National Features & Documentary Series
From water and drought to coal mines in small towns, a neighbourhood's safe-injecting room to the Country Women's Association's brand of feminism, each year these and more stories are told by Australian communities in their own words through the National Features and Documentary Series.
City to the bush, coast to coast, since 2013 the NFDS has commissioned audio works from all over Australia by budding community radio producers.
Produced for the Community Radio Network at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia with training and mentoring from the Community Media Training Organisation.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 72
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2021
Turning The Tide (Vox FM)
From 106.9 Vox FM in Wollongong, Dee Milenkovic shares a tale that is attached to a national scandal, the story of the Ruby Princess when it hit the docks in Port Kembla.
Supervising production from…
The Gympie Pyramid (4ZZZ)
From 4ZZZ in Brisbane, Nic Huntington takes us on a journey filled with mystery and conspiracy, as we head to Dijaki Kundu.
Supervising production from Anthony Frangi. Training from the Community Med…
Standing Tall (4EB)
From 4EB in Brisbane, Anisa Hobaya shows us how the subject of height discrimination often falls short of including the stories of incredibly tall people.
Supervising production from Celeste Macintos…
Rideability (Vision Australia Radio)
From Vision Australia Radio in Melbourne, Melaine Robinson takes us for a ride and shows us the important role horses play in animal-assisted therapies.
Supervising production from Katharina Loesche…
Pilot Episode (One FM)
From One FM in Shepparton, Terri Cowley tells a part of Australian history from a unique perspective, as she recounts the tale of one of Australia's first mid-air collisions.
Supervising production f…
One Friend Away (Eastside Radio)
From Eastside Radio in Sydney, Poppy Dowsett, and Sharon Haritos show us just how close some of us are to crossing the line of homelessness.
Supervising production from Jacqueline Wright. Training fr…
Fat Bodies, Healthy Lives (RTR FM)
From RTR FM in Perth, Bec Bowman takes a look at a movement that has been growing in popularity for decades - the Health At Every Size movement.
Supervising production from Ian Hill. Training from th…
Dwelling (CBAA)
From FBi Radio and the CBAA in Sydney, Mitch Fuller takes you through the 2021 Sydney lockdown from his perspective and those of his friends.
Supervising production from Ian Crouch. Training from the…
Dancing With Death (CMTO)
Chelsea Deeley of Eastside Radio and the CMTO reflects on what it's like to work around death and dying every single day.
Supervising production from Sharon Davis. Training from the Community Media T…
A Love Letter To Wrestling (SYN Media)
From SYN Media in Melbourne, Erin Dick takes us into her world via A Love Letter to Wrestling, an ode to the place where she found her people.
Supervising production from Lynda McCaffery. Training fr…
Locked Out (Heritage FM)
From 6HFM in Perth, Fiona Mayers and Killian Keating talk to temporary visa holders with lives in a country they are locked out of during the pandemic.
Supervising production from Lynda McCaffery. Tr…
Mother Cluckers (Bay FM)
What happens to layer hens when their egg production drops? Bay FM's Dione Green meets the Mother Cluckers.
Supervising production from Lynda McCaffery. Training from the Community Media Training Org…
My Mother Tongue (FBi Radio)
FBI Radio's Bernadette Nguyen speaks to her Vietnamese-Australia mother, as well as young Korean migrant, and a Wiradjuri woman to find out how much of the world multilingual people can take on.
Supe…
Patterns (Radio Adelaide)
A memoire of a life between generations, Radio Adelaide's Victor Weetra looks at his family life and his personal patterns.
Supervising production from Agnes Cusack. Special thanks to Nikki Marcel. T…
In Murky Waters (3CR)
3CR's Megan Williams returns to the infamous site of the Menindee fish kills and the drying Murray-Darling basin.
Supervising production from Richard Dinnen. Training from the Community Media Trainin…
Never gonna let the language go away (8CCC)
From 8CCC in Central Australia, MJ Bakewell asks: what does ‘justice’ even mean if no one speaks your language?
Supervising production from Belinda Lopez. Training from the Community Media Training O…
Forget Them Not (FBi Radio)
Danni Stewart of FBi Radio reflects on the state of Aged Care in Australia with her late grandmother.
Supervising production from Sharon Davis. Training from the Community Media Training Organisation…
Homeschooling On The Rise (4ZZZ)
It’s legal to homeschool. 4ZZZ's Max Rowley asks why parents are going it alone and homeschooling outside the law.
Supervising production from Anthony Frangi. Training from the Community Media Traini…
Kings of the Desert (1CMS, Canberra)
The Australian Muslim Cameleers opened up the interior of Australia to settlers during the 19th and 20th centuries. Their work was tough and the life that they lived is a largely a forgotten chapter …
Living Water & Money to Make (Wangki Radio, Fitzroy Crossing)
In the north of Australia, enormous amounts of money are being invested in plans to irrigate using water from some of our wildest rivers.
Wangki Radio’s Dylan Storer explores the situation in Austral…