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Mining hubs lead regional property price rise

Mining hubs lead regional property price rise

Affordability and lifestyle choices continue to drive up property prices in regional Australia, but there are signs the heat is coming out of the market.

East coast swelters through hottest day in years

East coast swelters through hottest day in years

East coast swelters through hottest day in years

East coast swelters through hottest day in years

Australians are sweating through a major heatwave, while the energy regulator scrambles to keep the lights on.

Two-year-old girl dies after being found in parked car

Two-year-old girl dies after being found in parked car

Two-year-old girl dies after being found in parked car

Two-year-old girl dies after being found in parked car

Police are investigating after a two-year-old girl found unconscious in a car parked outside a regional town's council office could not be revived and died.

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Nationals leader out to pasture, new blood takes reins

Nationals leader out to pasture, new blood takes reins

A state Nationals leader will continue to serve as an MP on the coalition's back bench after announcing his resignation following 10 years in the role.

These are the drones ag is looking for in venture fund

These are the drones ag is looking for in venture fund

Drones that imitate bees are among the ag-tech advances a $60 million venture fund is hoping to back, as Australia's fruit and vegetable prices hit a slump.

'You've saved our lives': 100 years of caring for kids

'You've saved our lives': 100 years of caring for kids

Nancy Bird Walton, Queen Elizabeth and a desperate rural mum are some of the people touched by the work of a charity that's cared for rural children since 1924.

Ready to quit the city? The bush might not be ready

Ready to quit the city? The bush might not be ready

The number of city-slickers looking to escape to the country is growing, but progress to improve housing, education and health in the regions has stalled.

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Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done'

Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done'

Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done'

Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done'

Australia is facing a severe shortage of GPs. Though more medical students are opting to become local doctors, peak medical bodies say more must be done.

State-owned solar farm to power more than 50,000 homes

State-owned solar farm to power more than 50,000 homes

State-owned solar farm to power more than 50,000 homes

State-owned solar farm to power more than 50,000 homes

Victoria's revived state-owned electricity commission will spend $370 million to wholly own a solar and battery farm slated to power 51,000 homes.

Guns and violins: a play to save Australian war history

Guns and violins: a play to save Australian war history

Guns and violins: a play to save Australian war history

Guns and violins: a play to save Australian war history

A classical violinist is an unlikely ally in the quest to save a collection of Australia's military history, after a break-in left a country museum in jeopardy.

Bushfires ease but too early to tally property losses

Bushfires ease but too early to tally property losses

Bushfires ease but too early to tally property losses

Bushfires ease but too early to tally property losses

Fire crews have made ground in battling blazes in Victoria's west and southwest, declaring one contained and slowing another.

Pilot, teens identified as trio killed in plane crash

Pilot, teens identified as trio killed in plane crash

Pilot, teens identified as trio killed in plane crash

Pilot, teens identified as trio killed in plane crash

Boys aged 15, 16 and a 20-year-old pilot have been identified as those killed in a light plane crash in Victoria, leaving family members left devastated.

Fire ants escape Queensland hidden in 'treated turf'

Fire ants escape Queensland hidden in 'treated turf'

Fire ants escape Queensland hidden in 'treated turf'

Fire ants escape Queensland hidden in 'treated turf'

Turf ticked off as being treated for fire ants has proven to be a Trojan horse for one of the worst invasive species to reach Australian shores.

Kinder worker's family mourns 'light of our lives'

Kinder worker's family mourns 'light of our lives'

Kinder worker's family mourns 'light of our lives'

Kinder worker's family mourns 'light of our lives'

The family of Eleanor Bryant, killed as a truck crashed into a kindergarten in Victoria, has paid tribute to the mother-of-two as mourners laid flowers.

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Details emerge on wind farm death amid law scrutiny

A dislodged blade on a turbine platform is being blamed for the death of a wind farm worker as Victoria's industrial manslaughter laws are criticised.

'It's a lifeline': relief as government hands Rex $80m

The federal government will provide up to $80 million to keep Rex regional routes operating, a relief for rural communities fearing for their future prosperity.

Unions slam wind farm's safety after blade kills worker

The Danish company building a huge wind farm where a worker was crushed and killed by a turbine blade says safety is its number one priority.

Anti-slavery tsar welcomed but civil groups want teeth

Former Labor senator Chris Evans has been appointed as the inaugural anti-slavery commissioner but civil groups want him properly funded and given real power.

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A quiet, larrikin 'kid' awarded highest military honour

Private Richard Norden has been awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry during the Vietnam War, an honour his friends have spent decades fighting for.

Australia's 'big nowhere' in the eye of the beholder

Thirty years after swapping Cleo magazine centrefolds for cattle country, photographer Paul J Ryan's images of outback Australia are seeing the light of day.

Psychology goes in search of new age Aussie farmers

Researchers are looking into whether psychology can help improve workplace practices on Australia's cotton farms, in a bid to better attract and retain workers.

From electric to people power: historic plant wins gong

A public building on the site of a historic rural power station and an outback arts space are among the winners of Australia's top architecture awards.

Docs on a plane: staff retrained over lost cabinet bag

An Australian agriculture department staffer lost a bag containing classified cabinet papers on a flight from India, a Senate estimates hearing has been told.

Workers get $8k more bang for their buck in the bush

The financial incentive to live in the city is dwindling for most workers - from doctors to truckies - as house prices soar, according to economic research.

Adam Harvey's ode to his mum proves the power of song

Country star Adam Harvey is more reflective than ever on his 17th studio album, which pays tribute to his parents, his boyhood and celebrates life's soundtrack.

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