Tag: Mount Gambier 5290
Govt urged to offer vegetation protection incentives
The Wilderness Society says the Federal Government should be offering incentives to landholders to protect native vegetation.[MORE]
'No' to recreational fishing licences
SA Premier Mike Rann has rejected idea of fishing licences for recreational anglers.[MORE]
National body will not save lower lakes: Maywald
The Water Security Minister, Karlene Maywald, says a new national body to manage the Murray-Darling Basin will not save the lower lakes.[MORE]
Licence push for recreational anglers
The Conservation Council wants the SA Govt to introduce mandatory licensing for recreational anglers.[MORE]
Welfare agency questions water price rise
A welfare agency questions higher water charges announced in South Australia.[MORE]
More SA trainees find work: report
South Australians who graduate in vocational education training have recorded the highest success rate in getting jobs of any state.[MORE]
Water costs to rise 18 per cent
The SA Govt says the average household will pay almost $50 more per year for water from July 2009.[MORE]
Senator maintains fight against timber plantation tax breaks
Greens' Senator Christine Milne says she will keep fighting to overturn tax breaks for timber plantations used as carbon sinks.[MORE]
Deadline looms for EC interest rate subsidy support
Upper south-east South Australian farm businesses are being reminded that January 18 is the cut-off date for applications for Exceptional Circumstances (EC) interest rate subsidy support.[MORE]
Mt Gambier car crash victim dies
A Mount Gambier woman involved in a two car collision at the Glenburnie Racecourse intersection last Thursday, has died in hospital.[MORE]
Hay fires sparks safety reminder
The Country Fire Service (CFS) says spontaneous combustion was the cause of a hay shed fire at at a property at Kybybolite, north of Mount Gambier, yesterday afternoon.[MORE]
Rate cut offers regional relief
The loans manager with Mt Gambier's Lynch Financial Group says yesterday's one percentage point interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank will help regional South Australians breathe a sigh of relief in the lead up to Christmas.[MORE]
Cut disability bureaucracy: Oppn
The SA Oppn says disability services would be improved with a reallocation of resources.[MORE]
TAFE pay offer below schools offer
TAFE staff get a 13pc pay rise offer, less than SA public teachers have been offered.[MORE]
SA Govt defends drugs rise in jails
The Opposition blames overcrowding for more security concerns in SA jails.[MORE]
Wrong Vacswim info given by dept
A department says it gave the SA Govt wrong information about vacation swimming.[MORE]
Dangerous toys banned from sale
Dangerous toys taken off South Australian shop shelves in time for Christmas. [MORE]
Fined landowner may replace trees elsewhere
Reparation by a south east landowner found guilty of illegally clearing native trees has been complicated because the land has now been sold.[MORE]
SA bushland 'under threat'
Conservationist say that more than 4,000 hectares of native South Australian bushland is under threat as a result of Federal Government funding cuts.[MORE]
UniSA denies Govt's Vacswim claims
UniSA has denied any involvement with Vacswim, contradicting claims by the State Govt. [MORE]
SA records wage drop
Business SA says a drop in wages shows employers are responding to the global financial crisis.[MORE]
Mt Gambier records less spring rain
The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed that spring rainfall figures are down by more than 40 per cent on the season average.[MORE]
Owner fined for clearing hundreds of trees
A landowner is fined $119,000 for cutting down hundreds of trees on a SA property.[MORE]
SA housing cost rise 'not all bad':REI
The Real Estate Institute says there is a bright side to rising house costs in SA.[MORE]
Vacswim changes 'dangerous'
The Royal Life Saving Society has slammed changes to the annual Vacswim holiday swimming program.[MORE]
