Pat has waited 18 months for vital surgery. She now ‘lives on painkillers’

Pat has waited 18 months for vital surgery. She now ‘lives on painkillers’

Patients at some regional hospitals are waiting up to 39 minutes to be treated in emergency departments – compared with a statewide average of 17 minutes.

  • byBenjamin Preiss andHenrietta Cook

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How a country NSW training pitch produced two Matildas defenders

How a country NSW training pitch produced two Matildas defenders

Ellie Carpenter and Clare Hunt come from communities with a combined population of 12,500. Their success as Matildas offers hope for a generation of bush kids.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Retired teachers covering classes,broken windows. The plan to fix these regional schools isn’t working

Retired teachers covering classes,broken windows. The plan to fix these regional schools isn’t working

A scathing auditor general’s report says a plan to lift academic outcomes for regional and remote students in NSW will almost certainly fail.

  • byChristopher Harris andMichael McGowan
The Commonwealth Games could bring apartment living to the regions

The Commonwealth Games could bring apartment living to the regions

The Commonwealth Games villages are slowly taking shape in regional Victoria and the government is now facing calls to leave a legacy of medium density living.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
CBA to keep regional bank branches alive a bit longer

CBA to keep regional bank branches alive a bit longer

As more customers do their banking digitally,the country’s biggest bank will keep its regional branches open until at least the end of 2026.

  • byClancy Yeates
Karen migrants are building a new future in Ararat
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Karen migrants are building a new future in Ararat

Karen migrants,a group that are oppressed in Myanmar,are filling job shortages in Ararat and changing the rural city’s social fabric.

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Regional towns lobby state for $80m to prepare for 2026 Games

Regional towns lobby state for $80m to prepare for 2026 Games

Ten regional cities want the Victorian government to cough up $80 million to ensure they get lasting benefit from the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
The pull of Melbourne has become too much – we’re reverse sea changing
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The pull of Melbourne has become too much – we’re reverse sea changing

Two and a half years after we ditched Collingwood for the beach,we’re beating a retreat back to the bright lights. Kind of. I miss the MCG,Bar Liberty,the NGV.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Regional mall deals netting close to $300 million

Regional mall deals netting close to $300 million

Shopping centres in parts of regional Australia are proving popular with investors who are looking for highly occupied,food-anchored malls.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Was Grandma tripping on acid at Aquarius?

Was Grandma tripping on acid at Aquarius?

The day in 1973 that naked hippies swamped a future deputy prime minister Doug Anthony is the stuff of family legend. But the memories of other festival goers are a little ... hazy.

  • byHeath Gilmore
‘Very disappointing’:GPs missing crucial information for patient care

‘Very disappointing’:GPs missing crucial information for patient care

In a survey of 22,000 patients,three in four said they left urban emergency departments with a discharge summary,compared to less than half of patients in rural areas.

  • byAngus Thomson