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
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
The fertile lands surrounding Ulverstone in north-west Tasmania have made it a hub for agriculture and food manufacturing.
24/06/2024
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
Regional job vacancies dipped by 3.6 per cent to 79,000 in April 2024. This latest number of job ads is also 10.9 per cent less than a year earlier.
21/05/2024
Some industries will face a more difficult pathway in the transition to net zero, particularly in regional Australia, where there is a heavy reliance on fossil fuels.
17/05/2024
Regional Australia is at the epicentre of the Federal Government’s Future Made in Australia ambitions, with plans to attract global investment in the development of home-grown critical minerals, low emission liquid fuels, and green hydrogen.
15/05/2024
Yarram is a small town of around 2000 people, in a prosperous farming district with a history of timber harvesting and milling in the Shire of Wellington, just over 200km east of Melbourne, in Gippsland, Victoria.
13/05/2024
The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) is calling on the Federal Government to maintain its focus on developing and supporting the regions, by prioritising long-term investment in the planning, infrastructure and services.
8/05/2024
Teressa Fisk, a finance broker on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, has spent the past two years with a strong focus on assisting clients to finance modular homes.
2/05/2024
Transition, transition, transition. It seems to be the word of 2024, positioned alongside big ideas, big investment, and big infrastructure.
26/04/2024
Ten years ago, the Pyrenees Shire Council in regional Victoria took a calculated risk and bought a tranche of land in Beaufort, a town of about 1,700 people on the Western Highway midway between Ararat and Ballarat.
22/04/2024
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
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