Home 2018
Yearly Archives: 2018
Mount Gambier’s “Great Debate”
POWER prices, tourism and the need for a stable medical workforce will be among the hot topics expected to be flagged at the Mount...
Stray dogs attack Big Moo
STRAY dogs have been blamed for attacking the super-size dairy steer known as "Big Moo" at his Glencoe paddock on the weekend.
Big Moo has...
Regional gas debate roars on
PRODUCTION is well under way at Beach Energy's Haselgrove-3 conventional gas well north of Mount Gambier with flaring continuing at the site.
Flaring began on...
Bowls: Port Mac duo goes back-to-back
CAROL Schmidt and Heather Richards have claimed back-to-back women's championship pairs titles at the Port MacDonnell Bowling Club.
Playing Lyn Vanderley and Elaine Pruis in...
Living costs alleviated
AROUND 30,000 South Australian tenants on low or fixed incomes started receiving a State Government Cost of Living Concession last week[...]
Greyhounds: Price’s big bag the best in months
ANOTHER day of multiple winners last Sunday for Compton greyhound trainer Tracie Price - this time a bag of five - was the best...
Smoking ban for SA prisons
THE State Government will support Cancer Council SA's call to ban smoking in South Australian prisons by 2020[...]
Country roads snubbed
UPGRADING country roads should be a higher priority for the Liberal Party than a multi-million dollar city car park, according to the Member for...
Plastics scrapped
MOUNTAINS of plastic waste have piled up at Green Triangle Recyclers as the shock waves following China's ban on foreign waste imports continue to...
Cricket: Demons defy odds in Twenty20 Cup final
South 8/131 d North 101
AN upset victory to "underdogs" South Gambier over an otherwise dominant North Sportsman's in the Mount Gambier and District Cricket...
Shrove Tuesday celebrated
PANCAKE making will be under way at Tenison Woods College tomorrow as students come together for Shrove Tuesday and raise money for Project Compassion,...
Sailors return to sea
PORT MacDonnell sailors returned to weekly club competition on Saturday after a welcome Christmas break.
The day saw eight boats take to the water, with...
Windy weather proves a challenge
UNITING remains undefeated in the Division 1 Mount Gambier and District tennis competition after four rounds.
Its latest triumph came against Reidy Park in blustery...
