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Fruit response teams present at Christmas markets

FRUIT Fly Emergency Response Teams will be available at the upcoming Renmark christmas markets aiming to answer questions from the community about the continuing efforts to eradicate Queensland Fruit Fly from the region. The Department of Primary...

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20 hours ago

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Flood recovery works at Waikerie

FLOOD recovery works will begin on Taylorville Road, between the Waikerie Ferry Crossing and Devlins Pound Road, on weekdays from Monday, until 20 December. The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) said the work would include...

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20 hours ago

Editorial

The pain of production

BASED on the three-week stretch of Christmas pageants that has begun in the Riverland – beginning last Friday with Waikerie and continuing over the next two in Renmark and Barmera – we’re drawing toward the end of 2024. Some might have fond...

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20 hours ago

Editorial

To confront, or not to confront?

OVER the past couple of years I have had the opportunity to support an old mate who is lucky, or unlucky enough, to have a disabled parking permit. Not that it does him much good, because when you take a closer look, the disabled parking spots are...

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20 hours ago

Editorial

Loving the new library

LOVE, love, love Loxton’s new library. Congratulations to the architects and the decision designers for transitioning the old heritage building to a modern, inclusive building with designated areas that can accommodate the various age groups and...

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20 hours ago

Editorial

Commitment not an Xmas present

IT’S the festive season and I just wanted to remind people that pets are not Christmas presents. They are a lifetime commitment and not something to throw away with the wrapping paper the day after. Puppies and kittens are so adorable and hard to...

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20 hours ago