Regional Communities

A social media star who purchased her first home during a road trip to outback NSW says renovating it and two other properties with her dad helps her unwind from her busy life.

The Coalition's election pledge for nuclear reactors caused deep divisions within the community of Port Augusta — now that it's been taken off the agenda, locals are looking towards different futures.

A local fisher is calling for more to be done to warn people of the danger at a Streaky Bay beach where two women drowned this week.

A Kimberley town is seeing a drop in youths wandering the streets and juvenile crime after the Night Place opened to give kids somewhere to go after dark.

Andrew Forrest's Windlab is among those using neighbour payments to bridge the gap between the "haves and have-nots".

SA Health apologises to a man who spent nine days waiting for surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after shattering his leg in a football game.

Ukraine's ambassador to Australia has travelled to the tiny NSW town of Binalong to thank the owners of a café who imposed their own tariff on American goods to show support for Ukraine.

The owners of a cafe in a tiny NSW town got a VIP visit after imposing a tariff on American goods to raise money for war-torn Ukraine.

An agent says interest in alternatives to traditional real estate is on the rise in regional Australia, due in part to the nation's housing crisis.

Sussan Ley hopes to be the first female leader of the Liberal Party. But can she afford to take her eye off her electorate in the process? 

The West Australian town of Mount Barker comes together to share local stories, languages and cultures in four children's books illustrated by primary school students.

Thousands of blocks are hitting the market in Queensland's Wide Bay as communities grapple with population growth and changing identities.

They may be river fish, but a truckload of Murray cod will make their new home in a volcanic crater to fight pests and attract tourists.

A lifeline for new parents in one of Victoria's most disadvantaged towns has shut its doors — not for lack of impact, but lack of funding.

Sydney couple Mon Berger and Charlie Tutty bought a rundown 19th-century schoolhouse more than 1,000 kilometres away, with a dream to revive, restore and one day retire to the heritage-listed property.

When Trini Hale first participated in the Shitbox Rally in 2023, she had no way of knowing she would be diagnosed with kidney cancer and rallying for herself two years later.

Cost-of-living pressures are hitting both community sport and higher-level competitions, and an academic says the implications are huge.

Bega Cheese has announced it will close its Strathmerton factory, causing about 300 job losses in the small northern Victorian town.

Origin Energy is expanding to seven regional Queensland cities where residents have previously had only one choice of electricity provider.

The Peterborough community in South Australia is questioning why its district council cannot keep a chief executive after the newest resigned after just two months in the job.