Winchelsea, VIC has a shortage of appropriate housing for older people looking to downsize, forcing some residents to move from their hometown into the nearby city of Geelong, or even further afield.
13/03/2024
The RAI has a dedicated and enthusiastic team and through the ‘Faces of the RAI’ series, we want to introduce you to the people undertaking this work. This week we profile our Director of Corporate Affairs - Amanda Barwick.
7/03/2024
My Bella Casa is an offsite construction business, working to deliver new, quality, long-term homes to regional, rural and remote communities across Australia. My Bella Casa is the brainchild of Tamika Smith.
6/03/2024
Partnerships between multiple levels of government and the not-for-profit sector are often discussed, but rarely do they experience the success of the Griffin Green project.
28/02/2024
The Sunshine Coast has surged ahead as Australia’s most coveted region for movers, capturing a record share of net internal migration over the last year according to the latest Regional Movers Index (RMI).
Throughout the latter part of 2022 and much of 2023 the nation’s job market exploded, even more so in regional Australia where online vacancies were reaching about 90,000 month-on-month.
27/02/2024
The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will release data on Wednesday, 28 February 2024, shining the spotlight on where people are moving around the regions.
26/02/2024
The significant shortage of housing in regional NSW is well evidenced. It is also accepted that addressing this shortage will require innovative approaches in the short to medium term.
22/02/2024
In January 2024, almost 76,000 regional jobs were advertised, marking a 2.0 per cent decrease from the number of vacancies in December 2023. This monthly decline in job ads largely reflects seasonal hiring patterns. The latest number of job ads is 5.
20/02/2024
Quilpie Shire Council made international headlines in 2021 when it launched a scheme offering $12,500 grants for people to buy and build new residential dwellings across its townships.
16/02/2024
Key regional housing indicators have alarm bells ringing in regions as house prices jump to record levels – with median prices now tipping $605k – almost on par with metro market figures three years ago.
9/02/2024
Regional-specific new build targets; bolstered and quarantined regional housing infrastructure funding; and better planning for growth are among the asks of government from the National Regional Housing Summit in Canberra today.
The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) in partnership with the Real Estate Institute of Australia and Master Builders Australia will host the National Regional Housing Summit in Canberra this Friday, 9 February 2024.
7/02/2024
The release today of the Australian Government’s State of Australia’s Regions 2024 report highlights the important role regional Australia is playing in the nation’s future prosperity and development.
6/02/2024
I like to start each year goal setting and dreaming about what’s possible and to date this manifestation of ideas, innovation and aspiration has stood us in good stead.
30/01/2024
Leaders from local, state and federal government, along with representatives from industry, peak bodies and the not-for-profit sector will gather in Canberra as part of a collective effort to discuss solutions to regional Australia’s housing needs.
15/01/2024
The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) office will close at 5pm on Friday, 22 December 2023 reopening at 9am on Wednesday, 3 January 2024.
21/12/2023
Regional job vacancies dipped by 5.4 per cent to 87,600 in November 2023. The monthly decline in job ads largely reflects seasonal hiring patterns. This latest number of job ads is 3.4 per cent less than a year earlier.
20/12/2023
A new locally-lead taskforce to drive building a workforce for the future in the Murray-Mallee will be established early next year, as a result of a unique forum in the region this week.
15/12/2023
There has been a reoccurring theme when it comes to regional Australia throughout 2023 – that it’s on the precipice of a monumental change.
6/12/2023
Building a local workforce of the future is the focus of a Cross-Border Future Industry Workforce Forum to be held in Euston, in south-western NSW, on Monday, 11 December.
1/12/2023
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