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By Ms Edwards, Principal Refugee Week Did you know this week we celebrate Refugee Week? Refugee Week is an annual event in Australia that is celebrated from the 18th to the 24th of June. It is a time to acknowledge the contributions, resilience and courage of refugees, asylum seekers and their families. Our school understands […]
By the Leadership Group: Rob Sandercock, Andrea Lawrie & Lucy Possingham Well, what a fortnight it has been. Somewhat damp underfoot with a flooded carpark, a few roof leakages and wet weather recesses and lunches all have added to the usual daily events at NPS. It is hard to believe that the term has almost […]
By Vanessa Mikutta Thank you to The News for their generous donation to our Club. With these funds we plan to start the next stage of the upgrade to our 50m range framework which was started at our last working bee. Our members are working hard to keep the facilities up to a high standard […]
By Paul Mitchell A 50/1 success last week added another chapter to the Jaensch stable’s history of producing long-priced winners. Debutante Gusty Way saluted at the Murray Bridge midweek meeting (paying $55.60 on the TAB tote), but local mother-son training team Sue and Jason Jaensch hardly fell off their chairs after the one-length win. “No, […]
I have come to the conclusion that it is no longer tenable for me to remain in the Liberal party. I have been a proud member of this party for more than 30 years, so this has been an extremely difficult decision for me. I believe my constituents and electorate will be better served by […]
By Nasik Swami South Australian minister for Health and Wellbeing has admitted that infrastructure issues at the Naracoorte Hospital “have been long ignored”. Chris Picton said the issues would be fixed soon, assuring the public that many plans have been put in place that will address the most urgent and critical needs at the hospital. […]
By Nasik Swami A lot of money will be spent on upgrading the Naracoorte Hospital in the next 12 months to ensure it provides “good and safe” services to the public. Limestone Coast Local Health Network Board chairman Grant King says they have received $8million from the state government for stage one upgrade work at […]
By Nasik Swami The Tatiara District Council needs to make money from workers who will occupy the newly completed workers accommodation at the Bordertown Caravan Park, says an elected counsellor. During a council meeting, Cr Miles Hannemann argued that the $300 per week fee for the workers’ accommodation was too little for a council that […]
By Naomi Fallon, Tatiara District Council, Director Walkway Gallery Entries for the Tatiara Art Prize will close at the end of this month. Held every two years, the $10,000 acquisitive prize invites submissions of new or recent work by Australian artists in any medium, other than photography. Presented by the Walkway Gallery since 2013, the […]
By Josie Collins, Media Manager, Naracoorte Lucindale Council LOCALS can once again enjoy free entry to the Naracoorte Caves when they take along their visiting family or friends in the re-launch of an exciting initiative to strengthen our unique connection with the World Heritage site. The timely re-launch of the initiative at the start of […]
By Sophie, founder of the charity Running for Premature Babies I started this charity 17 years ago after losing all three of my prematurely born triplets to their prematurity. I wanted to reach out to you as a local young man in your community who was born at the same gestation as my triplets but […]
By Rachel Savage Exciting new advancements are in the works for The Balharry Memorial Children’s Centre in Lucindale at the start of 2024. One of the advancements include new nature play spaces for the children to enjoy and engage in. The centre is looking to raise $30,000 by the end of the year for new […]
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