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The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

Two Fraser Coast family-owned businesses have been forced to make difficult decisions to keep their livelihoods afloat following a fourth interest rate hike and the removal of credit and debit card surcharges.

Business owners voice their worries about the potential negative impact of the recently announced changes to working holiday visas.

Planning decision to extend life of mega coal mine in Hunter Valley saves 1,500 jobs.

As companies continue their push to build AI data centres in Australian communities, an AI institute cautions that the touted jobs and economic benefits may not materialise if public authorities do not put binding conditions on proponents.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

Australia Wide presents: The Deadwater Wreck A mysterious ship now thought to be buried in the depths of a murky lagoon in WA's South West, continues to baffle wreck hunters for more than a century.The Deadwater Wreck is one of WA's longest-running maritime mysteries, stretching back to the earliest decades of British colonial rule.The case rests on colonial eyewitnesses, curious artefacts and vivid folklore with treasure and even murder.Bunbury reporter Jon Daly has got his feet wet as part of this investigation to try to find the facts in the myths and stories of the Deadwater Wreck.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

Fuel prices rise again, hitting regional Australians harder due to the greater distances they must travel

Most of Australia's GPs were born overseas and, as political debate rages over immigration numbers, regional medical clinics rely on them to keep their doors open. But the process isn't easy.

Moree crime rates falling but residents say drone use is overreach

Babies are being born before arriving at hospital at double the rate in regional NSW areas since 2001.

A coronial inquest into the deaths of six children in the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy has started in Devonport in Tasmania's north-west.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.