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Radio National: Rural

Contemporary topics and special events from country towns and remote regions across Australia make for lively and engaging radio. Radio National's Bush Telegraph is out and about five days a week.


Recent Rural stories on Radio National

Friday panel: recruiting rural doctorsFriday, 19 Mar 2010 | Radio National Breakfast

This week the Prime Minister announced the second stage of his big health reform plan, a $630 million commitment to train more doctors. [more]

Truckstop HoneymoonFriday, 19 Mar 2010 | Bush Telegraph

New Orleans duo Katie Euliss and Mike West are Truckstop Honeymoon. [more]

The year of the locustFriday, 19 Mar 2010 | Bush Telegraph

The big rains and resulting floods affecting many parts of Queensland and NSW promise great sowing seasons but they also threaten farmers with one of one of the worst years for plague locust swarms in the last decade and a half. [more]

Biodynamic wineFriday, 19 Mar 2010 | Bush Telegraph

On paper, biodynamic grape growing sounds a bit like hippy witchcraft. [more]

Wong announces water spendingFriday, 19 Mar 2010 | Bush Telegraph

Federal Water Minister Penny Wong flew into the NSW Riverina to announce the spending of $100 million from the Irrigation Improvement Fund. [more]

Farming the futureThursday, 18 Mar 2010 | Bush Telegraph

A parliamentary inquiry has brought down its findings on the role government needs to play in helping farm communities deal with the impacts of climate change. [more]

Youth Allowance passes through parliamentThursday, 18 Mar 2010 | Bush Telegraph

Four months after the initial blocking of the government's new Youth Allowance legislation, and at least one month after university classes for 2010 have started, the two major parties have come up with a compromise deal on overhauling the rules on financial assistance for university students living outside our cities. [more]

Our first GM bananasThursday, 18 Mar 2010 | Bush Telegraph

Australia's first genetically modified bananas have been harvested in far north Queensland. [more]

Live music - Ann VriendThursday, 18 Mar 2010 | Bush Telegraph

Ann Vriend from Canada is part of the army of international musicians playing at festivals across Australia. [more]

Landcare facing uncertain futureThursday, 18 Mar 2010 | Bush Telegraph

It's one of Australia's most successful grassroots movements and it's a model that's been copied by other countries - but it appears as if Australian governments have lost interest in Landcare. [more]