#regionalcommunities — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #regionalcommunities, aggregated by home.social.
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Disability advocate's tragic drowning spurs life-saving gesture
By Emma HaskinEllen 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.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-17/south-australian-disablity-advocate-remembered/107162856
#Drownings #PeopleWithDisability #FuneralsandMemorialServices #RegionalCommunities #EmmaHaskin
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Landcare group prepares for new battle against billion-dollar mine
By Hamish ColeApproval 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.
#MiningandMetalsIndustry #Activism #RegionalCommunities #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #HamishCole
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Community 'blindsided' by legislation change fears becoming ghost town
By Bryn Wakefield and Liam O'ConnellThe state government has introduced legislation to repeal a requirement for a coal mine to house its workforce in a nearby town.
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Domestic violence cases 'disproportionately high' in regional areas
By Jeremy Story CarterAs Australia grapples with a domestic violence crisis, experts are pleading for more to be done in regional and rural Australia.
#DomesticViolence #RegionalCommunities #HealthPolicy #WomensHealth #JeremyStoryCarter
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Small businesses fighting to stay open amid 'insidious cost creep'
By Liz Rymill and Becc BirdSmall business owners hit with rising costs will no longer be able to add surcharges on card payments from October 1. One operator in regional South Australia has described it as an "insidious cost creep".
#SmallBusinesses #RetailIndustry #CostofLiving #RegionalCommunities #RuralandRemoteCommunities #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #Businesses #ReserveBankOfAustralia #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #LizRymill #BeccBird
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Push for memorial to two men killed in sea mine tragedy on home soil
By Liz RymillThe granddaughter of Able Seaman Thomas Todd, who was killed at Beachport by an exploding German sea mine, is calling for a memorial to him and another man killed during World War II.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/beachport-sea-mine-tragedy-world-war-ii-memorial/107003700
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What falling home prices mean for affordability
By Daniel MilesAustralian house prices have recorded their biggest monthly fall since 2022. For young buyers hoping it's a turning point, economists have some bad news.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-12/housing-market-falling-prices-affordability/106005822
#HousingPolicy #HousingConstructionIndustry #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #Home #ConstructionandRealEstateIndustry #Banking #Family #RegionalCommunities #DanielMiles