The Rural Development Centre The Rural Development Centre



RICHARD STAYNER
Acting Executive Director

Academic Qualifications:

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Queensland, 1967.

Master of Agricultural Economics, University of New England, 1970.

Diploma in Financial Management, University of New England, 1985.

Professional Membership:

The Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association.

Employment History:

1995-Present
Acting Executive Director, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England.

1985-1995
Project Director/Senior Project Director, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England.

1976-85
Lecturer, Graduate School of Librarianship, Monash University.

1974-75
Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Queensland.

1972-73
Research Fellow, Agricultural Adjustment Unit, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.

1967-71
Junior Research Fellow and Tutor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of New England.

Professional Experience - Research:

The impact of the drought on rural towns in NSW.

Aspects of entry to the occupation of farming.

The relationships between structural changes in rural communities and the farm adjustment process.

Community impacts of structural changes in the forestry industry.

Impacts of mining on local/regional economies.

Adjustment in Australian agriculture.

Local economic development.

Sources and impacts of change in Australian rural towns.

Local government revenue and expenditure in rural areas.

Evaluation of government programs and public sector organisations.

The economics of information, knowledge, and technology.

Survey of the attitudes of irrigators to changes in the management policy of the Border Rivers.

Analysis of the costs of public library activities.

Economics of the transportation and storage of feed-grains in Great Britain.

The regional development implications of long-distance commuting in the mining industry.

The economics of technological change, and economics of education. Master's thesis title: The economic effects of education, with particular reference to its productivity in agriculture.

Publications:

Gow, J. and Stayner, R.A. (1995). The process of farm adjustment: a critical review. Rev. Marketing and Agricultural Economics, 63 (2): 272-283.

Kaine, G., Crosby, E., and Stayner, R. (1997). Succession and Inheritance on Australian Family Farms. TRDC Publication No. 198, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Karunaratne, N D, Lamberton, D. McL., Murnane, P.F. and Stayner, R.A. (1976). Cost analysis of public libraries in Australia. Department of Economics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia.

Lees, J.W., Stayner, R.A., McKenzie, B., and Phillips, C. (eds) (1986). Making Local Groups Work: A guide for groups establishing a rural counselling service. TRDC Publication No. 143. The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Perlgut, D and Stayner, R.A. (1987). Financial Variability of Non-Metropolitan Local Government: Four case studies. TRDC Publication No. 146. The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Perlgut, D., Stayner, R.A., Weinand, H. and Curry, G. (1986). Non-metropolitan Local Government Finance: A survey of council attitudes. TRDC Publication No. 144. The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Roberts, I., Doyle, S., Stayner, R.A., Mues, C., and Gray, A. (1996). The future for Australian agriculture: important issues to 2010. Outlook 96, volume 2, Agriculture, pp.55-75, ABARE, Canberra.

Stayner, R.A. (1998). The role of the regional economy in farm adjustment. RIRDC Publication No. 98/21. Canberra.

Stayner, R.A. (1997). Getting into farming-family and financial factors. Outlook 97, volume 2, Agriculture, pp.111-118, ABARE Canberra.

Stayner, R.A. (1997). Families and the farm adjustment process. In: Lees, J.W. (ed.) A legacy under threat? Family farming in Australia. pp. 121-145. Armidale, UNE Press.

Stayner, R.A. (1995). Farm sector linkages to regional economies. Parliamentary Research Paper No 13 1995-96, Parliamentary Research Service, Dept of Canberra 24pp.

Stayner, R.A. (1995). Policy issues in farm adjustment. Research Paper No 9, Parliamentary Research Service, Dept of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra 26pp.

Stayner, R.A. (1994). Adjustment on family farms. Outlook 94, volume 3, Agriculture, pp. 26-34, ABARE, Canberra.

Stayner, R.A. (1994). The process of farm adjustment. In: Cook, V., Edwards, K. and Ronan, G. (eds) A positive approach to farm adjustment. Primary Industries, South Australia.

Stayner, R.A. (1992). Local and regional impacts of mining and associated developments in Australia. TRDC Publication No. 178, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Stayner, R.A. (1990). An economic development study of Werris Creek, NSW. TRDC Publ. No. 171, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Stayner, R.A. (1990). The Economic Impacts of Changes in Wool Prices on a small Rural Town: Guyra, NSW. TRDC Publication No. 164., The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale. 37pp.

Stayner, R.A. (1987). Financial variability of local government in resource development areas. In: Parker, P. (ed), Resource development and local government: policies for growth, decline and diversity. Developments in Local Government, 5; Office of Local Government, AGPS, Canberra, pp. 126-130.

Stayner, R.A. (1987). Variability of Revenue in Local Government: Analysis of secondary data: TRDC Publication No. 147. The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Stayner, R.A. (1985). Small business failure: Analysis and interpretation of some recent literature. Management Forum, 11(2), 90-101.

Stayner, R.A. (1984). Towards an information policy for Australian small business. Management Forum, 11(1), 15-26.

Stayner, R.A. (1983). Economic characteristics of the library storage problem. Library Quarterly, 53(3):313-327.

Stayner, R.A. (1982). The consequences of declining capital funding for libraries. Australian Library Journal, 31:17-25.

Stayner, R.A. (1981). The cost of subject access. Cataloguing Australia, 7:21-31.

Stayner, R.A. (1980). The use of empirical standards in assessing public library effectiveness. In: Library effectiveness: a state of the art. Library Administration and Management Association, American Library Association, Chicago.

Stayner, R.A. (1975). Transportation of cereals for livestock feeding in Great Britain: an economic model. (Research Monograph MS). Agricultural Adjustment Unit, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Stayner, R.A. and Foskey, R. (1997). Access to Government Services in Rural New South Wales: A Pilot Study. NSW Office of Rural Communities, NSW Agriculture, Orange.

Stayner, R.A and Gow, J. (1992). A review of the process of farm adjustment in Australia. TRDC Publication No. 177, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Stayner, R.A. and Jackson, N.B. (1994). Rural businesses and the recession: its effects in six New South Wales towns. TRDC Publication No. 191, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Stayner, R.A. and Lees, J.W. (1995). People on farms TRDC Publication No. 195, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Stayner, R.A. and Reeve, I.J. (1990). Uncoupling: Relationships between agriculture and the local economies of rural areas in New South Wales, TRDC Publication No. 168, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale. 37pp.

Stayner, R.A. and Richardson, V.E. (1983). The cost-effectiveness of alternative library storage programs. Monash University, Graduate School of Librarianship, June.

Williamson, K. and Stayner, R.A. (1980). Information and library needs of the aged. Australian Library Journal, 29:188-195.

Consultancy Reports:

Stayner, R.A. (1994). A Study of Farm Adjustment in Bland Shire. Report to the NSW Rural Assistance Authority, The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Stayner, R.A. (1989). Upper Hunter Economic Development Study. (Five unpublished reports prepared for the local government authorities concerned and the Office of Local Government). The Rural Development Centre, University of New England, Armidale.

Stayner, R.A., Lees, J.W. and Reeve, I.J. (1988). Dumaresq River Irrigation Project: A Report on Water Management Policies for the Border Rivers Region. Centre for Water Policy Research and The Rural Development Centre.

Conference Papers:

Stayner, R.A. (1997). The effects of changing rural communities on farming and farm families. Paper presented at the Conference Rural Australia: Toward 2000. Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2 July 1997.

Stayner, R.A. (1997). Sense of place, social capital, and rural development. Paper presented at the Conference Rural Australia: Toward 2000. Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 4 July 1997.

Stayner, R.A. and Gow, J. (1997). The economics of change in rural Australia: the declining influence of agriculture. Paper presented at the Conference Rural Australia: Toward 2000. Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 4 July 1997.

Stayner, R.A. and Musgrave, W. (1987). Economic demographic and other influences on rural Australians. Paper presented at the Rural Australia Symposium,1987, published by The Rural Development Centre in Contributed Papers to the Rural Australia Symposium.

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