Ernie,7,reads sheep better than most kids his age can read books

Ernie,7,reads sheep better than most kids his age can read books

The Davies family and their whip-smart kelpie Gypsy are vying for selection in the Australian four-dog team in a national championship.

  • byCarolyn Webb

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These greying country towns are the canary in the coal mine for the aged-care crisis
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These greying country towns are the canary in the coal mine for the aged-care crisis

In regional Australia,more than a third of residents are aged over 55. If only the government was doing something about this growing demographic crisis.

  • byShane Wright
Well-heeled on the move from Sydney and Melbourne

Well-heeled on the move from Sydney and Melbourne

New figures show some of the better-off suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne have shed thousands of residents since the pandemic.

  • byShane Wright
Mobile phones,3G and the coming sounds of silence in the bush
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Mobile phones,3G and the coming sounds of silence in the bush

The approaching closure of the 3G telecommunications service means an unknown number of mobile users will no longer be able to connect with emergency services.

  • byTony Wright
RBA ‘will not hesitate to raise rates’ if needed,Bullock says

RBA ‘will not hesitate to raise rates’ if needed,Bullock says

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock says the bank must walk a tightrope between taming inflation and preserving jobs,noting regional labour markets have been tighter than those in capital cities.

  • byMillie Muroi
Meet the artist capturing what it really means to be a Melburnian

Meet the artist capturing what it really means to be a Melburnian

In his biggest exhibition yet,Rob McHaffie captures the quiet spirit of the everyday – and the title of each work is a short story of its own.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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‘It ends up just being a bloodbath’:Why plucky,third player Rex Airlines came unstuck

‘It ends up just being a bloodbath’:Why plucky,third player Rex Airlines came unstuck

A graveyard has filled with airline groups that have tried and failed to challenge the duopoly in the skies,from Compass to Tiger Airways and Bonza. Rex is just the latest.

  • byAnne Hyland
Life as a country cop:When the road death isn’t a statistic,it’s a neighbour
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Life as a country cop:When the road death isn’t a statistic,it’s a neighbour

It’s not the remoteness of rural policing that’s the greatest challenge,it’s the intimacy – as retired police officer and writer Mark ‘Trigger’ Tregellas knows.

  • byJohn Silvester
The doctors who depend on Rex to allow them to deliver regional care

The doctors who depend on Rex to allow them to deliver regional care

Sydney cardiologist Rachael Cordina regularly does an early morning dash to regional NSW,usually on a Rex flight. Now country towns are worried after the airline went into administration.

  • byCatherine Naylor
‘There’s no benefit’:Call to cut back daylight saving in NSW

‘There’s no benefit’:Call to cut back daylight saving in NSW

NSW should knock two months off daylight saving and let it run from November to March because post-pandemic work habits have largely made it redundant,critics say.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Giant pothole leaves thousands of people on edge

Giant pothole leaves thousands of people on edge

A NSW council has had to slash its budget,cancel events and sell its own land to make ends meet after suffering 15 natural disasters in just five years.

  • byCatherine Naylor