Australia Wide

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

The first mass mortality of Australian wildlife from the deadly H5 bird flu has been confirmed in greater crested terns found on an island off South Australia's south-east coast.

It's been more than 12 months since residents along the Queensland coast watched and waited as Tropical Cyclone Alfred travelled down the coastline.

While the cyclone caused damage to southern parts of the state, it also brought some cool relief to one of the world's greatest wonders, the Great Barrier Reef. 

Grace Whiteside went out to the southern tip of the reef. 

Australia Wide presents: The Bunbury woodchip bombing

50 years ago, the city of Bunbury woke to a bang. 

Two men had tried to blow up the city's port in protest of the woodchipping industry. 

Five decades later, one of the bombers reflects on the incident which leaves a complicated legacy in Australia's conservation history.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

An Alice Springs court has heard the evidence against a man accused of murdering five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby on the outskirts of the Northern Territory town is so extensive the case had to be adjourned until December.

The sound of regional Australia. News and analysis from the ABC's network of regional reporters.

Jacinta Allan will not take Labor to an election, marking the end of a premiership marred by scandals that date back to the era of her predecessor, Daniel Andrews, and a collapse in successive polls.