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OPINION: Border communities struck in middle of state mud-slinging

GIVEN the war of words going on between Adelaide and Melbourne, maybe it is time to pull Princeland out of the history books. Mount Gambier...

OPINION: Scouting provides many life skills and leadership

BOYS and girls who join Scouts are not just better prepared than other children - new research shows they are better problem-solvers, more confident...

LETTER: Isolation helps rediscover lost treasures

Lucy Richards, Mount Gambier COMPULSORY isolation over the last few months has been responsible for the discovery of many forgotten treasures. Photos, family histories, school report...

OPINION: Some sports might benefit after COVID-19 crisis ends

LAST week a letter to the editor in this newspaper from Lucy Richards provided an insight into what the sport of tennis meant to...

LETTER: Better driver behaviour and road safety investment crucial to curbing fatalities

Scott Buchholz MP, Road Safety and Freight Transport assistant minister RARELY a day goes by the average Australian does not use a road. We’re driving on...

LETTER: Nation could lead as superpower supplier

Heather Heggie, Naracoorte ECO services are valued at $125t per annum globally and GDP is $80t globally. Loss of wetlands, reefs and land is $8t per...

LETTER: Smoking rates continue to frustrate

Colin Mendelsohn, Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association Foundation chairman and board member IN the lead up to World No Tobacco Day on Sunday May 31,...

Anger excited over lake rejuvenation proposal

AN INVESTIGATION into replenishing dried lakes with water to rejuvenate fishing and boating in the crater lakes precinct has sparked lots of debate on...

LETTER: Volunteers receive registration support

Evelyn O'Loughlin, Volunteering SA&NT chief executive VOLUNTEERING SA&NT has been given funding to formally manage registrations for volunteers during the pandemic. As the only official site...

LETTER: Nation praised for ‘flattening’ curve

Sophie Henke, Mount Gambier DESPITE unpreparedness for COVID 19, Australia has done well in flattening the curve. If only the same resolve was applied to flattening...

LETTER: Australia urged to follow climate ‘trend’

Sandra Young, Southend IT IS time to reassess what is working and what is not. What will be the "new normal" after Covid-19? I see that we...

LETTER: 2020 emergencies puts mental health to the test

2020 - what a tumultuous year we have seen so far from bushfires to now COVID-19. Regardless of the situation, one thing that remains constant...

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Fishing back on the cards

Fishing restrictions in South East waters established to help control the Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) outbreak have been eased, with ongoing conditions. The surveillance to...