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Rural romances were running dry — until this dating app showed up

Howdy, a new dating app, has emerged as a solution to the “man drought” in regional Australia, specifically designed to connect rural singles facing limited options due to gender imbalances and distance.

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This is the ‘deadliest’ road in Victoria. Plans to fix it have been delayed 5 years

Victoria’s deadliest road has claimed six lives in five months, but locals are still waiting for a five-year late $670m project to upgrade the “dangerous” highway.

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How local school saved a near-extinct Indigenous culture

20 years ago the Gamilaraay language was on the cusp of extinction – until Craig Ashby helped breathe life into an ancient language at Coonabarabran High School.

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Teen triathlete training for Olympic glory

It takes a lot to fuel a jet engine and that’s exactly what Wagga teen Ben Devries is.

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Escape to the country, stay in a silo

A converted silo surrounded by fields, sheep and a private outdoor hot tub makes a unique country getaway.

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Timber mill forced to lay off staff despite logs going to waste

A NSW timber mill has been forced to cut staff because of a lack of logs, despite 50,000 trees being cleared and dumped to make way for transmission lines.

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‘I won’t bulls**t people’: Albanese, Allan face rowdy Bush Summit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan have confronted angry members of rural Victoria at the Herald Sun Bush Summit in Ballarat, defending their positions on green energy and support for the regions. Watch the replay.

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$1bn boost for the bush: Albanese pledges bumper farmer loan fund

In a key win for the Bush Summit, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce new cash for a low-interest loan fund for farmers “doing it tough” grappling with severe drought and floods.

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Major train project goes off track

The Inland Rail project has lots of supporters, but in the Riverina city of Wagga Wagga people are saying it could become a roadblock to ambulances trying to get to the local hospital.

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How Victoria could become the Saudi Arabia of critical minerals

Regional hotspots that are home to some of the largest deposits of vital minerals in the world could make Victoria a global powerhouse, a new report reveals, while agriculture could become the “second engine of economic growth”.

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AI has the power to turbocharge bush businesses

Rural jewellery designer Kate Greenwood has transformed her business with artificial intelligence, but new data shows many in the bush risk missing out on the tech revolution.

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Best in the bush: First ever Bush Champions revealed

Ordinary Australians doing extraordinary things in their regional communities have been honoured in the inaugural Bush Champions awards. SEE THE WINNERS

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All quiet on the southwestern front: The industrial precinct with no industry

Tumbleweeds anyone? Five years after the announcement of a “world class industrial precinct” on the edge of Wagga Wagga that was due to create 6,000 jobs, the site is a vista of empty paddocks.

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NSW means ‘nothing south of Wollongong’: Border tourism operator

NSW stands for “nothing south of Wollongong”, according to a leading Murray River tourism operator, who says a lack of government support is making life tough for towns and businesses in his region.

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No school, no servo, no store – but one very important pub

When Nandaly’s pub unexpectedly closed, the tiny community rallied — and through quick thinking and a bold gamble, banded together to save their iconic hotel.

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‘Need somewhere to live’: $22m push recruit rural teachers

The NSW government will spend over $22 million upgrading teacher housing in country communities, as schools continue to face a shortage of educators and renters feel the squeeze.

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How Hollywood drone tech can help during storms and fires

From the big screen to the bush, an Aussie-based drone company has engineered a potentially lifesaving innovation with Optus to provide a reliable mobile network during natural disasters.

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Albo pledged high-speed trains for the bush — so where are they?

Three in four Australians want fast trains to the regions — but Albanese’s high-speed rail dream is still stuck in the station with no clear plan or timeline.

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‘Just stay at home’: The sexism pushing women out of agriculture

Victorian women are trying to carve out their own paths in agriculture — but gender discrimination is kicking them out of the game at critical career points.

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Why EVs aren’t a ‘silver bullet’ solution in Australia

Electric vehicles are not the “silver bullet” to the nation’s decarbonisation efforts on the road, according to the Aussie boss of one of the world’s biggest car companies.

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The photos NSW Health does not want you to see

State of the art birthing suites have sat gathering dust for six years due to a shortage of doctors. See the photos that NSW Health doesn’t want you to see.

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Levy to keep regional bank branches ‘still on the table’

A levy to keep rural bank branches open, tax breaks to lure people away from the city and harnessing AI technologyare all opportunities to help propel Australia’s regional economy, Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn says.

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Bush housing crisis: Nurse just 48 hours from becoming homeless

A palliative care nurse was two days from living on the street when she was offered a lifeline, as thousands of employed people face lengthy waits for housing in regional areas.

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Why teen swimming champ must travel 340km just to train

A young swimming champion says her hometown would benefit from a heated pool – with the rookie forced to travel hundreds of kilometres just to train.

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Meet the future of the agriculture industry

As the agricultural industry transforms, faced with new challenges and carrying on old legacies, the next generation is now.

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Thousands in limbo over ‘unfair’ tax change

Aussie farmers face paying tax on phantom profits as superannuation changes threaten to end the centuries-old tradition of passing farms down through generations.

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Farmer dreams of jet-powered canola crop

While Australia exports 70 per cent of its canola crop for overseas biofuel, a Liverpool Plains farmer dreams of powering domestic passenger jets instead.

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‘Decades to years’: Labor’s plan to fast-track major projects in regions

Environmental approvals for major projects and housing developments in regional Australia would go from taking “decades to years” or “years to months” under Labor’s plan to cut the duplication between state and federal assessments.

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42,000 items a year: Australia’s best border defence walks on four legs

Detection dogs are sniffing out a staggering 42,000 biosecurity hazards a year at airports, ports and mail rooms, and the nation is about to get six more.

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Breakthrough in 15-year Aussie coal mine saga affecting 300+ jobs

A mine manager’s decision to slow operations at the New Acland Coal Mine sparked a 15-year legal quagmire that left 300 employees without work. But now there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

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The mentors teaching country boys skills for a better life

For many boys and teens growing up in the country, domestic violence, abusive relationships, poor education, drug and alcohol problems are just some of the challenges they face, but Boys to the Bush aims to change that.

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The heart of rural communities

Whether it’s cheering on the local footy team or celebrating a milestone, clubs bring people together. And when natural disasters strike they open their doors, offering shelter, food and support.

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New onions the dry-eyed delight Aussies been crying for

It’s the food frustrated cooks have been crying out for for decades, and now tearless onions have been brought to life on farms in regional Australia.

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How drinkers put this Aussie winery out of business

It was once one of our biggest wineries. Now its giant tanks are empty. What happened? Hear the story from those that are there now and how they’ve been hit by a ‘generational divide’.

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New trade deal puts Aussie farmers in prime position

While America slaps tariffs on Australian goods, our farmers have found a goldmine in Asia’s exploding appetite for premium produce.

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‘Enough is enough’: Blitz on kid thugs out bush ramps up

On the back of the success of a youth crime-busting squad, one of the state’s top rural crime cops has vowed to tackle the surge in offences head on in regional NSW.

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Mildura residents turn vigilante to hunt down youth criminals

Fed-up Mildura locals who have fallen victim to thieves have been physically chasing suspected offenders, saying overworked police can only do so much to crackdown on rising crime.

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The hidden struggles causing bush kids to miss school

Children in remote Aussie communities are missing three times as much school as their city peers, and experts say there’s “clear evidence” to show it’s taking a toll on NAPLAN scores.

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‘Last thing you want’: Struggling Victorian farmers hit with surge of thefts

Victorian farmers say they’re at their wits end as thieves rob them of livestock, machinery and tools while they struggle with drought and serious financial strain.

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