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Riverland earns its medical degree

THE Flinders Rural and Remote Health SA Renmark campus on Monday celebrated the launch of its new South Australia Rural Medical (SARM) program, with 30 aspirating local doctors now able to complete their medical degree in the Riverland. Hoping to...

Madison Eastmond
02 Apr 2025
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Council seeking to manage finances without rate increases... Inherited Debt

Council seeking to manage finances without rate increases… MANAGING more than $7.5m of debt without “leaning on the ratepayer” is a priority for Berri Barmera Council, according to its mayor. Berri Barmera Council posted a significant...

Madison Eastmond
02 Apr 2025
Sport

Loxton High wins its 44th in a row

LOXTON High School extended its extraordinary Riverland Interschool Athletics Carnival winning streak to 44 years on the trot at Waikerie High School yesterday. Loxton High racked up 2512.5 championship points to again claim the shield, finishing...

Staff Contributors
02 Apr 2025
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Riverland councils left high and dry as federal funding falls short…WHAT ABOUT US?

RIVERLAND council says South Australian local governments are being left in the dark as the Federal Government continues to underfund critical local infrastructure and services. The continued funding overlook comes at a time when cost-of-living...

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02 Apr 2025
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Victorian group gets Jane Eliza guernsey

PLANS for the Jane Eliza development, in Renmark, are one step closer to being realised following an official announcement of a developer for the project. Renmark Paringa Council today announced a Lands Facilitation Agreement (LFA) had been entered...

Hugh Schuitemaker
26 Mar 2025

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01 March - 27 December
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Hotel Renmark - Temperance Restaurant

Enjoy the Riverland’s latest fine dining experience at Temperance Restaurant. Book in for Friday or Saturday nights to get a taste of chef Hugh Hazelwood’s farm-to-table delights. Partnering carefully selected suppliers with the Riverland’s...

Saturday, 01st March 2025
6:00pm - 10:00pm
6:00pm - Hotel Renmark, Murray Avenue, Renmark SA 5341
Hotel Renmark, Murray Avenue, Renmark SA 5341
08 March - 20 December
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Waikerie Wetlands Parkrun - weekly

Waikerie is the latest town to take on the parkrun challenge with it’s 5km wetland event happening every Saturday morning from 8am. Start your weekend off on the right foot by walking, jogging or running with your family and friends. Everyone...

Saturday, 08th March 2025
8:00am - 8:00am
8:00am - Leonard Norman Drive, Waikerie SA 5330
Leonard Norman Drive, Waikerie SA 5330
01 April - 30 April
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Guided Sunset Kayak Tour

Travelling from Lock 4 through the captivating Ajax Achilles wetlands, be enchanted by Canoe Adventure’s guided sunset tours, at full moon! Home to kangaroos, pelicans, cormorants, whistling kites and much more, paddle out onto the river to witness...

Tuesday, 01st April 2025
4:00pm - 9:00pm
4:00pm - Lock 4, Bookpurnong, SA, 5333
Lock 4, Bookpurnong, SA, 5333
05 April - 06 April
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Wills & Co Mitre 10 Family fun Day - Renmark & Waikerie

Wills & Co Mitre 10 is putting on it’s annual Family Fun Days on Saturday 5 April at Renmark, and Sunday 6 April, Waikerie, 10am - 1pm both days. Enjoy face painting, hot donuts and lots of activities for the kids while getting your Autumn house...

Saturday, 05th April 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
10:00am - Wills & Co Mitre 10, 237 Renmark Avenue, Renmark, SA, 5341
Wills & Co Mitre 10, 237 Renmark Avenue, Renmark, SA, 5341
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Councils unite on preventative health

A NEW preventive health partnership has been established to take a collaborative approach to improving the health and wellbeing of people across the Murraylands. The Murraylands Preventive Health Partnership is a collaborative project involving Mid...

Staff Contributors
26 Mar 2025
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Randell claims second-straight sports day crown

RANDELL has won the Championship shield at Waikerie High School’s recent sports day for the second year in a row, scoring 1553 points to Cadell’s 1434 points. King came in third with 1424 points, and Ritchie fourth with 1050. Randell also won...

Staff Contributors
25 Mar 2025
Agriculture

Barmera-based grape grower JASON PERRIN has provided the following opinion piece regarding debate surrounding the potential for a MANDATORY CODE OF CONDUCT in the wine industry… An honest conversation about grape industry issues

I COMMEND Barker MP Tony Pasin for his thoughts in last week’s Murray Pioneer (‘An honest conversation about wine’, 12/5/25). As his heading was “An honest conversation…”, I would make these comments. It is great that he supports the...

Staff Contributors
25 Mar 2025
Health

A longer-term investment in training needed

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) said training an extra 200 rural doctors per year is needed to start addressing the shortage of doctors in rural and remote communities like the Riverland. RDAA president Raymond Lewandowski said...

Staff Contributors
25 Mar 2025

Upcoming Events

01 March - 27 December
Events

Hotel Renmark - Temperance Restaurant

Enjoy the Riverland’s latest fine dining experience at Temperance Restaurant. Book in for Friday or Saturday nights to get a taste of chef Hugh Hazelwood’s farm-to-table delights. Partnering carefully selected suppliers with the Riverland’s...

Saturday, 01st March 2025
6:00pm - 10:00pm
6:00pm - Hotel Renmark, Murray Avenue, Renmark SA 5341
Hotel Renmark, Murray Avenue, Renmark SA 5341
08 March - 20 December
Events

Waikerie Wetlands Parkrun - weekly

Waikerie is the latest town to take on the parkrun challenge with it’s 5km wetland event happening every Saturday morning from 8am. Start your weekend off on the right foot by walking, jogging or running with your family and friends. Everyone...

Saturday, 08th March 2025
8:00am - 8:00am
8:00am - Leonard Norman Drive, Waikerie SA 5330
Leonard Norman Drive, Waikerie SA 5330
01 April - 30 April
Events

Guided Sunset Kayak Tour

Travelling from Lock 4 through the captivating Ajax Achilles wetlands, be enchanted by Canoe Adventure’s guided sunset tours, at full moon! Home to kangaroos, pelicans, cormorants, whistling kites and much more, paddle out onto the river to witness...

Tuesday, 01st April 2025
4:00pm - 9:00pm
4:00pm - Lock 4, Bookpurnong, SA, 5333
Lock 4, Bookpurnong, SA, 5333
05 April - 06 April
Events

Wills & Co Mitre 10 Family fun Day - Renmark & Waikerie

Wills & Co Mitre 10 is putting on it’s annual Family Fun Days on Saturday 5 April at Renmark, and Sunday 6 April, Waikerie, 10am - 1pm both days. Enjoy face painting, hot donuts and lots of activities for the kids while getting your Autumn house...

Saturday, 05th April 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
10:00am - Wills & Co Mitre 10, 237 Renmark Avenue, Renmark, SA, 5341
Wills & Co Mitre 10, 237 Renmark Avenue, Renmark, SA, 5341
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Loxton High wins its 44th in a row

LOXTON High School extended its extraordinary Riverland Interschool Athletics Carnival winning streak to 44 years on the trot at Waikerie High School yesterday. Loxton High racked up 2512.5 championship points to again claim the shield, finishing...

Staff Contributors
02 Apr 2025
Community

The Super Kick is back in Berri

THE Berri Hotel will be once more hosting the ultimate competition for local footballers and soccer players next month. Taking place on the Berri riverfront, with turf set up on Riverview Drive from 6pm, the search for the local Super Kick champion...

Staff Contributors
31 Mar 2025
Sport

B series handicap races held at Lake Bonney

LAKE Bonney Yacht Club (LBYC) sailors competed in races seven and eight in the B series handicap races on Saturday afternoon. In near-perfect conditions, the predicted southerly or south-easterly six-knot winds blew from the north at Lake Bonney, as...

Staff Contributors
30 Mar 2025
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2025 Riverland citrus looking superb

RIVERLAND citrus growers are anticipating high-quality fruit this season. Citrus SA chairperson, and Sunlands irrigator, Mark Doecke said growers are expected to begin harvesting their early navel oranges in about a week. “We are still harvesting...

Christine Webster
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Sunraysia’s back-to-back Riverland softball premierships

AN exciting ending to a competitive Riverland softball A grade season occurred during the grand final at Berri’s Glassey Park on Saturday afternoon, with Sunraysia prevailing by four runs over local club Berri. In a game that went seven innings...

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1 hour ago
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Funding allocated for Truro township bypass

FUNDING for a Truro Township bypass has been included in the 2025-2026 Federal Budget, delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The budget was released on Tuesday last week and on Friday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the Federal Election for 3...

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River Time 2025

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Kirsty Frahn
23 Dec 2024
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River Life 2024

Welcome to our free guide to the 2024 River Life. Please allow a few minutes for the PDF to load. To view, click here

Staff Contributors
18 Dec 2024
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2024 Riverland Christmas Gift Guide

Welcome to our free guide to the 2024 Riverland Christmas Gift Guide Please allow a few minutes for the PDF to load. To view, click here

Staff Contributors
27 Nov 2024
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Riverland Style Weddings 2024/25

Welcome to our free guide to the 2024|25 Riverland Style Weddings Please allow a few minutes for the PDF to load. To view, click here

Staff Contributors
16 Oct 2024
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Editorial

Text Line 2/4/25

The Brothers in Arms commemorative service on the 50th anniversary seemed like a long-overdue welcome home for the Vietnam vets present. Having the Vietnamese people present was so very special and helped us to understand the “why”. ROSALIE...

Staff Contributors
02 Apr 2025
Editorial

Issues getting insurance

FOLLOWING our retirement we have been looking to retire in the Riverland, as we have holidayed there for more than 40 years. We were extremely shocked to find if we purchased a home in Renmark, or even Paringa, in insurance terms it is an embargoed...

Staff Contributors
02 Apr 2025
Editorial

Views on wine industry code

AS a grape grower here in the Riverland, I support the call by Jason Perrin for indicative grape prices to be released by all wineries on 30 September, beginning this year. I also understand and fully agree that if an expert determination request is...

Staff Contributors
02 Apr 2025
Editorial

Figures a disastrous trajectory?

SUSTAINABLE Population Australia (SPA) notes that the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ population report shows a fall in the population growth rate, from 2.54 per cent to 1.8 per cent per annum over the year to 30 September 2024, but notes it is...

Staff Contributors
02 Apr 2025