A shortage of specialist paramedics in regional New South Wales (NSW) and location limits that bar front-line responders from retaining their qualifications, if transferred regionally, are bringing the hospital system to breaking point, their union says. The Australian Paramedics Association of NSW said the government’s rejection of a recommendation to expand specialist paramedics across the…

The Australian government is urged to increase the resettlement rate of new migrants in regional areas to help fill a major shortage of workers. Regional Australia Institute (RAI), an independent think-tank, said that increasing overseas migration is crucial to the economic growth and sustainability of the outer fringes of cities and towns in Regional Australia….

A study by one of Australia four major banks has found Australians living in rural and regional areas to be the happiest in the country—the highest rating NAB economists have seen since 2018. The report (pdf) by the National Australia Bank surveyed over 2000 Aussies across the country and found rural and regional Australians having lower…

The latest data from the Regional Australia Institute showed that job vacancies rose to 84,600 in April 2022—up by nearly 25 percent from the year prior. This figure also exceeds the peaks of the 2011 mining boom, which saw job vacancies at 60,000, reported The Guardian. Top growth spots, according to the data, were scattered…

Australian home value growth has continued its downward trend in February 2022, with Sydney witnessing housing prices fall for the first time in 17 months. The national home value index of property database company CoreLogic went up just 0.6 percent in February, the lowest monthly increase recorded since October 2020. Prior to this, the index…