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Doesn't happen in cities: Remote communities facing water and essential services issues
The Northern Land Council has called on the Northern Territory and Commonwealth...
Dechlan Brennan 21 Sep 2026
'Broken by design' - Kimberley report calls for the end of centralised housing maintenance model
A new report from Kimberley Community Legal Services following a year long surve...
Giovanni Torre 17 Sep 2026
Djangadi nursing student named Tropical North Vocational Student of the Year
Djangadi woman Bianca Rickert has been named Vocational Student of the Year at t...
Joseph Guenzler 17 Sep 2026
Thousands at risk: New report calls out gap in safe drinking water standards in remote First Nations communities
A new report from the Water Services Association of Australia has found that mor...
Giovanni Torre 16 Sep 2026
'Breach of basic human rights': Communications outages blight remote communities for weeks on end
A national outage which affected thousands of people's ability to access mobile...
Jarred Cross 8 Sep 2026
Mobile TAFE brings training to regional, remote NT communities

Four new Mobile TAFE projects are set to deliver skills and training to directly to the next generation of workers in regional and remote communities across the Northern Territory.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 7, 2026
More than 300 remote SA homes upgraded under $200m housing program

More than 300 homes across remote South Australia have received upgrades aimed at improving energy efficiency and climate resilience. On Sunday, the Federal and South Australian governments said 343 h...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 6, 2026
Young Indigenous man visited remote health services several times before he died

This report includes the name and image of a person who has died. A First Nations man went to remote health services several times in the lead-up to his death from pneumonia at the age of 31, an inque...

Funding backs community-led visions across the Northern Territory

Five projects across remote and regional Northern Territory communities have received funding to strengthen their plans, attract future investment and turn community-led visions into reality.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Aug 31, 2026
New, improved and mobile laundry facilities for remote communities to tackle preventable disease

Remote First Nations communities and homelands across Northern Australia will set up new, or upgrade existing, community laundry facilities, aimed in-part at targeting preventable illnesses.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Aug 27, 2026
Mobile TAFE training for remote WA communities

Vocational education opportunities are set to be offered much closer to home for remote communities across Western Australia following a $5 million investment in two new mobile TAFE projects.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 26, 2026
Tax Clinic program to support First Nations, remote communities

Remote communities, including First Nations communities, are set to benefit from free tax assistance and education under the Federal Government's National Tax Clinic program.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 26, 2026
Auditor General sounds alarm over WA health system payments

The Western Australian Opposition has called on the state's government to explain how almost $1 billion in WA Health payments were allowed to pass through a system it described as "plagued by weak con...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 19, 2026
Remote Aboriginal community receives water quality green light

A supply of drinking water is now available in the Fitzroy Valley community of Kadjina following the completion of $1.9 million water infrastructure upgrades, lifting a long-standing water quality adv...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 19, 2026
New jobs created as Badu Island company expands waste management services

An Indigenous-owned and operated company based on Badu Island in the Torres Strait is taking advantage of the federal government's remote jobs program to create employment opportunities in the communi...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 17, 2026
Remote and rural residents die young amid major healthcare shortfall

In pockets of remote Australia, there are teenagers with type two diabetes, young patients on kidney dialysis and people dying of heart disease before middle age.

Remote housing agreement allegedly behind schedule amidst claims the NT wants to renegotiate

The Minister for Indigenous Australians says the Northern Territory Government seemingly does not want to stick to the terms of a landmark remote housing agreement.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 14, 2026
High hopes for $13 million health hub in Goldfields

One of Western Australia's biggest regional health centres has been transformed to meet modern needs of the rural communities it serves across the state's biggest region.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 12, 2026
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