Regional Communities

A morning walker posted a photo to social media of the electrical cord stretching from the top floor of a unit block to the car parked at the curb side.  A debate about EV etiquette followed.

Residents in the regional Victorian community are concerned a proposed 665-hectare solar farm would change the microclimate of the renowned grape-growing region and drive away tourism.

Rental prices have dropped by more than 10 per cent in the past year at a Victorian alpine hub but business owners say more still needs to be done to make housing affordable for workers.

After swapping life in the city for sheep and a vegetable garden, the couple is running a thriving gin distillery. Demographers believe more people in their age bracket could make the move to country areas as lower property prices offer more opportunities.

The paddlesteamer PV Jandra, which meanders along the Darling River, is out of operation because there is no-one to take the helm.

North-east Victorian residents express their anger about possible hospital service mergers as discussions about the future of the state's healthcare system intensify.

Pole dancing has a raunchy reputation, but fitness instructor Stacey Windsor says its physical and mental health benefits can transform lives — and she's starting with her small home town. 

Grey nomads, backpackers, and locals question the safety of roads in regional Australia after a devastating crash that killed three women, including two German nationals.

More people are retiring later in life. Here's how these Australians stay happy and engaged at work.

A policewoman who saw a fellow officer fatally shoot an Aboriginal woman with known mental health issues tells a coronial inquiry additional training was unlikely to have prevented the victim's death. 

Without anywhere safe and secure to call home, Hailey felt like she didn't have a future. Her grades crashed and her mental health suffered. She's not alone. 

Police say initial investigations into a fatal bus crash in north Queensland show the Greyhound bus travelled onto the wrong side of the road before colliding with a four-wheel drive towing a caravan.

When Morrie Russell returned to the town he once lived in, a lot had changed. He spent more than three years capturing his beloved WA Wheatbelt town of Narrogin in miniature.

It used to be famous for having the longest bar in the southern hemisphere until a disgruntled patron hacked a bit of it off with an axe one night. Now the much-loved Captains Flat Hotel is getting dusted off and reopened for a new era.

Ben Olschewsky was heading to the bush for a four-week building maintenance contract. Fourteen years later, he can't imagine living anywhere else.

Regional residents often travel hours for specialised health care or go without, now a new model of healthcare is bringing help via the skies.

The basketballer from country Western Australia signs a contract with Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA after missing out on draft night.

After being shuttered for a year due to a critical shortage of midwives, the Woonabie Birthing Unit will be available to women with low-risk pregnancies who are at 37 weeks or more gestation.

Alpurrurulam, on the Northern Territory-Queensland border is a long way from anything but not even distance can keep the newly formed girl's footy team from playing.

Albany football club Railways say it's even willing to let its rivals choose the name if they win an upcoming raffle to raise money for a major redevelopment at its home ground.

After five years of lobbying and a significant investment, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River hopes a local childcare centre will be open by the end of the year.

This 140-year-old police barracks had no running water, electricity or doors, but it wasn't enough to put Kim and Alan off transforming it into their family home.

A popular nudist beach on the NSW far north coast will soon close after the state's National Parks and Wildlife Service found no alternative for a clothing-optional area.

Carmel Marks is among a growing number of people making a transition from traditional gardens, saying the planting of natives on her property was the self-sustaining answer she had been searching for.

A two-hour commute from the Sydney CBD, Wollondilly Shire seems an unlikely place for a battle between new housing and heritage laws. But a plan to protect a local landmark is causing division.