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Clinic under review

Uncertainty surrounds the future of Gumeracha’s nurse-led after-hours clinic, after the head of the local health network revealed that the service was under review. Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Heath Network (HFLHN) interim chief executive Bronwyn...

Joseph Moore

08 May 2024

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Grief a catalyst for writer’s story

Michelle van Dyk received a Goldfield Libraries’ Mulga Bill Writing Award for her piece titled Frankie

Fin Dunford

01 May 2024

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Indoor pool part of ‘wellness centre’ proposed for Stirling

The developer pushing for a European styled multi-storey village precinct at Stirling has teamed up with a local businesswoman to design a new wellness centre and hotel, which would form part of the new precinct. Stirling Village Developments...

Joseph Moore

01 May 2024

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Farmer backs fire sign idea

A lifelong Woodside farmer has joined a local grassroots initiative aimed at installing signs on rural properties to help the CFS find water quickly during a bushfire. Crop and cattle farmer Jim McAvoy has thrown his support behind fellow Woodside...

Joseph Moore

01 May 2024

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Housing prices still rising

A report has found that Hills house prices continued to climb through the first three months of this year, as the number of sales fell and the squeeze on housing supply continued. The Real Estate Institute of SA (REISA) Panorama report for the March...

Joseph Moore

01 May 2024

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Plastic bags turn into Mt Barker footbridge

Nearly 500kg of soft plastics, such as plastic bags, has been used to build a bridge at Mt Barker through a collaborative project between the council, developer Burke Urban and Wingfield-based manufacturer Sustainable Infrastructure Systems. The...

Scott Murphy

24 Apr 2024

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Construction starts on new ambulance station

Construction has begun on a long-awaited $9m ambulance station on Bald Hills Road at Mt Barker. SA Health Minister Chris Picton was at Mt Barker last week to mark the beginning of work and said the town was in clear need of better health services...

Scott Murphy

24 Apr 2024

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How to manage animal dangers on Hills roads

Motorists are being reminded how to safely handle incidents involving animals on the road, as data shows autumn is the worst time for animal collisions. RAA data has revealed that since 2020, animal collision claims in SA increased by an average of...

Fin Dunford

24 Apr 2024

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Whooping cough cases on the rise

With whooping cough infections in SA already more than eight times greater in number than they were by the same time last year, Hills doctors are calling for less complacency as winter approaches. SA Health has reported 100 cases of whooping cough...

Joseph Moore

24 Apr 2024

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Crafers a regional speeding hotspot

Crafers has been revealed as the State’s regional speeding hotspot, with more than 7000 motorists collecting almost $4m in fines from the freeway speed camera in the town last year. Police data recently revealed the top ten regional sites for...

Fin Dunford

17 Apr 2024

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Arsonist to spend almost a decade in prison

The arsonist who deliberately lit the 2021 Cherry Gardens bushfire will spend a minimum of nine years behind bars. Gregory McGannon, 63, of Hallett Cove, was handed a 14-year prison sentence from District Court Judge Emily Telfer earlier this week...

Joseph Moore

17 Apr 2024

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More funding needed to continue tree salvage work after Cudlee Creek fire

A local organisation which recovers and repurposes plantation trees impacted by the Cudlee Creek bushfire is at risk of disbanding, but co-founder Cass Selwood says its work is not done yet. Treecovery was formed in 2021 by a team of locals whose...

Joseph Moore

10 Apr 2024

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Hills homelessness an ‘epidemic’

Housing supply and affordability in the Hills is reaching a “critical point”, with a Mt Barker reverend reporting a significant increase in people seeking short-term accommodation, while a man who is experiencing homelessness labels the current...

Fin Dunford

10 Apr 2024