Welcome to Regional Development Australia - Tasmania Inc.

New Era in Regional Development

On the 15th March 2008, The Hon. Anthony Albanese, The Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government announced the transition of Area Consultative Committee's to Regional Development Australia Committees. The process of transition was completed with the induction of the new committee on 01st October 2009 and has redefined the role that the organisation plays in the delivery of regional development.

An important function of this transition was to strengthen the networks and relationships with other levels of government and key stakeholders. We are pleased that the connection our organisation has with local government in Tasmania has been formally recognised, as has our role and function within community.

In the recent past our function has been supporting regional development with a focus on funding programs, the role that Regional Development Australia (Tasmania) plays will now become broader and more strategic, including:

• Providing advice, consultation and community engagement with all levels of government, regional stakeholders and communities in developing solutions to regional needs and priorities.
• Completing regional planning and an annual analysis against a different area of Government policy each year.
• Through whole of government activities, becoming the first point of contact for agency consultations (this includes working on strategic and regionally based initiatives in response to community events, e.g. loss of a major employer, industry, natural disaster etc);
• Promoting Government programs. We will also continue to Identify and assist in the development of regional projects as well as provide advice/assistance with leveraging additional funding towards regional projects;

Regional Development Australia (Tasmania) continues to maintain its primary office in Launceston. In Hobart, we are collocated with the Department of Economic Development and Tourism.

For the latest information

Check out http://www.rdatasmania.org.au/links.html for the latest RDA Tasmania news, links to funding programs and Government websites.