#ruralandremotecommunities — Public Fediverse posts
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Meet the women rangers in Central Australia working to protect country
By Elsie LangeDozens of Central Land Council Aboriginal rangers gathered east of Alice Springs last week for the 2026 Women's Ranger Camp — a time for health, learning and healing in the wake of the town's recent loss of Kumanjayi Little Baby.
#IndigenousCulture #RuralandRemoteCommunities #NationalParks #Women #SacredSites #ElsieLange
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Welcome to campdraft school, where a new generation takes the reins
By Lily McCureAmid the red dirt and flies of an outback stockyard, thrillseekers with a passion for horses learn about a quintessential Aussie sport.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-17/topar-campdrafting-clinic-riders-learn-sport/106583756
#SportEvent #HorseFarming #LivestockFarming #BeefCattleFarming #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Sport #HumanInterest #Hobbies #LilyMcCure
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From colonisation to 'safe space': The story of Dhirri-aay-aay
By Brigitte MurphyBack on country, Aunty Polly Cutmore says she feels like a child again when visiting her ancestral lands. Now, as a respected Goombri elder, she shares the stories of her country.
#AboriginalLanguage #NativeTitle #RuralandRemoteCommunities #BrigitteMurphy
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Whether they're faded, frayed or stained, every hat tells a story
By Sophie JohnsonFor many, hats are more than a way to keep the sun off your face; they tell stories and hold memories from far and wide. Five men share their collections.
#HumanInterest #RuralandRemoteCommunities #History #Fashion #SophieJohnson
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Migrant workers trained as nurses to alleviate rural SA health shortages
By Duncan BaileyThe rural town of Cleve in SA is getting a much-needed boost to its health system with a pilot program sponsoring five nurses from the Philippines to undertake traineeships to become enrolled nurses.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/migrant-nurses-fill-shortage-gap-rural-health-sa/106677848
#PublicHealth #Work #Health #RuralandRemoteCommunities #RegionalCommunities #DuncanBailey
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Migrant workers trained as nurses to alleviate rural SA health shortages
By Duncan BaileyThe rural town of Cleve in SA is getting a much-needed boost to its health system with a pilot program sponsoring five nurses from the Philippines to undertake traineeships to become enrolled nurses.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/migrant-nurses-fill-shortage-gap-rural-health-sa/106677848
#PublicHealth #Work #Health #RuralandRemoteCommunities #RegionalCommunities #DuncanBailey
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'Barbecue stopper' Asian tiger mosquito detected on Australian mainland for the first time
By Adam Stephen and Conor ByrneThe world's most invasive mosquito has previously been found at borders, islands, and ports, but has just been discovered in a remote mainland Queensland community.
#Insects #DiseaseOutbreak #RuralandRemoteCommunities #InfectiousDiseases #Biosecurity #QuarantineControlMethods #AdamStephen #ConorByrne
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Police search abandoned mine shafts for missing woman Trisha Graf
By Declan Durrant and Isabella KellyMajor Crime investigators have packed up after focusing on outback SA mine shafts in their search for 41-year-old Trisha Graf, who went missing last year.
#MissingPerson #Police #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LawCrimeandJustice #DeclanDurrant #IsabellaKelly
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Police search abandoned mine shafts for missing woman Trisha Graf
By Declan Durrant and Isabella KellyMajor Crime investigators have packed up after focusing on outback SA mine shafts in their search for 41-year-old Trisha Graf, who went missing last year.
#MissingPerson #Police #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LawCrimeandJustice #DeclanDurrant #IsabellaKelly
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Police search abandoned mine shafts for missing woman Trisha Graf
By Declan Durrant and Isabella KellyMajor Crime investigators have packed up after focusing on outback SA mine shafts in their search for 41-year-old Trisha Graf, who went missing last year.
#MissingPerson #Police #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LawCrimeandJustice #DeclanDurrant #IsabellaKelly
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Police search abandoned mine shafts for missing woman Trisha Graf
By Declan Durrant and Isabella KellyMajor Crime investigators have packed up after focusing on outback SA mine shafts in their search for 41-year-old Trisha Graf, who went missing last year.
#MissingPerson #Police #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LawCrimeandJustice #DeclanDurrant #IsabellaKelly
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Police search abandoned mine shafts for missing woman Trisha Graf
By Declan Durrant and Isabella KellyMajor Crime investigators have packed up after focusing on outback SA mine shafts in their search for 41-year-old Trisha Graf, who went missing last year.
#MissingPerson #Police #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LawCrimeandJustice #DeclanDurrant #IsabellaKelly
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New virus to control surging rabbit population at least 10 years away
By Annie BrownFeral rabbits are causing damage on farms and in towns, but biological control research has been delayed by funding woes.
#Pests #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AgriculturalPestControl #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #AnnieBrown
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Rising concern at 'risky' rural reliance on foreign satellite technology
By Jay CarstensPhone, internet and council-run TV services have been making way for foreign satellite technology in rural Queensland as ground infrastructure ages, forcing councils to shut down services.
#TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #RuralandRemoteCommunities #JayCarstens
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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price leads emotional tributes for Kumanjayi Little Baby
By Jacqueline BreenSenator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has wept through an impassioned tribute to her niece, Kumanjayi Little Baby, in federal parliament, amid a push to broaden the focus of an inquiry announced in the wake of her alleged murder.
#FederalParliament #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Senate #NTCLP #JacquelineBreen
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Regional Victorians flip national flag upside-down in protest at 'neglect'
By Coco Veldkamp, Tyrone Dalton, Jane Nield , and Warwick LongUnhappy Victorians are flying upside-down Australian flags in political protest, but what exactly does it mean, and what do their neighbours think?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/upside-down-flags-protest-regional-victorians/106592092
#PoliticalMovements #PoliticalDebates #DairyFarming #Farmers #RuralandRemoteCommunities #CocoVeldkamp #TyroneDalton #JaneNield # #WarwickLong
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Regional Victorians flip national flag upside-down in protest at 'neglect'
By Coco Veldkamp, Tyrone Dalton, Jane Nield , and Warwick LongUnhappy Victorians are flying upside-down Australian flags in political protest, but what exactly does it mean, and what do their neighbours think?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/upside-down-flags-protest-regional-victorians/106592092
#PoliticalMovements #PoliticalDebates #DairyFarming #Farmers #RuralandRemoteCommunities #CocoVeldkamp #TyroneDalton #JaneNield # #WarwickLong
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Regional Victorians flip national flag upside-down in protest at 'neglect'
By Coco Veldkamp, Tyrone Dalton, Jane Nield , and Warwick LongUnhappy Victorians are flying upside-down Australian flags in political protest, but what exactly does it mean, and what do their neighbours think?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/upside-down-flags-protest-regional-victorians/106592092
#PoliticalMovements #PoliticalDebates #DairyFarming #Farmers #RuralandRemoteCommunities #CocoVeldkamp #TyroneDalton #JaneNield # #WarwickLong
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Regional Victorians flip national flag upside-down in protest at 'neglect'
By Coco Veldkamp, Tyrone Dalton, Jane Nield , and Warwick LongUnhappy Victorians are flying upside-down Australian flags in political protest, but what exactly does it mean, and what do their neighbours think?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/upside-down-flags-protest-regional-victorians/106592092
#PoliticalMovements #PoliticalDebates #DairyFarming #Farmers #RuralandRemoteCommunities #CocoVeldkamp #TyroneDalton #JaneNield # #WarwickLong
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Regional Victorians flip national flag upside-down in protest at 'neglect'
By Coco Veldkamp, Tyrone Dalton, Jane Nield , and Warwick LongUnhappy Victorians are flying upside-down Australian flags in political protest, but what exactly does it mean, and what do their neighbours think?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/upside-down-flags-protest-regional-victorians/106592092
#PoliticalMovements #PoliticalDebates #DairyFarming #Farmers #RuralandRemoteCommunities #CocoVeldkamp #TyroneDalton #JaneNield # #WarwickLong
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Do you call it a willy-willy, whirly wind or dust devil?
By Kimberley PutlandIt's not unusual to see willy-willies kicking up dust across WA, but did you know the name of the weather phenomenon comes from WA's north-west?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-09/where-does-name-willy-willy-come-from/106220180
#AboriginalLanguage #RuralandRemoteCommunities #KimberleyPutland
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Family battling cancer relies on donations to pay for in-home child care
By Conor Duffy and Rhiannon HobbinsThe government is accused of breaking its promise of cheaper child care, with prices rising for 810 vulnerable families.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/in-home-childcare-collapse-educator-subsidies/106651886
#ChildCare #FederalGovernment #RuralandRemoteCommunities #ConorDuffy #RhiannonHobbins
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Family battling cancer relies on donations to pay for in-home child care
By Conor Duffy and Rhiannon HobbinsThe government is accused of breaking its promise of cheaper child care, with prices rising for 810 vulnerable families.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/in-home-childcare-collapse-educator-subsidies/106651886
#ChildCare #FederalGovernment #RuralandRemoteCommunities #ConorDuffy #RhiannonHobbins
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Family battling cancer relies on donations to pay for in-home child care
By Conor Duffy and Rhiannon HobbinsThe government is accused of breaking its promise of cheaper child care, with prices rising for 810 vulnerable families.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/in-home-childcare-collapse-educator-subsidies/106651886
#ChildCare #FederalGovernment #RuralandRemoteCommunities #ConorDuffy #RhiannonHobbins
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Family battling cancer relies on donations to pay for in-home child care
By Conor Duffy and Rhiannon HobbinsThe government is accused of breaking its promise of cheaper child care, with prices rising for 810 vulnerable families.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/in-home-childcare-collapse-educator-subsidies/106651886
#ChildCare #FederalGovernment #RuralandRemoteCommunities #ConorDuffy #RhiannonHobbins
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Family battling cancer relies on donations to pay for in-home child care
By Conor Duffy and Rhiannon HobbinsThe government is accused of breaking its promise of cheaper child care, with prices rising for 810 vulnerable families.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/in-home-childcare-collapse-educator-subsidies/106651886
#ChildCare #FederalGovernment #RuralandRemoteCommunities #ConorDuffy #RhiannonHobbins
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I really liked Broome and Cable Beach when stayed at the Cable Beach Club resort but that was approximately 22 years ago now: Broome tourism takes estimated $4m hit as flights axed https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-25/broome-tourism-faces-challenges-as-flight-routes-axed/105913562 #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AirTransportIndustry #TravelandTourism #Travel #Tourism #Airlines #Broome
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People living with disability seek more variety in job opportunities https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-21/people-with-disability-lack-variety-jobs-regional-sa/105642152 #RuralandRemoteCommunities #PeopleWithDisability #EmploymentServices #DisabilityAccess #Work #Disability #Discrimination #NDIS
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New Queensland government labels Labor's pumped hydro project a 'con job' after true cost revealed
By Emma Pollard and Alex BrewsterQueensland's new LNP government has accused the former Labor administration of lying to the community about the cost and viability of a huge pumped hydro scheme which it has branded a "con job" and a "hoax".
#HydroEnergy #CommunityOrganisations #StateandTerritoryGovernment #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AlternativeEnergy #EnergyPolicy #EnergyIndustry #EmmaPollard #AlexBrewster
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A crucial premature birth test will no longer be available, leaving rural and remote women most at risk
By Lucy BarbourA widely used test that determines whether women are in premature labour has been discontinued, and doctors say losing access could put further strain on emergency transport services in rural and remote areas.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-27/fetal-fibronectin-premature-birth-test-discontinued/104243008
#PregnancyandChildbirth #WomensHealth #Babies #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Health #EmergencyCare #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #ReproductionandContraception #LucyBarbour
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Senate committee recommends delay to 3G shutdown as mobile users fear loss of coverage
By Tyrone DaltonWith nearly 200,000 Australians relying on 3G coverage, rural residents are especially concerned they will be left without mobile service if the shutdown proceeds.
#MobileandInternetAccess #TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #RuralandRemoteCommunities #TyroneDalton