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Friday, 24 January 2025

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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Two forward, one back?

The saying ‘out of sight, out of mind’ might lend itself to an idea of convenience, but in practice rarely has any benefits for anyone. Concerns surrounding the operation of Gerard council – detailed inside this week’s edition of The Murray...

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Election to nowhere

“NIXON was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him.” It’s amazing how those words, written in the 1970s by Dr Hunter S Thompson, are also so reflective of a current American presidential candidate, and...

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Our precious resource

At both a state and federal government level, it appears as though water is quickly becoming one of the more politicised topics as the battleplans for elections start to take shape. Inside today’s edition we see two aspects to the debate from...

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A giant culinary leap

IT is often said that the kitchen is the heart of a home, and that hotels are at the heart of regional communities. Both of these sentiments have been typified by Hotel Renmark, which as detailed in today’s edition of the Pioneer, last week...

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Accountability for Loxton library?

JUST wanting to know what was the original cost of the Loxton library and how much is it costing now, with how many blowouts in the budget? Plus, who is accountable for these costs and who is paying for them, as in my view the library is used...

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