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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told Whyalla steelworkers a $2.4 billion support package is an investment in a city whose "arteries spread out right around the country".

Premier Peter Malinauskas says he will announce "one of the most comprehensive industry support packages that this nation has ever seen" on Thursday.

Housing stress is most acute in country Australia, and regional electorates are some of the most effected by the issue. The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to cut interest rates comes as a relief for those suffering mortgage stress. 

Closing submissions have wrapped up in the criminal hearing against the operator of a jumping castle at the centre of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy that killed six children in the northern Tasmanian city of Devonport.

The Bureau of Meteorology has downgraded the intensity of TC Zelia to a category four now it's made landfall near the De Grey River mouth, northeast of Port Hedland.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia has reached category five strength as it continues to track slowly towards Western Australia's Pilbara coast.

The federal government says it's open to buying collapsed regional carrier Rex Airlines to protect rural services.  

New agreement for post offices to take on more banking services in the bush

Government to lock grocery prices on 30 essential items in remote stores

Starlink keeps thousands of Australians connected across regional and remote parts of the country, but questions are being raised about whether we should be concerned such a crucial service is run by an increasingly political, foreign billionaire.