Roundhouse ‘neglect’ disappoints
It's disappointing to again see the area of land around the old Roundhouse building being neglected by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure....
Loss and sadness linger
IT is January again.
Just when we think we deserve warm balmy days and evenings outside with a cold drink, that south easterly wind...
OPINION: 2020 has not gone to plan
It’s been a funny old year.
At the start of the year, I gave a lot of thought to things I wanted to get done...
LETTER: Timber workers take action against national giant
By Brad Coates - CFMMEU Greater Green Triangle District secretary
THIS week saw widespread timber worker, contractor and community support across the country for...
LETTER: ‘Lock The Gate’ concern reiterated
Anthony Maney, Mount Gambier
ON the Have your say page of The Border Watch (Wednesday, September 18, 2019) my concerns about the registered charity, Lock...
LETTER: Plastic Free July draws worldwide attention
Heather Heggie, Naracoorte
PLASTIC Free July is once again focusing our attention globally on plastic pollution.
Drowning in Plastic is a powerful documentary as shown on...
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...
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...
