Childcare, housing budget wins for Spence
FEDERAL Member for Spence Matt Burnell has described last week’s budget as one “that’s got restraint”.
This was the first budget handed down by Treasurer...
Heads down, pens up as exam time arrives
THE lead-up to exams can be a stressful and trying time but a group of year 12 students at Xavier College are feeling up...
Grave Excavations: Human bones found during engineering dig at Pioneer Park
ANY future excavation works at Gawler’s Pioneer Park will have to be done under archaeological supervision, following the discovery of human remains.
Bones were discovered...
One year on from freak hailstorm
THE fight is not over for Virginia-based produce grower Phuong Vo.
After a gruelling, yearlong battle following last October’s freak hailstorm, the founder of Phuong’s...
Find the vanishing point in art
By Martin Johnson
ARTISTS are encouraged to apply for the Vintage Festival Art Prize for 2023.
The 2023 Art Prize is a joint initiative of the...
Alternate Hollywood Ending
By Martin Johnson
ON October 12, Adelaide-based writer Heather Taylor Johnson launched her latest book of poetry, Alternative Hollywood Ending (AHE).
Heather first became noticed in...
Metal band rocks the NSS
ONE of Australia’s leading heavy music acts, In Hearts Wake, brought their Green is the New Black tour to Elizabeth at their visit to...
Streetlight conversion underway
A PROJECT that will drive down Gawler Council’s electricity costs is underway after two years of delays.
More than 2600 of Gawler’s public streetlights will...
Community meets their contenders ahead of election
GAWLER Council hopefuls faced a barrage of questions from the audience in a two-hour ‘Meet the Candidates’ session last week.
Held upstairs in the Gawler...
Gawler line chalks up milestone
MORE than one million trips have been taken on the Gawler line since passenger services resumed in June.
Last week the State Government announced the milestone...
Paton promises a fierce fight for the north
NEWLY elected Member for Ngadjuri David Paton has used his maiden speech to parliament to promise he will bring a regional voice to the...
