Part 2. Drivers for Change: New Approaches to Federalism and Regionalism

Table of Contents

4. Towards a Wider Debate on Federal and Regional Governance: The Rural Dimension

Introduction

Rural Australia and the need for reform

Investing in rural sustainability

Towards a wider debate on regional governance

References

5. Rescuing Urban Regions: The Federal Agenda

An urban nation in denial

Two conclusions about the Commonwealth’s urban interests

The prospects for Commonwealth urban policy

Towards a new urban regionalism?

References

6. The Challenge of Coastal Governance

Introduction

Growth pressures on coastal communities

Rapid population growth rates: amenity migration

Tourism

Sea change communities: a social transition

Coastal governance: a dysfunctional system?

A way forward?

References

7. Adaptive Governance: The Challenge for Regional Natural Resource Management

Introduction

Sustainability: an evolving policy concept

Addressing sustainability: through a natural resource management lens

Governance for natural resource management

NRM as a wicked problem

New NRM Governance: a response to a failed system?

Complexity and capacity

NRM Governance in Australia: a complex federal system

Multi-layered, fragmented and ad hoc

Shift to a regional focus: regional delivery for NRM

The way forward: a question of adaptive capacity?

References

8. Regionalism and Economic Development: Achieving an Efficient Framework

Introduction

Regional development in Australia: small scale, fragmented and non-metropolitan

A fragmented framework for regional development

Scale and regional development

Regions: an ex-urban phenomenon?

Regional policies? Mismatch in the scale of delivery and the scale of need in responding to job losses in the automotive industry

Employment loss at Mitsubishi Motors Australia: a regional crisis?

Regional responses

Conclusion: can Australia achieve an efficient framework for regional development?

References

9. Reconceiving Federal-State-Regional Arrangements in Health

Introduction

Principles for more effective governance

New approaches in health policy and services

The new regional level in health: new institutions?

Conclusions: systemic reform or ad hocracy?

References