Tag: regional areas

More University Places the Cure for Dearth of Regional Doctors

Universities will be offered more student places in a bid to boost the number of doctors in regional areas. The federal government will spend $114 million over the next four years to increase the number of Commonwealth-supported university places for rural-trained medical students. The increase will see 80 new medical places a year from next…


Australian Government Urged to Divert New Immigrants to Regional Areas

The Australian government is urged to increase the resettlement rate of new migrants in regional areas to help fill a major shortage of workers. Regional Australia Institute (RAI), an independent think-tank, said that increasing overseas migration is crucial to the economic growth and sustainability of the outer fringes of cities and towns in Regional Australia….


Australian Government Commits $5.5 million to Regional and Remote Performing Arts Tours

The Federal Government is offering $5.5 million (approx. US$3.95 million) in support of leading arts tours, including music, dance, theatre, and circus, as part of the Australia Council’s Playing Australia touring program. In a media release on Tuesday, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said the funding would…