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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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    Citizen science project catalogues the devastation of South Australia's algal bloom

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 29:59


    A citizen science project is helping track the extent of the devastation created by the toxic algal bloom sitting off the South Australia's coast.

    Darwin methane leak ‘covered up' by gas companies and regulators

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 29:59


    A huge Australian gas facility has released vast amounts of climate-polluting methane in a major leak which owners and government agencies have kept secret from the public for years. 

    Why regional Australia is fertile ground for sovereign citizen movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 30:00


    A leading extremism expert says increasing inequality is leading to the growth of sovereign citizen and other fringe groups spreading across rural and regional Australia.

    NT pepper spray trial divides community

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 29:59


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

    Building resilient communities in the face of climate change 

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 29:59


    Australia Wide presented from the AFAC Australian Disaster Resilience Conference 2025

    Police hunt for shooter after two officers killed in regional Victoria

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 29:59


    Two police officers are confirmed dead and another is injured at a shooting at a rural property in the alpine region of Victoria

    Mushroom poisoning survivor offers 'forgiveness' to triple-murderer Erin Patterson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 29:59


    The only surviving guest of Erin Patterson's deadly mushroom lunch says he has forgiven the convicted triple-murderer and is "no longer her victim".

    What will child safety reforms mean for regional childcare providers?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 30:00


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

    People living with disability seek greater job opportunities

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 29:59


    People living with disability in regional South Australia say it is hard to navigate new career paths as they do not have enough employment opportunities in their towns. 

    GPs, clinics say red tape prevents overseas doctors filling vacancies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 29:59


    A lack of supervisors and overlapping regulatory bodies is making it challenging for internationally trained doctors to become GPs.

    How can we grow regional Australia to boost the nation's lagging productivity and living standards?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 29:59


    A Productivity Roundtable is underway in Canberra to see what can be done about it. One of the suggestions is to put a rocket under growth in regional cities. 

    “We've got no time to wait” – Port Lincoln hosts forum on algal bloom disaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 29:59


    Community forums are being held along South Australia's coastline, where toxic algal bloom continues to wreak havoc for marine life, and those who earn a living off the ocean.

    Australia's WWII veterans remember the day victory was declared 80 years ago

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 29:59


    World War Two veterans have gathered in Townsville to commemorate 80 years since Victory in the Pacific and the end of World War II. Almost one million Australians served in the conflict, and more than 39,000 died.

    Federal government doubles down on salmon stance in Tasmania

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 29:59


    The Commonwealth has approved the continuation of salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour, bringing to an end a reconsideration request by environmental groups.

    Police raids find trend of larger volumes of illegal tobacco in country stores

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 29:59


    Demolition of a popular lookout in Lancelin has begun due to the risk of it crumbling into the ocean.

    Small regional businesses struggle after wrongful Facebook, Instagram suspensions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 29:59


    Regional businesses have been left frustrated and angry over the mysterious disappearance of their accounts across platforms owned by tech-giant Meta. 

    Palestinian supporters protest at gates of Pine Gap intelligence facility

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 21:23


    Holding placards and banners in the red dirt and dry scrub along the road to Pine Gap, around 100 Alice Springs residents have called for the facility's closure and the return of land to traditional owners.

    Remembering the nuclear tests at Maralinga - When the black mist descended on the APY lands

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 29:59


    In 1953, in the APY lands of South Australia, two atomic weapons were exploded in the desert at a place called Emu Field. A young boy named Yami Lester remembers the ground shaking and a black mist coming over his family's camp. Yami passed away in 2017, but his daughter Karina Lester continues to speak up nationally and internationally about the impacts of nuclear testing in Australia.

    'Devastating' murder-suicide prompts calls for more help in isolated areas

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 30:00


    The co-chair of the South Australia's peak domestic violence support body says more resources are needed to reach vulnerable people in regional areas. 

    Messy legal battle underway after couple builds house on wrong block

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 29:59


    Melanie and David Moor are fighting a legal battle to keep their home after they mistakenly built their house on the wrong block.

    NBN Co partners with Amazon to take on Starlink in the bush

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 29:59


    Amazon partners with NBN Co to take on Starlink, bringing new high speed internet to Australia. Experts say the deal promises better internet services and more choice for people living in regional Australia. 

    Barrie Cassidy's plan to save democracy one classroom at a time

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 29:59


    Barrie Cassidy has been a familiar and trusted voice in Australian journalism for decades. He is continuing his advocacy for Australian democracy through a new education called Democracy in a Box.

    Garma celebrates 25 years as the gap widens for Territorians

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 29:59


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

    Mount Isa's future uncertain after major copper mine closes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 30:00


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

    Australian-made Gilmour Space rocket crashes after north Queensland take off

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 29:59


    Gilmour Space has attempted to launch an Australian-made rocket from north Queensland and despite the short flight time, the group are positive about the take-off.

    "We're going to be making career criminals," NT Children's Commissioner has serious concerns over moves to rewrite Youth Justice Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 30:00


    The Northern Territory government plans to bring back the use of spit hoods on young people in detention - a practice banned almost eight years ago following media coverage of issues at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre.

    Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright pleads not guilty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 29:59


    Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to charges of perverting the course of justice.

    Regional Australia hosts war games as UK/Aust defence relationship deepens

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 29:59


    Australia and the united kingdom have finalised a treaty on the delivery of the first stage of the AUKUS deal to acquire nuclear powered submarines. This comes as the Talisman Sabre joint military exercise takes place around regional Australia  with involvement from military personnel from almost two dozen countries.

    Australia lifts biosecurity import restrictions on US beef

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 29:59


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

    Taxpayers face $500m clean-up bill for Chevron's Barrow Island oil and gas project

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 29:59


    Taxpayers face a potential $500 million bill to clean up aging oil and gas infrastructure left by Chevron off Western Australia's Pilbara, a newly released state government documents reveal.

    SA Algal Bloom: “Any way you look at it, what is happening here is a national disaster”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 29:59


    "It's very concerning to see an ecosystem dying in front of your eyes." Scientists devastated at the scale of marine loss caused by South Australia's toxic algal bloom.   

    Funding to assist SA to deal with algal bloom, but no national disaster declaration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 30:00


    The federal government has pledged $14 million to assist South Australia as it continues to deal with a toxic algal bloom outbreak, but has stopped short of declaring it a national disaster.

    Calls to revitalise regional CBDs as struggling retail leaves empty shops

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 29:59


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

    Buying a house in resource-rich Pilbara harder than research suggests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 29:59


    Reflecting on Peter Falconio's murder after death of killer Bradley Murdoch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 29:59


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

    'My heart is broken': Court finds no duty of care owed to Torres Strait Islanders over climate change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 29:59


    Backpacker Carolina Wilga thanks rescuers after 11 nights lost in outback

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 30:00


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

    Townsville grandparents call for change, 14 years after death of baby Mason Parker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 29:59


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

    Remembering mushroom murder victims, Gail and Don Patterson and Heather Wilkinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 29:59


    The victims of Erin Patterson's deadly beef Wellington lunch are being remembered for their altruistic nature and kind hearts, just days after a jury convicted their killer of murder.

    What will the Coroner's recommendations mean for policing in the northern Territory?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 29:59


    The implications of the Coroner's findings into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker are reverberating around the Northern Territory. 

    All is quiet as media pack leaves town following Erin Patterson's guilty verdict

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 29:59


    The Erin Patterson triple murder case has captured the imagination of people the world over with every little detail poured over by international and local media. 

    Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering three guests with deadly mushroom lunch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 29:59


    The jury has reached a verdict in Erin Patterson's murder trial, finding her guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

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