Program leaders Murray McGregor and Kevin Williams give an overview of the CRC for Remote Economic Participation and its research programs.

1. Cooperative Research Centre
for
Remote Economic Participation
Murray McGregor
Kevin Williams

2. 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.

3. Systems approach
to achieving
economic
participation
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4. 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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5. Investing in People
There are complex challenges in improving pathways for
remote Australians through education and training to
employment and enterprise development.
Research Projects
Remote Education Systems
Pathways to Employment
Interplay between Health, Wellbeing, Education and Employment
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6. 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 Projects
Aboriginal Cultural Enterprise
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Economies
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tourism Product
Carbon Economies in Remote Australia
Plant Business
Precision Pastoral Management Tools
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7. • … Two young girls were taken
Two Women Learning from their mother by their father,
by Kathleen Wallace 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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