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This report details the findings of research that considered issues of low labour force participation in the Latrobe-Gippsland Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4), from here on simplified to ‘Gippsland’. The project commenced in June 2021 and was completed in June 2022.

It comprised a review of academic and ‘grey’literature, analysis of a range of existing national, State, and local quantitative datasets and was supplemented by primary qualitative research. The objectives were to understand the factors influencing labour force participation and to make recommendations as to interventions that will raise this for specific groups.