Proposed changes to electoral boundary
Several local towns could be voting in a different electorate in the next federal election, if a new proposed division goes ahead.
Sport
Strathalbyn hosts Morgan horses
Over the Easter weekend the Australian Morgan Horse Association held its national breed show at the Strathalbyn Polo and Recreation grounds.
From community football to AFL Grand Finals
Mark Thomson began his lifetime career as a football boundary umpire in 1993 as a teenager trying to earn some pocket money at community football.
Great Southern Football League 2026 season ‘wide open’
Six new A grade coaches, some key signings, and the loss of some top players has thrown this year’s Great Southern Football League A grade competition wide open.
Association ready to serve up local action
The Great Southern Netball Association is preparing for a competitive 18-week season, kicking off this weekend.
Rural
Honey, check this out
An avid gardener recently started a bee-rilliant new hobby, of beekeeping, to improve his crops, and has been reaping what he has sown. Goolwa’s Phil Sargent has planted about 200 native species with his brother on their Goolwa property over the...
Milang farmer’s hopes rained on due to unseasonably wet weather
A Milang farmer estimates the unseasonably wet summer has caused about 25 per cent of income loss for grain farmers in the region. His neighbour has recorded 150mm of rain since harvest started since the end of October, and as reported in this...
Advancing women in agriculture
When Currency Creek farmer Belle Baker was growing up, women weren’t always accepted as farmers. These days Ms Baker, with help from her partner Patrick O’Driscoll, is tailor-making courses to help women on the land fill gaps in their knowledge...
A healthy distance advised for livestock welfare
Hazards for livestock and the best methods to protect their health were the subject matters of a recent Milang Agricultural Bureau meeting. Many of the actions undertaken by governments in the early days of COVID parallel methods used by livestock...
