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  1. Disability advocate's tragic drowning spurs life-saving gesture
    By Emma Haskin

    Ellen Fraser-Barbour's drowning at a popular swimming hole in central Australia prompts the NT's St John Ambulance service to install an automated external defibrillator at the site to commemorate her disability advocacy work.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-17/sou

    #Drownings #PeopleWithDisability #FuneralsandMemorialServices #RegionalCommunities #EmmaHaskin

  2. Landcare group prepares for new battle against billion-dollar mine
    By Hamish Cole

    Approval for a proposed silver mine in Central NSW was overturned in a legal challenge by a landcare group, but the project is set to be reassessed by the Independent Planning Commission.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-17/bow

    #MiningandMetalsIndustry #Activism #RegionalCommunities #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #HamishCole

  3. Community 'blindsided' by legislation change fears becoming ghost town
    By Bryn Wakefield and Liam O'Connell

    The state government has introduced legislation to repeal a requirement for a coal mine to house its workforce in a nearby town.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/fea

    #RegionalCommunities #Coal #BrynWakefield #LiamOConnell

  4. Domestic violence cases 'disproportionately high' in regional areas
    By Jeremy Story Carter

    As Australia grapples with a domestic violence crisis, experts are pleading for more to be done in regional and rural Australia.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/dom

    #DomesticViolence #RegionalCommunities #HealthPolicy #WomensHealth #JeremyStoryCarter

  5. Western Renewables Link passes planning hurdle as cost review ordered
    By Tamara Clark

    The Victorian premier orders a cost assessment of the controversial Western Renewables Link hours after the planning minister approves its environment effects statement.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/wes

    #EnergyPolicy #RegionalCommunities #RenewableEnergy #TamaraClark

  6. Western Renewables Link passes planning hurdle as cost review ordered
    By Tamara Clark

    The Victorian premier orders a cost assessment of the controversial Western Renewables Link hours after the planning minister approves its environment effects statement.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/wes

    #EnergyPolicy #RegionalCommunities #RenewableEnergy #TamaraClark