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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

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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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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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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Smokehouse tree an award finalist

A Littlehampton river red gum that was used to smoke meat during the early settlement of the Hills has been listed as a finalist in the SA Tree of the Year competition. The Tree of the Year competition is an initiative of Adelaide organisation 20...

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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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Virtual fence trial shows promise

The Adelaide Hills Council has installed virtual fencing along a stretch of Greenhill Road, as part of the second stage of a project aimed at reducing wildlife injuries. The virtual fencing project trials a new electronic protection system designed...

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02 Jul 2025

Council claims: ex-councillor’s grievances aired in Parliament

Former Adelaide Hills Councillor Louise Pascale has levelled a flurry of accusations at her former council, accusing it of “spending money on lawyers” to send “threatening correspondence” and using staff resources to “canvas journalists...

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25 Jun 2025

Wheels are turning: Council makes a tour comeback

The Adelaide Hills Council has re-instated $80,000 of funding to host stages of the 2026 Tour Down Under (TDU) in its 2025/26 budget. The council’s draft budget was released for public consultation last month, without any TDU funding. But at...

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