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Jun 29, 2022•32 min
Voice of Real Australia
Discover new people, places and perspectives with Voice of Real Australia. Each episode showcases stories from rural and regional Australia. A podcast from ACM -- Australia's largest independent media network.
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The Roadkill State
Tasmania has earned a reputation as the roadkill capital of Australia. The stats say 32 animals are killed every hour - that's more than 500,000 marsupials, reptiles and birds killed on the state's roads every single year. And this is despite Tasmania being an island that's known for its unique biodiversity and world heritage wilderness. You could argue that there're more animals here so there's going to be more dead ones. But when you look closer you see holes in animal protection policy that l...
Jun 15, 2022•30 min
What happened to Bendigo’s Chinese miners?
During the gold rush Chinese immigrants made up a quarter of Bendigo’s population, but now only one percent trace their ancestry back to these diggers. The goldfields were a dangerous place in the 19th century particularly for Chinese miners who faced inhibitory discrimination and suffered xenophobic attacks. Despite this many made Bendigo their home and helped shape the city it is today. Their legacy can be seen in the annual Chinese Dragon parade, Golden Dragon Museum, and Chinese gardens. And...
Jun 01, 2022•30 min
Farmers and fishers feud over riverside camping in Victoria
A simple policy change to allow camping on public land - Crown river frontages - has become a divisive issue among farmers a...
May 18, 2022•34 min
Disaster Country Part 2: Living in an unlivable world
When a disaster strikes it's amazing to see the number of people who are ready to lend a helping hand. Neighbours saving neighbours,...
May 09, 2022•39 min
Disaster Country Part 1: It's getting harder to live here
Floods, fires, drought, and blistering heat have always been a part of Australian life. But, with rising global temperatures, are they...
May 09, 2022•35 min
Coming on Tuesday May 10: Disaster Country
The recent floods in the northern rivers were the worst on record, by around two whole metres in some...
May 04, 2022•2 min
Goat yoga sets the baa for mental health care
What have goats got to do with yoga? And what does any of it have to do with mental health? It can be tough to get mental health...
Apr 20, 2022•33 min
Finding a place for autistic kids in regional Australia
In Tamworth, Melissa Reinikka is struggling to get her son into the right class at school. Eight-year-old Jacob has autism, anxiety and...
Apr 06, 2022•32 min
Carbon farming for big and small change
Carbon farming is being touted as a way to slow down and reverse climate change. The idea is that you can suck carbon from the...
Mar 23, 2022•31 min
Should we turn waste into watts?
Plastic waste is a huge and growing problem in Australia. What can't be reused or recycled ends up in landfill. An alternative is to...
Mar 09, 2022•35 min
Will the Hunter Valley be ready when the change comes?
Coal employs around 14,000 people in the Hunter Valley. Whole communities have risen up out of the dark soil, established on lucrative...
Feb 23, 2022•31 min
Sins of the Fathers: Clergy abuse weighs on western Victoria
School should be a safe space, not a peadophile's playground. The community was in shock after the 2013 Royal Commission revealed...
Feb 09, 2022•32 min
Waves of nostalgia at legendary South Coast break
The surfer's getaway Don Hearn's Cabins is a throwback to when a break was a break on the South Coast. The cabins at Cunjurong Point...
Jan 26, 2022•21 min
Diabetes: The silent assassin
Type 2 diabetes is everywhere in this country and around the world - there could be 700 million cases worldwide in the next 25 years....
Jan 12, 2022•25 min
Should we eat our national animal?
Kangaroos are an Aussie emblem, but they're also a source of native red meat. Roo harvesting divides Australians but there's evidence...
Dec 15, 2021•34 min
When culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast
Aboriginal people are being prosecuted on the South Coast of NSW for fishing, something their ancestors had done there for thousands of...
Dec 01, 2021•37 min
Why wombats are rotting to death
Mange riddled wombats die an agonising death without treatment, but governments don't consider the parasite a conservation issue. This...
Nov 17, 2021•31 min
Closing the map: Restoring Aboriginal place names
Some Aboriginal place names are so iconic, like Noosa or Wollongong, that we don't even think about them. But over two centuries of...
Nov 03, 2021•25 min
Regenerating a valley and a community
Bylong's population dwindled after a coal mine bought up family farms, the school, the general store and the Catholic church. Over a...
Oct 20, 2021•31 min
Forgotten River 4: There's money in mud
It's been nearly a decade since the river at Kallara Station broke its banks and Justin McClure had to get around his property by boat....
Oct 06, 2021•36 min
Forgotten River 3: Where will the river people go?
The fate of the Barkindji is tied to the fate of the river - the Barka. When it is flowing, the mostly Aboriginal town of Wilcannia i...
Sep 29, 2021•33 min
Forgotten River 2: Piggy in the middle
Caught between thirsty cash croppers upstream and down, the people who live along the Darling/Barka are fighting a battle on two...
Sep 22, 2021•37 min
Forgotten River 1: Dead fish and an empty lake
The sudden death of over a million fish around the Menindee Lakes focused international attention on the plight of the Darling River....
Sep 15, 2021•40 min
Introducing Forgotten River a Voice of Real Australia mini-series
From September 16 Voice of Real Australia brings you a very special mini-series, Forgotten River: An outback tragedy. This three part...
Sep 08, 2021•1 min
Rescued boy meets hero's family 60 years after Mudgee flood
All towns have their legends, Mudgee is no exception. In 1959, a six-year-old boy was rescued during a flood on the town's main street...
Aug 18, 2021•17 min
Hidden treasures of White Cliffs
In this remote town lives a woman in her 70s who delivered mail across 3500km of outback. It's also home to three mates in their 20s...
Aug 04, 2021•32 min
Eight kids and a nun walk into court, and it's no joke for rural Aussies
A new mine in Boggabri was at the centre of a landmark court ruling that found the Environment Minister has a duty of care to protect...
Jul 21, 2021•28 min
How can you run a tourism business when your staff have nowhere to live?
In Jindabyne, ongoing staff shortages mean businesses struggle to keep up with demand. We speak to Jindabyne business owners to...
Jul 07, 2021•24 min
How a Devonport dad took control of a 30-year drug addiction
Recovering drug addict Steven* is looking forward to a holiday with his kids. But this couldn't have been possible if he was put behind...
Jun 23, 2021•24 min
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