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A plan to give CFS members power to stop farmers harvesting has prompted to a parliamentary inquiry. The legislation was introduced into State Parliament last week to stop any harvesting actions in severe weather conditions that could spark a fire. Grain Producers SA and farmers have raised concerns over the potential impact...

$34 million dollars will be delivered to projects in the Grey electorate in a move to enable natural resource management groups to deliver real environmental outcomes. Organisations including the Northern Yorke Natural Resource Management Board have received a significant boost under the Government’s $450 million Regional Land Partnerships program. The Southern Australian...

Investigations are underway over the unexplained and sudden death of a man at a Whyalla hotel. Police and paramedics were called to a room at a Whyalla hotel around 9am on Tuesday this week.  A man aged in his 30s was found in the room and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Whyalla...

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after sustaining burns to 90% of his body in a house fire at Burra. Police and fire crews responded to a house fire on McBride Stock Road in Burra, just after midnight on Wednesday.  The house was completely destroyed in the fire with...

Farmers in the Mid North and the upper Yorke Peninsula will benefit from a new project offering innovative and cost-effective solutions for managing and treating acid soils. Soil acidity is becoming an emerging and increasing problem in many areas of the Mid North and on the Yorke Peninsula and can reduce...

Local Whyalla group D’Faces of Youth Arts Inc has taken out the Best Community or Regional Event or Project at the Arts South Australia 2018 Ruby Awards for the Area 53 project. The youth group’s win follows the City of Whyalla’s uneARTh Festival which took out the People’s Choice Award last...

The Laura Bowling Club has received $5,000 in funding for a new roof through the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Program. The Stronger Communities Program which offers grants between $2,500 and $20,000 for small, capital projects. The program aims to improve local community participation and contribute to vibrant and viable communities. President of the...

Flinders Power has stepped up, making a $50,000 donation to the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens to upgrade their facilities. Flinders Power CEO Peter Georgaris says the donation was a practical way to give back to the community and they recognise the important role the gardens play in the local economy. The...

The RFDS has unveiled the first of their new purpose-built jets which will allow patients to be treated in air and will cut travel times in half. The $13 million jets were built by Swiss company Pilatus for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.  Two of the new PC-24s arrived in Western Australia...

A Whyalla man has been issued an expiation notice after allegedly lighting a fire in his backyard on a total fire ban day. Just before 5pm Saturday police and fire crews were called to a home on Harvey Street, Whyalla Norrie after reports that a fire had been lit in the...