Catherine McAloon

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Nathan Morris |Catherine McAloon

Regional leaders are welcoming a key Coalition election pledge to channel money into much needed services through a $20 billion future fund, but questions remain about how and when the fund will deliver dollars to the bush. The Regional Australia Future Fund (RAFF) is one of two new funds the Coalition outlined plans for this week, using money from windfall receipts — where revenue raised from commodities exceeds what was projected.

Nov 10, 2023 | abc.net.au | Catherine McAloon |Sinead Mangan |Nathan Morris

At a newsagent in Toowoomba in regional Queensland, Trudy Groves is stocking the store's magazine racks — a job she's been doing for years. Here, among the long rows of glossy publications that cater to the reading needs of home renovators, gold hunters, hobby farmers, celebrity watchers, and puzzle lovers, Trudy is witnessing a resurgence in demand for print magazines. Trudy's newsagency is in a magazine-buying heartland, according to the CEO of AreMedia, Jane Huxley.

Jul 8, 2023 | msn.com | Sinead Mangan |Catherine McAloon

Australia is lucky to have some of the darkest skies in the world, but that is rapidly changing. Thousands of satellites can be seen at night circling the globe, with many of them there to improve how we communicate on Earth, and that number is predicted to explode in coming years. Scientists, looking deep into space, have been voicing their concerns that these satellites are encroaching on their ability to study the cosmos.

Jun 24, 2023 | en.mogaznews.com | Catherine McAloon |Sinead Mangan

Criminologists and academics say some members of community Facebook groups, fed up with crime rates, are endorsing vigilante action and stirring ...

Jun 23, 2023 | abc.net.au | Catherine McAloon

On a small vegetable farm at Tower Hill, in Victoria's south west, a gaggle of excited primary school students wearing gigantic gumboots plod into rich, near-black mud, and file down into a field of overgrown cabbages. They are here to get their hands dirty while helping hungry people — seeing how harvesting cabbages will end up being delivered free to local residents experiencing food insecurity.