Administration

Sharon Pett

Mar 21 2023 Updated March 21, 2023

Brendan McDonald

1 min read

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Green light for new motel

A two-storey motel at Oakbank has been approved by the Adelaide Hills Council Assessment Panel (CAP), after the planning firm in charge of the project revised designs due to “a significant amount of community feedback”. According to planning...

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Fin Dunford

20 Aug 2025

News

Student visa process ‘erratic’

A Crafers West man has resorted to taking court action after his nephew was denied an Australian student visa in what he believes was an unjust administration error. Reinhard Struve lodged documents to initiate a remedy in the Federal Circuit and...

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Elisa Rose

27 Aug 2025

Council and Politics

Resignations trigger supplementary elections

Four new councillors will be elected to Hills councils next month, following a wave of resignations earlier this year. The Adelaide Hills Council will hold two supplementary elections for its Ranges and Valleys wards, while Mt Barker residents will...

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Louis Mayfield

27 Aug 2025

Police

Homemade road sign sparks police warning

SA Police is warning the public not to alter road signs after a speed limit sign at Hahndorf was changed recently. The 60km/h sign on Ambleside Road had a 50km/h sign fixed over the top of it, in what some interpreted as a protest against the legal...

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Louis Mayfield

27 Aug 2025

Back from the brink

Conservation work at Monarto Safari Park has helped bring the scimitar-horned oryx back from the brink of extinction. The native African animal was declared extinct in the wild in 2000, leading to a global conservation effort to save it, including...

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The Courier

27 Aug 2025

News

The fruit of his labor

Brian Croser’s “lifelong waltz” with Australian wine has been anything but smooth, but the accomplished winemaker has embraced his passion to help shape the nation’s wine industry. Earlier this month, the Piccadilly viticulturist became the...

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Scott Murphy

27 Aug 2025

News

Season makes a ‘dramatic turnaround’

Hills grain growers are reporting “a dramatic turnaround” in their season, following steady rains over the last two months. Many growers in the region were forced to seed into dry ground this year amid drought conditions and a delayed break in...

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Fin Dunford

27 Aug 2025

News

Student visa process ‘erratic’

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Elisa Rose

27 Aug 2025