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Young footy referee died in 'challenging' health system

A First Nations man went to remote health services several times in the lead-up to his death from pneumonia at the age of 31, an inquest has been told.

AAP · Sep 1

How much salt is OK in drinking water? Without limits, Australia’s health gap widens in remote and regional areas

Most Australians consume far too much sodium, mostly in the form of salt (sodium chloride) in the food they eat.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2025

'Incredibly difficult': volunteer firefighter mourned

The NSW Rural Fire Service is doing all it can to support the family of Leo Fransen, who died after being hit by a falling tree while battling a bushfire.

AAP · Nov 16, 2023

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The aged care system has failed Aboriginal people. Here's what Elders say needs to change

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recognised the aged care system has failed to provide culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as they age. It recommended major reforms, including active partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023

Aboriginal elders to provide clean water for Walgett after NSW government short-term solution fails

Aboriginal elders in Walgett say they will provide free filtered drinking water for their remote community after repeated failures by the state and local government.

ABC News · May 23, 2023

Walgett drinking water quality, river system concerns aired by distressed residents

Walgett residents have shared distressing stories with the NSW Water Minister about the impact of water quality in the town, including one mother who says she had no idea she was "pumping sodium" through her ill son.

ABC News · Apr 29, 2023

Walgett residents worried about safety of water supply

Residents in the western NSW town of Walgett are going to bed thirsty because they are too concerned about contamination to drink water from the tap.

AAP · Apr 13, 2023

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The Australian town where water insecurity is felt more than some communities in Bangladesh

Welcome to Walgett, where bottled water can be more expensive than Coca-Cola, and Indigenous residents go to bed thirsty.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2023

John Bowie sentenced to 24 years' jail for the murder of wife Roxlyn 40 years after she disappeared

It's "justice for my Mum" says the killer's daughter as he is sentenced to almost certainly die in jail, but a grim question goes unanswered: where are Roxlyn Bowie's remains?

ABC News · Mar 17, 2023

John Bowie's only living child begs to know what he did with her mother's body 40 years after disappearance

The daughter of convicted murderer John Bowie tells the NSW Supreme Court that she often still feels like "the angry little girl that lost her mum".

ABC News · Mar 3, 2023

Walgett Aboriginal community faces homelessness amid as village told to evacuate

The Dharriwaa Elders Group say flood-struck Aboriginal communities are being forced to choose between dispossession or homelessness due to a lack of emergency accommodation.

ABC News · Nov 7, 2022

NSW floods: three towns cut off by water relying on airdrops for food and medical supplies

Walgett, Collarenebri and Lightning Ridge isolated as more than 140 flood warnings remain in place across New South Wales and Victoria

The Guardian - AU · Nov 7, 2022

Man accused of killing wife admits to bringing other women to family home for sex

A jury has heard John Bowie, who is accused of killing his wife Roxlyn 40 years ago, admitted to having affairs with other women.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

Fears for safety of disabled student at Walgett Community College

The family of a severely disabled child, who is bound for a notoriously violent rural high school, fear a bump or knock could cost him his life.

ABC News · Aug 4, 2022

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ABC News · Jun 15, 2022

Walgett parents fear for children only eligible to attend low-performing, 'violent' high school

There have been decades of serious problems and terrible outcomes at this outback town's only high school, but applications to attend other schools are being rejected.

ABC News · May 3, 2022

Walgett locals forced to make a move to alternative GP practices as doctor shortage bites

A lack of permanent doctors forces the closure of two GP clinics in the towns of Walgett and Lightning Ridge, leaving a mother and her son having to start over again with a new clinic for critical healthcare.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Cost of FIFO doctors explodes in regional New South Wales

In New South Wales, tens of millions of dollars are being spent on fly-in fly-out doctors — and dozens of towns are at risk of being without a full-time GP in the next decade.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2022

Walgett high school rapidly going 'backwards' since Connected Communities introduced, critics say

Walgett Community College, infamous for violence and relentless staff turnover, has gone backwards at a "great rate of knots" since the very program designed to fix the problems was introduced, community members say.

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ABC News · Feb 18, 2022

Concerns petrol prices will stop rural residents travelling for health services, groceries

As average bowser prices climb towards $2 a litre, some rural residents simply cannot afford to go the distances they need to for healthcare and supplies, support workers say.

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