Australia Wide
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 40:01:48
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Synopsis
Every weekday, catch up with Sinéad Mangan as she explores news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
Episodes
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$11.70 for a packet of Tim Tams - Is this Australia's most expensive town?
04/06/2024 Duration: 24minPrice monitoring shows living costs have risen more in remote towns than in metropolitan areas.
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With near misses common, families of truckies fear for their safety
03/06/2024 Duration: 25minMore 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.
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Spies in the Outback Ep 3 – The women get wild
31/05/2024 Duration: 24minIn 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.
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'Absolutely extraordinary': 10 years after 'ambitious' eradication program, Macquarie Island remains pest free
30/05/2024 Duration: 24minScientists 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.
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Duty of care - As protocols change and our understanding of CTE grows, how will local and country sports manage concussion?
29/05/2024 Duration: 24minAs 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
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First Nations fishers 'scared out of the water' will take fight for traditional rights to United Nations
28/05/2024 Duration: 24minIndigenous 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.
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King Island is going through its worst drought on record, and farmers are having to make tough decisions
27/05/2024 Duration: 24minKing 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.
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Victoria Police apologises for its role in the Stolen Generations
24/05/2024 Duration: 24minVictoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has officially apologised to Indigenous peoples over the force's role in the Stolen Generations.
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Brumby re-homing program under investigation after mass horse carcass find on farm
23/05/2024 Duration: 25minThe NSW government has launched a multi-agency investigation into brumby re-homing after the discovery of massed horse carcasses on a property.
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Snowy 2.0 faces fresh problems, with tunnel boring machine Florence stuck yet again
22/05/2024 Duration: 24minIt'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.
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Telstra to cut 2,800 jobs, what will it mean for regional services?
21/05/2024 Duration: 24minTelstra 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.
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NSW Police arrest over 500 after domestic violence blitz
20/05/2024 Duration: 24minPolice 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.
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Spies in the Outback – Politics, Pressure and Protest
17/05/2024 Duration: 24minBorn from rising Cold War nuclear fear, Pine Gap eavesdrops on the world and has transformed the way wars are now fought.
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NT government introduces curfew bill after Alice Springs 'circuit-breaker'
16/05/2024 Duration: 24minThe 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.
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What’s in the federal budget for regional Australia?
15/05/2024 Duration: 24minFederal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his third budget. Australia Wide looks as some of the major announcements related to regional Australia.
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Councils hope federal budget delivers for regional airports
14/05/2024 Duration: 24minAccording to Regional Capitals Australia, the country's regional airports need urgent financial support in the federal budget or they will become "unviable".
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"We are the kids that steal and do naughty stuff" - The camp trying to change the course of youth crime in the Kimberley
13/05/2024 Duration: 24minThe 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.
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134 years not out, Don Bradman's restored childhood home in Bowral goes on the market
10/05/2024 Duration: 24minThe 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.
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For kids in crisis in this town the only safe place to sleep is often at the police station
09/05/2024 Duration: 24minWith youth refuge beds hundreds of kilometres away, police in Mildura often call on sports coaches and other community members to give kids in crisis a safe place to sleep. The only other option is the police station foyer.
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Rural vets dismayed by lack of prac placement payments for students
08/05/2024 Duration: 25minA rural Queensland vet says the lack of financial support for students is a barrier for students wanting to get into the industry.