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Stephanie
Gardiner

Rivers, school and a park high priority in PFAS probe

Water authorities will face a hearing over their actions to monitor and detect toxic “forever chemicals”, as governments list sites of likely contamination.

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Stephanie Gardiner

13 hours ago

News Extra

‘Fired up’: how Tamworth ignites Aussie country acts

Singer-songwriter Andrew Swift was once reluctant to use the c-word – country – to describe his sound, but everything changed after an epiphany in Tamworth.

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Stephanie Gardiner

12 Jan 2025

News Extra

Long live the king, Elvis is alive and well in Parkes

Elvis has been spotted rollerskating, driving a hot rod, sipping a coffee and serving up bacon-and-egg rolls as Presley fever grips a rural Australian town.

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Stephanie Gardiner

11 Jan 2025

News Extra

Elvises give quiet country town a little more action

With polyester suits, pompadour wigs and poodle skirts, thousands of Elvis fans are shaking, rattling and rolling in rural Australia in celebration of the king.

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Stephanie Gardiner

10 Jan 2025

News Extra

Artist illuminates the calm and fear of rural Australia

Painter Nerrida Parfitt’s work could be considered Australian gothic, using rural roads and landscapes to explore themes of isolation, peace and impermanence. When artist Nerrida Parfitt sees a house ablaze with light, she imagines an entire...

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Stephanie Gardiner

01 Jan 2025

News Extra

Driver in disguise: Elvis Express set to rock ‘n’ roll

Swapping his blue uniform for blue suede shoes, Peter White will helm the Elvis Express bound for the southern hemisphere’s biggest celebration of the king.

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Stephanie Gardiner

28 Dec 2024

News Extra

More to farmers markets than each peach, pear or plum

Small events like farmers markets might look like a twee country novelty to an outsider, but research shows they are a powerful force in community connection. A narrow road weaves through sandstone ridges, beneath avenues of eucalypts, over a creek...

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Stephanie Gardiner

26 Dec 2024

News Extra

Fears nuclear power may end the bush’s ‘phoenix moment’

Some regional residents worry nuclear power could stymie growth and clean energy projects, while others say planning laws have left landholders “high and dry”.

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Stephanie Gardiner

11 Dec 2024

News Extra

‘A game changer’: help on way for rural women with endo

Rural women who live with the agony of endometriosis say a scholarship program to train nurses will help improve their quality of life and access to care.

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Stephanie Gardiner

11 Dec 2024

News Extra

How a Trump presidency could affect Aussie produce

Farmers are keeping a close eye on US president-elect Donald Trump’s commitment to impose tariffs on imports.

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Stephanie Gardiner

10 Dec 2024

News Extra

Maker’s mark: from farm gate to the front door

Fancy some chocolate from Port Fairy, black garlic from Braidwood or nuts from Kuitpo? A new venture is bringing farmers’ markets to doorsteps around Australia.

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Stephanie Gardiner

07 Dec 2024

News Extra

Country roads taking Aussies home at a two year high

Australia’s population shift from capital cities to the regions continues, with more people staying put in the country as cost-of-living and house prices bite.

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Stephanie Gardiner

04 Dec 2024

In Brief

Warnings of blackouts as rural workers go on strike

Electricity workers are preparing to walk off the job as a pay dispute simmers, with regional residents warned of potential blackouts at the start of summer.

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Stephanie Gardiner

02 Dec 2024