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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

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