Editorial

Unwanted side effects?

A LETTER to the editor written by Loxton man Ian Cass – inside today’s edition of The Murray Pioneer – adds an intriguing new chapter to the story surrounding PIRSA, Naturalure, and the deaths of bees. Those Pioneer readers who have been...

Staff Contributors

19 Feb 2025

Pat Mickan

The worries of being left behind

IT was impossible not to feel abandoned in that moment, the moment you realised you’d been left behind as the car left town and headed for home. You’ve probably rationalised that it was just a temporary oversight, but you’re still caressed by...

Staff Contributors

16 Feb 2025

Editorial

Festival’s welcome return, minus the chaos

THE old Riverland Wine and Food Festival was a dangerously successfully, alcohol-fuelled, rip-roaring runaway train that eventually hurtled out of control, leaving some wonderful memories, but often a trail of mild destruction – and some sore...

Staff Contributors

12 Feb 2025

Editorial

Final fruit fly hurdles?

IF it could be described as anything, the Riverland’s battle against fruit fly could certainly be labelled as a war of attrition. The announcement of a new fruit fly outbreak, and a sixth in the Murtho area – as detailed in today’s edition of...

Staff Contributors

05 Feb 2025

Editorial

To the first lady of Riverland netball

THE fact Wendy Gambling will leave a sizeable hole in the Riverland netball scene if she steps back from her duties at the end of 2025 – as she all but confirms in today’s Murray Pioneer – underlines this remarkable woman’s ongoing...

Staff Contributors

29 Jan 2025

Editorial

New year, same wine story?

LAST year was one that seemed to include an endless run of twists and turns for the Riverland wine industry. Beginning the year still very much in a difficult position due to the recent Chinese wine tariffs, the picture before the 2024 vintage was...

Staff Contributors

22 Jan 2025

Editorial

Acts of ultimate courage

MERE seconds often make so much of a difference in our lives. It would be a fearful experience putting your own life on the line to save that of a loved one, family member, or friend. So, imagine how difficult it must be to make the momentary...

Staff Contributors

15 Jan 2025

Editorial

The volunteer dilemma

AN unforced tendency for most locals to support each other is often one of the more fortunate aspects of life in the Riverland. Each year, January provides us the opportunity to put a spotlight on the selflessly inspirational figures in the...

Staff Contributors

08 Jan 2025

Editorial

THE YEARS GO BY

Banner for LoxStory. LoxStory (Loxton’s History) is a Loxton and District Archive seeking to conserve our district’s historic papers, documents, diaries, books, photos, films, and oral histories. The archive aims to provide ready access to...

Staff Contributors

05 Jan 2025

Editorial

Upgrades long overdue

RENMARK is a town boasting many sporting landmarks. Pristine football and soccer fields, lawn tennis courts, cricket pitches, lawn bowls greens and the Alan Coulter Recreation Centre. Whether it’s summer or winter sports that are being played...

Staff Contributors

05 Jan 2025

Editorial

These inquiring (wine industry) minds

MOST involved in the production of Riverland wine – from the growing of grapes to winemaking – would hope the Senate inquiry into the Australian wine grape purchases code of conduct, held at the Renmark Club last Thursday, marked an important...

Staff Contributors

03 Jan 2025

Editorial

Learning from the past

THOSE in attendance at last week’s Renmark Irrigation Trust (RIT) annual general meeting – as detailed in today’s edition of The Murray Pioneer – were provided a thorough run down of the organisation’s activities and achievements...

Staff Contributors

12 Dec 2024

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...

Staff Contributors

04 Dec 2024

Editorial

Renmark’s next chapter?

WITHOUT a doubt, a large part of a Riverland town’s identity is intrinsically linked to its riverfront area. Renmark typifies this sentiment. Take a stroll along Murray Avenue on any given day and you’ll see large numbers of locals and tourists...

Staff Contributors

27 Nov 2024

Editorial

Concrete end to town’s dark chapter

The discovery – or reveal, if you have spoken to Mike Fuller over the past decade – of a hefty concrete slab at the bottom of Chambers Creek is an appropriately ignominious exclamation mark on a dark chapter in Barmera’s history. The regulator...

Staff Contributors

20 Nov 2024