Cooperative Research Centre for

Remote Economic Participation Murray McGregor

Kevin Williams

What do we do?Who are we?The CRC-REP is a collaborative research platform that works with communities, businesses and people in remote regions of Australia to systemically investigate and provide practical responses to the complex issues that drive economic participation.

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Systems approach to achieving economic participation

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Regional Economies

The research from this program will build robust regional economies across remote Australia through our partners in government, industry and communities. This will provide the sustainable employment and enterprise opportunities vital to increasing the level of economic participation for remote Australians.

Research Projects

Population Mobility and Labour Markets

Enduring Community Value from Mining

Climate Change Adaptation and Energy Futures

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There are complex challenges in improving pathways for remote Australians through education and training to employment and enterprise development.

Research Projects

Remote Education SystemsPathways to EmploymentInterplay between Health, Wellbeing, Education and Employment

Investing in People

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Enterprise Development

The research from this program will create successful models for SMEs that are appropriate to remote locations and inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. It will facilitate their survival and growth in the long term so that they can employ more people in remote Australia, providing the ‘engine room' for jobs and livelihoods. It will address barriers to growth, such as distance from markets, fragile or faulty supply chains and the scope for efficiencies to overcome high production costs.

Research ProjectsAboriginal Cultural EnterpriseAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art EconomiesAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tourism ProductCarbon Economies in Remote AustraliaPlant BusinessPrecision Pastoral Management Tools

Two Women Learningby Kathleen Wallace

• … Two young girls were taken from their mother by their father, to live in his homeland. They lived and learned their father’s way. But when they grew up, the two girls decided to leave their father’s home and look for their mother and her people. The father supported their decision, and so the girls started to walk. The girls eventually found their way to their mother’s homeland. They had come to the right place: their mother was very happy to be able to see them again, all grown up. One day, the father decided to follow his daughters and came to the mother’s land. The family were happy to be united, and other families were happy for them. They decided to stay there so the girls could learn new skills.

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