Stephanie Gardiner

Classic country houses holding back the regional dream

Australia's regions are facing a worsening housing shortage, with typical country houses part of the complex problem, a report has found.

Tree changers expecting too much from life in the bush

Country roads are increasingly taking city slickers to their new homes. But the great migration to Australia’s regions is not all it is cracked up to be for rural councils who are scrambling to meet the high expectations of tree changers. Country councils have told a federal inquiry into local…