Australia Wide
Arts & Culture Podcasts
The sound of regional Australia. Daily news from the ABC's unmatched network of regional reporters hosted by Sinéad Mangan.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
The sound of regional Australia. Daily news from the ABC's unmatched network of regional reporters hosted by Sinéad Mangan.
Language:
English
Episodes
Outback communities are trying to manage on their own amid an ongoing childcare crisis
6/6/2024
With outback towns stuck in a cycle of workforce shortages and a dire need for childcare, parents are taking care of each other's children so they can keep their jobs.
Duration:00:24:59
Men's behaviour change programs are key to curbing domestic violence, but there's 'just not enough' of them
6/5/2024
Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
Duration:00:24:59
$11.70 for a packet of Tim Tams - Is this Australia's most expensive town?
6/4/2024
Price monitoring shows living costs have risen more in remote towns than in metropolitan areas.
Duration:00:24:59
With near misses common, families of truckies fear for their safety
6/3/2024
More than 70 per cent of truck drivers said they had a near miss on average once a week, according to a study by Monash University.
Duration:00:25:00
Spies in the Outback Ep 3 – The women get wild
5/31/2024
In the 1980s the protest movement against Pine Gap continues and women especially don't want Australia involved in nuclear war and the protests get increasingly wild.
Duration:00:24:59
'Absolutely extraordinary': 10 years after 'ambitious' eradication program, Macquarie Island remains pest free
5/30/2024
Scientists say the World Heritage-listed area is returning to its former glory, with a resurgence in vegetation allowing nesting seabirds to flourish. While the island remains pest-free, new threats are on the horizon, including climate change and avian influenza.
Duration:00:24:59
Duty of care - As protocols change and our understanding of CTE grows, how will local and country sports manage concussion?
5/29/2024
As professional sports codes grapple with protocols around head knocks and player safety, regional sports administrators are worried about possible legal action in the coming years over concussions and CTE
Duration:00:24:59
First Nations fishers 'scared out of the water' will take fight for traditional rights to United Nations
5/28/2024
Indigenous fishing rights activists in NSW are working with First Nations groups around the world to put a global spotlight on the battle to protect traditional fishing rights and cultural practices.
Duration:00:24:59
King Island is going through its worst drought on record, and farmers are having to make tough decisions
5/27/2024
King Island, off Tasmania's north-west tip, usually produces more than 20 per cent of the state's beef, but the worst drought on record is forcing farmers to make heartbreaking decisions.
Duration:00:24:59
Victoria Police apologises for its role in the Stolen Generations
5/24/2024
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has officially apologised to Indigenous peoples over the force's role in the Stolen Generations.
Duration:00:24:59
Brumby re-homing program under investigation after mass horse carcass find on farm
5/23/2024
The NSW government has launched a multi-agency investigation into brumby re-homing after the discovery of massed horse carcasses on a property.
Duration:00:25:00
Snowy 2.0 faces fresh problems, with tunnel boring machine Florence stuck yet again
5/22/2024
It's unclear how long it will take for the machine to get moving again and whether it will impact plans for Snowy 2.0 to begin operations in late 2027.
Duration:00:24:59
Telstra to cut 2,800 jobs, what will it mean for regional services?
5/21/2024
Telstra has revealed plans to sack up to 2,800 workers as part of its latest cost-cutting measures, with most of these job losses to occur by the end of this year.
Duration:00:24:59
NSW Police arrest over 500 after domestic violence blitz
5/20/2024
Police say Operation Amarok ran from Wednesday to Saturday last week and 554 people are now facing more than a thousand charges involving alleged domestic violence, and breaching bail and Apprehended Violence Orders.
Duration:00:24:59
Spies in the Outback – Politics, Pressure and Protest
5/17/2024
Born from rising Cold War nuclear fear, Pine Gap eavesdrops on the world and has transformed the way wars are now fought.
Duration:00:24:59
NT government introduces curfew bill after Alice Springs 'circuit-breaker'
5/16/2024
The curfew bill comes after a three-week youth curfew in the Alice Springs CBD, which was enacted in response to a series of violent incidents in the town.
Duration:00:24:59
What’s in the federal budget for regional Australia?
5/15/2024
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his third budget. Australia Wide looks as some of the major announcements related to regional Australia.
Duration:00:24:59
Councils hope federal budget delivers for regional airports
5/14/2024
According to Regional Capitals Australia, the country's regional airports need urgent financial support in the federal budget or they will become "unviable".
Duration:00:24:59
"We are the kids that steal and do naughty stuff" - The camp trying to change the course of youth crime in the Kimberley
5/13/2024
The Yiriman bush camps work to get at-risk Indigenous children away from the temptations of town and immerse them in culture, good health and personal pride.
Duration:00:24:59
134 years not out, Don Bradman's restored childhood home in Bowral goes on the market
5/10/2024
The house that helped shape the world's best-ever batsman has been put on the market by its current owner, who completed a restoration project.
Duration:00:24:59