Council Chief Executive Anne Champness recounts a story of a local professional recently being forced to live in a tent during winter due to the lack of rentals in the local government area’s biggest community.
18/04/2024
Katanning Energy in south-west WA is a community-focussed organisation with a vision to see Katanning living and supported by a reliable, clean and cheap renewable electricity supply.
10/04/2024
Regional local governments are urged to take a new survey by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) in response to the Federal Government’s Inquiry into the sustainability of regional, rural, and remote councils.
Net zero. Whether you love it, are wary of it, or ambivalent to it, it’s here. Both in Australia and across the globe, the transition to low-carbon economies is underway.
26/03/2024
Regional leaders stand ready to benefit from the transition to net zero by 2050, but more information is needed to help communities navigate the way forward, according to the Regional Australia Institute (RAI).
Regional job vacancies remained unchanged at 76,000 in February 2024, with just a slight dip of 0.6 per cent from the previous month. This minor monthly decline in job ads largely reflects seasonal hiring patterns. The latest number of job ads is 6.3
22/03/2024
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 Education and Regional Impact Director, Anna Stephenson.
When the first residents move into the modernist No. 1 Church Street in the bustling centre of western New South Wales city Dubbo next year, they will be making history. Inland Australia isn’t known for its high-rise properties, but Dubbo-based devel
20/03/2024
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
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