Castlemaine - 3450

We sit down with the Naarm/Melbourne singer-songwriter to chat about her "wonky" new album, the song she couldn't stop playing last year, and what she's reading, watching and eating right now.

A grunge icon and a former Bad Seed join The Saints for a special Australian tour this November.

A small allotment of farming land helped Jo Huf set down roots in regional Victoria but she is struggling to grow her business because she isn't allowed to live on the land. 

The Mount Alexander Shire Council says it will approach the owners of a Campbells Creek bush block with compassion, but maintains the property is not liveable and its residents will be evicted.

When renting became unaffordable, single mum Beck Meyers started camping on a bush block she bought with a friend. Now, she, her children, and her friend are at risk of being evicted into homelessness by their local council. 

Bringing the world of genetically engineered dinosaurs to life for a low-cost remake is not an easy task, but a team of volunteers is making it happen.

Grey-headed flying foxes move into new locations in search of food and habitat, and their defenders say residents need to learn to live with the sometimes noisy and smelly creatures.

A group of friends, dismayed about climate change, bought the most degraded piece of farmland they could find. Not to live on, or to make money from, but to transform into the bushland it once was. 

Whatever your motivation, re-examining your approach buying clothes can be good for your budget and the planet. We spoke with a stylist, a sustainability advocate and a designer, to get some tips on how to maintain your personal style while being environmentally conscious. 

As the frequency of extreme weather events becomes part of the Australian conversation, a schools-based program has a solution to helping children to prepare and cope with natural emergencies.

Children's book authors and illustrators are thrilled to be on an annual list of notable books, with some describing it as "pinch-me" moment.

The 2023 Victorian Tree of the Year has lost massive limbs in what sounded like "a car crash". A Dja Dja Wurrung elder is urging greater protection of the significant river red gum.

It took Casey many years to access a specialist for a debilitating and painful menstrual cycle. Now, a federally funded endometriosis and pelvic pain clinic is online but, in rural Victoria it's still difficult to access.

Some residents of this Victorian town want competition at the supermarket check-out, but one business owner is determined to fight the opening of a Woolworths store.

This young couple is learning from 90-year-old Alan how to run Melbourne's photo booths.

The historic town of Castlemaine has become known as the graffiti capital of Victoria with fences, shops and signs regularly tagged.

The historic town of Castlemaine has become known as the graffiti capital of Victoria with fences, shops and signs regularly tagged.

CCTV has captured hooded vandals tagging an outdoor store in the central Victorian town of Castlemaine.

Martin Kusseldorf and his two cats are searching for a piece of land to permanently park their tiny home.

Martin Klussendorf spent nine months building his tiny home. He has enough money to buy a plot of land, but most local laws across Australia won't allow him to set up permanently on it. He believes that should change.

Maggie and Mal Butcher spent years on the road after selling their house. But while they love their camper, ill health has slowed them down and they now live in a friend's backyard — which means facing the ire of local council.

Parent Leticia Hayes has a child entering Year 10 at Kyneton's Sacred Heart College next year and has called a change to the way the laptops are paid for "totally tone deaf".

Adam "Angel" Nieto has been living on the streets for 30 years. Now a run-in with the law has a social support service calling for better treatment of homeless people.

Pauline Boyle became an independent yarn dyer by accident. When she couldn't find the wool she wanted in craft stores, she thought she'd "just have a go" creating it herself.

When residents called on this Victorian council to keep providing in-home aged care services, it listened, despite recent federal reforms that have led other local governments to withdraw from the sector.