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Suffering in silence

Apr 30, 2025 | This Week's Issue, Top Articles | 0 comments

Farmers call for a hand up, not handouts By Nasik Swami: Pushed to their limits by an unrelenting drought that is taking the heaviest toll on their mental well-being, farmers across the district are expressing deep frustration. Many farmers have dismissed the government’s $55 million relief package as woefully inadequate, labelling it “a drop in […]
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50 new local jobs

by | 28/05/2025 | This Week's Issue, Top Articles | 0 Comments

By Nasik Swami: The reopening of Naracoorte’s Kincraig Hotel this December under new ownership is set to bring a much-needed boost to the local economy with the creation of 50 new jobs for the community. Development works on the multimillion-dollar, five-star accommodation are advancing, with the project’s completion anticipated to rejuvenate the local economy through […]
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Issue 249

by | 28/05/2025 | This Week's Issue | 0 Comments

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Mayor’s heartfelt appeal

by | 21/05/2025 | This Week's Issue, Top Articles | 0 Comments

By Nasik Swami: “This is an emergency”. That is the urgent message from Naracoorte Lucindale mayor Patrick Ross, who has issued a heartfelt appeal to the government for immediate support for farmers grappling with severe drought in the area. Mr Ross emphasised that the widespread impact of the drought challenged the outdated belief that farmers […]
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Hard Talk: Push for renal services at Naracoorte

by | 13/05/2025 | This Week's Issue, Top Articles | 0 Comments

Health burden too heavy: Community demands local dialysis unit. By Nasik Swami: Making more than a three-hour round trip to Mount Gambier Hospital and spending five hours on a dialysis chair each week is a tough routine for Ros Tregoweth. Living on a farm near Lucindale with her husband and children, Ms Tregoweth undergoes kidney […]
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Voters reward Pasin

by | 06/05/2025 | This Week's Issue, Top Articles | 0 Comments

By Chris Oldfield: THE member for Barker, Tony Pasin, is one of the few SA Liberals to have a seat in Canberra following last Saturday’s federal election. Mr Pasin campaigned throughout his 65,206sq km electorate by personally attending numerous local events and gatherings as well as via local newspapers and social media. The only other […]
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Call your councillor

by | 06/05/2025 | This Week's Issue, Top Articles | 0 Comments

By Chris Oldfield: CR Crash Downward has queried the impact of a 5 per cent rate rise on the district’s farmers already paying thousands of dollars each week to feed their livestock. Naracoorte Lucindale Council relies on the district’s farming families to fund around 60 per cent of its proposed $12.726m rate revenue. An average […]
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