The new Charter for Regional Development Australia has recently been announced. Read about the future for RDA which was recently announced by Senator the Hon Fiona Nash. Click here. Also: The new RDA Charter RDA Gold Coast Committee Funding - Building Better Regions Fund   [...]

Regional Development Australia Gold Coast would like to congratulate the Gold Coasters acknowledged in the Queen's Birthday Honours for 2017 announced today. Professor Ian O'Connor, AC, leads the Gold Coast recipients. Prof O'Connor is the Vice Chancellor and President at Griffith University and was acknowledged for eminent service to tertiary education, particularly to the strategic development of national and international university initiative, an [...]

The Department of Treasury has released Backing Small Business: Creating jobs, opportunity and growth, a handbook of the support programs and advice that the Australian Government and its agencies provide for small business. This handbook covers topics relevant to small businesses ranging from tax reforms and simplification, cutting red tape, employment and training, to supporting regional small businesses and exporting. Click here to download a PDF [...]

  Youth Jobs PaTH is a new, flexible program designed to prepare young people for work. It also encourages employers to trial a young person for a job by offering interns and financial incentives to reduce the cost of recruitment. Youth Jobs PaTH has three elements: Prepare - Trial - Hire.   Prepare - with employability skills training - helps young people become job ready by providing intensive pre-employment training. Trial - with an internshi [...]