Jostina is a reporter in the ABC Canberra newsroom. She has previously worked in student journalism and community radio and interned at the Sydney Morning Herald.
There is one main reason backpackers take on the tough jobs in regional Australia, and it is about to disappear.
Advocates are calling for specialist endometriosis education in NSW public schools to make it less awkward for students and teachers to discuss the condition.
A man in his 20s dies after hitting a goalpost while being towed by a quad bike at a recreation reserve in regional New South Wales.
After decades of growth, Young's Muslim community is opening the doors to one of regional Australia's largest mosques.
A jury has found David Robert Blackbourne not guilty on one count of assault with act of indecency, but was unable to reach a verdict on multiple other sexual assault charges.
An early magpie swooping season, underwhelming ski season and canola crops blooming a month in advance are some signs of an unusually warm winter across NSW.
Medical students are not eligible for the Commonwealth Prac Payment, leaving some wondering if they will be able to graduate.
Topic: Doctors and Medical Professionals
Homeless advocates are criticising the approach of Wagga Wagga city council after it threatened to fine people sleeping rough $1,100 if they did not move on after the death of a newborn at a makeshift camp.
People living at a homeless hotspot in Wagga were given until today to move on, but some say they still have nowhere to go.
Pub nights are becoming far less rowdy as young people swap big nights out for morning run clubs.
Homeless people in Wagga Wagga's Wilks Park camping area have been ordered to remove all personal belongings by July 7.
The magnitude-2.9 earthquake was felt in parts of the Snowy Mountains just before 1pm on Sunday, according to Geoscience Australia.
All Australians in the al-Roj camp in Syria, bar one woman and child, have now returned, the last group of arrivals touching down earlier this week.
The return of several 'ISIS brides' from Syria has been re-traumatising for Australian Yazidis, many of whom escaped sexual slavery at the hands of the terrorist organisation.
Church land is being touted as a potential solution to the homelessness crisis in a southern NSW city still reeling from the death of a newborn baby in a tent almost three weeks ago.
NSW Police focused the search for triple murderer Julian Ingram based on sightings by the public, but his body was found between the two major search areas.
When residents of Narrandera, in southern NSW, turn on the tap, the water that comes out is sometimes so dirty it stains their clothes.
The Pickles have been running the only hardware store in Junee for six decades, but now they are handing over the keys.
Sales of electric vehicles have surged, but NSW government mapping shows regional areas are still lacking EV charging stations.
As Iranian Australians try to celebrate Persian new year, news of the conflict in the Middle East is always front of mind.
Topic: Community and Cultural Events
The only petrol station in a small New South Wales town has run out of fuel amid ongoing oil supply disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East.
The National Party's candidate for the Farrer by-election, Brad Robertson, says the people of Farrer have been "waiting" for the Nationals to come back.
Aaron McCarthy stepped onto a snowboard four years ago. This week he hopes to qualify for the Winter Paralympics.
The musical genre is helping young offenders at a juvenile detention centre in southern NSW find their voices.
A limited-edition birth certificate released to mark the Chinese Year of the Horse is being labelled "hypocritical" as a cull of wild horses continues in the NSW high country.
