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The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

An Aboriginal smoking ceremony has been held on the K'gari (Fraser Island) beach where 19-year-old Piper James died last month. Her

A mother who sent her 13-year-old son to swim four kilometres back to shore after the family were swept out to sea in rough conditions off WA's South West says it was "one of the hardest decisions" she has ever made.

Victoria Police say they "strongly believe" fugitive Dezi Freeman is deceased.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

The federal government has agreed to pay and extra $25 billion to fund public hospitals and end a stand-off with state and territory governments.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

The federal government has called in backup from overseas to help contain the number of blazes burning in Victoria.

Emergency livestock feed arrives for remote WA pastoralists amid worst drought in decades

Queensland government officers have euthanased dingoes involved in the death of a Canadian backpacker on K'gari.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

At dawn, an olive tree was planted in Coffs Harbour's Brelsford Park to commemorate the National Day of Mourning following the terror attack in Bondi.

Mother of teenager Piper James found dead on K'gari in Queensland says life 'will never be the same'.

A big step today for Australia's space industry with the federal government and Australian super funds tipping more than $200 million into launching rockets from regional Australia into orbit.

Violent crime spreading to regional towns as WA waits for strengthened tobacco laws.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's unmatched network of regional reporters.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's unmatched network of regional reporters.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's unmatched network of regional reporters.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's unmatched network of regional reporters.

Stories are pouring in from the fire front in Victoria as people pick over the pieces of what's been left by the blaze.

Communities in regional Victoria begin to assess the damage done by the fierce fires burning across the state.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Australia is blessed with majestic coastlines and most Australians live near the coast, but in a number of these communities that coastline is changing. Beaches around Australia are at risk of disappearing with climate change resulting in severe weather systems that lash up and down the coastline and erode the landscape. From Newcastle in New South Wales, to Wyomi on the Limestone Coast in South Australia, to Inverloch in Victoria - are all trying different ways to hold back the power of the ocean. So what can be done about it? And who is responsible for fixing a growing problem. And importantly who is responsible for footing the bill?

As we head into summer, Australia Wide looks at an ecological disaster that decimated communities and industry in South Australia.

Today on Australia Wide the regional response to the shooting at Bondi Beach.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Youth mental health service concerned social media ban will further isolate country kids

Teenagers in remote and rural communities are worried social media ban will make them even more isolated.

Our birth certificate is our first form of identification. But there are some Australians like 88 year old Maisie Harkin that still to this day never had a birth certificate.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Regional apprentices are out of pocket for frequent travel and accommodation costs to attend city-based TAFE studies.

The Top End of Australia mops up the damage from Tropical Cyclone Fina.

Former mayor backs bill to protect drivers using medicinal cannabis.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Shock in a sawmilling town in the Gippsland regional of Victoria as mass redundancies announced just weeks before Christmas.

It's been coined the world's most ambitious solar project.  A plan to deliver electricity from the Northern Territory to Singapore via thousands of kilometres of underwater transmission line. Backed by one of Australia's richest men, Suncable has made a vital step towards becoming reality with a multi-million dollar agreement with traditional owners signed outside of Darwin.

Regional councils say their budgets are facing financial strain as failing airlines leave outstanding debts.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

The Australian Road Safety Foundation chair Russell White says roadside drug testing results are only scratching the surface of the numbers of people driving under the influence of drugs on country roads.

Today on Australia Wide the ongoing controversy over the use of bill paying services by retailers for people on welfare.

In regional Australia, where baby boomers are being told to downsize to free up homes, country communities are having to become developers to build appropriate-sized housing.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

There are calls for a Senate inquiry into the suicide deaths of Australian doctors amid allegations of untenable rosters and payback for whistleblowers.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

A native title claim in the region where Captain James Cook made landfall after his ship crashed into the Great Barrier Reef in 1770 is among one of three to finally be settled by the Federal Court this week.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Critical minerals are becoming a central part of our everyday lives, advancing technology in industries from health care to energy to defence.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

In October 2024, thousands of households and businesses in far west NSW were hit by a catastrophic power outage that lasted for weeks, and the fallout continues.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

The Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art are appealing in the Federal Court to overturn the extension of Woodside's North West Shelf gas project.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Australian taxpayers will fund a multi-million dollar rescue package for mining giant Glencore to keep copper processing facilities operating in Queensland until the end of 2028.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

The Normanton Solar Farm in the Gulf of Carpentaria can power an area almost twice the size of Tasmania. Owner and operator Doug Scouller has turned off the farm after eight years, citing soured contract negotiations with Ergon Energy.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

US President Donald Trump announces he will impose a 100% tariff on movies made outside of the US, jeopardising films shot in regional Australia.

Optus is investigating a network outage that led to nine failed triple-0 calls near Wollongong on the NSW south coast.

A former homicide detective says the search for alleged Porepunkah gunman Dezi Freeman could become unsustainable if he is not found soon.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

In regional Victoria, players and family members say the Aussie rules culture of going hard has a dark side that can be harmful.

While Australia sets new emission targets, communities in northern Australia make their own plans to make life more bearable for a warming planet

The NSW government is being accused of a cover-up following revelations a key government body sat on a report into lead dust that was "poisoning" children for nearly four years and tried to keep its release quiet.

Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Australia's first national climate risk assessment has warned one and a half million Australians could be impacted by rising sea levels by 2050 unless climate change can be limited.

The approval is subject to almost 50 strict conditions, including reducing certain gas emissions by 2030 and reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

Mount Isa is calling out for migrant workers despite recent anti-immigration marches across the country.

Fishers have criticised the state government's pledge to turn 30 per cent of WA's Exmouth Gulf into no-catch sanctuary zones.

A federal Senate inquiry into South Australia's rolling algal bloom crisis has started to hear from the public to detail the full impact of the environmental catastrophe.

The regional towns at the heart of the mushroom murder trial were inundated with a massive media contingent; now those communities want to move on.