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20 Aug 2025

Attendance accountability

The Adelaide Hills Council’s decision to investigate the amount of leave taken by councillors is a good step forward. The council has experienced a turbulent term so far, with claims of bullying and three councillor resignations alongside major...

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20 Aug 2025

Digital Editions

The Courier, August 20, 2025

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20 Aug 2025

Letters

Letters, August 13, 2025

Pointless rules I NOTICED in The Courier that Leyton Property has gone over the Mt Barker Council’s head and taken their development planning application to the ERD Court after it was rejected by the council assessment panel. It appears large...

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13 Aug 2025

Digital Editions

The Courier, August 13, 2025

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13 Aug 2025

News

Sleeping ‘Blue-ty’

A koala had an early morning adventure inside the Heysen Tunnels over the weekend. SA Police said the koala was spotted by traffic cameras around 4.15am on Sunday, August 3, on an elevated ledge inside the tunnel and appeared to have settled in for...

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Time is running out

The Mt Barker Council’s report into the status of the arterial road network in the town has revealed what anyone who lives here already knows. The arterial roads – chiefly Adelaide, Wellington and Flaxley roads – face significant issues due to...

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Time is running out

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Digital Editions

The Courier, August 6, 2025

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Letters

Letters, August 6, 2025

No surprise IN reference to the article “Clinic Green Light” (The Courier, July 30), certain facts should perhaps be clarified. The article indicates that it was Mt Barker Council’s decision to reject the developer’s planning application. In...

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Pool construction finished ahead of schedule

Construction of Mt Barker’s new $51m Summit Aquatic and Leisure (SAL) centre is complete, with the facility ready to open next month. Delivered “ahead of schedule and within budget” by construction contractor Kennett, the facility features...

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30 Jul 2025

News

Hundreds of new housing lots open

A 28ha site on the Heysen Boulevard at Mt Barker will be transformed into a 338-allotment master-planned community by Lanser. Marketed as a “natural extension” of the developer’s award-winning Clover Park, Clover Wood will include lots ranging...

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30 Jul 2025

Parking the issue

The issues caused by the closure of a significant portion of the Summit Health Centre car park for 12 months to facilitate the construction of Mt Barker’s new hospital were entirely foreseeable. While some measures have been implemented to reduce...

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