RDA Wheatbelt ENews - August 2018
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RDA Wheatbelt Welcomes new Deputy and Members
We are pleased to announce the new appointments to the RDA Wheatbelt Committee have been approved by the Ministers office and we sincerely welcome the new Members to our team, Fiona Bush, Kim Hewson, Steve Martin and Bonnie Cole. Current Member Karen…
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 Quarterly Activities Report Apr-Jun 2018
We are pleased to provide the second update on the activities and achievements of RDA Wheatbelt. This publication is to introduce new activities, update on ongoing projects and to answer some of the questions as to what RDA Wheatbelt does.
For more information on any of the activities please contact the Administration Office on 08 9575 1888 or admin@rdawheatbelt.com.au
Download the Apr-Jun 2018 quarterly report
Read more: RDA Wheatbelt Quarterly Activities Report Apr-Jun 2018
Building Better Regions Fund
The Australian Government Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development recently announced the projects that have secured grants through the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) Round 2. Congratulations to the four successful projects in the W…
RDA Wheatbelt Quarterly Activities Report Jan-Mar 2018
Welcome to the first of a regular update on the activities and achievements of RDA Wheatbelt. The aim of this publication is to introduce new activities, update on ongoing projects and to answer some of the questions as to what RDA Wheatbelt does.
For more information on any of the activities please contact the Administration Office on 08 9575 1888 or admin@rdawheatbelt.com.au
Download the Quarterly Activities Report Jan-Mar 2018.
Read more: RDA Wheatbelt Quarterly Activities Report Jan-Mar 2018
Aboriginal Enterprise Development Support Projects
RDA Wheatbelt is pleased to have secured funding over three years to support Aboriginal Enterprise Development in the Yued (Moora) and Ballardong Nyungar (Noongar) regions of the Wheatbelt (covering initially Northam, Brookton, Cunderdin, Dowerin, Me…
Read more: Aboriginal Enterprise Development Support Projects
Regional Growth Fund
Stage 1 applications for funding support of $10m and above have now closed.
The Australian Governments $272.2 million Regional Growth Fund closed on 27 April 2018. Future rounds will be advised if and when opened.
The minimum funding available under…
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…
RDA Wheatbelt Submission National Freight Inquiry
RDA Wheatbelt has completed a submission to the Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities. This 44 page document has been lodged ‘in confidence’ at the request of contributors. State departments, local Government Authorities, lo…
Read more: RDA Wheatbelt Submission National Freight Inquiry
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.