Naracoorte Creek in the news
Sheryl Lowe. Passionate about nature and the natural flow of waterways, local retired farmer Mr Peter "Huck” Shepherd presented his findings about the potential flooding of the Naracoorte Creek and the possible damage to buildings, businesses and homes in the lower lying areas of the town, to the Naracoorte Lucindale Council meeting ... “If I were to give a rating on the creek’s wellbeing and capacity to handle a decent flood and observing the mess it is in and the lack of maintenance since the 2000 report, out of a ten rating I would give it a minus 5,” he told council.
Subjective secrets
Sheryl Lowe. Chris Oldfield. Cr Cameron Grundy has challenged Naracoorte Lucindale Council CEO Trevor Smart over “in confidence” meetings. Cr Grundy has further questioned why council discussed the sale of a road reserve “in confidence” when he could not find a reason under the Local Government Act for it to be a secret. The issue arose at council’s July 26 meeting in a segment Questions Without Notice.
Local industry concerns
Sheryl Lowe. Nick McBride MP, Member for MacKillop, hosted a visit by the Shadow Minister for Regional South Australia and Primary Industries, the Hon Nicola Centofanti MLC, in Naracoorte this week, to discuss the impact of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). Mr McBride and Ms Centofanti toured the Naracoorte Livestock Exchange (saleyards) which has been operating on the corner of Wimmera Highway and Carters Road since 1973 ... “If FMD was found in the region, the impact would be enormous,”: Nick McBride, Member for MacKillop
Gold for our Jess
Chris Oldfield. One of Naracoorte’s greatest sporting champions Jessica Stenson, nee Trengrove, has helped inspire mothers around the world by winning gold in the women's marathon at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The triple medallist won bronze in Glasgow, 2014 Commonwealth Games, and bronze at the Gold Coast 2018 games.
Training our future rural doctors in the regions
Elspeth Radford. Izak Mentz family migrated to Australia from South Africa when he was four and after living in a few different regions across Australia, settled in Wallaroo on Yorke Peninsula ... Having spent his formative years in a small rural community, Izak applied to be part of the Flinders University MD Rural Stream which would allow him to study for a full year in a regional location, developing his clinical skills and learning from rural doctors.
NLC to plant 47 London plane trees
Chris Oldfield. Existing trees and vegetation will be bulldozed and an avenue of 47 London Plane Trees planted along the footpath of Stewart Tce – from Park Tce to Playford Dve. The decision comes despite fears that it could ruin $1 million worth of hockey turf.
Old Library vacant for six years
Chris Oldfield. After six years of being idle, and at least $40,000 budgeted for “design work”, Naracoorte’s old library building remains vacant. What to do with it, and what the designs are for, will be discussed behind closed doors in a workshop by Naracoorte Lucindale Council.
