Naracoorte, March 20, 2026

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Rate hardship

Rate hardship

By Nasik Swami.
If you’re experiencing difficulties paying your council rates, the Tatiara District Council says help is available for you. Council chief executive officer Anne Champness said financial hardships and unemployment have topped the council’s list of reasons for rate arrears and nonpayment of rates. “We are very aware of the extra burden council […]

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Naracoorte Bowling Club

Naracoorte Bowling Club

By Beverley King.
Sunday 17th September was the opening of the 2023/2024 season for our club. The weather was kind to us with a lovely warm day with no wind, this encouraged forty one players to come and have a game. To open the day our Ladies Singles Champion L. Williams placed the mat and […]

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Asking for 1000 homes

Asking for 1000 homes

By Nasik Swami.
Naracoorte-Lucindale mayor Patrick Ross is ready to engage with the Country Cabinet when it holds its seventh meeting in Naracoorte next month. And Mr Ross says at the top of his list of things to be discussed with the Premier and his ministers will be the “region’s desperate need for an extra […]

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Apsley Golf report

Apsley Golf report

By Jane Fitzgerald.
Ladies: A cooler day today with wind and showers, so the ladies decided to play a 9-hole Stableford competition. There was a good field of players. Leanne Dolling had 15pts, Fiona Crawley had 16pts and Robynne Rainsford won on a count back with 16 pts. Well done girls. Once again it is […]

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Asking for 1000 homes

Talk with leaders

By Nasik Swami.
The state government’s next country cabinet is coming to the South East and will be held in Naracoorte next month. The News has confirmed that a community forum will be held in Naracoorte on October 26, followed by a meeting of the state cabinet in Bordertown the next day. The government’s seventh […]

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Lucindale mens golf results

Lucindale mens golf results

By Shawn Menz.
On Saturday we had excellent numbers again with 23 golfers hitting the course for the Naracoorte homemakers stableford round. The sunny spring day was absolutely perfect for golf with a slight easterly breeze keeping the balls straighter than usual. Playing off the red tees made the day a little more interesting, some […]

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Big win for Lachie

Big win for Lachie

By Nasik Swami

Lachie Neale is unstoppable.

Born in Naracoorte, the AFL superstar won his second Brownlow Medal in Brisbane on Monday night.

Known as the Lion King of AFL, the  Brisbane co-captain has become the 16th player in VFL-AFL history to win the League’s biggest and most prestigious award multiple times.
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Naracoorte RSL Bowling Club Opening Day

Naracoorte RSL Bowling Club Opening Day

By Linda Prentice.
Naracoorte RSL and District Bowling Club held its open day in beautiful conditions last Saturday. President Joe McGrath welcomed 24 players plus onlookers before the first roll of the kitty by Lindy Mark, and the first bowl by David O’Shaughnessy, the previous season’s champions. Geoff and Joan Hurn were surprised by an […]

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Rural Road Safety Month

Rural Road Safety Month

Your Say: Tony Pasin MP, Federal Member for Barker, Shadow Assistant Minister Infrastructure and Transport. September is Rural Road Safety Month, an Australian Road Safety Foundation (ARSF) awareness campaign designed to highlight the additional risks that exist when driving on rural and remote roads. Despite fewer than a third of Australia’s population residing in major […]

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Squash Spring Pennant: Round 3

Squash Spring Pennant: Round 3

By Jenny Dickenson.
After the first three rounds of the spring squash pennant Zeus is on top of the ladder only a point ahead of Hades and all other teams only a few points behind so it looks like being an interesting pennant. Peter and Ewen played the match of the night with only one […]

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Rural Road Safety Month

Response to receiving the referendum booklet

Your Say: Heather Gibbons, Robe. As a response to receiving the referendum booklet I thought I would look up The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA). It is run by a CEO and two deputy CEOs. So if NIAA gets $4.3 billion of taxpayers’ money every year, what are they doing with the money? This Executive […]

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Rural Road Safety Month

Warning signs evident in “Council Reforms”

Your Say: Ken Grundy. The News headline last issue predicted a “Shake-up for Councils”. Minister for Local Government, Mr Geoff Brock, announced a plan to transform Local Government due to public feeling that Councils could move more to regional authorities or State Government could take over Council duties. Whichever way you look at this it […]

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