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PASKE’S BIG BUILD BEGINS

$400k grant kickstarts YP Field Days function centre WORK is set to begin within a fortnight on a new $680,000 function centre at the Yorke Peninsula Field Days site near Paskeville, backed by a $400,000 South Australian Government grant...

Michelle Daw

01 Jul 2025

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Farming, residential rates up

RATES for farming and residential properties in the Barunga West Council area will both go up in 2025-26 — but rates in the dollar for other types of properties will go down. Council’s 2025-26 Annual Business Plan, approved at a special meeting...

Michelle Daw

24 Jun 2025

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BWC on track to eliminate debt

BARUNGA West Council says it has identified more than $300,000 in savings across its $9.7 million operating budget for 2025-26, as the council works to reduce its overall debt. This includes $120,000 saved by resuming direct management of Bayside...

Michelle Daw

24 Jun 2025

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A decade of strength for Bute gym

BUTE Community Gym will celebrate its 10-year anniversary this Sunday with a morning tea at the gym from 10am to noon. Committee president Darryn Schilling said the not-for-profit gym, housed in the former supper room of the Bute Soldiers’...

Michelle Daw

17 Jun 2025

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Scriven defends bloom response

PRIMARY Industries Minister Clare Scriven has defended the South Australian Government’s response to the toxic algal bloom devastating South Australian marine habitats, including those around Yorke Peninsula. The bloom has caused mass deaths of...

Michelle Daw

17 Jun 2025

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New plan for iconic fish species

A NEW 10-year management plan for South Australia’s Commercial Marine Scalefish Fishery will take effect from July 1. The fishery targets more than 60 species, with commercial catches traditionally concentrated on four main species — King George...

Michelle Daw

17 Jun 2025