#regionalcommunities — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #regionalcommunities, aggregated by home.social.
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Western Renewables Link passes planning hurdle as cost review ordered
By Tamara ClarkThe Victorian premier orders a cost assessment of the controversial Western Renewables Link hours after the planning minister approves its environment effects statement.
#EnergyPolicy #RegionalCommunities #RenewableEnergy #TamaraClark
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A 500km walk has paid off for a 12-year-old determined to meet the PM
By Zaarkacha MarlanDusty Langby walked more than 500 kilometres from Warren to Canberra to ask Anthony Albanese to match $500,000 he raised for Little Wings. The prime minister said yes to that and more.
#ChildrensHealth #Activism #RegionalCommunities #GovernmentFunding #ZaarkachaMarlan
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Country pride events struggle to survive as volunteers dwindle
By Rachel HaganIn the remote WA town of Carnarvon, Queernavon has been running pride events for three years. A lack of volunteers means they may not go ahead this year and organisers worry about what that will mean for the community.
#LGBTQIA #RegionalCommunities #Volunteering #CommunityandCulturalEvents #RachelHagan
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Riverland men casting aside tools and tractors to work in disability
By Oliver BrownWhen Brody Thompson finished school, he initially struggled to find a sense of professional purpose until someone suggested he try support work.
#DisabilityAccess #EmploymentStatistics #RegionalCommunities #PeopleWithDisability #Work #OliverBrown
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Riverland men casting aside tools and tractors to work in disability
By Oliver BrownWhen Brody Thompson finished school, he initially struggled to find a sense of professional purpose until someone suggested he try support work.
#DisabilityAccess #EmploymentStatistics #RegionalCommunities #PeopleWithDisability #Work #OliverBrown
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Riverland men casting aside tools and tractors to work in disability
By Oliver BrownWhen Brody Thompson finished school, he initially struggled to find a sense of professional purpose until someone suggested he try support work.
#DisabilityAccess #EmploymentStatistics #RegionalCommunities #PeopleWithDisability #Work #OliverBrown
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Riverland men casting aside tools and tractors to work in disability
By Oliver BrownWhen Brody Thompson finished school, he initially struggled to find a sense of professional purpose until someone suggested he try support work.
#DisabilityAccess #EmploymentStatistics #RegionalCommunities #PeopleWithDisability #Work #OliverBrown
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Riverland men casting aside tools and tractors to work in disability
By Oliver BrownWhen Brody Thompson finished school, he initially struggled to find a sense of professional purpose until someone suggested he try support work.
#DisabilityAccess #EmploymentStatistics #RegionalCommunities #PeopleWithDisability #Work #OliverBrown
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Whyalla steelworkers 'stubbornly determined' to keep plant going
By Leah MacLennanThe blast furnace closure has not come as a surprise to locals — workers have been pushing against the odds to get the aging plant back online since April. Now, they're considering what the future holds.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/whyalla-steelworks-blast-furnace-closure-reaction/107150382
#RegionalCommunities #IndustrialRelations #EnergyIndustry #Steel #LeahMacLennan
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Data centre company lodges appeal against 'unreasonable' restricted generator use
By Kelsey ReidAn energy-hungry data centre that received recent council approval to have diesel generators as backup power is now appealing against the "unreasonable" conditions on how they can be used.
#DataCentres #RegionalCommunities #LocalGovernment #InformationTechnologyIndustry #EnvironmentalImpacts #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #ComputerScience #Technology #KelseyReid
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New report lays bare public housing 'failures' in WA's far north
By Ruby Littler and Natasha ClarkAlmost 70 per cent of public housing tenants in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region are waiting on urgent repairs, research has found.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/kimberley-housing-maintenance-report-chronic-delays/107143672
#PublicHousing #RegionalCommunities #HousingPolicy #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #RubyLittler #NatashaClark
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Campaign brings voices of South Hedland children to parliament
By Kimberley Putland and Amy RossbachA push to end child poverty has captured the voices of kids experiencing "profound disadvantage" in WA's Pilbara to play to politicians in Canberra, about 4,500 kilometres away.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/end-child-poverty-campaign-national-strategy-calls/107123474
#Poverty #RegionalCommunities #FederalParliament #FederalGovernment #KimberleyPutland #AmyRossbach
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Home for sale with 5-metre clothes peg in front paddock
By Lani OatawayThe rural home of a 750-kilogram sculpture that was dreamed up over a few beers at the pub is now on the market.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/property-with-the-big-peg-in-canowindra-for-sale/107098148
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Cowboys back in the saddle as Alice Springs Rodeo returns
More than 2,000 people packed into the Alice Springs Rodeo as the event returned after a year-long hiatus, with three competitors taken to hospital and Territory cowboy Sam Webb riding away with $3,000.
#CommunityandCulturalEvents #RegionalCommunities #Animals #SportEvent
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Netball team's emotion-filled win after player killed in car crash
By Wade StephensAn A-grade netball team in Victoria's Wimmera region has won a high-emotion grand final after one of its most talented young players died in a car crash this week.
#RegionalCommunities #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #Netball #WadeStephens
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Newman Rodeo's return for first time since 2019 draws 'royalty'
By Kimberley PutlandNewman's first rodeo in seven years draws crowds from far and wide, including rodeo royalty.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-13/competitors-compete-in-revitalised-newman-rodeo/107146434
#RegionalCommunities #BeefCattleFarming #HorseFarming #KimberleyPutland
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The 14yo turning scrap into sculptures worth thousands
By Mietta AdamsCharlie Guiver, 14, picked up his fist drill when he was two and has since honed his craft as a sculptor using scrap metal — recently selling one for $8,000.
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Sick of the city, Queenslanders head west and boost property prices
By Owen JacquesThey lived in some of the Queensland's most sought-after areas, so what was the appeal of heading west for a country town?
#RegionalCommunities #RealEstateIndustry #PropertyPrices #HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #OwenJacques
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Six-day RFDS wait for boy with a shattered kneecap
By Nadia Mitsopoulos and Amy RossbachTen-year-old Noah Ross has spent six days in Karratha hospital waiting for an RFDS flight to Perth for urgent specialist care.
#PublicHealth #Government #RegionalCommunities #AmbulanceService #NadiaMitsopoulos #AmyRossbach
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Six-day medical transfer wait for boy with shattered kneecap
By Nadia Mitsopoulos and Amy RossbachTen-year-old Noah Ross has spent six days in Karratha hospital waiting for an RFDS flight to Perth for urgent specialist care.
#PublicHealth #Government #RegionalCommunities #AmbulanceService #NadiaMitsopoulos #AmyRossbach
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North Midlands annual golf day rallies support for first aid
By Joanna Prendergast and Richard HudsonThe long wait for an ambulance in WA's Wheatbelt makes first aid critical, and these golfers are ensuring their community is well prepared.
#AmbulanceService #RegionalCommunities #JoannaPrendergast #RichardHudson
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Wildcards from Whyalla return to win grand prix after earlier heartbreak
By Arj GanesanA year after a devastating technical disqualification snatched victory from five South Australian teens at a hydrogen-powered engineering race, they returned as wildcard entrants to the 2026 H2 Grand Prix Finals in Switzerland.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/whyalla-teenagers-win-h2-grand-prix-world-finals/106875492
#AwardsandPrizes #ScienceAwards #HydroEnergy #HydrogenFuel #RenewableEnergy #RegionalCommunities #Engineering #Science #ArjGanesan
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Wildcards from Whyalla return to win grand prix after earlier heartbreak
By Arj GanesanA year after a devastating technical disqualification snatched victory from five South Australian teens at a hydrogen-powered engineering race, they returned as wildcard entrants to the 2026 H2 Grand Prix Finals in Switzerland.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/whyalla-teenagers-win-h2-grand-prix-world-finals/106875492
#AwardsandPrizes #ScienceAwards #HydroEnergy #HydrogenFuel #RenewableEnergy #RegionalCommunities #Engineering #Science #ArjGanesan