Insights Reports
FRRR and ARLF Insights Report into HRCPD Initiative
Dec 2025 – Between 2023 and 2025, FRRR and ARLF partnered to deliver the Future Drought Fund’s Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative (HRCPDI), which is funded by the Australian Government. This report offers insights from FRRR and ARLF into what made the program so effective.
Summary Report – HRCPD Initiative Final Evaluation
Dec 2025 – FRRR and ARLF partnered to deliver the Future Drought Fund’s Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Initiative. Nous Group was commissioned to undertake an evaluation to determine how effectively the HRCPD Initiative strengthened social resilience and drought preparedness in regional Australia. Read their Summary Final Evaluation Report.
Striking a New Deal for Renewables in Regions
Aug 2025 – FRRR and Projects JSA have authored a new report that draws on insights from leaders in regions with significant renewable energy investments around Australia.
Local Solutions, Lasting Impact – Celebrating 25 years of FRRR
Apr 2025 – The creation of FRRR recognised that remote, rural and regional communities face a different set of challenges to their urban counterparts, but that they are inherently resilient and hold the answers to their own challenges. It was the vision of our Founders – especially the late Baillieu Myer AC, with the support of Helen Morris…
Black Summer Bushfires, Five Years On
Nov 2024 – The Black Summer Bushfires in 2019/20 were truly unprecedented. The loss of life, homes, wildlife, businesses, livelihoods and the impacts on mental health and the social fabric of so many places was enormous. This report sets out how the $26M donated to our Foundation has supported communities in their recovery to date.
Heartbeat of Rural Australia Research Study
Nov 2021 – In September 2021, FRRR commissioned the Heartbeat of Rural Australia study, exploring how not-for-profits and community groups in remote, rural and regional Australia are faring, in the wake of nearly two years of constant disruptions. The study was undertaken through The Xfactor Collective Foundation, by specialist member Survey Matters.