Remote Communities
Six homes at Banatjarl, near Katherine, have been upgraded as part of a joint Australian and Northern Territory Government program to improve housing and essential infrastructure in remote communities...
The Northern Land Council has called on the Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments to urgently address what it says are persistent failures in essential services affecting remote communities...
A national outage which affected thousands of people's ability to access mobile services "fell short of what Australians rightly expect from us", Telstra's chief executive said last week, but for some...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
The federal and Northern Territory governments are progressing significant upgrades to Central Arnhem Road. On Monday it was announced a tender has been awarded to fully upgrade and seal a 14km sectio...
The federal government says it has reached the halfway point of its Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program (RJED), with 3,000 new jobs approved.
A new partnership between Community Enterprise Queensland and the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service is set to support healthier choices in Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula Area and Cape Yor...
A diphtheria outbreak has swept through the Northern Territory, infecting 131 people and likely claiming one life. Researchers say overcrowded homes and poor skin health are fuelling the spread.
