Naracoorte High partners with University of Melbourne By Naracoorte High School Universities and leaders in Business across Australia have been in discussions about the skills students leave school with, and how what were traditionally known as “soft-skills”, for example Communication, Collaboration and Quality Thinking, are actually essential to success. How can information about these skills […]
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Kingston SE Small Steps Inc
By Liz Wingard In 3½ years, volunteers have upcycled fabric to donate over 25,000 shopping and 15,000 produce bags to Kingston supermarkets and retail outlets. Over 10,000 volunteer hours have been dedicated to the process each Monday 10am-4pm, plus 4 machinists each contribute an additional 16-plus hours per week from home. A core group of […]
Naracoorte murals
Your say: Jillian McLean As Naracoorte residents, we have reason to be proud of the rich Scottish heritage our town reflects. If local council believe painting murals is a worthy project, why then are those painted in our town depicted in gaudy colours which are a distraction to drivers, when they could record, in discreet […]
Power prices
Your Say: Cliff Hignett, Naracoorte People who are complaining about power prices do not understand capitalism. Our power is supplied, transmitted and delivered by (mostly multinational) corporations – whose sole objective is to maximise profits for shareholders – they only provide power to customers as a means of making sure the suckers (you) keep sending […]
Trends of Naracoorte
By Colleen Boyanton Trends of Naracoorte opened its doors in October of 2004, formerly Katchors Fashion, the store was completely revamped and brought into the 21st Century. Colleen and husband Phillip have developed the store in the past 18 years, with wonderful staff, Sandi Lawrence and Rosalie Jackson running the store and helping with buying […]
Facts, the law and looking after yourself
By Wayne Hawthorne “Get your affairs in order to ensure you are best positioned” was sound advice from Peter Westley when he spoke to Naracoorte Mens Probus Club recently. Further advice was that passed on to him as a young Lawyer, preparing for a large Federal Court case was, “Get your facts right and the […]
2023 Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival – John Shaw Neilson Exhibition
By John Mossop, PCAF Committee Member, Coordinator of the JSN Exhibition The official Opening of the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival was held at Penola High School on Thursday evening, 18 May 2023. The John Shaw Neilson Acquisitive Art Prize has been highly anticipated again this year and continues to attract a wide range of entries […]
Naracoorte Market Report 20/06/2023
By Tim Delany, MLA Cattle: LWB 4 – LWY 187 – LWC 52 – OAY 4 Naracoorte agents yarded 247 cattle 23 less on last week. Quality was mixed and varied mostly from average to very good. Most of the regular buyers attended and followed the market and there was some restocker and feeder interest. […]
Farmers thirsty for information
By Chris Oldfield SOME of our district’s leading farmers rolled into the Naracoorte Town Hall recently, eager to hear the latest about cyber security, farm finance, carbon farming and livestock health. Additionally, motivational speakers included Naracoorte raised Jess Stenson, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, and her brother Jack Trengrove, a former AFL footballer who found […]
Our rights
Your Say: KL Moyle Congratulations to Ken Grundy, WT Pomery, Arnie Phitzner and Heather Gibbons on their letters in “Your Say” Wed May 31 2023. 1. Surely it is time for all ordinary people to realise our rights have been and are being eroded at an alarming rate. Sadly, the old adage “You never know […]
Freedom of choice
Your Say: Anne Lyons, Naracoorte Regarding the “Pasin Voice” article printed in The News issue 153, 7th June, I think Mr Hignett is underselling the intelligence of Tony Pasin. Tony would not be voting “No” to keep in with Peter Dutton, but because he believes it will not achieve the outcome desired to better the […]
District towns vie for top agriculture award
By Nasik Swami Naracoorte and Lucindale have been nominated for South Australia’s Agricultural Town of the Year Awards 2023, pinning the importance of the district’s $411million primary production sector. Public voting is now open to choose the top 10 agricultural towns in the region, and the Naracoorte- Lucindale Council is encouraging locals to register their […]
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