Browne, Shane (2005) Toogoolawah Collaborative Report, [Report Commissioned by the Esk Shire Service Integration Project Committee, funded by the Department of Employment & Training, Queensland, Australia].

 The ‘Toogoolawah Collaborative Report’ can be broadly defined as a working document that reveals an intriguing insight into a rural community at risk. The Esk Shire Service Integration Project (SIP) Committee required the results of this research to further explore possible courses of action to address the recommendations made in this report. Until now, no empirical data exists that would allow productive decisions to be made in the best interests of the community. 

Scull, Sue & Woolcock, Geoffrey (2005) Literature Review: Trends in Community Service Delivery Systems and Community Organisation Forms, [Report Commissioned by the Queensland Community Housing Coalition and the Queensland Council of Social Services, ].

 This literature review sought to examine the key trends in  community service delivery systems and community service organisation forms and models, in light of market reforms that have occurred in recent years.

Woolcock, Geoffrey & Brown, Valerie (2005) Principles of Community Engagement: From the Literatures on Natural Resource Management, Local Community Development, Human Services and Sustainability, [Report Commissioned by the Department of Environment & Heritage, Canberra, ].

 This review describes principles of community engagement relevant to people working in the field of natural resource management (NRM). We searched four very broad and often overlapping domains – local community development, human services, natural resource management and sustainability. 

Scull, Sue (2005) Defending human rights: Community based asylum seekers in Queensland [Project funded by the UnitingCare Centre for Social Justice and Multicultural Affairs Queensland].

"Community based asylum seekers, or refugee claimants as they are also known, arrive in with valid documentation and apply for asylum after arrival. While the difficulties they experience are well understood by those in the community who work to support them, until recently there has been little documented evidence of this, particularly in Queensland . This report documents findings from a small scale qualitative research project into the experiences of community-based asylum seekers while awaiting a decision on their application, and the issues faced by the community organisations that support them during this time." 

The 'Establishing Standards & Social Infrastructure" report has been commissioned to review available literature and other documentation with the following aims:

• To provide definitions of soft and hard community infrastructure and outline the reasons why soft infrastructure is important;
• To identify what standards are currently being used in respect to community infrastructure;
• To determine what methods have been used to develop standards for “hard to quantify” infrastructure; and
• To provide recommendations on what needs to occur to ensure there is a priority focus on an appropriate provision of soft infrastructure

To view a poster summarising this project, click here.

This study investigated the cultural components and practices of Ipswich youth and what Ipswich community event and regional descriptions Ipswich youth identify with. A questionnaire was administered to 146 participants from Grade 8 and 9 in two High Schools within Ipswich and West Moreton region. This research identified the artistic and cultural preferences of young people in order to develop suitable youth programmes which can be used as an intervention for addictive behaviours.

This paper revealed the cultural components, musical preference, important issues to young people, cultural practices, perceptions and important events in the Ipswich region. Pop, hip-hop, and rock were the most popular music styles while body image and the environment were important issues to youth.