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Country health treatment ‘disgrace’
MEMBER for Mount Gambier Troy Bell has labelled the recently released state parliamentary inquiry report into regional health services nothing more than "political point scoring".[...]
City mayor given week to pay debt
THE civil dispute between Mount Gambier Mayor Andrew Lee and a local building contractor continued in court last week.[...]
Kangaroo cull ‘win-win’
GRANT District Council has called for kangaroo commercial harvesting to be given the green light to underpin a new industry and curb the population of the native animal.[...]
Grassroots health care campaign
AN INCREASE in demand and lack of funding has fuelled passionate community members to host the first fundraiser for the Mount Gambier hospital in...
MSEFL: Roosters bow out
ROBE brought its Mid South East football season to a close with a 12-point loss at Tantanoola after a match of sea-sawing fortunes.
The wind...
South Australian State Committee of Highland Dancing technical competition
AROUND 30 dancers in vibrant tartan kilts impressed a capacity audience with their fancy footwork at the Main Corner complex on Saturday afternoon.
The South...
WBFL: Roos get the jump on Demons
IN a game that never displayed a consistent clean standard of football skills or fluent ball transition a jubilant West Gambier broke an eight-game...
WBFL: Bulldogs return to winners list over Saints
EAST Gambier returned to the winners list in Western Border football on Saturday with an emphatic 59-point victory over Millicent at McLaughlin Park on...
WBFL: Casterton Sandford take down North Gambier
CASTERTON Sandford caused its second upset in as many weeks on Saturday when it hosted ladder-leader North Gambier for a 33-point victory at Island...
Traffic stop results in drug bust
A MAN being stopped by police for driving without a seatbelt led to a series of discoveries, resulting in uncovering of the location of several cannabis plants being hydroponically grown.[...]
‘No judgement’ from district religious leader
MOUNT Gambier and District Ministers Association president Pastor Errol Carson believes most members of the association will agree they are not the "moral police" of society.[...]
No love lost
A REGIONAL same-sex marriage campaigner has warned the Federal Government's proposed voluntary postal plebiscite is fuelling "negativity" against same sex couples in the region.
Activist...
Artists added to lineup
PORT Fairy Folk Festival is fast approaching, with further artists being added to the line-up.
Now in its 49th year, the hugely popular festival...
