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Mixed reaction to rate hike

Mixed reaction to rate hike

by | May 14, 2024 | , ,

By Chris Oldfield
Elected members have had a mixed reaction to a business plan and budget prepared by Naracoorte Lucindale Council’s management team. A shock 5.8 percent rate hike is included in the 53 page document unveiled at a special May 1 council meeting.
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Mixed reaction to rate hike

Dirt roads

by | May 14, 2024 | , ,

By Nasik Swami
Serious concerns are being raised about the deteriorating condition of our dirt roads and the Naracoorte Lucindale Council’s ability to maintain them. The News visited some of the dirt roads in Naracoorte to see for itself their deteriorating conditions. Some of the dirt roads lack constant patrol grading and are riddled with
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Phones ring in new beginning

Phones ring in new beginning

by | Apr 23, 2024 | , ,

By Chris Oldfield
PHONE lines to the Lucindale Health Centre have been reconnected during times local nurses are rostered on duty. From Reedy Creek, Keilira and Woolumbool to Spence, Callendale, Furner, Biscuit Flat, Greenways and everywhere in between – the Lucindale community can once again ring the local health centre they built themselves.
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Mixed reaction to rate hike

Wrong and rushed

by | Apr 23, 2024 | ,

By Nasik Swami
Wrong, rushed, and transactional. That’s how councillors Abigail Goodman and Damien Ross of the Naracoorte-Lucindale Council described the council’s recent decision to drop the prayer and replace the Acknowledgement of Country with a shorter and more “inclusive” two-line statement. During the council’s March meeting, a motion for a revised code of practice […]

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Janz Park debate

Janz Park debate

by | Apr 16, 2024 | , ,

By Nasik Swami
The Naracoorte-Lucindale Council has voted against an opportunity to develop the Janz Street Reserve for residential purposes through partial state government funding. In its March meeting, council was informed by CEO Trevor Smart that the Office for Regional Housing has launched a new $10million Regional Housing Initiatives Program.
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Influenza spike

Influenza spike

by | Apr 16, 2024 | , , ,

By Nasik Swami
Influenza cases are on the rise, and health authorities have called on the public to get vaccinated to protect themselves and the community against the “potentially serious disease”. According to SA Health, there have been 1,921 notified cases of influenza in South Australia this year, compared to 1,255 for the same period last year.
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Minister awaits report

Minister awaits report

by | Apr 16, 2024 | , ,

By Chris Oldfield
As The News deadline loomed last week, the Limestone Coast Local Health Network (LCLHN) was still working on reconnecting telephone services to the Lucindale Health Centre. And Health Minister Chris Picton expects to hear from a working group regarding nursing services at Lucindale “by the end of this month”.
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Mayor calls for phone to be reinstated

Mayor calls for phone to be reinstated

by | Apr 9, 2024 | , ,

By Chris Oldfield
Reconnecting the telephone at Lucindale’s Health Centre would be a first step towards healing a rift between the community and the $243 million Limestone Coast Local Health Network (LCLHN) which slashed its services. Naracoorte Lucindale mayor Patrick Ross hoped the phone line would be reinstated by the end of last week, or early this week.
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Done deal

Done deal

by | Apr 9, 2024 | , ,

By Nasik Swami
Naracoorte’s former Morris Bakery has been sold to a local buyer. The value of the sale was not disclosed to The News because of legal agreements.   Still under contract with conditions to be cleared, the property, including the plant and equipment, was sold through a “privately negotiated deal before auction.”
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Minister awaits report

Ssh! Secret meeting!

by | Apr 2, 2024 | , , ,

By Chris Oldfield
LAST night, Tuesday April 2, a secret meeting regarding nursing services at Lucindale was scheduled to be held behind locked doors. Patients, public and the media were excluded from the private gathering in the town’s rarely used council chamber. With an “invitation only” guest list which expanded from “a chosen few” to around 24 people.
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NLC rules out $35m sports hub

NLC rules out $35m sports hub

by | Apr 2, 2024 | , , ,

By Nasik Swami
A $35million sporting hub reliant on ratepayer cash has been officially ruled out by the Naracoorte- Lucindale Council. The council decided in its March meeting to handball the “project lead” back to the sporting clubs involved.
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