RDA GOLD COAST

Regional Investment Framework

A new approach to delivering regional investment

The Regional Investment Framework is a new approach to how the Australian Government delivers regional investment – valuing local voices and priorities, being informed by and building the evidence, operating with flexibility, integrity and transparency, and coordinating across governments to make investments work better for regions. It provides an integrated and coordinated framework for regional development regardless of a region’s economic circumstances.

Guiding principles

  • Strengthening our regions is a shared responsibility > All governments play a role in realising our ambition of ‘no one held back or left behind’
  • Investments and initiatives should adapt across diverse regions > Initiatives will respond to the different needs, opportunities and challenges of regions across Australia
  • Growing and adapting regions should build on unique strengths > Investments will be targeted to support regions to harness their strengths to take up new opportunities
  • Regional development should be place-based and locally-informed > Government will listen to and value local knowledge and experience

Priority areas

The key objectives across Government are: 

  • Meeting the needs of, and providing opportunities for, First Nations people
  • Supporting the transformation to a net zero economy and decarbonisation

This will be achieved by investing in these four focus areas:  

Investing in People +

Putting people at the forefront of growth, with local voices influencing decision making

Working in partnership with communities

Listening and responding to local voices

Targeted investment in skills, education, training and leadership capacity

Respecting cultural and community diversity

Investing in Places +

Targeted and place-based investment that enables communities to thrive and adapt

Supporting adaptive, accessible and liveable regions

Delivering infrastructure where and when it is needed

Protecting cultural and environmental assets

Investing in Services +

Investment in regional services with a focus on improving quality and accessibility

Enhancing connectivity, accessibility and equity across regional Australia

Investment including across communications, health, water, transport and government and community services

Investing in Industries & Local Economies +

Ensuring regional industries and economies are positioned for sustainable growth.

Investment to help activate economic and industry growth within regions

Supporting the conditions needed for regional industries to diversify and grow

Implementation

The Framework guides the Government’s approach to design and delivery of regional initiatives. It will influence decision making in Budget processes, drive meaningful collaboration across and between governments, embed data and evidence to support better outcomes, and ensure local voices are heard and influence responses.

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Contact Us

RDA Gold Coast
Level 9, Seabank Building
12-14 Marine Parade, Southport Qld 4215
PO Box 3290, Southport BC QLD 4215

Estella Rodighiero
Director of Regional Development
M: 0411 558 834
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Acknowledgement

RDA Gold Coast acknowledge and pay respects to the people of the Yugambeh language region of the Gold Coast and all their descendants both past and present.