Ruben Driver has a round trip of 4,000 kilometres to reach his boarding school. The cost of fuel is placing his family under immense pressure to get him to class. 

Farmers are turning to roadside grazing, selling up stock, and, in one case, shipping cattle to an island to navigate the drought and the rising cost of diesel.

The country has come to the city for the Royal Easter Show and despite the cost of the trip blowing out amid high fuel prices, the exhibitors say they would not miss it.

A new Vodafone campaign has regional Australians seething after the telecommunications giant claimed to focus its network infrastructure on where "98 whatever per cent of you actually live". 

A shift towards modern technology is making a career in agriculture more appealing to a new generation of farmers.

Australian sheep and lamb prices keep rising despite global uncertainty. But how long will consumers be willing to pay?

The battery project, which will provide back-up power for up to 80,000 homes in Broken Hill, will go ahead with new conditions after a dispute was resolved between the company and an outback stargazing business.