The RAPAD Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Alliance is seeking input from local businesses, employers, childcare services and educators through two new region-wide surveys.
The surveys aim to better understand the impacts of childcare availability on workforce participation, staff attraction and retention, business operations and the delivery of local childcare services.
Information gathered will help the RAPAD ECEC Alliance and its seven member councils build a stronger regional evidence base to support childcare planning, advocacy and policy reform.
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Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers (IRROs) are available to support primary producers in Central West Queensland impacted by the 2025 Western Queensland floods.
IRROs help navigate government grants, provide referrals for financial and mental health support, and assist in developing long-term disaster resilience plans.
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Helping Grazing Enterprises Rebuild Stronger
Exclusion Fencing Recovery Grants are available to primary producers impacted by western Queensland floods.
These grants support the repair and reconstruction of exclusion and cluster fencing infrastructure across eligible Local Government Areas, including in the RAPAD region: Barcaldine, Barcoo, Blackall-Tambo, Boulia, Diamantina, Longreach, Winton.
Find out moreRAPAD welcomes two new permanent Queensland National Parks Ranger positions based in Longreach – a positive step for local employment and the management of our region’s expanding national parks estate. The Principal Ranger and Senior Ranger positions now open for applications.
Read moreRAPAD and the councils of Central West Queensland are calling on employers across the region to share their experiences as part of the next stage of a region-wide effort to better understand childcare access and its impacts on local communities and the workforce.
Read moreThe Remote Area Planning and Development Board (RAPAD) will commence an orderly closure of RAPAD Skilling and voluntarily withdraw its registration as a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). This decision follows an independent review undertaken by professionals in the sector looking into the financial and operational sustainability and options for its future.
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We are a close and collaborative team passionate about Central West Queensland’s future and the region’s opportunities.
We have decades of investment and operational experience and have a successful track record for developing for profit entities and delivering state and federal government programs.
Learn moreFind out more RAPAD news, projects, reports or strategic documents in our publications.
View allThese are a record of the RAPAD Board issues and give shareholder and stakeholders a thorough quarterly overview of meetings.
Read moreA comprehensive investigation to better understand the current and future energy landscape for the CWQ region.
Read moreWe’re working to understand how creative arts activities contribute to the vitality, wellbeing and sustainability of communities. Projects include Woven Stories and CWQ Grow Your Own – Arts, Cultural and Creative Workforce Plan.
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