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The sound of regional Australia. Daily news from the ABC's unmatched network of regional reporters hosted by Sinéad Mangan.
It's been coined the world's most ambitious solar project. A plan to deliver electricity from the Northern Territory to Singapore via thousands of kilometres of underwater transmission line. Backed by one of Australia's richest men, Suncable has made a vital step towards becoming reality with a multi-million dollar agreement with traditional owners signed outside of Darwin.
The Australian Road Safety Foundation chair Russell White says roadside drug testing results are only scratching the surface of the numbers of people driving under the influence of drugs on country roads.
In regional Australia, where baby boomers are being told to downsize to free up homes, country communities are having to become developers to build appropriate-sized housing.
There are calls for a Senate inquiry into the suicide deaths of Australian doctors amid allegations of untenable rosters and payback for whistleblowers.