Madeline Austin

Young families are heading for regional areas in droves and many say they couldn’t be happier with their lives away from the big smoke.

The site of a former prison and thousands of hectares of rural land have been sold for $1 in a symbolic deal hoped to boost services for women struggling with addiction.

One parent says it is little wonder students are truanting and fighting, with 1,400 class periods impacted by staff shortages so far this year.

WaterNSW has made its first public commitment to better engage and build relationships with Indigenous people across the state.

Matthew Dickerson and Deputy Mayor Richard Ivey are elected unopposed at an extraordinary meeting and vow to make transparency a focus for the new council.

Floodwaters moving quickly through inland rivers across New South Wales has sparked a warning for people to reconsider swimming in affected areas.

After a long wait, Walgett's PCYC has finally opened its doors, giving local youth a place for after-school activities as well as the chance to connect with police and each other.

Program to provide community intervention under fire from an Aboriginal Peoples Council in Western NSW, amid unease over jurisdiction and permission.

Several homes and a school are underwater in Gwabegar in north-west NSW as floodwaters threaten crops.

While general prison population numbers have fallen significantly during the COVID pandemic, incarceration rates for Indigenous people remain stubbornly steady.

From a sprawling desert in outback Australia to a futuristic city set in a sci-fi wasteland, a sound stage can transport an audience anywhere and now one is coming soon to Canberra to set the city up as a feature film hub. 

A new coin will enter circulation next month, designed to recognise the military service of Indigenous men and women.

A Canberra PCYC building left empty and water damaged for years has been given a new lease on life by a series of stunning murals, in the hope that people will think twice before tagging it with their own graffiti.