In his final speech in Parliament, former Deputy Prime Minister The Hon Warren Truss told his colleagues to remember people living in rural areas are also Australians and “have a right to expect a fair share of our nation’s growth and prosperity.” This is an...
The Turnbull Government’s 2016-17 budget has signified their commitment to connect regional cities to each other and other metropolitan cities through both rail and roads funding. Treasurer The Hon. Scott Morrison MP emphasised that the focus of the 2016-17 economic plan is on jobs and...
The Turnbull Government has now released its much-anticipated Smart Cities Plan pitched at making sure our nation’s cities are more liveable, accessible and productive. This is the first time a national plan talks about creating long-term investment in regional capital cities. Considering the impact of...
A new milestone for RCA has been achieved this week. Our new Chair, Mayor Van Styn was invited to attend the National Cities Summit by the Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation the Hon Angus Taylor MP. This is the first official acknowledgement by...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On March 15 and 16, a delegation from Regional Capitals Australia went to Canberra to meet with a number of federal ministers to discuss Regional Capitals Australia’s policy positions. In light of recent ministerial changes and indication of new policy announcements for regional Australia and...
The final Senate hearing into the ‘future role and contribution of regional capitals to Australia’ was held on Friday 4th March in Canberra. The program included representatives from various government and government-affiliated bodies that have a vested interest in regional development. The final hearing heard...
Last week Infrastructure Australia released its first long-term Australian Infrastructure Plan. For the first time a clear role for Australia’s regional capital cities was identified. This is not surprising; Australia’s regional capital cities jointly generate $225 billion every year – that is more than 15...
The Australian Labor Party’s cities task force will begin a ‘listening tour’ across regional cities in January. The tour will be lead by task force Chair Andrew Giles, Member for Scullin, and begin in Newcastle, one of 50 regional capitals in Australia. Labor has stated...
