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Mt Barker ED fails to meet time targets

Less than 63% of patients who presented to the Mt Barker hospital emergency department were treated within “clinically acceptable timeframes” in 2023/24, according to Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network (BHFLHN) data released under the...

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Community

Call for help as hall future uncertain

The future of the Aldgate Memorial Hall is in question, as its management committee’s dwindling numbers threaten the 66-year-old institute’s future. Like other community-owned halls across the Hills, the Aldgate hall is a multi-use space that...

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Stirling Hospital welcomes Greens proposal

The Stirling Hospital board has welcomed the SA Greens’ calls for the State Government to provide no-interest loans to community hospitals, as the facility continues to grapple with rising costs. Greens leader Robert Simms will move a motion in...

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Council, public told to settle differences

Peramangk woman Courtney Hunter-Hebberman has told the Adelaide Hills Council and local residents to set aside their differences and “heal together”, as tensions continue over the council’s controversial January 26 events policy. Ms...

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30 Oct 2024

Council culture probe

The Adelaide Hills Council has been rocked by allegations of “bullying” and a “culture of intimidation”, prompting the Australian Services Union (ASU) to refer it to the State’s work, health and safety regulator. SafeWork SA will...

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23 Oct 2024

No Auditor-General review despite $5m discrepancy

The State’s Auditor-General will not review the Adelaide Hills Council’s finances after it reported a $4.8m operating budget deficit for the last financial year. It follows the council’s decision to refer itself to the Auditor-General over...

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09 Oct 2024

Community

Tools-down time for dentist couple

Mt Barker has said its goodbyes to local dentists Stephen Ivett and Julie Monis-Ivett, who retired at the end of last month following decades of putting the best and brightest smiles on people’s faces. The husband-wife duo, who first met as young...

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09 Oct 2024

Adelaide Hills Mayor refuses to admit wrongdoing

Adelaide Hills Mayor Jan-Claire Wisdom has rejected a secretive inquiry’s adverse findings against her over legal advice that she sought at ratepayers’ expense, defying the council’s demand that she admit wrongdoing. Dr Wisdom told the chamber...

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By ABK

02 Oct 2024

Redistribution to balance representation

The Adelaide Hills Council could divide its electoral wards into three and evenly split the number of councillors elected from each, in a bid to address the “perception” that its more populated south-western townships currently have more voting...

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02 Oct 2024

Ambulance pressure

SA Health has pledged to improve its co-ordination of patient transfers between hospitals, as the Ambulance Employees Association of SA (AEASA) warns inter-hospital transfers are impacting ambulance responses in the Hills. AEASA general secretary...

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18 Sep 2024

Grave robbers: plaques stolen from local cemeteries

The theft of headstone plaques from two northern Hills cemeteries has caused more than $13,000 of damage, with the families of those buried left to foot the bill. Brass plaques were stolen from four headstones, a memorial wall and garden area at...

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18 Sep 2024

Giant battery planned near Mt Torrens

A 270-megawatt battery system could be built 10km east of Mt Torrens, with the developer behind the $700m proposal saying it would improve the State energy grid’s reliability and help prevent black outs. Energy infrastructure developer RES...

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