Outage outrage
Patrick Goldsmith. Southern Yorke Peninsula residents are concerned about their phone coverage after being hit with a 12-day outage. Angela Schmidt, who operates Charles Street Hair and Beauty, Yorketown, was without phone reception from Saturday, June 10 until Wednesday, June 21.
Taheny conquers France, the world
Patrick Goldsmith. Point Turton’s Hugo Taheny has brought home an impressive medal haul after representing Australia at the 2023 Virtus Global Games in Vichy, France. The first time he has competed overseas, Taheny claimed a gold medal in shot-put and broke his own world record twice, finishing with 11.98 metres.
Potential reforms for food provision
Fin Hansen. All local hotels could soon be forced to serve meals, pending a review into the Liquor Licensing Act. Moonta Hotel has been the only licensed venue serving regular meals since the Black Rhino Group purchased all three hotels in Moonta last year ... Copper Coast Council elected member Brent Walker says he is incredibly disappointed in the lack of communication from Black Rhino Group.
Treasurer says: You aren’t forgotten
Treasurer Stephen Mullighan said the state government had learned much from its visit to Yorke Peninsula, even if it wasn’t addressed in the budget ... "I know in a state budget, whether you’re from a particular area in South Australia or particular interest group you look and find, what do we get new. But I don’t want people to think that just because something hasn’t been specifically funded, there isn’t effort going into that."
That sinking feeling
Patrick Goldsmith. The state government’s announcement of a $20 million funding allocation across four years for deteriorating jetties has been labelled as inadequate by Yorke Peninsula stakeholders. Almost 40 jetties across the state, owned by the government but leased to councils on 50-year terms, must vie for the new funding announced in the state budget ...
Money cabinet slammed shut
Patrick Goldsmith. Just four months after focusing its efforts entirely on Yorke Peninsula for Country Cabinet, the state government has left the region without much to celebrate ... "It makes for two budgets in a row where we’ve seen little investment in our area. In the glossy budget overview there was precious little for a number of regions and we suffered the absolute embarrassment of not even being listed": Member for Narungga Fraser Ellis.
Helping to fight Canada wildfires
Michelle Daw. Former Kadina local Dan Brind is part of the South Australian contingent helping to battle massive wildfires burning out of control in Canada ... Mr Brind, who is ForestrySA’s fire manager, left Adelaide for Canada last week and is part of the 18 SA firefighters from the Country Fire Service and the National Parks and Wildlife Service SA in the delegation.
