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Every weekday, catch up with Sinéad Mangan as she explores news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

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    Concern flood maps don't account for the real risk of climate change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 29:59


    The government body that collates data about flooding is the Australian Rainfall and Runoff and recently they updated their guides to account for climate change. The organisation finds what was previously thought of as a worst-case scenario, 20 per cent rain increase annually by the end of the century,  is now a best-case scenario. 

    Lockdowns 'all of the time' across NT prisons, as inmate numbers soar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 30:00


    Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

    Blue-green algae prompts push to demolish Snowy Mountains dam

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 29:59


    Mannus Lake Dam in southern New South Wales was built in the 1980s for fishing. Landholders want it torn down at a cost of $13 million to stop blue-green algae blooms. 

    Historic Kalgoorlie pipeline set for over half billion upgrade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 29:59


    Historic Kalgoorlie pipeline to undergo half billion dollar upgrade

    Community services buckling under demand for mental health support

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 29:59


    Mental health support services in regional WA are in such short supply that severely unwell residents are turning to grassroots community service groups, which are struggling to cope with surging demand.

    Rescues at Mt Hotham after snow strands holiday-makers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025


    Emergency crews in the Victorian Alpine region are on call to rescue anyone stuck in the freezing conditions after heavy snow hit the area over the weekend

    Families 'broken' after not guilty verdict in jumping castle case

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 29:59


    Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

    Queensland croc attack survivor speaks out in support of culling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 30:00


    A father of two who managed to fight off a monster croc by stabbing it in the neck has voiced his support for a petition to more strictly control the animals in his region.

    What does minimum wage increase mean for regional businesses?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 29:59


    Small business owners in the bush predict the increase in minimum wage will put more pressure on owners and the prices they charge. 

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    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 30:00


    Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

    Farmers restore nature to help river smashed by agriculture and drought

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025


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

    NT police rule out independent probe into Alice Springs death in custody

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 29:59


    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. 

    Grandfather of 24-year-old Yuendumu man who died in police custody pays tribute and calls for 'justice'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 29:59


    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".

    Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 29:59


    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. 

    WA government announces redress scheme for Stolen Generations

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 29:59


    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

    PM announces ADF deployment to NSW floods as North Shore residents emerge from flood isolation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 30:00


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

    More than 700 rescued, tens of thousands isolated as NSW residents urged to wait for water to recede

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 29:59


    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.

    Three dead, one missing in New South Wales floods as more rain expected

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 29:59


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

    Power out, roads cut, thousands isolated in record breaking NSW floods

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 29:59


    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

    Nationals call it quits on decades-long coalition with Liberals

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 29:59


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

    North Queensland Anglican diocese seeks to sell property to pay child sex abuse claims

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 29:59


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

    Mirboo North's community 'superannuation' fund rebuilds town after fatal storm

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 29:59


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

    Australia's gambling problem rooted in the NT

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 30:00


    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 inquiry hears of far-reaching effects of elder abuse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 29:59


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

    EPA opens Woodside's revised plan for Browse gasfield for public comment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 29:59


    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.

    Lord Howe Island's palms challenge Darwin's evolutionary theory

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 29:59


    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.

    Shipping costs hinder grain relief for drought-affected SA farmers while shearers struggle for work

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 29:59


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

    Land for long-awaited housing project becomes homeless campground

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 29:59


    Closure of only private maternity ward sees women leave NT for childbirth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 30:00


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

    Gold Coast film industry on edge in wake of Trump 100 per cent tariff announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 29:59


    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.

    What does a weakened Coalition mean for regional Australia?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 30:09


    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 regional-urban health gap in Australia is wide; but the issue has gone missing this election

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 29:59


    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.   

    Remote polls set to see more votes than last election

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 29:59


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

    Braddon: the marginal Tassie seat where the vote shifts with its economic fortunes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 29:59


    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.

    Housing, climate and high cost of living top of mind in ultra-marginal Gilmore

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 29:59


    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.

    Lingiari: The vast NT seat where voters feel forgotten

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 29:59


    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. 

    Hospital bed delay and a special grief camp

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 29:59


    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.

    Wind power to prove troublesome for Wannon electoral candidates

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 29:59


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

    Tough race ahead in brand-new seat of Bullwinkel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 29:59


    What matters to voters in Australia's newest electorate? 

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    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 29:59


    Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

    A plea for tourists to return and the push for more housing cooperatives

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 29:59


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

    Regional housing squeeze and the personality of fairy-wrens

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 30:00


    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.

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