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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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06 Aug 2025

Community

Fundraiser means cycling days

Nairne man Andrew Day will spend the next two months cycling from Perth to Adelaide and then on to Sydney, as he and his sons aim to raise $15,000 for the Cancer Council. About 10 years ago, after losing his father to prostate cancer, Mr Day rode...

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30 Jul 2025

Producers welcome sticker ban deferral

A Hills orchardist believes a deferral of a Statewide ban on non-compostable plastic price look-up (PLU) produce stickers is a win for the industry, saying a nationwide approach would reduce cost pressures for producers. SA was set to become the...

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30 Jul 2025

Cyclists set to return

The Hills will once again play a leading role in the Tour Down Under (TDU), after a local council back-flipped over its decision to pull funding from the event. Spectators will have the chance to witness the world’s best cyclists battle for the...

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23 Jul 2025

Ground-breaking work

A Crafers West woman has been nominated for a national soil health award for her significant contributions to viticulture and agroecology. Mary Retallack has spent 30 years of her career restoring agricultural landscapes and promoting soil health...

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23 Jul 2025

Council and Politics

Cock-a-doodle-don’t

Adelaide Hills Council residents living within towns would have to seek permission to keep roosters, bees or livestock on their properties, under a proposed new council by-law. Adelaide Hills councillors approved new draft by-laws at a meeting last...

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Green light for controversial golf development

The $86m redevelopment of the Stirling Golf Club has taken a significant step forward, with Planning Minister Nick Champion granting provisional development approval. The redevelopment includes construction of a hotel and upgrades of the golf...

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Residents slam Government plan

Woodside business owners say the State Government’s plan for the town’s main street will create more problems than it solves. The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) released its proposed design for the Onkaparinga Valley, Tiers...

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Council and Politics

Councillor test drives truck of the future

Crafers resident and Adelaide Hills Councillor Adrian Cheater has been test-driving a new fully-electric utility vehicle that he believes could have significant potential for the local government sector’s efforts to decarbonise. As part of the...

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Stirling mall resurrection

The developer behind the Stirling Village Mall redevelopment is hoping to begin construction later this year, a year and a half after the site was completely destroyed by a fire. Owner and developer Leyton Funds has lodged a planning application...

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09 Jul 2025

Council and Politics

Funding sought for Houghton Hub

The Adelaide Hills Council will investigate funding options for the long-awaited $4.2m Houghton Hub, after a Paracombe resident and local stakeholder agreed to match any council funding “dollar for dollar” to see the project finished. An...

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