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Grants up for grabs for regional innovators

Entrepreneurs with great ideas now have the opportunity to be part of a unique grants program that aims to support creative digital solutions for regional Australians.

4/09/2024

Grants up for grabs for regional innovators

Regional Labour Markets Update – July 2024

Regional job vacancies dipped by 1.8% to 73,713 in July 2024. This latest number of job ads is 18.3% lower than a year earlier.

28/08/2024

Regional Labour Markets Update – July 2024

The New Frontier: A powerful play for the future of our regions

Power can have many definitions. It can provide an ability for one to direct or influence the behaviour of others, or a course of events. It can supply energy.

27/08/2024

The New Frontier: A powerful play for the future of our regions

Southern states prove the sweetest, as new era of regionality dawns

Australia has entered a new era of internal migration according to the newly released Regional Movers Index (RMI), with data indicating the nation’s love of regional living is becoming a sustained population trend.

19/08/2024

Southern states prove the sweetest, as new era of regionality dawns

Liz Ritchie Keynote Address – Regions Rising National Summit: The New Frontier

Hear what RAI CEO - Liz Ritchie had to say in her Keynote Address from our Regions Rising National Summit - The New Frontier.

14/08/2024

Liz Ritchie Keynote Address – Regions Rising National Summit: The New Frontier

Net zero targets won’t be met unless regions are given the power

A new report released today by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) shows Australia’s net zero targets are under threat, unless regional communities are given a genuine seat at the table to help drive the transition.

13/08/2024

Net zero targets won’t be met unless regions are given the power

Launch Of Towards Net Zero: Empowering Regional Communities & Regions Rising National Summit

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) will next week release its latest report outlining the regions needs to help drive Australia’s transition to net zero.

6/08/2024

Launch Of Towards Net Zero: Empowering Regional Communities & Regions Rising National Summit

The great challenge, the great opportunity

The clock is ticking. It’s been almost a decade since the United Nations’ (UN) Paris Agreement was adopted, essentially committing the global community to net zero emissions by 2050.

29/07/2024

The great challenge, the great opportunity

Regional Australia desperately needs more tradespeople – and a lot of them should be women

Australia needs housing. This isn’t new – we’re a growing nation, and we’re seeing record levels of migration. To keep up with this growth, the Commonwealth, state and territory governments aim to build 1.2 million new homes over the next five years.

28/07/2024

Regional Australia desperately needs more tradespeople – and a lot of them should be women

Regional Labour Markets Update – June 2024

Regional job vacancies dipped by 4.6% to 75,037 in June 2024. This latest number of job ads is also 13.9% lower than a year earlier.

24/07/2024

Regional Labour Markets Update – June 2024

Start me up: powering the engines to drive forward regional Australia

Change. For some, change is exciting. It unsettles, and that sense of nervous anticipation for what’s ahead can serve as an incredible motivator. For others it’s hard.

25/06/2024

Start me up: powering the engines to drive forward regional Australia

Potato power – how a Tasmanian factory is creating a cleaner, greener future

The fertile lands surrounding Ulverstone in north-west Tasmania have made it a hub for agriculture and food manufacturing.

24/06/2024

Potato power – how a Tasmanian factory is creating a cleaner, greener future

Regional Labour Markets Update – May 2024

Regional job internet vacancies remained steady at just under 79,000 in May 2024, with a slight dip of 0.6 per cent from the previous month. This latest number of job ads is also 13.7 per cent less than a year earlier.

21/06/2024

Regional Labour Markets Update – May 2024

World-first study to examine regional Australia’s worker need and skilled refugee employment

A pioneering new research project is set to shape win-win solutions that help address regional Australia’s chronic skill shortages and ensure skilled refugees find employment.

18/06/2024

World-first study to examine regional Australia’s worker need and skilled refugee employment

Launch of world-first research project

This world-first research project, supported by the Federal Government through the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Linkage program, will be launched in the regional NSW city of Wagga Wagga next week.

14/06/2024

Launch of world-first research project

Metro to regional movers multiply, with millennials leading the march

The number of city-dwellers choosing a life in the regions has hit a 12-month high, with the latest Regional Movers Index (RMI) showing metro to regional relocations have surged in the first quarter of the year.

31/05/2024

Metro to regional movers multiply, with millennials leading the march

Regional Australia: the beginning of our nation’s tomorrow

The Federal Budget is so much more than a carefully scripted speech on one night of the year. It’s the instrument that helps guide Australia over the 12 months, and in some situations, the years to come.

29/05/2024

Regional Australia: the beginning of our nation’s tomorrow

Regional Movers Index - May Quarter

The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will release data on Friday, 31 May 2024, shining the spotlight on where people are moving to around the regions.

29/05/2024

Regional Movers Index - May Quarter

Tackling the transition to net zero in the food manufacturing industry

Understanding the sustainability challenges and opportunities for small to medium food manufacturing businesses in regional locations across Australia close to farm suppliers is important for the future growth of Australian manufacturing.

28/05/2024

Tackling the transition to net zero in the food manufacturing industry

RAI backs new childcare coalition calling for change

A lack of early childhood education and care (ECEC) across regional Australia is hampering the nation’s economic prosperity, as the population of the regions grows at an unprecedented rate.

28/05/2024

RAI backs new childcare coalition calling for change

From Cape York to Bruny Island, and beyond: You Moved Where?! returns for third season

Hosted by film and tv producer, Bec Bignell, herself a recently returned regional resident, You Moved Where?! is back for its third season, taking a glimpse into the highs and lows of moving away from a metropolitan lifestyle.

24/05/2024

From Cape York to Bruny Island, and beyond: You Moved Where?! returns for third season


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