REGIONAL REPORTS

Our Tourism Roundtable Outcomes Report for Southern NSW & ACT is out now, capturing the key insights, evidence and priorities shared by participants to help inform future planning and advocacy across the visitor economy.

Here you’ll find our Regional Reports—bringing together key insights on workforce, housing and transport across Southern NSW and the ACT.

These reports provide evidence-based analysis, regional data and practical insights to support informed decision-making, advocacy and planning. Together, they highlight the challenges, opportunities and priorities shaping our regions now and into the future.

REGIONAL REPORTS

  • Tourism Roundtable Outcomes Report

    The Roundtable brought together tourism operators, regional organisations, industry groups and representatives from all levels of government. Participants were asked to reflect on the challenges shaping the visitor economy and to identify opportunities and actions that could support stronger, more sustainable outcomes.

    These outcomes build on the Southern NSW & ACT Tourism Qualitative Insights Report prepared by Purdon, which provided key data and stakeholder perspectives to guide the Roundtable discussions.

    Media Release can be found here.

    Outcomes Report

  • State of the Workforce: Southern NSW & ACT

    The RDASNA Workforce Report provides an evidence-based overview of workforce conditions across Southern NSW and the ACT, highlighting the trends, challenges and opportunities shaping the region’s labour market in 2025. It presents a clear picture of current workforce strengths, structural pressures and emerging needs, helping councils, employers, educators and governments align priorities and investment toward a more inclusive, skilled and resilient regional economy.

    Workforce Report

  • Transport Report

    The ACCESS Transport Report provides an evidence based overview of regional transport priorities across Southern NSW and the ACT. It connects national, state and territory strategies with local realities to guide investment, planning and policy coordination.

    Media release can be found here.

    About Region article: https://region.com.au/east-west-road-bottlenecks-and-rail-gaps-emerge-as-key-risks-in-regional-transport-report/931313/

    Transport Report

  • Housing report

    The ADAPT Housing Report provides an evidence-based analysis of housing conditions across Southern NSW and the ACT, identifying the key trends, challenges and opportunities shaping the regional housing system.

    Media release can be found here.

    Housing Report

  • Transport-related barriers to employment in Southern NSW

    Transport remains one of the most persistent and complex barriers to employment across regional Australia, particularly when solutions are fragmented, short-term or locally isolated.

    In response, the Illawarra South Coast, Capital Region and Murray Riverina Local Jobs Program teams have been working collaboratively to establish the Work Transit Alliance, a new cross-regional organisation designed to take a more coordinated, system-level approach to transport-to-employment challenges.

    In 2025, they jointly commissioned Sparrowly Group to undertake comprehensive research examining transport barriers across the three employment regions.

    That research has been completed, and now it’s time to share what we've learned, and translate research insights into actions.

    Report