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SACOSS urges adoption of YP health priorities

THE peak body for South Australia’s non-government community, social and health sectors has urged the SA Government to adopt the urgent priorities identified in the parliamentary inquiry into health services on Yorke Peninsula. SA Council of...

Michelle Daw

28 Oct 2025

News

Free discs for pets after death of Patrick

DOG and cat owners in the Barunga West Council area will be entitled to free identification discs when registering their pets. At its monthly meeting on October 14, councillors supported a motion without notice from Mayor Leonie Kerley to provide...

Michelle Daw

28 Oct 2025

Editorial

Fishing for a solution

IT’S hard to think of another topic affecting our region that will make so many people so hot under the collar other than fisheries management. Whether you’re a mad keen boatie, an occasional angler or professional fisher, everyone has an...

Michelle Daw

28 Oct 2025

News

Maree reflects on past five years at BWC

DEPARTING Barunga West Council chief executive Maree Wauchope says, in the past five years, more than $40 million in public investment has been achieved in the council area — the largest in its history. The figure is part of her exit report to be...

Michelle Daw

28 Oct 2025

News

SNAP BACK

New bans spark snapper push NARUNGGA MP Fraser Ellis and a Yorke Peninsula charter boat operator have called for the snapper fishing ban to be lifted, following the announcement of new fishing restrictions along the region’s coasts. Premier Peter...

Michelle Daw

28 Oct 2025

News

Bute keeps Australia Day local

BUTE residents will continue their Australia Day celebrations in 2026, despite Barunga West Council’s decision earlier this year to withdraw financial support for the event. The Bute and Districts Australia Day Committee has received a $2000 grant...

Michelle Daw

28 Oct 2025