In Australia the most severe levels of social, health and economic disadvantage are concentrated in just 1.5% of 2,147 localities which have remained largely unchanged over the past 30 years (Vinson, 2007). The complexity, multidimensionality, and resistance to change of "wicked problems" (Bronfenbrenner, 2005; Gray, 1985; Rittel and Webber, 1973, p.1160) are increasingly viewed as demanding the use of comprehensive multisectoral developmental-ecological approaches with a geographical or 'place-based' focus in order to be able to respond to the specific needs of each community (Chilenski, Ang, Greenberg, Feinberg, and Spoth, 2014; Hawkins et al., 2015; Kania and Kramer, 2011). These approaches typically involve stakeholders from a range of professional domains and program and policy areas working collectively with community residents and local organisations (Bronfenbrenner and Evans, 2000; Fagan, Hawkins, Catalano, and Farrington, 2019). Thus, just as the social forces that perpetuate poverty are intertwined, so too are effective solutions (Schorr, 1998).