Australia Wide
The sound of regional Australia. Daily news from the ABC's unmatched network of regional reporters hosted by Sinéad Mangan.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 144
- Years Active
- 2025
Remembering the nuclear tests at Maralinga - When the black mist descended on the APY lands
In 1953, in the APY lands of South Australia, two atomic weapons were exploded in the desert at a place called Emu Field. A young boy named Yami Lester remembers the ground shaking and a black mist c…
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Fri 08 Aug 2025
'Devastating' murder-suicide prompts calls for more help in isolated areas
The co-chair of the South Australia's peak domestic violence support body says more resources are needed to reach vulnerable people in regional areas.
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Thu 07 Aug 2025
Messy legal battle underway after couple builds house on wrong block
Melanie and David Moor are fighting a legal battle to keep their home after they mistakenly built their house on the wrong block.
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Wed 06 Aug 2025
NBN Co partners with Amazon to take on Starlink in the bush
Amazon partners with NBN Co to take on Starlink, bringing new high speed internet to Australia. Experts say the deal promises better internet services and more choice for people living in regional Au…
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Tue 05 Aug 2025
Barrie Cassidy's plan to save democracy one classroom at a time
Barrie Cassidy has been a familiar and trusted voice in Australian journalism for decades. He is continuing his advocacy for Australian democracy through a new education called Democracy in a Box.
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Mon 04 Aug 2025
Garma celebrates 25 years as the gap widens for Territorians
Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
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Fri 01 Aug 2025
Mount Isa's future uncertain after major copper mine closes
Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
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Thu 31 Jul 2025
Australian-made Gilmour Space rocket crashes after north Queensland take off
Gilmour Space has attempted to launch an Australian-made rocket from north Queensland and despite the short flight time, the group are positive about the take-off.
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Wed 30 Jul 2025
"We're going to be making career criminals," NT Children’s Commissioner has serious concerns over moves to rewrite Youth Justice Act
The Northern Territory government plans to bring back the use of spit hoods on young people in detention - a practice banned almost eight years ago following media coverage of issues at the Don Dale …
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Tue 29 Jul 2025
Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright pleads not guilty
Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright has pleaded not guilty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to charges of perverting the course of justice.
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Mon 28 Jul 2025
Regional Australia hosts war games as UK/Aust defence relationship deepens
Australia and the united kingdom have finalised a treaty on the delivery of the first stage of the AUKUS deal to acquire nuclear powered submarines. This comes as the Talisman Sabre joint military ex…
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Fri 25 Jul 2025
Australia lifts biosecurity import restrictions on US beef
Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
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Thu 24 Jul 2025
Taxpayers face $500m clean-up bill for Chevron's Barrow Island oil and gas project
Taxpayers face a potential $500 million bill to clean up aging oil and gas infrastructure left by Chevron off Western Australia's Pilbara, a newly released state government documents reveal.
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Wed 23 Jul 2025
SA Algal Bloom: “Any way you look at it, what is happening here is a national disaster”
"It's very concerning to see an ecosystem dying in front of your eyes." Scientists devastated at the scale of marine loss caused by South Australia's toxic algal bloom.
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Tue 22 Jul 2025
Funding to assist SA to deal with algal bloom, but no national disaster declaration
The federal government has pledged $14 million to assist South Australia as it continues to deal with a toxic algal bloom outbreak, but has stopped short of declaring it a national disaster.
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Mon 21 Jul 2025
Calls to revitalise regional CBDs as struggling retail leaves empty shops
Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
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Fri 18 Jul 2025
Buying a house in resource-rich Pilbara harder than research suggests
Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
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Thu 17 Jul 2025
Reflecting on Peter Falconio's murder after death of killer Bradley Murdoch
Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
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Wed 16 Jul 2025
'My heart is broken': Court finds no duty of care owed to Torres Strait Islanders over climate change
Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
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Tue 15 Jul 2025
Backpacker Carolina Wilga thanks rescuers after 11 nights lost in outback
Coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australians.
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Mon 14 Jul 2025
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