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Chair's Foreword
Members
Terms of Reference
Abbreviations
List of Recommendations
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
Background
Final report
Acknowledgements
2. Inquiry Process
Launch of inquiry
Issues paper
Interim report
Media and communications
Submissions
Public hearings
Private briefings
Final report
Committee consideration
3. Principles of Regional Development
Principles for building and sustaining regional Australia
4. Regional Australia
Defining rural and regional Australia
Definitional limitations
Value of rural and regional Australia
Globalisation and 21st century Australia
Rural and regional challenges
5. Elements of Regional Development
Introduction
Connectivity
Human capital
Specialisation
Amenity
Institutions
Resilience of communities
Investment in regions
6. Framework of Regional Development
Commonwealth Government
7. Decentralisation of Commonwealth Entities
Background
Current decentralisation program
Advantages of decentralisation
Timing of decentralisation decisions
Deciding whether to decentralise
Challenges and risks
Successful implementation
Solutions other than whole-agency relocation
8. Corporate Decentralisation
Defining corporate decentralisation
Conditions for corporate decentralisation
Successful corporate decentralisation
Unsuccessful corporate decentralisation
Financial incentives
9. Committee Strategy
A placed-based approach
Future strategy
Green and White Paper
Joint Standing Committee on Regional Development and Decentralisation
A. Submissions
B. Public Hearings
C. Exhibits
D. Expert Panel Members
E. Australian Public Sector Agencies