Regional
Development Committees have been formed throughout
55 regional development areas throughout Australia
with the focus on developing a ‘Regional Roadmap’ which
provides an overview of a particular region,
including a description of the region, its
attributes, industry, agricultural and employment
base and key advantages, key issues, goals and
priorities for action. In Queensland, such a plan is
known as the ‘Regional Roadmap’ to avoid confusion
with existing state regional polices and documents.
The development of this regional roadmap has been
prepared through a detailed and collaborative
approach to identifying the key issues and top
priorities for the Darling Downs and South West
region.
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Blueprint for the Bush is a 10 year
whole-of-Government strategy for building a sustainable,
liveable and prosperous future for rural communities in
Queensland. Tomorrow's Regions brings together the
Blueprint for the Bush initiative and Regional
Development Australia (RDA) initiative to provide a
stronger voice for rural and regional communities in
Queensland. Under the new model, RDA committees within
Blueprint for the Bush areas will prepare a
Regional Blueprint
as part of their RDA Regional Roadmap. The Regional
Blueprint focuses on the specific issues and priorities
of rural and remote communities within the RDA region.
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Scoping Study - Mining and Coal Seam
Gas Development
RDA
DD&SW commissioned Parsons Brinckerhoff to
complete a desktop study that would provide information
that could be used by all levels of government and key
stakeholder groups within the region to better inform
debate and policy decision making in relation to the
resource development occurring within our region.
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Strategic
Regional Water Analysis Project
RDA
DD&SW views water as a key regional development asset.
The future management of a wide raft of activities
involving this important natural asset will play a
pivotal role in the future development of the region. We
have undertaken a strategic analysis of a wide range of
investment possibilities identified in a collection of
reports that have been released in the past ten years.
Over 720 recommendations have been extracted from some
2000 reports and 44 investment categories have been
highlighted. RDA is hopeful that this document will
assist to inform government olicy and possible funding
of priorities related to water management within our
region.
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Public Meetings to discuss the draft Murray-Darling
Basin Plan
The
Murray-Darling Basin Authority will hold
open public meetings following the
release of the
Draft
MD Basin Plan
on Monday 28 November 2011. The 20-week
formal consultation period will give
people the opportunity to read the draft
plan, discuss it with their community,
and provide feedback via the formal
submission process. Submissions close on
16 April 2012.
For further information,
including full details of the public
meetings, visit the
Murray-Darling Basin Authority website.
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2012 Agrifood Environmental Scan Survey
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A series of
public consultations will be held as part of the
Convergence Review, which will examine the policy
and regulatory frameworks that apply to media and
communications in Australia.
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Call for
public comments on Digital Economy initiatives
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Review of Regional Rail Services
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Surat Basin Future Directions Statement and Final
Report - Building a prosperous and sustainable
future for the Surat Basin region. The final report
provides detail on implementation of the headline
initiatives and other activities from the Statement
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Surat Basin Resource Town Housing Affordability
Strategy
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