Community Organisations

First-time mum Nina Peterson felt lonely in the first months of her daughter's life so she decided to find daughter Millie a grandparent. And along came Christine.

Papua New Guinea's fuel supply is once again in crisis, joining a growing list of national challenges facing Prime Minister James Marape ahead of a vote of no confidence in his leadership. But there is reason to believe he will survive, writes Tim Swanston.

You might go to your local librarian for a book recommendation, but people are increasingly asking them for help with social services too, or getting on the housing list, or even booking to see a GP.

Twenty per cent of sporting clubs are on the brink of collapse. There are concerns closures would have an impact not just on regional communities, but also on the quality of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic team.

Bonnie Telfer may not seem like a quintessential CWA deputy president, but the 23-year-old single-handedly saved her town's branch from closure after membership in Darkan fell to single digits.

John Thompson is visiting his wife Di for Valentine's Day at a Queensland aged care home. She is among more than 60 residents who received a gift from the community after a six-week COVID-19 lockdown.

Flying chaplains are encouraging more people to head to the outback where they say a world of opportunities awaits. After 16 years of servicing remote residents, pilots Natalie and Simon share their experiences.

Parkrun says dropping reports of speed-based records from its website ensures it does not "imply that parkrun is a race".

Victorian water skier Luke Wentworth died from injuries suffered after he fell during the Southern 80 ski race on Sunday. Some are now calling for the race to be cancelled.

The Country Fire Authority is under fire after a letter sent to a CFA captain reveals the organisation was planning to remove sanitary bins from a regional Victorian branch.

The Tumby Bay community rallies to save the historic heart of town, 52 years after a tractor driver led a charge to block workmen from demolishing a jetty that provides teenagers with fun activities, habitat for marine species, and a place for everyone to unwind.

After almost 10 years of hard work, fundraising and grant applications the small town of Milang on Lake Alexandrina has restored its butter factory

Residents of a northern NSW village are raising $500,000 to save their community's central meeting place.

The daughter of a 70-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in a shopping centre car park, says her mother "loved everybody" and urged people not to "judge the whole community by a couple of bad apples".

Margreet Diment knows what it's like not having a space to relax and chat. So she opened an enterprise in Bordertown to help the many migrants affected by the housing shortage.

The urn containing ashes was lost in Cairns two weeks ago after being stashed in a microwave that had been donated to flood victims. It took a little help from local radio before it could be reunited with the family.

It has been eight years since a small group of volunteers joined to form a street art project, and now 13 murals don the walls of the buildings in this small town.

What started out as a small community fundraiser with 50 participants has now turned into an event attracting hundreds of people, and even international supporters. The annual Marilyn Monroe Jetty Swim this year broke fundraising and attendance records.

A comic writer, an Indigenous artist and an app developer are just some of the inspiring young Australians who have won this year's Heywire Trailblazer competition.

Frustrated with a lack of government action, the residents of this coastal paradise constructed their own sea walls to slow coastal erosion. But authorities claim the ad hoc builds sometimes make erosion worse and need to be removed.

Fears of regional escalation are growing as the Israel-Gaza war drags on, with data showing political violence has increased across the Middle East. These are the four main hotspots.

One phone call sparked a community-led campaign to cover the relocation cost for a mother and her five daughters who had fled from Afghanistan to Iran on a tourist visa.

The Kyby Tigers in South Australia haven't won a premiership since 1974. But that could change with the arrival of two new recruits, including former Melbourne Demons captain Jack Trengove.

A study of tens of thousands of Victorian cases finds women in cardiac arrest are only half as likely as men to receive defibrillation from a bystander — some telling investigators they feared exposing the patient's chest.

The state government is sending more police resources to Kalgoorlie-Boulder but has not said what it will do to address the underlying issues that often lead to antisocial behaviour.