City engineering projects continue
MOUNT Gambier City Council will continue to progress engineering projects across the city during September Concrete footpath construction on Swallow Drive and Kennedy Avenue is 65pc and 50pc completed respectively.[...]
Proposed amendment to close legislation loophole
SA BEST will aim to close a loophole in legislation which allows priests who hear confessions of child abuse to avoid reporting the matter to police. MLC Connie Bonaros introduced the Statutes Amendment (Mandatory[...]
Laptop program shut down
THE Liberal State Government has cut a program which supplied free government-funded laptops for senior public high school students across South Australia The program was launched by the former Labor government[...]
Power plan subsidy
UP TO 40,000 South Australian households will have access to $100m in subsidies from October this year to pay for the installation of home battery systems The State Government has revealed details of its home battery[...]
Hundreds of health professionals bound for Blue Lake city
AROUND 300 health professionals will converge on the Blue Lake city next month for The Muster - an international conference co-hosted by Flinders University and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.The Muster will be the[...]
Cattle killed in collision
A MOUNT Gambier woman has escaped serious injury after crashing her vehicle into rogue cattle in Yahl on Sunday evening. The 28-year-old was driving a Nissan Patrol on Ruwoldt Police and emergency services attended the[...]
Timber announcement welcomed
THE Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed timber manufacturing business Timberlink's announcement it will invest $100m into its Australian sawmills, which will see its processing capacity increase by more[...]
Cyber safety initiative
AUSTRALIA'S foremost expert on cyber safety will deliver a "no nonsense" parent information session in Mount Gambier this month. Susan McLean was the first Victorian police officer appointed to a cyber safety role in the[...]
Guided walking tour program launched
TOURISM Mount Gambier and Mount Gambier City Council will host two information sessions about a collaborative Guides of Mount Gambier program next week[...]
Timber industry dinner meeting
THE Mount Gambier Timber Industry Club will host a keynote address at its next meeting on Monday Guest speaker Tammy Auld will discuss the purpose and structure of the National Institute for Forest Innovation (NIFPI) and[...]
National body signs off on Mount Gambier practice of standards
MORNINGSIDE House Family Practice has received a national award of accreditation, boosting Mount Gambier's community health credentials. Entries have now closed for the October 23-26 event, with the two-year-old cabernet[...
Wine producers vie for regional show honours
A TOTAL of 499 of the region's favourite wines have been entered in next month's Limestone Coast Wine Show, representing 77 producers from all seven Limestone Coast sub-regions.Entries have now closed for the[...]
Regional sex assault victims enduring travel trauma
Sexual assault victims are enduring long, traumatic journeys to Adelaide for forensic examinations because of a lack of regional services, the South Australian Royal...
