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Authorities warn the health of Hopkins River in Victoria's south west is poor and declining and agriculture is largely to blame. 

NT police have rejected calls for an independent investigation into the death of an Aboriginal man in police custody after being restrained at an Alice Springs supermarket this week. 

The grandfather of the 24-year-old man who died in police custody in Alice Springs on Tuesday has paid tribute to his grandson and called for "accountability, justice and self-determination".

The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf project. 

Survivors of the Stolen Generations in Western Australia will be compensated through a state government redress scheme offering payments of up to $85,000 each

The Prime Minister has announced 70 Australian Defence Force personnel will join the flood recovery and clean-up effort on the NSW Mid North.

A fourth person has been confirmed dead and another is still missing in record floods on the NSW Mid North Coast, as thousands of people remain without power.

 NSW Police have confirmed a third person has died in the flood emergency. 

Farmers in the Hunter region and mid north coast of NSW have been isolated by the flood waters with some are saying they have never seen anything like it in generations of farming

The National Party pulls out of the Coalition Agreement with the Liberal Party.  

The North Queensland Anglican Diocese needs to find millions of dollars to compensate victims of historic child sexual abuse under the National Redress Scheme. 

When a ferocious storm tore through Mirboo North in Gippsland, residents did not wait for government help to rebuild, they helped themselves. 

The Northern Territory has become a haven for online gambling companies, 36 in total, all of which base themselves in the territory for its low fees and taxes.

Queensland elder abuse inquiry hears the far-reaching implications of "humbugging" in regional and remote communities

WA's environmental watchdog has taken the unusual step of reopening public consultation to Woodside's $30 billion Browse joint venture project after the company modified its proposal.

Scientists are testing Charles Darwin's theory on species diversity by analysing Kentia palm varieties that have grown side by side for 1 million years.

Prolonged drought conditions and increasing production costs are compelling farmers to reduce their flocks, leaving shearers struggling to find work. 

The site of a regional social housing project promised seven years ago has become a squat for the homeless in Bendigo, Victoria.

Women across the Northern Territory say they've been "robbed of choice" ahead of the NT's only private maternity ward closing.

Trump's threat of 100 per cent tariffs on all movies produced outside the US could have major ramifications for numbers of films produced in regional Australia - particularly on the Gold Coast.

Today on the show we take a look at what the election result means for regional Australia and how it will be represented in a drastically different federal parliament.

The gap between the city and the country, when it comes to health outcomes for residents and their ability to access healthcare services, is wide. Despite this, regional health has not featured as a major issue this election.   

A third of Australians on the electoral roll have already voted. At nearly 5 million Australians, that's a record.

Life in the electorate seat of Braddon, covering Tasmania's north-west and west coast, plus the dairy farming King Island, can be tough.Unemployment is high. The population of once thriving mining towns like Zeehan are at the mercy of a drive-in drive-out and fly-in fly-out workforce and mines stopping production.

The result in Gilmore was the closest in the country at the 2022 federal election, with Labor's Fiona Phillips holding onto the seat by just 373 votes.

The seat of Lingiari is vast and takes in 99 per cent of the Northern Territory, excluding Darwin. For decades its been a safe Labor seat, but at the last election the gap narrowed and now the coalition are hopeful they can secure Lingiari for the first time. 

A $7 billion costing blowout means that Queensland hospital beds will be delayed, just one of many problems facing the health sector in regional Australia.

In the seat of Wannon, voters are focused on offshore wind farms, rundown roads and a lack of childcare places

What matters to voters in Australia's newest electorate? 

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Outback tourism operators say they're seeing a slow start to the season because travellers are staying away, worried about flooding.

Not only is the Superb fairy-wren beautiful to look out, science has found that the chatter of these beautiful little birds reveal their personalities.

As the world faces economic uncertainty thanks to Donald Trump's tariffs, many in WA's Goldfields region are celebrating soaring prices for the precious metal. 

The true devastation of the flooding in outback Queensland is starting to hit home for residents, and some locals are angry their towns didn't have the infrastructure to properly prepare for the deluge. 

Residents are finally able to return to flood-ravaged towns in outback Queensland, but in parts of South Australia and Victoria, pine forests are dying due to drought. 

Mayors in regional towns across Australia respond to the Coalitions' Regional Future Fund.

A pilot in central Australia says he's never seen anything like this week's massive flooding at Lake Eyre. 

A group of community members in Lismore have rallied against the demolition of houses in their city's flood zone.

Catastrophic floods and a late start to the wet season have caused havoc and devastation in the Queensland outback.

Australian beef farmers say they are irritated by the 10 per cent tax, but it is not as bad as they feared.

Queenslanders displaced by catastrophic flooding are sitting tight as they wait to return to their homes, but it is already clear that the road to recovery will be long and difficult.