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04 Jun 2025

The Courier, June 4, 2025

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04 Jun 2025

News

Fire fighters battle blaze in gusty conditions

Firefighters from the Lenswood, Lobethal, Woodside and Oakbank Balhannah CFS brigades worked in gusty conditions to contain a grass fire at Lenswood this week. At about 4.10pm on May 25, firefighters attended a Swamp Road property following reports...

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28 May 2025

Letters, May 28, 2025

Deserved accolades I WANT to express my thanks to the wonderful police officer senior constable first class Craig. We reported a credit card fraud and he sat us down and introduced himself in a very quiet, relaxed manner which immediately put us at...

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28 May 2025

The Courier, May 28, 2025

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28 May 2025

Letters, May 21, 2025

Indicator insanity I REFER to the article in The Courier, May 14, regarding ‘Drivers on the blink!’ I totally concur with Scott Murphy about the lack of driver courtesy shown by drivers who fail to indicate their intentions clearly or with...

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21 May 2025

Editorial

Lower the risk

The region’s fire danger season has ended, but it’s important to remember that the ongoing drought means fire risks are still present. While we’ve had a few small showers in recent weeks, the region’s landscape remains extremely dry, with...

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21 May 2025

The Courier, May 21, 2025

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21 May 2025

Letters, May 13, 2025

Lack of respect ONE can sympathise with the Paterson descendants and their concern and distress over the proposed use of the Paterson Reserve for parking of vehicles associated with the Mt Barker Hospital construction (The Courier, April 23). I...

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14 May 2025

Editorial

Adding to the pain

It’s unfortunate for the Adelaide Hills Council’s ratepayers that they could have to shoulder a financial burden to get the council’s finances back on track. In its latest draft budget, the council suggested increasing rates by an average of...

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14 May 2025

The Courier, May 14, 2025

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14 May 2025

Letters, May 7, 2025

Saving two species IAN Westley brings up an important point (The Courier, April 30). However, now that Labor has won with a huge mandate, the Greens are a bit irrelevant. Let’s look at the facts. Our scientists (the CSIRO) tell us that to save...

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07 May 2025

Editorial

Council concerns

The latest turn of events at the Mt Barker Council is alarming. For conflict in the council chamber to escalate so far that a long-term councillor resigns on the spot is representative of deep-seated culture issues. And it’s not the first sign...

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