Regional Australia
Giant pothole leaves thousands of people on edge
A NSW council has had to slash its budget, cancel events and sell its own land to make ends meet after suffering 15 natural disasters in just five years.
- by Catherine Naylor
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Think it’s cold? Try a dawn ocean swim on winter solstice
On the shortest day of the year in the depths of winter, this Torquay group wades into the water after a lantern parade.
- by Carolyn Webb
Khancoban parents unite to save their preschool
A tiny village tucked into the foothills of the Snowy Mountains took matters into their own hands when their children's preschool lost its only teacher, making a video to showcase what their community had to offer.
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WA budget
WA government spends $2 million to prop up ailing regional newspapers
The scheme was only made public after the May WA budget included a line item detailing a further $1 million for “phase two” over the 2024-25 financial year.
- by Hamish Hastie
This town’s only store has closed. Now heartbroken locals are banding together to buy it
A campaign to save a town’s historic general store is asking the community to pitch in $5000 per person to help raise the money needed.
- by Carolyn Webb
Popular NSW ski resort forced to close weeks ahead of season
Australia’s most remote ski resort is scrambling to come up with a plan to open to the public before the season starts and roads close for the winter.
- by Catherine Naylor
Government pledges triple-zero reforms after Optus outage
Communications minister Michelle Rowland says she will accept all recommendations from a review into the effect of last year’s national Optus outage on the triple-zero system after lives were put at risk.
- by David Swan
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Crime
Two dead, another in a serious condition following three NSW stabbings in 24 hours
A 16-year-old boy and a man in his 20s have died and a third man has been injured in unrelated stabbing incidents as a wave of knife crime continues across NSW.
- by Carrie Fellner
Fabulous, darling! Priscilla to ride again in film sequel
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – an Australian classic – is getting a sequel, according to director Stephan Elliott.
- by Ashleigh McMillan
‘Another person’s headstone was there’: Bodies bulldozed, graves resold at cemetery for decades
More than 1800 plots were dug up and resold at Castlemaine Cemetery over several decades, with previously occupied plots still being resold as recently as 2004.
- by Carolyn Webb
‘There’s nowhere for them to go’: When girls are booted out of football
At 13, Phoebe Guppy is at a crossroads. Travel over an hour for footy training, or give up the game she loves. Daisy Pearce has been at the crossroads before her, and many more will follow.
- by Hannah Kennelly
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