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  • Penola: where heart meets soil

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    Within South Australia’s Coonawarra wine region, the town of Penola thrives on its connection to the land. Locals not only work the rich soil — they live by it, inviting those who pass through to experience the journey from paddock to plate and vineyard to glass. Bellwether Wines embodies this connection, where founder and winemaker…

  • Kimba prevails: rain, hail or shine

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    The Eyre Peninsula town of Kimba sits at the halfway point between Sydney and Perth. It is known to tourists for its silo art and an 8-metre tall Big Galah statue, and in agriculture for its wheat and sheep production. The town is also recognised as the winner of the 2021 Agricultural Town of the…

  • The future is in the fabric of Burra

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    The mid-north town of Burra is the self-proclaimed “Merino capital of the world.” Once a historic mining town, Burra has evolved into a leader in modern agriculture, earning recognition beyond its borders, particularly for its high-quality wool and sheep production. Positioned between the Clare Valley and Flinders Ranges, Burra’s strategic location along major transport routes…

  • Sunshine Coast still king as jobs, cheaper housing lure young to regional hotspots

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    The Regional Australia Institute/CBA report said it was the fourth consecutive quarter the coast had topped internal migration charts, accounting for 16.7 per cent of all net internal migration. The majority were escaping the cities, mostly Brisbane. Greater Geelong and the Gold Coast were second and third and the Fraser Coast fourth. RAI said the…

  • Labor urged to boost regional migration

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    In a submission to the government’s migration review, the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has called for a national population plan to encourage more overseas arrivals to consider a regional lifestyle. Such a plan would consider the infrastructure needed to accommodate bigger populations in the regions, with severe housing shortages one reason people aren’t moving regionally.…

  • Rare break for regions as return of fuel levy takes time to flow to bowser

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    The Morrison government halved the fuel excise from March for six months in a bid to reduce pressure on the cost of living, but the excise will come back on next week. City-based petrol stations are likely to have to buy fuel at the higher price sooner than regional stations because of higher turnover. The…

  • Sydney or the bush? Looks like our Millennials have made up their mind

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    But even as movement slows, a rise in rents and shrinking housing stock in the regions has sparked calls for a federal plan to help communities provide for growing populations. The Covid-19 pandemic saw massive spikes in Australians migrating out of metropolitan areas. But the latest Regional Movers Index from the Commonwealth Bank and the…

  • Tourism bounces back with record job creation and a booming Easter

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    The sector now has 215,000 jobs in Queensland, a record for the industry and an improvement of 27,000 on pre-Covid levels. More than half the jobs were part time. While the sector’s total number of jobs ranked well below industries like healthcare it was a crucial one for Queensland because many of the jobs were…

  • A country practice: Doctors who hail from the bush more likely to return

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    The study, involving rural clinical schools from 11 major Australian universities, looked at where 1321 medical graduates, 259 of whom had rural backgrounds, were practising five and eight years on. The data showed graduates from country areas who had extended rural clinical school experience were 3.6 times more likely to practise in regional areas eight…

  • Government’s pre-poll promise to boost broadband for the bush

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    The federal government has set aside $480 million to help increase speeds on the NBN’s fixed wireless network, as well as introducing greater data limits as part of the Sky Muster service. A further $270 million will be brought in by NBN Co from its own funds. It is expected the NBN boost would expand…