ABC Heywire

ABC Heywire winners celebrate stories of life across regional and rural Australia

7 December 2022 Strength, perseverance, and optimism feature strongly in the stories from the 2023 ABC Heywire winners, announced today. 39 winners were chosen from the hundreds of Australians...

ABC Trailblazers program will showcase young regional leaders

28 September 2022 Applications are now open for the ABC’s 2023 Trailblazers program, which showcases the stories of regional Australia’s brightest new leaders. Trailblazers is an opportunity for...

Trailblazers head to Canberra to showcase their projects for change

8 June 2022 This week, young change-makers from around the country will descend on Canberra as part of the ABC’s Trailblazers program. This year’s winners showcase the passion and...

This year’s ABC Heywire winners are telling it like it is

15 December 2021 ABC Heywire has announced the winners of its annual regional storytelling competition, which puts young Australians at the centre of the conversations that shape their...

2022 ABC Heywire competition opens

29 July 2021 The ABC’s Heywire competition is calling on people aged 16-22 years to share their experiences of life in regional Australia and for their stories to...

Regional communities are invited to apply for $175,000 in Heywire Youth Innovation Grants

14 July 2021 ABC Heywire is calling on community organisations across regional Australia to implement ideas developed at the first ever Heywire Youth Ideas Lab in Broken Hill by applying...