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Gabrielle Chan

Gabrielle Chan is an author and journalist, and was previously Guardian Australia's rural and regional editor

October 2024

  • File photo of the country town of Bright, Victoria, Australia

    The rural network, Victoria
    Good coffee, breweries and dog washes: what makes a regional Australian town attractive to treechangers?

    Gabrielle Chan
    Four years after the pandemic-led spike in regional migration, people in cities are still looking to the bush – but they won’t stay if the conditions aren’t right

September 2024

  • Nationals leader David Littleproud speaks at a farmer’s rally in Canberra in September 2024

    The rural network, Victoria
    Victorian Farmers Federation splits from national body over Keep the Sheep rally

    VFF chair Emma Germano says the National Farmers’ Federation is conducting ‘policy by press release’ and no longer represents Victorian farmers
  • Farming and political leaders line up at a rally this month outside Parliament House

    The rural network, Victoria
    With agriculture at a sharp fork in the road, Australia needs savvy farm leaders

    Gabrielle Chan
    There’s a war brewing between those who want to plan for future challenges and those who want to turn back the tide
  • National Farmers' Federation president, David Jochinke, and members of other peak agricultural bodies at Parliament House on 15 May

    The rural network, Victoria
    Tuesday’s rally for Australian farmers lists seven priorities – but the biggest two are nowhere to be seen

    Gabrielle Chan
    The last time the National Farmers’ Federation marched on Canberra politicians were carefully controlled. This time the agenda looks more useful for politicians than farmers

August 2024

  • The courthouse in Wagga Wagga

    The rural network, Victoria
    The struggle to tell rural Australian stories has never been harder – or more essential

    Gabrielle Chan
    Local media have been stretched ever thinner as the money to train and staff publications disappears. Now many towns have no reliable news source
  • (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

    Full Story
    The debate over daylight saving – Full Story podcast

    Tamsin Rose speaks to rural and regional editor Calla Wahlquist and columnist Gabrielle Chan about why changing the time continues to be a divisive issue
  • A Rex Airlines plane at Sydney airport

    The rural network, Victoria
    Australia’s airline duopoly won’t keep planes in regional skies

    Gabrielle Chan
    Anti-competitive behaviour has crept into so many of our essential services, including country airports, but there’s still plenty of flying to be done. Sic ’em, Rex

July 2024

  • early morning cattle<br>Cattle in the yard at sunrise with sun coming through a tree behind them

    The rural network, Victoria
    Stop the clocks: the cows aren’t confused by daylight saving, but I am

    Gabrielle Chan
  • Amber Haigh and Robert Geeves with their son. Geeves and his wife, Anne Geeves, are on trial for Haigh’s alleged murder

    Amber Haigh said she was tied up by Robert Geeves and questioned about other relationships during sex, murder trial told

  • Amber Haigh and her baby and Robert Geeves

    One of last people to see Amber Haigh may have estimated date of sighting from news report, court hears

  • A roadside memorial for a person who was hit by traffic in Alice Springs

    The rural network, Victoria
    Regional Australians are five times more likely to die in road accidents – so what are we doing about it?

    Gabrielle Chan

  • Amber Haigh was placed in ‘cargo’ section of car to meet ambulance, court hears

  • The rural network, Victoria
    Extravagant maker of schemes: unpicking Barnaby Joyce’s anti-renewables campaign

    Gabrielle Chan

June 2024

  • An aerial view of outback road

    The rural network, Victoria
    Is ‘urban narcissism’ behind rural Australia’s doctor drought?

    Gabrielle Chan
  • A windfarm in Australia

    The rural network, Victoria
    If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station?

    Gabrielle Chan

May 2024

  • A live sheep export ship at Fremantle port, Western Australia

    The rural network, Victoria
    Voter views on animal welfare are changing – and taking the live sheep export trade with them

    Gabrielle Chan
  • Driving Into A Dust Storm<br>Country road, Australia. (Stock image)

    The rural network, Victoria
    In rural Australia, everyone knows your business – so it’s harder for victims of violence to get help

    Gabrielle Chan

April 2024

  • Dairy cows NSW

    The rural network, Victoria
    If Australia has reached ‘peak milk’, what does that mean for our food security?

    Gabrielle Chan
    Consumers assume Australia has milk production covered – but the national dairy herd is declining and imports are at record highs
  • Children play with toys at a preschool in Canberra

    Full Story
    How ‘childcare deserts’ are holding Australia back – Full Story podcast

    Guardian Australia columnist Gabrielle Chan tells Nour Haydar about the ongoing challenges of parenting in regional Australia and why more towns need access to childcare services
  • A toddler plays with building blocks

    The rural network, Victoria
    Regional Australia needs health workers and teachers – but it has to have childcare first

    Gabrielle Chan
    Almost half the population live in a ‘childcare desert’ while employers are crying out for workers – it’s time to connect the dots
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