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Reflections on local communities

ROSEMARY Gower is a passionate Barmera – Cobby identity and her opinion piece in last week’s Murray Pioneer (‘More activity needed’, 26/3/25) was a good read. My family links go back to around 1915, when my grandfather, Frank Kimber, lived...

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Editorial

Action needed as tariffs shake trade

GRAINGROWERS is urging the Australian Government to respond to the latest wave of American tariffs with proactive trade diversification measures to counter against global volatility. While the United States is not a major direct market for...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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