Regional Development and Planning

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.

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.

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.

Upper Kedron residents are frustrated the bridge has been closed, as council chases the developer behind its construction.

With Adelaide in the grip of a housing crisis, and surrounding areas experiencing a population boom, the SA Government is looking at rail to deliver thousands of people to work from new regional and outer suburban communities.

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.

The first international route flying directly into regional WA since the state's borders reopened has marked an "incredible" tourism opportunity.

With a $593 million hydrogen plant on the way, sales activity in Whyalla's housing market is on average double compared to its regional neighbours. 

When Rob Rankine saw the local nursing home sitting empty, he decided to do something about it. Now 18 people, including employee Mia Harris, have a place to call home. 

Reduced prices have seen V/Line passenger numbers increase but the promised extra rail services haven't appeared — which can lead to packed carriages and longer commutes.

Nuclear reactors, if they are built, will be in the backyards of farmers such as Darren Jensen. He's thrilled by the prospect, but not everyone in town is.

The town's storm-damaged jetty reopens for the first time in almost two years thanks to a "novel" approach, bypassing millions of dollars in repair costs — for now. 

The Sunshine Coast Council was due to vote on the controversial project, but Mr Palmer's company withdrew the development application hours beforehand. 

The coastal city of Hervey Bay, a three-and-a-half hour drive north of Brisbane, is known for being a popular retirement location, whose residents enjoy a slower pace of life. But that could all change if plans for a $400 million, 21-storey resort are approved. 

Cairns needs tens of millions of dollars to shore up its security of drinking water, but advocates say the city also needs to look at ways to reduce the amount of water being used.

Cathy Clemow wants her town to adopt a banking model that turns the community and customers into shareholders and caretakers of residents' finances. 

Queensland's Planning Minister says she will intervene in a controversial development as part of plans to build a million homes in the next 20 years. 

It looks like business is booming the beautiful town of Daylesford, but the local council is grappling with a budget hit by inflation and cost-of-living pressures — and it's a situation that's said to be playing out across the state.

Renewable energy company SunCable has its eyes on a site in Tasmania to manufacture an undersea power cable from the NT to Singapore, but a requirement for a 200-metre-high tower means the factory would host the state's tallest structure.

The Gateway Marina on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef has gone into liquidation owing millions of dollars to creditors, while investors wait to see what happens next.

Retired home owners insist their opposition to a harbour revitalisation project in South East Queensland does not amount to NIMBYism.

Residents of a tiny town in the NSW Riverina region are battling to save their historic bakery from becoming a petrol station, as regional areas prove attractive servo investments. 

While $3 million will be put towards the Gloucester and Dave Evans Bicentennial Trees in this year's budget, locals and prospective visitors face a wait of at least 12 months for both tourist attractions to reopen. 

Police arrest a number of protesters fighting to block a housing development bound by a tract of coastal heathland in northern New South Wales. The 18-hectare site in the popular coastal town has approval for 124 houses.

A divisive sign, reading "hometown not tourist town", was erected at Easter then pulled down again by those opposing it, but not before it brought national attention to a community debate.