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As an estimated 45,000 children were homeschooled in Australia last year, experts believe changing attitudes towards education is driving the boom.

Country towns say they are facing growing costs to recruit doctors to their local general practices due to a shortage of GPs.

Home and contents insurance premiums are continuing to rise in northern Australia, regardless of whether nor not home owners are making claims. And that is despite the Government's cyclone reinsurance pool, designed to reduce costs. 

Indigenous community members say the abuse is derogatory and demeaning, and similar to what was spruiked during the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. 

TC Sean also broke an almost 20-year rainfall record in Karratha for a single day, with the local airport gauge recording more than 270 millimetres of rain overnight.

The West Australian government and opposition are pushing to boost the number of people living and working outside Perth.

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Some local experts are calling for greater regulations around the sale of hand sanitiser, but others argue addiction needs to be addressed as the root cause.

Severe storms have damaged properties and brought down trees and power lines in Queensland's South Burnett.

Labor has promised $3 billion to upgrade hundreds of thousands of NBN connections and speed up internet services, so what can rural households expect to change?