Tag: Controversial
State Government gives ground on genetically modified crop ban
SOUTH Australian Greens leader Mark Parnell lambasted the State Government yesterday after it announced it would lift a ban on Genetically Modified (GM) food...
Pearson ‘to scrap business’
GRANT District Council has ran out of patience with controversial scrap metal dealer Keith Pearson and taken "immediate action" to clean up the roadside...
Pearson found guilty of ‘unlawful storage’
CONTROVERSIAL Mount Gambier junkyard dealer Keith Pearson has been found guilty in the Environment Resources and Development Court SA of undertaking unlawful storage activities...
Court orders roadside clean-up
CONTROVERSIAL Mount Gambier scrap metal merchant Keith Pearson has been given just weeks to clear up the roadside along his Megaw Road property at...
Red tape puts brakes on city Autofest event
MOUNT Gambier appears to have lost an annual multi-million dollar motorsport fixture following organisers unable to locate a suitable site for the controversial "burn-out"...
New twist in scrap metal saga
GRANT District elected members have raised fears hundreds of cars stockpiled at a Compton quarry are potentially leaching pollutants into the underground aquifer.
This follows...
Legislative decision fuels strong debate between political opponents
LIBERAL MP Nick McBride has slammed senior Labor former minister Tom Koutsantonis for claiming the State Government was anti-industry for supporting a legislated ban...
Anti-fracking campaigners city-bound for a second time
ANTI-FRACKING campaigners will again make a 900km round trip to Adelaide tomorrow in support of Member for Mount Gambier Troy Bell's bid to ban...