Regional Australia
10 of Victoria’s best regional pubs worth planning a road trip around
What’s even better than a long pub lunch? A long pub lunch in the country! These venues are the real deal, with food, drinks and settings worth planning a trip around.
- Richard Cornish
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Mineral water skolling, gumboot throwing, sausage eating … It’s Glenlyon’s big day out
Quirky, traditional Glenlyon Sports Day has been a New Year’s Day tradition for more than 100 years.
- Carolyn Webb
- Updated
- Air travel
Opposition calls for review of capped airfares program as Karratha flights boom
The program has ballooned in cost from $19 million to more than $100 million over three years.
- Hamish Hastie
- Exclusive
- Population
Cook’s vision for the future: WA’s big regional towns are about to get bigger
WA Premier Roger Cook envisioned large regional centres like Bunbury, Port Hedland, Karratha, Albany and Geraldton could eventually develop into major regional hubs.
- Hamish Hastie
Victorian towns install EV chargers to lure in drivers experiencing ‘range anxiety’
Some councils in tourism hotspots plan to install chargers for electric vehicles in the hope of attracting a growing demographic of tourists.
- Benjamin Preiss
Fundraising group takes teal movement to regional Australia
The Regional Voices Fund says it is “on the same page” as Climate 200, the group that catapulted six independent MPs into parliament in 2022.
- Brook Turner
- Explainer
- Daylight saving
It’s nearly time to put clocks forward an hour. Where did daylight saving come from?
An insect expert first suggested daylight saving in 1895. Since then, it has caught on across the world. What effect does it have on us?
- Rachael Houlihan and Anthony Segaert
- Investigation
- NSW council elections
Andrew Thaler has called female council workers fat, dumb and useless. Now he’s been elected a councillor
Serial pest Andrew Thaler has been elected to a council that has banned him from meetings because he is considered a threat to staff safety.
- Jordan Baker
- Perspective
- Queensland votes
The state seats where votes may be worth more – or less
Major party campaigns are gearing up for key stops across Queensland’s 93 electorates before October 26. But some seats aren’t like the others.
- Matt Dennien
Single power pole on ‘zombie’ block paves way for waterfront development
A prime block near Byron Bay may now be developed after its owner made a surprise discovery amid some old papers.
- Catherine Naylor
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