Rural and Remote Communities

A group of young musicians from Queensland's Gulf country are turning stories and language into song, and are now set mentor other aspiring performers.

Many regions across the Northern Territory were submerged by flooding this week. Here is some of the most dramatic footage from the extreme weather event, right across the Top End.

Drought conditions in South Australia and flooding in the country's north have created a "perfect storm" for feral animal numbers to explode.

NRL superstar Latrell Mitchell opens up about the Winmarra foundation, which he co-founded to empower emerging Indigenous leaders. 

The tropical low that has brought flooding across large parts of the Top End for the past week is moving south-west, with residents near Victoria River warned to brace for heavy rainfall in coming days.

Schools around Katherine are starting to reopen in the wake of flooding over the weekend, though major flooding is continuing to threaten a remote Northern Territory community nearby.

A man who fatally shot his colleague at a Wheatbelt grain silo before turning the weapon on himself had undiagnosed mental health issues and was exploring extremist ideology, an inquest hears. 

More rain could see river levels rise even further, threatening remote NT communities, while the clean-up has started in Katherine and businesses reopen.

As water begins to recede after record-breaking rains, outback New South Wales graziers are assessing the damage and searching for stock.

Perth Magistrates Court has ruled against a First Nations woman's challenge after a long legal battle over housing neglect in WA's Pilbara region.

Wondering if schools in the Top End will be open tomorrow? Not sure what the situation is with flood evacuation centres? Looking for the latest information on natural disaster relief payments? We've answered all your NT flood-related questions here.

Katherine experiences its worst flooding in 28 years, with several Territorians rescued by helicopter this weekend after they were stranded in a nearby remote community.

While council pools across Victoria face threats of closure, residents of a rural town beat the odds to save theirs. Now they have to prove a community-run model can work.

Hundreds of remote residents are being evacuated from their small communities by air this weekend, as flooding inundates parts of the Northern Territory.

Floodwater is entering parts of Katherine's town centre and overwhelming the town's levee system. The water level is expected to peak at 19.2 metres tonight, and will remain a "major flood risk" until Sunday evening.

Bourke Shire Mayor Lachlan Ford says finding out that a major extension of a wild dog barrier had been cancelled without consultation added insult to injury.

A renewed search for Trisha Graf, 41, in the remote SA outback has wound up and a vehicle of interest seized at Andamooka will be forensically examined.

The head of Australia's biggest independent remote grocery stores network says in 30 years, he's never seen Indigenous communities struggle so much to afford enough food.

Hugh Proud collapsed at his tiny outback school in 2022. Four years later, he shares his story to raise awareness of childhood stroke.

Two years after farmers began feeling the impacts of what were then record dry conditions, many are celebrating what they say could be the end of the drought.