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The wind farm plan being hailed as an economic boon for struggling town 15.09.2026 24:59 ↓

Mixed reactions on Tasmania's west coast to a developer's plans to build a massive 280 turbine wind farm that could potentially feed energy hungry data centres. 

Whyalla steelworks to cut 600 jobs amid blast furnace closure 14.09.2026 24:59 ↓

Hundreds of workers at Whyalla steel works in South Australia will lose their jobs as a result of a decision to permanently shut its blast furnace. 

Aged care fight, hidden costs of kids' sport, and wildlife resurgence | Australia Wide this week 11.09.2026 25:10 ↓

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

Graduate nurses overwhelmed by workload pressures in rural Queensland health facilities 11.09.2026 24:59 ↓

A lack of emergency care training is putting nurses in vulnerable positions during rural and remote placements, according to a national report. 

Sick of the city, Queenslanders head west and boost property prices 10.09.2026 25:09 ↓

Warwick on Qld’s southern Downs is defying every market prediction - a place where property prices have gone up while everywhere else seems to be going down.

Can Australia's film industry produce another outback classic like Crocodile Dundee? 09.09.2026 24:59 ↓

Regional Australia has been key to so much of Australia's cinematic success. Can Australia's film industry produce another outback classic like Crocodile Dundee?

$40b data centre land granted to firm where NT minister's relative works 08.09.2026 24:59 ↓

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

Short cut across the country via Outback Way inches forward 07.09.2026 24:59 ↓

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

Nepali community grieves, entitled travellers and why the earth hums? 04.09.2026 24:59 ↓

Following the devastating flood disaster the ever-growing Nepali community in Australia is in deep grief, from the cities to the small country towns that many now call home

Australians travel to Nepal to search for missing relatives 03.09.2026 24:59 ↓

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

Amateur drone pilots put races and aircraft at risk, authorities say 02.09.2026 24:59 ↓

Event organisers, pilots and authorities have reported risky behaviour by amateur drone users.

Fracked gas from Beetaloo Basin starts flowing to Northern Territory power grid 01.09.2026 24:59 ↓

Eight years after a moratorium on fracking gas was lifted in the Northern Territory, the tap was officially turned on at the massive Beetaloo Basin gas development.  

28,000 irrigators lose $1.5-billion Murray Darling class action 31.08.2026 25:00 ↓

A group of 28,000 irrigators has lost a $1.5-billion class action against the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA). 

A mysterious wreck, Victorian bird flu response criticised, WA forestry debate, and remembering Dolly Parton 28.08.2026 24:59 ↓

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

Single mother rejected by homeless services as more people live in tents and cars 27.08.2026 24:59 ↓

Community groups in Townsville warn more people are living in cars and tents, and have launched a petition for an emergency shelter to be built.

After bushfires and the algal bloom, bird flu's spread has Kangaroo Island on edge 26.08.2026 24:59 ↓

The deadly strain of bird flu is suspected to have infected a second mammal in Australia.

Massive AI data centre gets approval by Tassie council despite opposition 25.08.2026 24:59 ↓

Tasmania's George Town council has approved a proposal to build an AI data centre at the site of the former Gunns pulp mill at Long Reach.

Drinking water supply diluted amid elevated PFAS levels 24.08.2026 25:00 ↓

Riverina Water diluting drinking supply in Wagga Wagga amid elevated PFAS levels.

SpaceX spectacle, health system review and wildflower magic | Australia Wide this week 21.08.2026 24:59 ↓

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

NSW Police commissioner apologises to family mistakenly told missing hiker was alive 20.08.2026 24:59 ↓

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

Mushroom murder appeal begins 19.08.2026 24:59 ↓

Lawyers for triple murderer Erin Patterson front Victoria's highest court in a bid to overturn her convictions. 

Rural doctors see a resurgence of vaccine-preventable disease 18.08.2026 24:59 ↓

Falling vaccinations rates and growing inoculation hesitancy are putting communities at risk, according to doctors working in the bush. 

Housing project helps domestic violence victim-survivors enter rental market 17.08.2026 24:59 ↓

Housing project helps domestic violence victim-survivors enter rental market on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.  

Bird flu threatens coastal tourism, regional hospitals at breaking point, and outback ballooning | Australia Wide this week 14.08.2026 24:59 ↓

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

Bird flu confirmed in Tassie as battle for survival looms for Coorong's pelicans 13.08.2026 24:59 ↓

A battle for survival looms for South Australia's pelicans as bird flu advances.