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  Rate of babies born before reaching hospital climbs in regional NSW 22.09.2026 24min

  Babies are being born before arriving at hospital at double the rate in regional NSW areas since 2001. 
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  Lives and personalities of Hillcrest jumping castle victims shared as Tasmanian inquest starts 21.09.2026 24min

  A coronial inquest into the deaths of six children in the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy has started in Devonport in Tasmania's north-west. 
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  Data centre deal, families caught up in migration debate, the toll of jury duty | Australia Wide this week 19.09.2026 25min

  The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.
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  Regions feel the pinch as diesel price surges 18.09.2026 24min

  The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.
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  Labor unveils migration cuts targeting students and backpackers 17.09.2026 24min

  Labor is tightening visa rules for international students and backpackers, while increasing efforts to remove overstayers as it seeks greater control over migration.
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  How the migration debate is playing out in the bush 16.09.2026 24min

  Australia's immigration policy involves a complex system of visas designed to fill labour shortages, reunite families, sustain our higher education sector and provide refuge. Australia Wide takes a look at how the debate plays out in regional and rural Australia.    
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  The wind farm plan being hailed as an economic boon for struggling town 15.09.2026 24min

  Mixed reactions on Tasmania's west coast to a developer's plans to build a massive 280 turbine wind farm that could potentially feed energy hungry data centres. 
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  Whyalla steelworks to cut 600 jobs amid blast furnace closure 14.09.2026 24min

  Hundreds of workers at Whyalla steel works in South Australia will lose their jobs as a result of a decision to permanently shut its blast furnace. 
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  Aged care fight, hidden costs of kids' sport, and wildlife resurgence | Australia Wide this week 12.09.2026 25min

  The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.
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  Graduate nurses overwhelmed by workload pressures in rural Queensland health facilities 11.09.2026 24min

  A lack of emergency care training is putting nurses in vulnerable positions during rural and remote placements, according to a national report. 
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  Sick of the city, Queenslanders head west and boost property prices 10.09.2026 25min

  Warwick on Qld’s southern Downs is defying every market prediction - a place where property prices have gone up while everywhere else seems to be going down.
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  Can Australia's film industry produce another outback classic like Crocodile Dundee? 09.09.2026 24min

  Regional Australia has been key to so much of Australia's cinematic success. Can Australia's film industry produce another outback classic like Crocodile Dundee?
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  $40b data centre land granted to firm where NT minister's relative works 08.09.2026 24min

  The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.
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  Short cut across the country via Outback Way inches forward 07.09.2026 24min

  The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.
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  Nepali community grieves, entitled travellers and why the earth hums? 04.09.2026 24min

  Following the devastating flood disaster the ever-growing Nepali community in Australia is in deep grief, from the cities to the small country towns that many now call home
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  Australians travel to Nepal to search for missing relatives 03.09.2026 24min

  The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.
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  Amateur drone pilots put races and aircraft at risk, authorities say 02.09.2026 24min

  Event organisers, pilots and authorities have reported risky behaviour by amateur drone users.
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  Fracked gas from Beetaloo Basin starts flowing to Northern Territory power grid 01.09.2026 24min

  Eight years after a moratorium on fracking gas was lifted in the Northern Territory, the tap was officially turned on at the massive Beetaloo Basin gas development.  
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  28,000 irrigators lose $1.5-billion Murray Darling class action 31.08.2026 25min

  A group of 28,000 irrigators has lost a $1.5-billion class action against the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA). 
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  A mysterious wreck, Victorian bird flu response criticised, WA forestry debate, and remembering Dolly Parton 28.08.2026 24min

  The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.