Regional Development
Education is essential for the development of regional Australia, yet people living outside the major metropolitan centres remain disadvantaged in terms of their access to quality and diversity in TAFE and higher education. Recent studies have shown that low socio-economic status and rurality combine to produce the greatest educational disadvantage.
At the same time, regional universities have taken the brunt of the Coalition Government’s cuts to university funding and deregulation of higher education.
NTEU canvases these issues in our representations to Government, political parties and other agencies, with the objective of improving quality, diversity and accessibility of education in regional Australia.
Further information:
| Main Submission | Main NTEU Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Capacity of Public Universities to Meet Australia's Higher Education Needs |
| Main Submission | Main NTEU Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Capacity of Public Universities to Meet Australia's Higher Education Needs |
| A special role for regional universities? | Article by Emory McLendon, University of Southern Queensland for NTEU Advocate, 2/1999 |
| HREOC Inquiry | Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education |
| NTEU Submission on Education in the Regions | The NTEU has prepared a submission to the House of Representatives Standing committee on Primary Industry and Regional Services Inquiry into Infrastructure and the Development of Australia's Regional areas. |
| Queensland regional conference a success | Article by Gina Yarrow and Dan Coughlan, CQU Branch, for NTEU Advocate 2/1999 |
| Regional Development and Innovation | Submission to the Australian Labor Party, January 2000 |
| Time running out: Shaping Regional Australia's Future | Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services Inquiry into infrastructure and the development of Australia's regional areas |