Rhiannon Stevens

A family who for months had been homeless were able to land jobs and housing when they checked into a country motel for a night of reprieve. They are seeing more and more people booking rooms as a long-term option.

Reduced prices have seen V/Line passenger numbers increase but the promised extra rail services haven't appeared — which can lead to packed carriages and longer commutes.

Dwindling congregations and ageing churches being sold off is a familiar story across Australia but this town in regional Victoria is bucking the trend. 

Seeking a direct connection with what they eat, these people have turned to hunting wild animals in Victoria's forests.

When tree grower Steve Murphy became concerned about the quality of revegetation efforts he was seeing on farms, he came up with an idea to restore degraded land by planting wide corridors of endemic plants to mimic nature.

Reusing and recycling construction materials is key to reducing waste and emissions. These Australians are leading the way. 

Beloved native swans are particularly susceptible to a deadly strain of bird flu, according to scientists who fear for native birds if the virus hits Australian shores.

When three women died — allegedly at the hands of men — in the regional town of Ballarat, the outpouring of anger that followed prompted more people to seek help.

Bedridden with rheumatic fever in the 1940s, and having already lost his father to the disease, Ian Braybrook says he owes his life to the big-hearted doctor who treated his family without charge.

In a year when many Australian music festivals have announced they're folding or postponed, Meredith Music Festival will nurture its familiar rituals like the brass band once again.