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Something’s gotta give

YORKE Peninsula is often lauded as one of SA’s top tourist destinations, but concerns about the throngs of visitors to our region are bubbling to the surface. With the recent overnight camping ban at Wauraltee, and the impending release of...

Sarah Herrmann

18 Feb 2025

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Port Broughton, Wallaroo Mines welcome new principals

PORT Broughton Area School and Wallaroo Mines Primary School have welcomed new principals, with both leaders eager to further integrate the schools into their respective communities. Scott Moore has joined PBAS, replacing outgoing principal Jolene...

Sarah Herrmann

18 Feb 2025

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Beyond the summer boom

A FERRY link to Adelaide, new hotel developments, and World Heritage recognition were among the game-changing projects floated at a tourism workshop for Yorke Peninsula. Tourism stakeholders shared their aspirations for the region’s future at the...

Sarah Herrmann

18 Feb 2025

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Kudos to Kloe

MOONTA’S Kloe Appleton is one of just 33 students to be awarded a 2024 Governor of South Australia Commendation, from a cohort of 16,000 year 12s who achieved their SACE last year. The awards, held at Government House on Thursday, February 13...

Sarah Herrmann

18 Feb 2025

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Judges say no – Ackland appeal rejected

AN APPEAL by former Kadina Memorial School teacher and convicted paedophile Thomas Robert Ackland to shorten his 14-year prison term has been dismissed. In December 2023, Ackland was sentenced to 14 years in jail on 13 counts of aggravated...

Sarah Herrmann

18 Feb 2025

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‘Improper’ questions about mental health

QUESTIONS about mental health assistance were described as “improper and irrelevant” at the latest Yorke Peninsula Council meeting. Prior to council’s ordinary meeting on Wednesday, February 12, Councillor Kristin Murdock had submitted...

Sarah Herrmann

18 Feb 2025