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'Clock is ticking': regions need a say in clean energy

'Clock is ticking': regions need a say in clean energy

Regional communities need better engagement on the clean energy transition to drive change, as fear and misinformation 'run riot', a new report shows.

'Completely lost': exhibition captures disaster despair

'Completely lost': exhibition captures disaster despair

'Completely lost': exhibition captures disaster despair

'Completely lost': exhibition captures disaster despair

Photographer Natalie Grono's stirring images of the NSW Northern Rivers floods form a new exhibition that reminds viewers of the enormity of the devastation.

Asset sale launched as administrators try to save Rex

Asset sale launched as administrators try to save Rex

Asset sale launched as administrators try to save Rex

Asset sale launched as administrators try to save Rex

An asset sale program has been launched at troubled regional airline Rex in a desperate bid to keen the heavily indebted carrier flying .

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Buyers hover as administrators plot course to save Rex

Buyers hover as administrators plot course to save Rex

Embattled Rex has received significant interest from potential buyers, administrators say, as the regional carrier battles to stay in the air.

Senator, insurer clash over cyclone 'price-gouging'

Senator, insurer clash over cyclone 'price-gouging'

A major insurer has been accused of making big profits during natural diasters at an inquiry into the impacts of climate change on the insurance sector.

U-turn on fare subsidies for key NSW coastal bus routes

U-turn on fare subsidies for key NSW coastal bus routes

Subsidised bus fares will continue on key NSW coastal routes as the government reverses course on planned cuts in favour of longer-term planning.

TAFE to cut staff despite enrolment boost: union

TAFE to cut staff despite enrolment boost: union

Regional Victoria's busiest TAFE is planning to cut almost a third of support staff roles, the tertiary education union says.

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Scalpel taken to hospital 'back office bureaucracy'

Scalpel taken to hospital 'back office bureaucracy'

Scalpel taken to hospital 'back office bureaucracy'

Scalpel taken to hospital 'back office bureaucracy'

A hospital overhaul will not force mergers but "back office bureaucracy" will be targeted by a new agency after a review found the system unfit for purpose.

Fares to rise 25-fold on some regional bus routes

Fares to rise 25-fold on some regional bus routes

Fares to rise 25-fold on some regional bus routes

Fares to rise 25-fold on some regional bus routes

The removal of a $400,000 concession subsidy has left commuters on several regional NSW bus routes facing a massive increase in fares.

Murals on an empty farm house helped a family's grief

Murals on an empty farm house helped a family's grief

Murals on an empty farm house helped a family's grief

Murals on an empty farm house helped a family's grief

Toby Weston painted his grandfather's fondest memories on the walls of his childhood home, a high school art project that comforts the family through grief.

Southern Murray Darling Basin water markets sag $1.9b

Southern Murray Darling Basin water markets sag $1.9b

Southern Murray Darling Basin water markets sag $1.9b

Southern Murray Darling Basin water markets sag $1.9b

Shifting weather patterns have fuelled volatility in water allocation markets along the lower Murray Darling Basin, with decreased prices expected to persist.

Victoria rattled by 'aftershock' tremors of 2021 quake

Victoria rattled by 'aftershock' tremors of 2021 quake

Victoria rattled by 'aftershock' tremors of 2021 quake

Victoria rattled by 'aftershock' tremors of 2021 quake

Further tremors could follow an earthquake that rumbled parts of Victoria, which experts consider an aftershock to a record quake that struck the state in 2021.

No guarantee of coverage for remote Australians post-3G

No guarantee of coverage for remote Australians post-3G

No guarantee of coverage for remote Australians post-3G

No guarantee of coverage for remote Australians post-3G

Farming families fear losing their access to health and education, as Telstra acknowledges some may lose connectivity in 3G closure.

Friendship as former foes honour Cowra Breakout fallen

Friendship as former foes honour Cowra Breakout fallen

Friendship as former foes honour Cowra Breakout fallen

Friendship as former foes honour Cowra Breakout fallen

From conflict to reconciliation and now friendship, Australians and Japanese will together to honour hundreds of soldiers killed in a PoW breakout 80 years ago.

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Telcos to proceed with 3G closure despite inquiry fears

Threats to safety from the 3G mobile network shutdown are "too great to ignore", an inquiry warns, but Telstra and Optus are pressing ahead with their plans.

PM downplays airline duopoly as Rex waits for lifeline

A competition tsar has taken issue with the prime minister's suggestion that regional airline Rex engineered its own demise by targeting capital-city routes.

History lovers to gather for two-day stagecoach journey

Regional towns across southern Queensland will celebrate the centennial of Cobb & Co's final stagecoach run, the last of its kind in Australia.

'It's everything': rural Australians fear Rex's fate

Rural Australians who rely on Rex for health, education, mail and groceries fear for their future as the regional airline entered voluntary administration.

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Rex Airlines enters voluntary administration

Rex Airlines has gone into voluntary administration and cancelled all flights between major airports.

Litany of failures revealed in response to major floods

Preparations, emergency warnings and recovery grants have been found lacking following a long-running inquiry into a devastating flood.

Roads to ruin: potholes top safety issues poll

Almost two out of three Victorian motorists reckon potholes and poor road conditions are the biggest safety factor across the regional network, a poll shows.

'He was a coward': DV victim's mother calls for action

The mother of domestic violence victim Kristy Armstrong has called for better services, as protests against gendered violence were held around Australia.

Childcare desert sucking the life out of regional towns

Psychologist Tegan Podubinski knows her regional city needs more mental health support but she and other essential workers need the childcare crisis fixed.

More students to thrive in move to explicit teaching

Curriculums are being simplified with a focus on making sure children understand what they're being taught before being asked to apply their knowledge.

Teachers walk from TAFE classes as pay talks flounder

State TAFE teachers who say they are "lowest funded in Australia" are threatening further industrial action amid stalled negotiations over a wage dispute.

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