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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.
Do desert dingoes drink daily? Visitation rates at remote waterpoints in the Strzelecki Desert
- Author: Allen, Benjamin L.
- Published: 2012
Dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) are water-limited apex predators in Australian terrestrial systems, but observations of dingoes in arid areas far removed from water suggest that dingoes may not always need…
Health and Wellbeing Profile for the Geraldton Health District: Geraldton Health District profile - 2012
- Author: Goldfields-Midwest Medicare Local Region
- Published: 2012
In 2010, the population of the Geraldton Health District was 38,508 people (1.7% of the state’s population). The age-structure differs from that of the WA population by having a larger…
Climate Change Adaptation Program: Major national vulnerability assessments
- Author: Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
- Publisher: Australian Government
- Published: 2012
The Australian Government’s up to $126 million Climate Change Adaptation Program is helping Australians to better understand and manage risks linked to the carbon pollution which continues to increase in…
Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: can they improve Aboriginal people’s and Torres Strait Islanders’ health?
- Authors: Ward, James, Guy, Rebecca, Huang, Rae-Lin, Knox, Janet, Couzos, Sophie, Scrimgeour, David, Moore, Liz, Leahy, Tim, Hunt, Jenny, Donovan, Basil, Kaldor, John M.
- Published: 2012
Editorial: Point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests conducted at the time of the patient visit have the potential to improve treatment and management of curable sexually transmissible infections (STI) such as chlamydia,…
Individual and district-level predictors of alcohol use: cross sectional findings from a rural mental health survey in Australia
- Authors: Inder, Kerry J., Handley, Tonelle E., Fitzgerald, Michael, Lewin, Terry J., Coleman, Clare, Perkins, David, Kelly, Brian J.
- Published: 2012
Excessive alcohol use is a significant problem in rural and remote Australia. The factors contributing to patterns of alcohol use have not been adequately explained, yet the geographic variation in…
From hospital to home: The quality and safety of a postnatal discharge system used for remote dwelling Aboriginal mothers and infants in the top end of Australia
- Authors: Bar-Zeev, Sarah J., Barclay, Lesley, Farrington, Cath, Kildea, Sue
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Published: 2012
Objective: to examine the transition of care in the postnatal period from a regional hospital to a remote health service and describe the quality and safety implications for remote dwelling…
‘Why isn’t it solved?’: Factors affecting improvements in housing outcomes in remote Indigenous communities in Australia
- Authors: Fien, John, Charlesworth, Esther
- Published: 2012
A range of factors has affected the design and construction of Indigenous housing in remote areas of Australia in recent times, including: socio-demographic issues; culture and design; consultation processes; the…
Supporting rural and remote area nurses to utilise and conduct research: An intervention study
- Authors: Gardner, Anne, Smyth, Wendy, Renison, Bronia, Cann, Tina, Vicary, Mary
- Published: 2012
Summary Background Nurses are expected to embrace research and evidence-based practice but in rural/remote facilities it is particularly difficult to develop and utilise research skills. Objectives This collaborative study aimed…
Regional and remote airports under stress in Australia
- Authors: Baker, Douglas, Donnet, Timothy
- Published: 2012
Australia's airline industry was born on connecting regional communities to major cities, but almost a century later, many regional and remote communities are facing the prospect of losing their air…
Frequent occurrence of undiagnosed pelvic inflammatory disease in remote communities of central Australia
- Authors: Silver, Bronwyn J, Knox, Janet, Smith, Kirsty S, Ward, James S, Boyle, Jacqueline, Guy, Rebecca J, Kaldor, John , Rumbold, Alice R.
- Published: 2012
Objective: To assess the extent of diagnosed and undiagnosed pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in Aboriginal women in remote central Australia. Design, setting and subjects: Retrospective cross-sectional study in five remote…
Understanding drivers of rural and remote health outcomes: A conceptual framework in action
- Authors: Lisa Bourke, John S. Humphreys, John Wakerman, Judy Taylor
- Published: 2012
Objective To demonstrate the usefulness of a conceptual framework to increase the understanding of rural and remote health by applying it to specific rural and remote health scenarios. Design A…
Insights into the biodiversity and social benchmarking components of the Northern Australian fire management and carbon abatement programmes
- Authors: James Fitzsimons, Jeremy Russell-Smith, Glenn James, Tom Vigilante, Geoff Lipsett-Moore, Joe Morrison, Michael Looker
- Published: 2012
SummaryMuch of northern Australia’s tropical savannas are subject to annual intense and extensive late dry season wildfires, much of this occurring on Aboriginal land. Based on the successful West Arnhem…
The impact of sexually transmissible infection programs in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia: a systematic review
- Authors: Guy, Rebecca, Ward, James S., Smith, Kirsty S., Su, Jiunn-Yih, Huang, Rae-Lin, Tangey, Annie, Skov, Steven, Rumbold, Alice, Silver, Bronwyn, Donovan, Basil, Kaldor, John M.
- Published: 2012
Objective: To systematically review evaluations of the impact of sexually transmissible infection (STI) programs delivered by primary health care services in remote Aboriginal communities. Methods: PubMed, Google Scholar, InfoNet, Cochrane…
Aquatic resource use by Indigenous Australians in two tropical river catchments: the Fitzroy River and Daly River
- Authors: Jackson, Sue, Finn, Marcus, Featherston, Pippa
- Published: 2012
Indigenous people of northern Australia make extensive use of wild resources as a source of food, in their art and craft, and for medicinal purposes. These resources are part of…
'We don't have anyone with dementia here': a case for better intersectoral collaboration for remote Indigenous clients with dementia
- Authors: Lindeman, M. A., Taylor, K.A., Kuipers, P, Stothers, K, Piper, Karen
- Published: 2012
OBJECTIVE: This paper reports on findings related to intersectoral collaboration stemming from an evaluation of a dementia awareness resource for use in remote Aboriginal communities*. The resource includes a DVD…
The Lililwan Project: study protocol for a population-based active case ascertainment study of the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in remote Australian Aboriginal communities
- Authors: Fitzpatrick, James P, Elliott, Elizabeth J, Latimer, Jane, Carter, Maureen, Oscar, June, Ferreira, Manuela, Olson, Heather Carmichael, Lucas, Barbara, Doney, Robyn, Salter, Claire, Peadon, Elizabeth, Hawkes, Genevieve, Hand, Marmingee
- Published: 2012
Introduction Anecdotal reports suggest that high-risk drinking in pregnancy is common in some remote Australian communities. Alcohol is teratogenic and may cause a range of lifelong conditions termed ‘fetal alcohol…
Coombs’ bastard child: The troubled life of CDEP
- Author: Will Sanders
- Published: 2012
In the mid 1970s HC Coombs was a major promoter of the idea behind the CDEP scheme: that rather than pay lots of Aboriginal people in remote areas unemployment benefits…
The shortage of health professionals in rural and remote Australia: creating pathways between students living in rural and remote Australia and health professional careers
- Author: Gorton, Susan M
- Publisher: James Cook University
- Published: 2012
Rural and remote Australia suffers a severe, chronic shortage of a diverse range of health professionals. This is of major concern, because the people living in rural and remote Australia…
The Northern Territory Teaching Schools program: Exploring the promise of partnerships in regional professional experience
- Author: Buckworth, Jenny
- Publisher: Australian Association for Research in Education and Asia Pacific Educational Research Association
- Published: 2012
One of the key challenges for education in Northern Australia is attracting and recruiting teachers who can respond to the challenges of the region at the start of their careers…
FORAGE - Framework for Online Report Generation (Long Paddock)
- Author: Queensland Government
- Publisher: Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts
- Published: 2012
FORAGE - Framework for Online Report Generation (Long Paddock)