Rural and Remote Communities

Olivia Anderson, 24, is the recipient of this year's prestigious Roger Connellan Award, which is granted to outback Australia's best young pilots.

As major airlines face a Senate inquiry and airfare rise across Australia, outback residents are paying the price of an international ticket to travel to their nearest capital city.

An email obtained by the ABC confirms Queanbeyan Hospital has stopped providing surgical terminations for fetal anomalies and medical reasons, restricting access to a legal and time-critical form of reproductive health care.

A special shipment is set to arrive in the islands this month, after the collapse of the Cocos Co-Op — owner of the West Island supermarket  — left residents with dwindling supplies.

Behind Alpha's empty storefronts are the remnants of a once-bustling Queensland town with multiple industries and a thriving social scene. It's a familiar story across the country, but not everyone has given up hope.

In a rising cost-of-living crisis, housing affordability and lifestyle factors are increasingly popular reasons why some people move beyond Australia's big cities.

Stacey Chapman was born with a heart condition that should have prevented her from living her life to the fullest — and it almost did.

An aeronautical group wants to deploy cargo airships to outback Queensland, but is it doable and safe? Transport experts weigh in. 

A public hospital in regional New South Wales is restoring abortion services after an ABC investigation revealed the executive had banned staff from providing terminations to patients for non-medical reasons.

Social and logistical challenges prevent many regional volunteers from accessing effective psychological help.

Leaked documents show staff at the public hospital in Orange can no longer provide abortion services for patients who present without medical complications, further restricting regional women's access to time-critical reproductive health care. 

The NSW premier admits the state government needs to do better for regional communities during a meeting with hundreds of residents at Broken Hill.

A group of women on Mornington Island have been learning to make high-quality swags for people in need of beds in their small, isolated community.

Queensland's new LNP government has accused the former Labor administration of lying to the community about the cost and viability of a huge pumped hydro scheme which it has branded a "con job" and a "hoax".

Most hazelnuts consumed in Australia are imported, but in a bid to boost local production growers are testing some creative solutions to stop birds attacking crops.

For Save Eungella campaigner Jonelle Neilsen, the visit symbolised the start of the healing process for the community.

Mitchael Curtis, a former pastor turned mango farmer, believes holding a church service every Sunday night creates a community "connection" for workers.

Would you travel 900 kilometres just to catch up with friends? Meet the women who live in some of Australia's most remote places who do just that.

Power and Water Corporation is supplying two remote Aboriginal communities with bottled water after new research has linked higher fluoride levels in drinking water to lower IQs in children.

A CHOICE investigation across four remote First Nations communities has found grocery items cost more than double capital city prices, with calls for the federal government to introduce price monitoring tools and price caps on essentials.