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Remote Australia is a vast and complex area. To create opportunity, foster social inclusion and drive economic development in this region, you need a comprehensive knowledge base to drive change.
Remote Australia Online is exactly that. It’s an online platform that delivers authoritative research on topics that impact this region and its people, including education and its pathways, policy, business, social and cultural welfare, infrastructure, communication and natural resource management.
Remote Australia Online is for those who want to delve deeper into the complexities of remote Australia: its intricate and interconnected networks, the geographical, social, cultural and environmental influences, its opportunities, challenges, and to understand just what makes this unique region tick.
Nurse-led care of heart failure: Will it work in remote settings?
- Author: Stewart, Simon
- Published: 2012
This paper reviews the role of predominantly nurse-led, multidisciplinary, chronic heart failure management programs as part of the gold-standard management of patients discharged from hospital with this syndrome. It discusses…
From discovery to commoditization: Rock art management in remote Australia
- Author: Peter Veth
- Published: 2012
Summary This chapter contains sections titled: Abstract The Granting of Native Title and the Management of Rock Art and Cultural Heritage But It's Too Complex to be Aboriginal Art? What…
Chest trauma in Far North Queensland: alcohol management can make a difference
- Authors: Jennings, Scott, Whitaker, Richard, Turner, Richard
- Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Published: 2012
My colleagues and I wish to convey the findings of a research project recently conducted in Far North Queensland (FNQ), Australia. Alcohol-related violence in FNQ Indigenous communities has been an…
The intercultural crafting of real Aboriginal country and manhood in Central Australia
- Author: Åse Ottosson
- Published: 2012
This article explores country music as an important means for Aboriginal men in Central Australia to articulate contemporary forms of manhood and indigeneity. These desert men perceive their own music…
Design, implementation and initial assessment of the Northern Territory Point-of-Care Testing Program
- Authors: Mark D.S. Shephard, Brooke Spaeth, Beryl C. Mazzachi, Malcolm Auld, Steven Schatz, John Loudon, Janet Rigby, Vinod Daniel
- Published: 2012
Objective: The objective of the study was to improve pathology services in selected remote health centres from the Northern Territory (NT) through the implementation of a quality managed point-of-care pathology…
Mining work, family and community: A spatially-oriented approach to the impact of the Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine closure in remote Australia
- Authors: Paula McDonald, Robyn Mayes, Barbara Pini
- Published: 2012
While changes in work and employment practices in the mining sector have been profound, the literature addressing mining work is somewhat partial as it focuses primarily on the workplace as…
Ripples from remote: Studying the impact of the NAPLAN policy on indigenous education in remote schools across Australia
- Author: Unsworth, Paul
- Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education and Asia Pacific Educational Research Association
- Published: 2012
This research examines how NAPLAN-as-policy impacts on school organisation, teaching, the curriculum and ultimately the education experience and outcomes of Indigenous students in remote school settings. 124 respondents from remotely…
Practitioners, learning difference and regional and remote inclusive education settings: A pro-active analysis of the research and policy literature
- Author: Hollitt, Julie
- Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education and Asia Pacific Educational Research Association
- Published: 2012
This paper interrogates the knowledge reported in current international writing about inclusive education (IE) in regional and remote settings, with explicit reference to Australian considerations, including the emergent National Curriculum.…
Intercultural understanding for finding and keeping remote indigenous early childhood educators
- Authors: Fasoli, Lyn, Lord, Alison
- Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education and Asia Pacific Educational Research Association
- Published: 2012
This presentation explores issues related to early childhood workforce development in remote Indigenous services in the NT. Issues include the importance of developing inclusive concepts of quality and mutual mentoring…
Can we count? Enumerating births in two remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory
- Authors: Steenkamp, Malinda, Johnstone, Kim, Bar-Zeev, Sarah
- Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Published: 2012
Objective: To examine the accuracy of birth counts for two remote Aboriginal communities in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Methods: We compared livebirth counts from community birth records…
Land tenure and housing: a policy framework for meeting the needs of Indigenous Australians living in remote communities
- Author: Trainham, D
- Publisher: RMIT University
- Published: 2012
This thesis presents a policy framework for improving outcomes for remote Indigenous land tenure and housing policy in Australia. The framework is developed from an analysis of related policies and…
Australian indigenous tertiary studies: A discussion with professor David Boud on experience-based learning and the transformation of university courses
- Author: Norman, Heidi
- Published: 2012
This article critically examines the possibility of using Problem-Based Learning as an approach to teaching and learning and curriculum design in Indigenous studies. This approach emphasises the potential for Experience-Based…
Indigenous early school leavers: Failure, risk and high-stakes testing
- Author: Schwab, RG.
- Published: 2012
Indigenous early school leavers in Australia's major cities comprise a significantly larger proportion of students than their non-Indigenous peers. Drawing on recent findings from the National Assessment Program: Literacy and…
Experiencing indigenous knowledge online as a community narrative
- Authors: Kutay, Cat, Mooney, Janet, Riley, Lynette, Howard-Wagner, Deirdre
- Published: 2012
This article explores a project at the Koori Centre, University of Sydney, funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) in 2011, titled 'Indigenous On-Line Cultural Teaching and Sharing'.…
Indigenous Education 2012
- Authors: Hughes, H, Hughes, M
- Publisher: Centre for Independent Studies
- Published: 2012
In 2008, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) reduced the Indigenous education target from fix the problem in four years to fix half the problem in 10 years. The first…
Closing the Gap: Prime Minister's Report 2012
- Author: Australian Government
- Published: 2012
Closing the Gap is a framework for action on one of our nation’s most important challenges. Work on reducing Indigenous disadvantage is a shared responsibility, requiring intense and collaborative effort…
Aboriginal Art - 3rd Edition
- Author: Caruana, Wally
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson
- Published: 2012
This concise survey showcases the work of Australia's indigenous artists from all parts of the continent. From Arnhem Land and the desert, the Kimberley and northern Queensland, to modern towns…
Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment pathways: a literature review
- Author: Rivers, L
- Publisher: Ninti One Limited
- Published: 2012
This paper also describes some of the research gaps and issues relating to employment pathways for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Future research priorities are suggested. Principles and…
Exploring the impact of psychosocial factors on health outcomes in the economic choice between short-term self-gratification and self-investment in education
- Author: Campbell, D
- Publisher: Ninti One Limited
- Published: 2012
Rational: Chronic disease is a major agent in the gap in expected life span of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which some see as the result of self-inflicted lifestyle…
Distribution, abundance and harvesting of feral goats in the Australian rangelands 1984-2011
- Authors: Pople, AR, Froese, J
- Publisher: Queensland Government Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
- Published: 2012
The Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System (ACRIS), through Ninti One Ltd., commissioned Biosecurity Queensland to collate and analyse aerial survey data to determine trends in the abundance and distribution of…