TRANSITION TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA

On 23 February 2009, the Australian Government Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia, Gary Gray, and the New South Wales Minister for Regional Development, Phillip Costa, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, on behalf of the Australian and New South Wales Governments, setting out the arrangements for the creation of a new joint Commonwealth-State regional development network, Regional Development Australia  to implement a more strategic and responsive approach to regional development and help guide economic growth across regional NSW.