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Wing general manager Simon Rossi says drones are a more environmentally friendly way to make deliveries. Picture: Laura Corrigan

This isn't just a story about flying take-out.

What's the buzz about delivery drones?

Wildlife rescuer Rowan Wigmore says roadkill should be moved 20 metres from the road to stop scavengers getting hit too. Photo: Paul Scambler

Hundreds of thousands of native animals are killed on Tasmania's road every year. In this week's Voice of Real Australia podcast episode we meet the people trying to change that.

The Roadkill State

More than 150 people carry the Chinese dragon's during Bendigo's Easter parade. Photo: Glenn Daniels

The goldfields were a dangerous place in the 19th century particularly for Chinese miners.

What happened to Bendigo's Chinese miners?

Farmers Judy Cardwell from Mitta Mitta and Belinda Pearce of the Kiewa Valley lead a protest to Melbourne last year over the issue of camping on licensed Crown river frontages. Picture: Mark Jesser

Public land where cows graze has been opened up for camping causing conflict between farmers who manage the land and fishers who want access to the river.

Farmers and fishers feud over riverside camping in Victoria

A home on Richmond Street, Woodburn. The flood damaged contents piled up on the nature strip. Thursday 7th April 2022 // PHOTO BY MARINA NEIL // NEWCASTLE HERALD // NRFLOODS22

We travelled up and down the east coast talking to people who have lost everything as we try to figure out how to live in a Disaster Country.

Living with climate disasters

Grumpy Goat Co in Smithton Tasmania holds goat yoga sessions. Picture: Meg Whitfield

We did yoga with goats to see how Smithton is providing mental health support where official channels fall short.

Goat yoga sets the baa for mental health care

Melissa's son Jacob, 8, has been deferred four times from a support class. Picture: Eva Baxter

We talk to parents, educators, and an autistic woman to examine the unique challenges and benefits of growing up different in the bush.

Finding a place for autistic kids in regional Australia

Carbon farmers believe it could help save the world from climate change, but others say it is distracting us from the real work of reducing carbon emissions.

Carbon farming for big and small change

Tarago locals say if the incinerator isn't good enough for Sydney it's not good enough for their town. Photo: John Hanscombe

One solution to our growing waste crisis is to burn it and use the heat to produce electricity, but people living near these proposed incinerators are fearful about what they mean for their communities.

Should we turn waste into watts?

Warrick Jordan co-ordinator Hunter Jobs Alliance. Picture: Simone De Peak / ACM / Newcastle Herald

Power and passion in a fading coal industry

Will the Hunter Valley be ready when the change comes?

Multimedia

ON TRACK: Corryong-born and Riverina-raised country music legend Lee Kernaghan is the focus on a new film Boy From The Bush, a documentary meets road movie, which is out in cinemas nationwide on Thursday.

Lee Kernaghan's new documentary road movie delves into the hitmaker's storied career

Boy From The Bush lights up the silver screen

Pharmacy Guild says anti-virals without prescription will relieve pressure on clinics; but GP's are pushing back

Health Emergency: Make COVID-19 anti-virals available without prescription

Sam Farraway at the Cudal Future Mobility Testing and Research Centre where Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Bus Trial is being conducted. 

The state government wants NSW to be a world-leading adopter of CAV technologies

Would you hop on a bus with no bus driver? Australian first trial ramps up

Veterans Affairs Minister Matt Keogh has apologised over the government's treatment of war veterans. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Minister apologises for failing veterans

CONNECTED: Is there such a thing as too much connectivity, experts ask. Picture: File

It's hard to see why having phones in schools is going to be a good thing: Expert.

From FOMO to NOMOPHOBIA: Why can't we ignore the call?

Yum yum: Parfait Patisserie apprentice Damien Wrong, baker Alex Miller, owner Troy Hindmarsh and apprentice Jess Drewell. RE, Parfait Patisserie won a suite of categories at the Wollongong Bakery Show. Picture: Robert Peet.

The Kiama patisserie that dominated region's revived bakery competition

The latest weekly respiratory report shows there were 4714 new cases of COVID detected in the region, which is a drop of more than 1000 from the peak two weeks ago.

Record number of COVID-19 deaths for Illawarra

Radio host Kyle Sandilands (left) and his fiancée Tegan Kynaston (right) welcomed their first child, a boy named Otto, on Thursday morning. Photo: WireImage.

The radio host and his fiancée Tegan Kynaston welcomed their first child, a boy named Otto, on Thursday morning.

Kyle Sandilands welcomes his first child, Otto

A League of their Own streams on Amazon Prime. Picture: Amazon Studios

Surely this baseball remake must prompt we in the Down Under dugout to ask ourselves where are all the shows about our own sports?

Enough baseball. Where are the TV shows about cricket with Boonie, AB?

Sex offender Michael Pearce, wearing black pants and a dark-coloured jumper, is seen on CCTV approaching an arcade game booth before molesting a teenage girl.

Michael Pearce approached the 15-year-old and her friends while they were in an arcade game booth.

Sex offender who molested girl in Wollongong Central sentenced

A basic one-bedroom cottage at Stanwell Park with a backyard leading directly onto the beach could smash price records when it goes to auction next month.

One-bedroom Stanwell Park cottage with beach at the back gate could smash records

NEW LOOK: Brisbane rock band Waax incorporated a more melodic approach to their second album At Least I'm Free, which is released on Friday. Picture: Finnian Mullen

Waax freed from rock rules and burning their own trail

CRASH LANDING: Fire fighters from the Corona Fire Department work to control the blaze on the eastbound Californian highway. Picture: Corona Fire Department.

Passersby watch on as the single-engine Cessna crash lands between moving cars.

Watch: Plane narrowly avoids hitting cars during crash landing on busy highway

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide handed down its interim report on Thursday. Picture: Andrew Sheargold

A backlog of 42,000 claims from injured defence members and veterans has left some people waiting for years.

'Deeply sorry': Veterans' Affairs must clear massive backlog, royal commission report says

Victims had fraudulent transactions on their credit card: ACCC.

Toll trolls scamming hundreds of unsuspecting Australians

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government will push ahead with tax cuts for higher-income earners. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Ideas welcome but tax cuts stay: Chalmers

Lower house independents - from left: Sophie Scamps, Allegra Spender, Kylea Tink, Zali Stegall and Monique Ryan. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong 

Some will emerge as green-blue teal while others may seem more like blue-green.

One key tool for teals as varying shades emerge

Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian speaks at the National Press Club. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Despite Xiao's address and nascent ministerial-level talks, tensions between Australia and China are perilous.

Ambassador offers little to ease fears of a worried West

Australians are getting slugged at the checkout because of nonsensical decisions. Picture: Shutterstock

It would almost be funny if it wasn't so pointless and costly, but this policy's sole aim is driving up prices

Why would the government deliberately make things more expensive?

Tamboran Resources has claimed the Beetaloo sub-basin represents the "single largest emissions reduction project in Australia".

Aust should drop global warming target because it's 'unattainable': Gas company

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A new saliva-based COVID testing machine could provide an alternative to the uncomfortable PCR swab. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Pitch for COVID-19 saliva test machine

Senator and army veteran Jacqui Lambie says clearing the claims backlog should be a top priority. (Anthony Corke/AAP PHOTOS)

Lambie wants veteran claims cleared sooner

NSW prison officers will strike in protest over an upgraded manslaughter charge against a colleague. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

NSW prison staff strike on charge upgrade

Mark Dreyfus flagged a "comprehensive agenda" at a meeting of Australia's attorneys-general. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Women's safety forefront of top legal meet

The Lost Dogs' Home is slashing its adoption prices at two shelters in Melbourne. (SUPPLIED)

Melb dog shelters facing adoption slump

Sandra Mullaly is cheerful in her police photo but her time in the force was anything but.

Former cop says she was driven to breaking point by the organisation she once loved.

An addict broke her jaw. The force broke her spirit

Sent home: The affected schools are Keira, Smiths Hill and Wollongong High Schools, and Wollongong, Mount Ousley, Pleasant Heights Public Schools, as well as Parameadows School for Specific Purposes.


Wollongong schools forced into remote learning during UCI bike race

The scene of the incident. Picture: Anna Warr

Both northbound lanes were closed for several hours.

Road cleared hours after truck loses load on Princes Hwy near Blackbutt

At several locations across the CBD and inner suburbs, existing kerbs and traffic islands at intersections have been removed and replaced with a temporary orange bollard system.

Why orange bollards have been installed at Wollongong intersections

Takeaway: The site of the proposed restaurant and (inset) the Penrith branch. Picture: Robert Peet/Shutterstock

The store would be the first for the Illawarra, and the second for the cult favourite outside of Sydney.

24-hour El Jannah store could come to Albion Park Rail

The waters off the Illawarra could one day be home to an offshore wind farm

Wollongong is one of the chosen locations to explore offshore wind energy generation.