OPINION: ‘playing the man’ never sits well with the public
By Graham Greenwood
IT was about 1977 when a reporter from The Border Watch was sitting in a ministerial car travelling from the Mount Gambier...
OPINION: Queensland fires reignite memories
SADLY I am old enough to remember Ash Wednesday in Mount Gambier - the heat, the smoke, the dead sheep and live stock all burnt to death.[...]
OPINION: ‘Hub’ the new buzz word for proposed indoor centre
CITY ratepayers have every right to be confused over what the actual name of the proposed $39.1m indoor centre is. It has had several name changes in just six months.[...]
OPINION: Women were our original basketball trailblazers
YOUNG sports people today have the advantage of being able to go further with their chosen sport than those of yesteryear. Today, it is not uncommon for[...]
OPINION: Rate relief is the challenge for new City Council
VOTING is now under way for the Mount Gambier City Council elections after voting papers were sent out last week. The 19,000 electors have until next Friday to lodge voting papers to elect a mayor and eight councillors.[...]
LETTER: Mayoral election pitch a concern for councillor candidate
I AM concerned about Grant District Mayor Richard Sage's election pitch published in the Border Watch on October 19. He emphasises his priority is to grow the Glenburnie saleyards into one of the best in the South East[...]
OPINION: Agricultural advocate addresses farcical alliance letters
LIMESTONE Coast Protection Alliance (LCPA) wrote a farcical public letter regarding mining, which needs to be addressed. The current LCPA committee has never been involved with mining or fighting it. Some original[...]
OPINION: History flashbacks provide interesting sport insight
SOMETIMES a look back at history is quite revealing and this is particularly so for those who enjoy reading The Border Watch "From the Archives" weekly section which highlights front pages from 50 years ago. For many, like me[...]
OPINION: Long-term plan needed to avoid service duplication
ONE of the major problems this city faces is the duplication of services offered by several infrastructure projects that have been built over the years.Those that come quickly to mind are the library, Main Corner and Lady Nelson[...]
OPINION: Voters may punish ‘missing-in-action’ councilors
SOME months ago I wrote there was a possibility the number of candidates seeking positions as councillors at the November election could match a...
LETTER: Fisheries given sustainability tick for fifth consecutive
AUSTRALIA'S Commonwealth-managed fisheries have been given a tick of sustainability with no fisheries subject to overfishing for the fifth consecutive year. This is according to the Fisheries Status Reports 2018, released[...]
OPINION: Keep the pressure on gas companies
ALONG with clearly some 95pc of South East residents, I applaud the SA Liberal Government as well as minor parties and independents for not only listening to "the people", but listening to the overwhelming amount of damning[...]
Hood rejects further questions
MEMBER of the Legislative Council Ben Hood has once again rejected a number of questions during Parliament’s question time.
Mr Hood was recently asked...
