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16 Apr 2025

New free mental health clinic opens at Mt Barker

A new free, walk-in mental health support service has opened in the Hills. Co-funded by the Federal and State governments and operated by Summit Health, the new Mt Barker Medicare Mental Health Centre is staffed by qualified mental health...

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16 Apr 2025

National award for emergency response leader

Long-serving Adelaide Hills Council staff member John McArthur has been awarded a National Emergency Medal, for leading the council’s response to the Cudlee Creek bushfire in 2019/20. Formerly the council’s manager of waste, emergency...

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16 Apr 2025

Mt Barker homes out of reach

Housing at Mt Barker is unaffordable, as wage growth over nearly two decades failed to keep up with the pace of home value increases, a Property Council of Australia (PCA) report has found. PCA’s report, entitled Beyond Reach: The key worker...

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09 Apr 2025

Controversial petrol station plan goes to trial

A trial has begun in the Environment, Resources and Development (ERD) Court over the Adelaide Hills Council assessment panel’s (CAP) decision to reject a controversial 24/7 service station at Heathfield. PC Infrastructure, which develops OTR...

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09 Apr 2025

Bypass concerns: questions remain around freight bypass funding

Concerns have been raised about a $525m Federal Government commitment to deliver a freight bypass around the Hills, as Mayo MP Rebekha Sharkie and the SA Road Transport Association (SARTA) demand more details. The funding was included in last...

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02 Apr 2025

Controversy over pontoon plan

Plans to install a new pontoon for the lake at Woorabinda Bushland Reserves have been blasted by a local volunteer conservation group, which says it will encourage activities that impact wildlife. The Friends of Woorabinda Bushland Reserves wrote to...

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02 Apr 2025

Pay dispute: councillors want Mayor to forgo leave payments

Dr Wisdom declined to respond to questions from The Courier

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Wombat crossing and speed limit review to address safety concerns

The Crafers main street will have a raised pedestrian crossing installed and its speed limit reviewed, following safety concerns raised by local residents. Also known as a “wombat crossing”, it will be situated near Station Road and aims to...

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Community

Don’t call the midwife: local midwife dances into retirement

After nearly five decades of service as a nurse and midwife, Hahndorf resident Jenny Lamb is line-dancing her way into retirement. Ms Lamb was born and raised on the Eyre Peninsula and, following a boarding school education, began training as...

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Fire sparks complacency warning

The CFS is warning residents not to be complacent in the wake of a fire that burned through 3ha of scrub at Birdwood last week. The blaze was sparked by a fallen powerline at about 2.20am on Wednesday, March 19, at a rural property near the...

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Somewhere to give a sheet

The Adelaide Hills Council is pushing for more options to recycle unwanted clothing and other textiles in its region. In a move led by Councillor Melanie Selwood, the council will ask the Adelaide Hills Region Waste Management Authority (AHRWMA)...

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12 Mar 2025

The Mount Barker Courier

Drying times

A third-generation farmer at Harrogate says water collection stations in the Hills are “better than nothing”, but don’t address shortages of water for livestock. It follows the State Government’s decision last week to set up roadside water...

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