Tag: South Australia
Annual New Year’s Eve festivities fizzle
MOUNT Gambier will be without its customary community New Year's Eve Festival this year with organisers cancelling the event for the first time in...
Forestry sector lodges urgent plan to keep border access open
SOUTH Australia's transition committee will consider a new COVID-19 management plan to enable business continuity in the Green Triangle forestry sector but health will...
New president takes reins of city lions club
A NEW president was sworn in at the Lions Club of Mount Gambier's 56th annual changeover dinner last week with Trevor Jacobs stepping down...
City helps raise students as nearly a dozen community-funded scholarships awarded
A DRIVE to succeed in their secondary education has paid off for a handful of Mount Gambier High School students.
The school recently announced the...
Emerging Limestone Coast entrepreneurs in spotlight
SEVERAL high-achieving Limestone Coast businesswomen have been celebrated at a recent Women in Business and Regional Development (WiBRD) social evening.
The 2020 Business Booster and...
State leads response as satellite command centre to be established in region
BORDER controls are set to be bolstered in the Limestone Coast following the State Government announcing a satellite COVID-19 command centre will be established...
Wheels in motion for regional rail trail
LIMESTONE Coast local government officials are expected to meet with South Australian Premier Steven Marshall today to champion a railway trail proposal which would...
Forcing travellers into isolation would do more harm than good: SA Health Minister
HEALTH Minister Stephen Wade has rejected calls to introduce mandatory supervised quarantine for people entering South Australia from Victoria, saying compulsory isolation would encourage...
Region readies for outbreak with medi-hotel
MOUNT Gambier will house South Australia's fifth medi-hotel to support individuals with a high COVID-19 risk factor but do not otherwise require hospitalisation, the...
Border walker’s Vic journey revealed, refused bail
A VICTORIAN man with a history of disregarding COVID-19 directions has been refused bail after he was located walking near a pine plantation south-east...
Re-brand reflects direction of Riddoch association
A NEW strategic plan has been released by the Riddoch Business and Community Association alongside its refreshed website.
The plan - available on the association's...
Nangwarry preschool program to return
NANGWARRY Primary School will reinstate its preschool facility for 2021 with expressions of interest already received for four prospective students.
The 2020 preschool service was...