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03 Sep 2025

Op shop faces the chop

The future of the Gumeracha Op Shop hangs in the balance, with an independent report revealing the shop is no longer financially viable and at odds with the council’s strategic objectives. Consultancy firm BRM Advisory conducted a service review...

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03 Sep 2025

Community

Historian driving campaign for war era bus

A local historian has started a grassroots campaign to bring a piece of Lobethal history back to the town – a 1940s Graeber’s bus. Graeber’s bus service operated in Lobethal from around 1919 until the 1970s, transporting residents from the...

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03 Sep 2025

No show: Adelaide Hills councillors have the lowest attendance rate in the Hills

Three of the 13 people elected to the Adelaide Hills Council missed more than half of their scheduled council meetings this year. Current Councillor Kirrilee Boyd has attended six of the council’s 16 meetings this year, while former Councillor...

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27 Aug 2025

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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27 Aug 2025

Missed meetings: council to investigate attendance issues

Council staff will examine how often Adelaide Hills Councillors skip meetings and the impact prolonged or frequent absences have on the council. At a meeting last week elected members supported a motion put by Councillor Adrian Cheater, asking chief...

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20 Aug 2025

Urgent works to ensure old mill safety

The Adelaide Hills Council will fork out more than $500,000 for urgent “keep safe” works on a council-owned stormwater culvert that runs underneath the Old Onkaparinga Woollen Mill site at Lobethal. At a special council meeting earlier this...

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20 Aug 2025

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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20 Aug 2025

Bee backlash: community responds to bee, rooster and livestock by-law

The Adelaide Hills Council will consider whether to further consult with the community on a controversial proposed by-law that would require residents living within towns to seek permission to keep roosters, bees or livestock. It comes after an...

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13 Aug 2025

Council to consider co-located housing

Adelaide Hills Council area residents may be able to build additional dwellings within existing properties without subdividing, with the viability of co-located housing to be explored as part of the council’s housing strategy. It comes as the...

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13 Aug 2025

Smoke tainted air

Winter wood smoke is contributing to “poor air quality” at Mt Barker, with the level of airborne fine particles “consistently higher” than other parts of metropolitan Adelaide, an Environment Protection Authority (EPA) study has found. The...

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06 Aug 2025

Club fights to retain oval use

The Torrens Valley Football Club (TVFC) is fighting to maintain access to one of it’s two ovals, as the Barossa Council voted to re-pursue a 2018 master plan that prioritises equestrian at Talunga Park at Mt Pleasant. At a meeting last month...

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06 Aug 2025

Players fight to save inline hockey

After 30 years of inline hockey at the Blackwood Community Recreation Centre (BCRC), the centre’s management committee has abruptly cancelled the season and told its more than 400 players that the sport will be discontinued. The decision has been...

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