Rural and regional publications

Economic Impact of Prisons in Rural Areas: A Review of the Issues
This review focuses on the economic, social and employment impact of locating prisons in rural areas. It focuses on US evidence primarily because most states embarked on large prison building programmes over the last three decades with a particular focus on locating prisons in rural areas. It also makes reference to new prison building programmes in Ireland and Britain [further details]

Inequality in South Australia: Key Determinants of Wellbeing
The social and economic environment is a major determinant of population wellbeing in South Australia. The purpose of this report is to deepen our understanding of the impact that social, physical and economic factors have on health and wellbeing, and to describe the distribution of some of these factors across the South Australian population. The report can be downloaded at http://www.publichealth.gov.au/ [further details]

Migration of Income-Support Recipients from Non-Metropolitan NSW and SA into Sydney and Adelaide
What motivates low-income welfare recipients who choose to relocate from rural and regional areas to metropolitan cities? What do they trade off in the move and what do they gain? These questions are examined in the final report of this project. [further details]