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Title: | Whither Rural Leadership?: A Case Study in Central Queensland | Contributor(s): | Sorensen, Anthony (author) ; Epps, William Roger (author) | Publication Date: | 2002 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2348 | Abstract: | For rural Australia, the last two decades have involved a further deterioration in the terms of trade of the farm sector. This is associated with an increase in farm size and the area managed by each labour unit. Thus, in most regions where the trend to rural residential development is uncommon, there has generally been a significant decline in the hinterland populations for rural service centres. This has placed downward pressure on the overall rural populations. At the same time, the 'safety-net' provided by governments, manifest in support for ailing local economies, has been progressively withdrawn and communities must increasingly rely upon their own resources if they are to survive. This paper, after briefly reviewing the consequences in this policy shift, focuses on the role of local leadership and provides details of the changing pressures on leaders in four Central Queensland towns through the 1990s. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | NZGS/IAG 2001: New Zealand Geographical Society and Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 28th January - 2nd February, 2001 | Source of Publication: | 2001, Geography - A Spatial Odyssey: Proceedings of the Third Joint Conference of the New Zealand Geographical Society and the Institute of Australian Geographers, p. 371-378 | Publisher: | New Zealand Geographical Society | Place of Publication: | Dunedin, New Zealand | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160499 Human Geography not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32426790 http://www.nzgs.co.nz/ http://www.iag.org.au/ |
Series Name: | New Zealand Geographical Society Conference series | Series Number : | 21 |
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