RDA Wheatbelt ENews - January 2020
Please download the January 2020 edition of the ENews. To subscribe please contact admin@rdawheatbelt.com.au
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Innovation Conversations - Driving for Change
RDA Wheatbelt Inc and the Wheatbelt Development Commission are pleased to announce the first of a series of Innovation Conversations to be held in the Eastern Wheatbelt region.
The “Driving for Change’ forum is to be held in Bruce Rock and will focus…
RDA Wheatbelt ENews - December 2019
Please download the December 2019 edition of the ENews. To subscribe please contact admin@rdawheatbelt.com.au
RDA Wheatbelt Annual Report 2019
We invite you to download the RDA Wheatbelt’s Annual Report for 2018-2019, providing a brief look at key programmes, activities and initiatives that we have been involved in throughout the past year.
This report includes:
- Projects – Wheatbelt Second…
Wheatbelt Secondary Freight Network wins Award
Update provided by Katrina Crute. - Last Friday night Garrick and I (along with Phillip & Tenille) represented Wheatbelt Secondary Freight at the WA Regional Achievement & Community Awards where WSF was one of three Finalists in the Dept Loca…
The Need for Reform - Aged Care Submission
RDA Wheatbelt - The Need for Reform: Aged Care in the Wheatbelt Region. Download the full report
Since 2012, the Wheatbelt region in Western Australia has been working to develop innovative models that enable older people to remain in their communiti…
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Connecting people with people, opportunities with solutions, ideas with implementation.
The Wheatbelt, in all its diversified faces,…
Noongar Enterprise Development Support Projects
The Ballardong Moorditj Yaakiny and Yued Ngala Wele Karla projects are officially "Open for Business"
For more on the RDA Wheatbelt NEDS initiatives please go to http://www.rdawheatbelt.com.au/initiatives/noongar-enterprise-development-support
For the project websites please follow the links - Ballardong Moorditj Yaakiny (Standing Strong) and - Yued Ngala Wele Karla (Our Dream on Fire)
$70 Million Funding Announced for WSFR Project
Congratulations to the 'Wheatbelt Secondary Freight Route' Group with $70 Million Federal Funding Announced.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, announced today in Mooliabeenie (Bindoon) that $70 million of funding will be allocated to Wh…
RDA Wheatbelt Telecommunications Submission - Aug 2018
RDA Wheatbelt’s research articulates the indisputable importance reliable digital telecommunications has for the Wheatbelt’s ongoing economic development and supporting population growth in the region.
The RDAW 2017 survey responses could be seen as…
Read more: RDA Wheatbelt Telecommunications Submission - Aug 2018
RDA Wheatbelt Enterprising Communities Report
The evaluation has shown that the Enterprising Communities program has delivered in terms of outputs and beneficial outcomes and there is a strong impression that it will also deliver positive impacts. The program has been a catalyst in bringing comm…
Wheatbelt Digital Action Plan - 2017 Revision
The results of the RDA Wheatbelt 2017 survey illustrated, people’s utilisation of digital technology has become more gradually nuanced and sophisticated as specialised technologies have become available or more user friendly. An indication of this is…
RDAW Submission Regional Rural Remote Education Inquiry
Download the final RDA Wheatbelt Submission to the Regional, Rural, Remote Education Inquiry.
The Commonwealth Minister for Education and Training has called for a review into regional, rural and remote education with a view to consideri…
Read more: RDAW Submission Regional Rural Remote Education Inquiry
RDA Wheatbelt Telecommunications PC Presentation
RDA Wheatbelt Executive Officer, Juliet Grist, presented at the Productivity Commission Telecommunications USO public hearing on the 14th February.
The full speech can be read here.
Comments include -
"Regional Development Australia Wheatbelt, a…
RDAW Second Response to PC Telecommunications Draft
RDA Wheatbelt has made a second submission as a stakeholder, and on behalf of the rural, remote and outer remote locations of the WA Wheatbelt.
RDA Wheatbelt has reviewed the Productivity Commission’s Telecommunications Draft Report…
Read more: RDAW Second Response to PC Telecommunications Draft
Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Wheatbelt Report
The Wheatbelt region is home to high levels of innovation with Chittering, Toodyay and Northam Shires identified as innovation hotspots, according to a new report commissioned by Regional Development Australia Wheatbelt.
The Entrepreneurial In…
Read more: Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Wheatbelt Report
RDA Wheatbelt Telecommunications Submission
RDA Wheatbelt recently prepared a submission to the Productivity Commission for the Issues Paper on the ‘Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation’. RDA Wheatbelt submitted a number of recommendations including, that the scope and objectives of the Universal Service Obligation should be extended to include internet and mobile phone services and that there is a need for continued Government intervention in wholesale pricing and subsidisation of services to the disadvantage sectors of the Wheatbelt population and the business sector. Download the RDA Wheatbelt Telecommunications Submission.