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Every weekday, catch up with Sinéad Mangan as she explores news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
Episódios
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How lithium-ion batteries are changing the nature of modern house fires
03/09/2024 Duração: 24minLithium-ion batteries are increasingly sparking house fires and changing the dynamic of the blazes that firefighters face.
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When you know those involved: The trauma of being a first responder in a small town
02/09/2024 Duração: 24minIn regional and rural areas with small populations, there is a high chance the first person on the scene of a fatal crash could know the people or person involved. Now, there are calls for more mental health support for first responders dealing with road accident trauma.
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Bees 'starving' for pollen as native flowers fail to bloom
30/08/2024 Duração: 24minAfter four years of increasingly dry winters in WA, beekeepers are warning of diminished hives, and biodiversity loss as fewer flowers bloom and pollen dries up.
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"You just never forget that the knock at the door" Parents speak out as domestic violence plagues small towns
29/08/2024 Duração: 24minIn small country communities, everyone knows everyone, but this makes escaping domestic violence much more complicated. In towns like Longreach, where there is hardly any crime, the problem is still very much behind close doors.
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Repeat illegal fishing offenders jailed amid a surge in overseas boats
28/08/2024 Duração: 25minIndonesian repeat illegal fishing offenders jailed in Darwin amid a surge in overseas boats. Authorities says they will continue hold public information campaigns in Indonesia to inform communities about the risks of illegal fishing.
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A battle over dark sky tourism has ended
27/08/2024 Duração: 24minAn almost year-long legal stoush between a small South Australian council and Western Australia's tourism body over a trademark request has come to an end after the application was officially abandoned earlier this month.
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Dingo attacks prompt calls for ban on kids in unfenced K'gari campgrounds
26/08/2024 Duração: 24minIn response to a string of dingo attacks on children, the Fraser Coast mayor is calling for families with children under 12 to be restricted to fenced-in zones on K'Gari.
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A teachers' union wants incentives expanded to help crippling teacher shortages
23/08/2024 Duração: 25minThe Queensland Teachers' Union wants incentives like cheaper rent and wiping HECS debt to be expanded to help deal with crippling teacher shortages in regional schools.
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A class action has been filed for Indigenous Australians who have waited years for their public housing to be repaired
22/08/2024 Duração: 24minA class action has been filed against the West Australian government on behalf of thousands of tenants living in substandard public housing in remote Aboriginal communities.
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Attempt to stop aerial shooting of feral horses fails in NSW Supreme Court
21/08/2024 Duração: 24minAn attempt to stop the aerial shooting of brumbies in Kosciuszko National Park has been dismissed in the NSW Supreme Court.
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Offshore wind needs a future workforce. Will coal workers make the move out to sea?
20/08/2024 Duração: 24minCoal-fired power plants are retiring in Victoria, and workers are considering their options. But as the offshore wind industry is developing in Gippsland, some coal workers are showing an interest in retraining in renewables.
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Dry conditions trigger extreme measures as Tasmanian farmers struggle to secure feed
19/08/2024 Duração: 24minWith feed running out and prices sky rocketing, Tasmanian farmers are struggling with the impact of dry conditions. Some say they have no choice but to shoot their animals.ng network with more than 500 electric vehicle chargers is almost complete, leaving only a few gaps of more than 200 kilometres between towns with top-up points outside of Adelaide.
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Deer are 'protected wildlife' in Victoria. These hunters want it to stay that way
16/08/2024 Duração: 25minDeer are listed as "game" in Victoria to be only hunted by registered hunters under strict conditions. Other parts of the country classify the introduced animal as a "pest".
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Varroa mite parasite detected in Victoria in first outbreak outside NSW
15/08/2024 Duração: 24minThe detection comes after a major migration of beehives arrived in Victoria for the annual pollination of almond and stonefruit crops.
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Byron Bay Bluesfest announces it will end for good after 2025 event
14/08/2024 Duração: 24minSinger-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke said some of her "most peak experiences on stage" had been at Bluesfest and mourned lost opportunities for future generations of musicians,."Australian artists who are up and coming, who are honing their craft, really rely on these festivals," she said.
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Pilot flying stolen helicopter killed after crashing into Cairns hotel
12/08/2024 Duração: 25minA helicopter that crashed into a Far North Queensland hotel roof was stolen before being taken on an "unauthorised flight", the aviation company it belonged to has confirmed.
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As Victoria prepares to plant millions of pines, advocates are calling for more native wildlife corridors
09/08/2024 Duração: 25minAs demand for plantation timber grows, wildlife advocates would like to see biodiversity corridors between plantations.
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Answers found in prehistoric cold case at 8-million-year-old fossil bed
08/08/2024 Duração: 25minPalaeontologists working near Alice Springs uncover for the first time a set of articulated bones and partial skeleton of Ilbandornis woodburnei, a massive bird that once roamed an evolving continent 8 million years ago.
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Border protection officials intercept four boats in far northern Western Australia
07/08/2024 Duração: 25minAustralian authorities have responded after local tour guides and traditional owners spotted four boats moored at Kuri Bay in far northern WA.
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Prisoners eager to forge a career in dairy farming as they near release
06/08/2024 Duração: 25minA Victorian prison program is helping inmates prepare for life on the outside by setting them up with the skills and set routine to find careers in the dairy industry.