Tackling period poverty
SHARE the Dignity’s biannual Dignity Drive has begun for March and the charity is urging people to donate where they can.
Share the Dignity has...
Nostalgic sweet treat
Get ready for an egg-citing Easter as two residents bring back the beloved holiday tradition of sugar eggs.
Margaret Carter and Robyn Mengler, of Mount...
John Shelton elected
JOHN Shelton has been named as the newest councillor for Wattle Range Council.
Announced earlier today, Mr Shelton received first preference votes totalling 911.
According...
Gather Round influx expected for Mount Gambier
THE upcoming Australian Football League (AFL) Gather Round is set to attract more than 40,000 people to Mount Gambier before heading off to Adelaide...
A century on, they’re re-enacting a mailrun
Rob Fairchild and his team of five horses will re-enact an olden day mailrun from April 8 to April 11, to commemorate the anniversary...
Produce call out for community kitchen
THE SUNSET Community Kitchen are currently seeking produce donations to keep up with high demands.
As a non-for-profit organisation, the kitchen relies on the support...
New technology paves the way to better roads
A TECHNOLOGY fuelled truck has made its way to Mount Gambier/Berrin this week in an effort to survey deteriorating roads.
The National Transport Research Organisation...
Alarm amid Meta move
Australia’s largest organisation of newspaper publishers has attacked the announcement by Meta that it will no longer negotiate deals with publishers once current agreements...
What’s on at the Mount Gambier Library
Meet Calin – French for ‘Hug’
March 1 – 26
On display in the Library, this sculpture is made up of many interlocking elements as a...
Public housing increase for SA
PUBLIC housing is set to be built in Mount Gambier/Berrin following promises from the state government.
A total of 167 public homes will be...
Bin collection on hold for Cape Douglas
THE rollout of the mobile garbage collection expansion to Cape Douglas has been put on hold after the District Council of Grant received an...
Businesses try to stay afloat amid cost increases
INCREASED costs to swimming facilities may leave Mount Gambier/Berrin families more out of pocket, but businesses are trying to minimise the impact.
An...
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Member for MacKillop expresses visa worker concerns
DESPITE cuts in the number of skilled visas allocated for each state, South Australia still has “some capacity” in its allocation.
The Minister for Workforce...
