More GPs, specialists needed

By Nasik Swami A new strategy is being looked at to attract and retain general practitioners and specialists in Naracoorte. Limestone Coast Local Health Network Board chairman Grant King says the strategy will focus on retaining medical graduates in the region. “We need to make sure there is more training, so we continue to work with universities and training providers to work on models,” Mr King said. Mr King said there was a model that was used in the Riverland area where doctors were being trained and retained, and that’s something that all the other regions were looking at. “Often people coming into the region, particularly international medical graduates, work in the region and then move onto the metropolitan areas for a whole lot of reasons, so we need to make sure that we can find a way to keep people in the regions practising longer, and that requires a […]

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Naracoorte Market Report: 13 October 2026

Cattle: LWB 29 – LWY 640 – LWC 283 – OAY 56

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A soldier, a mate, never forgotten

For more than four decades, Naracoorte Vietnam War veteran Private Robert “Bob” Liddy’s military service has gone without the recognition it deserved.

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What happened to $500,000?

A $500,000 taxpayer-funded grant linked to a failed childcare development in Naracoorte remains publicly unaccounted for, even after the state government announced a fresh $12.7 million investment to tackle the town’s worsening childcare shortage.

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Cr McGuire’s $760,000 challenge

Naracoorte Lucindale councillor Craig McGuire has challenged his fellow elected members to ask residents whether spending about $760,000 on three Naracoorte Creek weirs represents value for ratepayers.

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Big town forum

A major showdown over rare earth mining is looming in Naracoorte, with residents, farmers and businesses urged to turn out in force for a town forum amid growing concerns over the region’s land, groundwater, and future.

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Study: School belonging key to teen wellbeing

New Australian research finds students’ sense of belonging and relationships at school are more strongly linked to future wellbeing than a range of other school characteristics.

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