For many survivors of the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires, the upcoming winter will be their third in temporary accommodation, and some feel like they’ve been left to fend for themselves throughout the recovery. Rural Network reporter Natasha May explores what the past two years have been like for survivors in NSW and Victoria, and how red tape, the pandemi ... Show More
Aug 22
Back to Back Barries: roundtable reforms, and diplomatic rows
Barrie Cassidy, Tony Barry, and George Megalogenis discuss how productive the economic roundtable in Canberra was this week, and which ideas the government will act on first. They also discuss how the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has handled Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued at ... Show More
30m 11s
Dec 2021
‘We’ve been abandoned’: the long road to recovery for black summer bushfire survivors
Nearly two years after fires devastated the NSW south coast, families still live in caravans as they struggle to rebuild in the face of red tape, a skills shortage and dwindling government support. Rural and regional editor, Gabrielle Chan, introduces this story
13m 37s
Dec 2021
Madagascar: The Threat of Starvation
Madagascar is the second largest island nation in the world, yet quietly, largely unreported, its people are falling into starvation. 1.3 million are already suffering what’s called “severe food insecurity,” with the United Nations warning of worse to come. The World Food Program ... Show More
28m 44s
Sep 2020
The Forgotten Refugee Crisis in Europe
Among the olive groves of Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos, a makeshift city of tents and containers housed thousands of asylum seekers who had fled conflict and hardship in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere.Already frustrated at the deplorable conditions, inhabitants’ an ... Show More
28m 9s
Aug 2023
Homes destroyed, people displaced as wildfires scorch B.C., N.W.T.
Unpredictable and unrelenting wildfires have destroyed blocks of homes, stores and buildings in West Kelowna and part of the Shuswap region in British Columbia.
The province is currently under a state of emergency. 30,000 people are on evacuation order across B.C. and 36,000 more ... Show More
27m 25s
Dec 2022
Winter storm and severe cold sweeps across U.S.
Millions of Americans are being impacted by a monster winter storm that’s bringing ice, wind, snow and bitter cold to multiple parts of the country. More than 5,000 flights have been canceled as people try to get home for the holidays. Buffalo, New York Mayor Byron Brown gives AC ... Show More
42m 8s