Remote Communities
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.
Former Broome bishop Christopher Saunders allegedly used boxing and wrestling as a "subterfuge" to make physical contact with young Aboriginal men, a Perth court has heard.
The remote Aboriginal community of Scotdesco on South Australia's far west coast has received a major boost to its long-term water security, with the completion of a federally funded project designed...
Jonathan Thurston wants to give Indigenous kids in remote communities an opportunity for themselves and to inspire future generations. The rugby league great's youth education and employment pathways...
The first of seven Remote Training Hubs planned across Central Australia has opened in the remote community of Santa Teresa / Ltyentye Apurte.
Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, based in Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia's Kimberley region, has welcomed the announcement regional court sittings will resume almost a month earlier th...
More than 120 remote community stores have joined the Federal Government's Low-Cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme in its first year, with ministers touting the program as a key cost-of-living measure for...
Almost 60 homes from a tiny community in Western Australia's Pilbara region have been given access to safer power that can be secured through prepayment at the local town store.
