Regional, rural and remote communities

With the most decentralised population in Australia, 47.5 per cent of Queenslanders live in areas classified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as regional and remote. QCOSS recognises that Queenslanders in Regional, Rural and Remote Communities face additional and unique challenges in accessing quality services and participating in community life. QCOSS supports the expansion of the State Government’s Blueprint for the Bush initiative and holds a biennial Regional Conference.
Policy Paper Regional, Rural and Remote Communities
Nov 2009
In this paper QCOSS highlights the particular pressures on rural and remote areas in Queensland and outlines our policy position in relation to these pressures. We again implore the government to deliver adequate levels of service, and facilitate reliable access to these services, through ongoing attention to regional development mechanisms.
October 2007, Antipoverty Week Statement 'A fair go for all Australians, A fair go for all Queenslanders'
Oct 2007
This statement explores rates of poverty in Queensland in 2007, the impacts of poverty on health and quality of life, which groups are more likely to live in poverty than others, the extent of Queenslanders living on the brink of poverty and the compounding impact of housing affordability on those in poverty. It also explores the geographic distribution of poverty within Queensland.
State Election 2006 Paper 7 Remote and Rural
Aug 2006