Australia Wide

  • Autor: Vários
  • Narrador: Vários
  • Editora: Podcast
  • Duração: 40:01:57
  • Mais informações

Informações:

Sinopse

Every weekday, catch up with Sinéad Mangan as she explores news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.

Episódios

  • Parts of Great Barrier Reef record worst coral loss in 39 years

    19/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    Although the survey is only about 15 to 20 per cent complete, the northern reefs are so far revealing the biggest annual decline in coral cover in the 39 years the program has been running. 

  • A climate solution or distraction? The carbon capture facility at Chevron's Gorgon project tells a cautionary tale

    18/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    Amid the spinifex on a remote Western Australian island looms Chevron's troubled carbon capture facility. The role the technology might play in cutting greenhouse gas emissions is likely to get a fresh airing at global climate talks in Azerbaijan.

  • Central Australian advocates raise alarm over relocation of children in custody to Darwin prison

    15/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    Central Australian community leaders are warning plans to permanently transfer children in custody from Alice Springs to a new Darwin youth prison will further traumatise them and lead to reoffending. 

  • Outback residents face $1,250 return flights to nearest capital as competition dwindles

    14/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    Outback residents say they are frustrated with rising airfare prices and service bungles in locations with few other options.

  • Shortage sees government add 'tour guide' to national occupational shortage list for first time

    13/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    Showcasing Australia's breathtaking landscapes may seem like a dream job, but there's a nationwide shortage of tour guides.

  • Farmers are frustrated at loss of connectivity following the 3G network shutdown

    12/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    It's been one week since the 3G network was switched off in Western Australia and farmers in the middle of the grain harvest say connectivity has suffered.

  • Housing crisis leaves Victorian town Castlemaine with just 10 homes to rent

    11/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    Housing data shows 68 locations across the country have less a than 1 per cent rental vacancy rate.

  • 'Loophole' in Victoria's uranium ban allows mine to ship element to US

    08/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    A Victorian mine will start exporting a rare earths concentrate, which can be processed into commercial quantities of uranium, next year, sparking protests from farmers and an environmental group.

  • Bird flu precautions ramp up as thousands of dead birds wash up along east coastline

    07/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    Wildlife rescuers are increasing measures to prevent the potential spread of the deadly bird flu strain H5N1, which is yet to arrive in Australia, as they respond to reports of thousands of dead shearwaters along the east coast.

  • Housing model that's 'gold' for women fleeing domestic violence

    06/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    The model turns empty buildings into homes for vulnerable women and a shelter organisation wants it expanded to give more people a safe place to sleep at night amid the housing crisis.

  • University of Wollongong to cut 137 jobs due to $35m drop in international enrolments

    05/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    The University of Wollongong has approached staff across 25 disciplines for redundancies in a restructure the union fears could abolish its degrees in history, mathematics, geography and languages.

  • Lismore’s housing and health crisis in focus at NSW Drug Summit

    04/11/2024 Duração: 24min

    The links between homelessness and substance abuse in the NSW Northern Rivers are in the spotlight today, with the state government's drug summit convening in Lismore. 

  • How mega projects in Melbourne could impact Victoria's regional housing growth

    01/11/2024 Duração: 25min

    Builders in Ballarat say the lure of more work and money in Melbourne is taking away the vital workforce needed to meet the government's ambitious regional 2051 housing targets.

  • The remote WA town that's celebrated Halloween for decades thanks to its military past

    31/10/2024 Duração: 24min

    While some lament the recent growth of the Halloween tradition in Australia, residents in Exmouth have been celebrating the holiday for decades thanks to the strong presence of the US military in the town between the 1960s to early 90s. 

  • Court approves $180 million payment over stolen Aboriginal wages in WA

    30/10/2024 Duração: 24min

    About 8,500 Aboriginal people who were underpaid or had their wages withheld due to discriminatory policy between 1936 and 1972 will be reimbursed by the state government following the court's decision.

  • Fewer volunteers means this country show won't run next year, and it's a nation-wide problem

    29/10/2024 Duração: 24min

    Community events are a lifeline for rural and regional towns across Australia, but more organisers are making the "heartbreaking" decision to cancel them. 

  • ADF unveils robotic and autonomous weapons amid calls for stronger ethical guidelines

    28/10/2024 Duração: 25min

    Last month the Australian Defence Force unveiled a suite of weapons at the land autonomous systems and teaming demonstrations at the Puckapunyal Army Base in northern Victoria.

  • Tourists are spending more time on First Nations cultural experiences, but experts say the industry needs more support

    25/10/2024 Duração: 24min

    A recent report has called for a new First Nations tourism body. Those on the ground know the challenges faced by budding business owners.

  • Rolling power outages across far-west NSW to continue, as premier announces government support

    24/10/2024 Duração: 24min

    The fallout from a storm that destroyed transmission infrastructure from Menindee to Tibooburra in regional NSW threatens to leave locals without power until November 6.

  • Islanders left to defend Australian border warn 'someone will get hurt' unless government acts

    23/10/2024 Duração: 24min

    Saibai Islanders say they have been left to "fend for themselves" as confrontations over illegal fishing expose flaws in border security, putting their livelihoods and safety at risk.

página 1 de 5