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06 Nov 2024

Digital Editions

The Courier, November 6, 2024

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06 Nov 2024

Safety emergency

Everyone has the right to feel safe in their workplace, so the fact that Mt Barker hospital staff are facing violence and aggression, with little security support, is alarming. Everyone who presents to hospital has an obligation to be respectful and...

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06 Nov 2024

Letters

Letters, October 30, 2024

Alleged theft THERE has been considerable adverse response to the controversial policy, adopted by the Adelaide Hills Council, to not hold nor support events on Australia Day, January 26. Petitions with over 1600 residents’ signatures to date have...

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30 Oct 2024

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The Courier, October 30, 2024

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30 Oct 2024

Fumbling the ball

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30 Oct 2024

Letters

Letters, October 23, 2024

Revised science WHEN someone claims that we should accept “the science” there is one problem. Namely, that they know nothing of real science. Science proceeds by proof. Thus, Isaac Newton believed Archbishop James Ussher’s claim that the Earth...

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The Courier, October 23, 2024

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Council and Politics

Former councillor John Kemp remembered

OBITUARY: John Kemp – February 9, 1954 – September 30, 2024 Former Adelaide Hills Councillor John Kemp has been remembered for his intelligence, wit, keen eye for detail and tireless dedication to his community and the natural environment. John...

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Rural & Primary Production

Waterbugs key clue to water quality

November will be all about bugs for Landscapes Hills and Fleurieu, as it carries out a round of “waterbug bioblitzes” in the Hills to better understand the health of the region’s waterways and potentially discover rare species. The...

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Cricket calamity

The decision by the Alexandra and Eastern Hills Cricket Association (AEHCA) to pull out of the Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) should sound alarm bells for the Mt Barker Council. It’s clear that something needs to change in order to...

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Letters

Letters, October 16, 2024

Bad review WHY is it that some restaurants – from experience, expensive ones – ruin what is hoped to be a pleasant dining occasion by deafening patrons with awful, unlistenable so-called ‘music’ played almost at full blast? This was a recent...

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16 Oct 2024

Centre setbacks

Since its inception, the Mt Barker City Centre project has gone through a series of redesigns, as the council and Burke Urban Investments supposedly seek to strike a balance between retail, accommodation and civic offerings. The departure of...

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