RAI commends Federal Government’s commitment to address regional study barriers

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has praised the Federal Government’s focus on the obstacles for regional and remote Australians in undertaking tertiary study, and the commitment of $66.9 million.

19/07/2023

RAI commends Federal Government’s commitment to address regional study barriers

Victoria’s Regionalisation Ambition unveiled at Geelong

The role Victoria can play in rebalancing the nation will be the focus of the Regional Australia Institute’s (RAI) Regions Rising event in Geelong today.

4/07/2023

Victoria’s Regionalisation Ambition unveiled at Geelong

Nearly half of all urban workers would move to regional Australia for a better salary

Regional Australia Institute (RAI) is embarking on the nation’s biggest ever recruitment drive to showcase the 91,000 compelling, fulfilling, and well-paying jobs on offer in regional Australia.

4/07/2023

Nearly half of all urban workers would move to regional Australia for a better salary

MEDIA ALERT - Regions Rising Victoria

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) will host the Victorian component of its national event series, Regions Rising, in Geelong next week.

30/06/2023

MEDIA ALERT - Regions Rising Victoria

RAI Chair pays tribute to The Hon. Simon Crean

Regional Australia Institute (RAI) Chair Christian Zahra AM has paid tribute to The Hon. Simon Crean as a passionate and strategic advocate for regional Australia and a firm believer of the work of the RAI.

26/06/2023

RAI Chair pays tribute to The Hon. Simon Crean

Gold medal move - Giaan Rooney trades goggles for gumboots

As a gold medal winning Olympic swimmer Giaan Rooney knows a thing or two about how to control her breathing.

16/06/2023

Gold medal move - Giaan Rooney trades goggles for gumboots


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