Regional Communities

Domestic travel is also taking a hit as a result of rising fuel costs across the globe, with regional communities likely to feel the most impact.

A triple fatal boating incident off South Australia's Limestone Coast has led to renewed calls for a volunteer marine rescue service in the region's south.

Mobile services travelling across regional New South Wales say rising petrol prices are putting early childcare education at risk. 

Despite strong opposition, the council on the NSW-Victoria border will remove Indigenous flags from its chamber after it was revealed there were no protocols to display them.

A small farming community in central west NSW is taking on mining giant Newmont, alleging a goldmine at Cadia, near Orange, has contaminated their agricultural assets.

A Wheatbelt farmer will attempt to run the entire length of Canada next year, aiming to cover 6,500 kilometres in less than 150 days.

Robinvale, located about 70 kilometres east from Mildura, ran out of fuel on Saturday evening.

This West Australian mining town once welcomed hundreds of riders to its beloved motocross circuit. But years after the red dirt was last disturbed, the clubhouse and race course have fallen to pieces.

Barramundi are flourishing in size and population in central Queensland's Fitzroy River more than a decade since commercial netting was banned.

Finnish light artist Kari Kola spent two years planning the installation, requiring 750 LED lights to illuminate the night sky in the city of Albany.

A stand-off over insurance could spell the end of a popular farmers' market operating for free in a council park in south-east Queensland.

Longreach braces for flooding set to peak this weekend as residents in low-lying areas of the town are told to sandbag their homes.

After 238 jobs are cut following the court-ordered liquidation, workers describe despair, shattered routines and the end of decades-long careers.

The only petrol station in a small New South Wales town has run out of fuel amid ongoing oil supply disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East.

Thousands of music fans will be left scrambling to rearrange their Easter plans after one of Australia's last major festivals was called off with less than three weeks' notice.

Extra rail and bus services will be rolled out after cracking on a convict-era bridge closes one of the main roads between Sydney and western NSW.

A civil hearing between the Broken Hill City Council and its former legal provider over a major dispute in litigation fees has been heard in the Supreme Court of NSW. 

The communities closest to Western Sydney International (WSI) say having no direct public transport route proves they are living in the new airport's shadow. 

Two major regional NSW water storages will be inspected today following a magnitude-4.4 earthquake north of Canberra overnight.

Residents on the NSW South Coast are being asked to decide which model helicopter they want to replace Nowra's "chopper on a stick" landmark.