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Ethan Long

Jul 15 2025 Updated 4 hours ago

The Courier

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Parents and teachers fed up with ‘inaction’ on school violence

Parents and a former teacher say students and staff at Echunga Primary School are experiencing violent and disruptive behavior so regularly it has become normalised, with little communication to families about incidents. A Department for Education...

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Scott Murphy

02 Jul 2025

News

Emergency department staffing below recommendation

The Mt Barker emergency department has just over half the recommended number of doctors present on any one shift, as latest data estimates that patients are still not being seen within target time-frames. But the Barossa, Hills and Fleurieu Local...

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Elisa Rose

02 Jul 2025

Community

Event brings home car crash consequences

The Mt Barker community is being invited to participate in an “eye-opening” session about driver safety, presented by a firefighter and a road crash survivor. SA MFS station officer Doug MacDonald-Taylor, who has seen the devastation car crashes...

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Louis Mayfield

02 Jul 2025

News

Funding to help two Hills football clubs

Two local football clubs have secured a combined $500,000 of funding for new projects, with both set to upgrade their game-day facilities. Nairne Bremer United Football Club (NBUFC), which plays in the Hills Football League, recently secured...

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Fin Dunford

09 Jul 2025

Growing pains

Fears that the new Mt Barker hospital will be too small to cater for Mt Barker’s growing population are representative of the issues across the region. A local doctor’s assertion that the hospital is 10 years too late, could be repeated about...

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The Courier

09 Jul 2025

Editorial

Classroom chaos

It’s very concerning to see the extent of behavioral issues occurring at least two Hills public primary schools. Reports from parents at both Echunga and Blackwood primary schools demonstrate that there is a broader issue within the education...

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The Courier

02 Jul 2025

Editorial

Wheels turning

It’s good to see that the Adelaide Hills Council has decided to re-instate funding for the 2026 Tour Down Under (TDU) in its budget. It’s understandable that the council is looking to employ cost-cutting measures to decrease it’s $4.86m...

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The Courier

25 Jun 2025

Editorial

Failure to respond

The State Government’s response to the Mt Barker Council’s ballooning debt is baffling. The council is being forced to shoulder tens of millions of dollars of debt to provide basic services to a growing community that, just 30km away in suburban...

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The Courier

18 Jun 2025