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More healthcare closer to home and efforts to strengthen the regional health workforce will be at the centre of a new five-year plan shaping services in Naracoorte and across the Limestone Coast.
Ratepayers will foot a bill of about $760,000 for three Naracoorte Creek weirs after the construction cost blew out to more than two-and-a-half times the council’s original installation budget.
Prostate cancer patients across the Limestone Coast, including men in the Naracoorte-Lucindale district, will have greater access to specialist support after a local cancer group raised about $29,000 to expand the region’s specialist nursing service.
Naracoorte Lucindale mayor Patrick Ross has fired a blunt warning at national politicians pushing for sweeping migration cuts, saying regional Australia “needs all the help we can get” as businesses struggle to find skilled workers.
“Backpackers and regional skilled workers are not the problem.”
Naracoorte’s health advisory council wants a dedicated local committee established to help shape the planning and delivery of renal dialysis services in the town.
Naracoorte Lucindale residents are spending more money close to home, helping push local expenditure higher despite a noticeable fall in visitor spending.
Naracoorte Lucindale Cr Tom Dennis has bowed to public pressure and moved to replace his controversial $5,000 to $7,000 mayoral portrait proposal with a considerably cheaper framed photograph.
SOME councillors raised concerns over the value and purpose of a $20,000 community survey before Naracoorte Lucindale Council agreed to proceed with it at its August meeting.
Naracoorte Lucindale councillor Andrew Downward has backed the Naracoorte Creek weir project, arguing its long-term value to the town outweighs concerns about its short-term cost.
Ratepayers have turned up the heat on the Naracoorte Creek weir project, questioning its cost, priority and transparency as debate over the controversial development spills into the community.
Naracoorte Men’s Cancer Support Group has called for urgent intervention to protect the Limestone Coast’s only specialist prostate cancer nurse, warning any loss of specialist care would place greater pressure on hundreds of men and their families.
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