Jenae Madden is a reporter for ABC North & West based in Port Pirie, South Australia. She is a multi-platform journalist, who cut her teeth working at ABC Tropical North in Queensland. She completed her double degree in media and politics at the University of Sydney specialising in audio production. Growing up in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Jenae's absolute passion is elevating the voices of marginalised communities and telling the stories of regional Australia. You can contact Jenae with story ideas on [email protected]
Concerns were raised about a level crossing more than a year before a truck and train crash in far west SA.
Topic: Rail Accidents and Incidents
Residents in this SA region were told their drinking water was running out by 2026. Locals now worry construction delays will affect the region's access to fresh drinking water.
Behind razor-wire fences in Port Lincoln, inmates are growing restaurant-quality produce and cultivating skills for a new life after prison.
From WA's capital to SA's far west coast, scientists have collated 50 years' worth of data on the southern right whale to track changes to breeding cycles.
A woman has been found after spending the night at Mount Remarkable in South Australia's Mid North.
H5N1 bird flu is suspected in a red fox found in suburban Adelaide, potentially marking the first time a mostly land-based mammal has been detected in Australia.
An official government count reveals a devastating population crash.
An inquest hears details about the family life of an Indigenous boy who died sleeping in a skip bin in SA. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died, used with the permission of their family.
A stoma nurse helped David Platt feel comfortable after a significant medical procedure, but now South Australia's largest regional city is nearly without the service.
Peterborough District Council charges the highest rates in SA, but it is not sure how it will pay back millions of dollars that were "redirected" from a wastewater fund.
On the far west coast of SA, this Aboriginal community requires a permit to enter, meaning people usually drive on by. But new public art at the roadhouse, bought by the community, aims to boost tourism and financial independence.
A regional community was left shaken after Simon Baccanello was killed in a shark attack in 2023. Now, his legacy will be cemented through a new sporting complex.
A South Australian artist is fighting drop-ship company Temu over its selling of her mosaic design on rugs. But how did the artwork get there in the first place?
As buffel grass explodes across Central Australia due to high rainfall, there are fears it will spread further east and threaten landmarks in South Australia and other states.
Whyalla has been forced to wind back services and let staff let go as its tourism industry suffers million-dollar losses from cuttlefish not making their usual migration.
Three dead seabirds have been collected and are being tested for the H5N1 bird flu virus in South Australia, as well as another two wild birds in Western Australia, following Australia's first confirmed cases of the deadly variant this week.
Some big data centres are being planned for regional areas and there are some good reasons for the boom, but are communities ready?
A massive data centre proposed for SA faces scrutiny over water and environmental risks.
Topic: Regional Development and Planning
Modelling predicts that the algal bloom that has plagued South Australia's coastlines since March 2025 will be moving further through the Spencer Gulf in the next few months.
A man from the Northern Territory has been killed in a head-on crash with a truck that forced the closure of the Stuart Highway in South Australia's far north earlier today.
Topic: Road Accidents and Incidents
Council-owned airports have been bailed out by the federal government to the tune of $4.8 million, $2 million of which was for NSW alone.
Normally at this time of year, RVs are hitting the road to head north and escape winter. But the ongoing fuel crisis is forcing travellers to stay closer to home, causing a serious economic downturn for many of the 2,500 businesses in the RV repair industry.
Topic: Tourism and Leisure Industry
A lack of clarity on the South Australian government's position on gun control reform has caused a downturn in revenue for retailers.
Locals say the possible closure of the Port Pirie smelter and the loss of the 900 jobs associated with it would have ongoing effects on the city and the wider Spencer Gulf region.
South Australia's premier says there is a "national imperative" to keep smelters running, as a $135 million assistance package for Nyrstar operations at Port Pirie and Hobart expires.
