Buffel kerfuffle: should the invasive grass be listed as a weed of national significance in Australia?
Invasive buffel grass is destroying native rangelands and increasing bushfire risk, but farmers say eradicating it would ‘cripple the beef industry’
April 2025
The rural network
What does it take to start a community newspaper? Passionate, frustrated individuals and a gin distillery
The rural network
Progress or preservation: the bitter fight over plans to redevelop historic Berrima Gaol
The rural network
Run, rabbit, run – and then hop! Sydney’s Royal Easter Show welcomes showjumping as you’ve never seen it
Anywhere but Canberra
The South Australian retired farmer: ‘I only vote because I’ve got to’
Crushed by rabbits, bolting horses and childhood illness: the stories buried in outback NSW cemeteries
The rural network, Victoria
‘It just leaves us without anything’: why was Wodonga left reeling by sudden primary school closure?
The rural network
US-Australia beef: what you need to know about tariffs and the meat trade war
March 2025
The rural network, Victoria
‘A real loss’: regional Victoria prepares for its major galleries to go dark
The rural network
We moved to the country to give our rescued working dogs a better life
Michael Burge
The rural network
NSW bans hay imports from south-east Queensland amid fear of fire ants after Cyclone Alfred
Anywhere but Canberra
The Ballarat food entrepreneur: ‘It just doesn’t make sense for us to be miserable’
The rural network
To win the bush, Australian politics needs to embrace its ‘curves’
Nick Rodway
‘Our moral responsibility’: Australia’s beef industry under pressure over deforestation as election looms
The rural network
We need to improve mobile connectivity in the bush. We can start by collecting more data
Mark Gregory
The rural network, Victoria
When dairy farmers leave, what happens to the farm?
February 2025
The rural network, Victoria
Sissy Austin was attacked while running. Now she wants to help women and gender-diverse people take back the track
The campaign launch comes 12 months after another Ballarat woman, Samantha Murphy, was allegedly murdered while out for a run
The rural network
Carnivorous marsupials, cryptic birds and feral cats: wildlife cameras capture life on a Queensland cattle station
The monitoring program by Australian Wildlife Conservancy aims to show conservation and cattle grazing can coexist if properly managed
The rural network, Victoria
‘I’ll see you in a year’: the Australian women over 60 hitting the road solo
A growing number of older women are taking up the nomadic lifestyle, challenging traditional views of ageing. While grey nomad stereotypes persist, many say it’s the best decision they ever made
January 2025
The rural network
The veterinarian shortage in regional Australia is not a looming crisis – we’re already in it
Calla Wahlquist
Federal government intervention is required and, as 69% of Australian households own a pet, it should receive broad support
