Lawyers call for uni debt cuts to fix bush shortages Australia's peak law body is warning regional and remote communities are missing out on legal advice - and suggesting a plan to address the shortages. AAP · Mar 8, 2024
Behind the bush learning boom: why getting dirty and lighting fires is good for Australian children Proponents of forest schools argue that outdoor learning improves social interactions and results in fewer gendered play experiences for preschoolers The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2023
Brad Murray's poetry reflects life in the bush, work on outback cattle stations Brad Murray works as a stockman on an outback cattle station, but when he gets bored he writes his own bush poetry "just for fun". ABC News · May 22, 2023
Perrottet rejects regional pokie exception Premier Dominic Perrottet has dismissed exempting regional clubs from its cashless gaming card rollout, as Nationals MPs call for sensible reform in the bush. AAP · Jan 19, 2023
City folk urged to buy from outback businesses through cost-of-living crisis, natural disasters Some of the most remote businesses across the country are urging Aussies to buy from the bush amid increasingly unreliable services and the skyrocketing cost of supplies. ABC News · Nov 12, 2022
As a troubled bush teen, I found meaning in an unlikely place: I became a nurse Location, not qualifications, could be the best bet for an understaffed rural healthcare sector and offer a path to restless local young men The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2022
Actor Shane Jacobson throws support behind Euroa bush hospital after treatment When Kenny star Shane Jacobson needed hospital treatment in regional Victoria, he ended up at Euroa bush hospital. He then found out how rare a facility like that is. ABC News · Jun 9, 2022
Remote residents left to represent themselves, as Legal Aid stops accepting bush court files Vulnerable remote Northern Territory residents, including children, could be forced to represent themselves in criminal matters, with Legal Aid no longer accepting bush court files, the ABC can reveal. ABC News · Apr 13, 2022