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The Northern Regional Development Board

Welcome to the website for the Northern Regional Development Board (NRDB) which is an Incorporated Association funded through a Five Year Resource Agreement with the South Australian Government and the Local Government bodies in northern South Australia. In December 2006, the Commonwealth through the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination joined the State and Local Government bodies in supporting the Board along with the indigenous communities of Nepabunna, Davenport and Umoona.

The NRDB provides economic development services to the communities of northern South Australia. These services include providing:

• Business advice and support to all businesses across the region including assisting individuals seeking to start a new business
• Assistance with training and employment programs to generate new and sustainable jobs
• Help to local communities seeking to develop new infrastructure to support economic activity such as interpretive centres, arts centres and drilling programs
• Support for clusters of businesses to assist business networking
• Lobbying of governments for needed infrastructure and major project activity support
• Dissemination of advice and information on a broad range of regional and economic development matters.

The area we cover, commonly referred to as the Flinders Ranges and Outback, comprises around 80% of the state's land area. The region supports a population of 32,000, the largest community being Port Augusta, which acts as a vital service centre for the region's widespread and diverse, small and micro communities. The region incorporates two of Australia's tourism icons - Flinders Ranges and the Outback, all of South Australia's priority mineral exploration regions and the cross roads of Australia's national land transport network. Significant opportunities for economic growth in the northern region exist in the sectors of resources, tourism, transport, defence, services, food and arts. The NRDB is committed to fostering this growth for the benefit of the northern regional community.

We have offices dotted around the region at Port Augusta, Coober Pedy, Roxby Downs and Quorn (see our contact details). If visiting these locations is inconvenient, we will make arrangements to visit you.

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