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The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 4 December 2025
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State-wide reforms to protect fish for future generations: Cook, Jarvis
The Western Australian Government has announced important reforms across WA's coastline to protect demersal fish like pink snapper, red emperor and dhufish from extinction and to help stocks recover for future generations.
Anger at boiling point over fuel station approval
A rescission motion has been submitted within 24 hours of one of the most contentious meetings of Hay Shire Council last Thursday when a Development Application (DA) for an unmanned fuel station was approved. Mayor, Carol Oataway exercised her right to cast an additional vote when the decision was tied at three all, and thereby approved the application. This caused the well-packed gallery to erupt in disgust, disappointment and disbelieve.
Serviceton silo art now complete
Painting of a new art installation at GrainCorp's Serviceton site has now finished, marking a major milestone for the town and its place on the Wimmera Mallee's growing network of silo art installations. Adelaide-based artist Jack Fran spent about two weeks painting the mural, which tells the story of the South Australia–Victoria border dispute and features historical surveyors Henry Wade and Edward White.
Farmers sound alarm
“The mental health toll on farmers is becoming impossible to ignore our community is carrying the stress, uncertainty, and frustrations of a system that refuses to hear them.” Those are the words of Limestone Coast Sustainable Futures Association (LCSFA) chairman Todd Woodard, who has issued a blistering condemnation of the state government’s proposed Mining Act reforms — warning the legislation further eroded farmers’ rights and silenced regional voices already pushed to breaking point.
John’s pawsome service awarded
Madison Eastmond. A long-serving Riverland veterinarian has been awarded as the best practitioner in Australia. Recognising close to 50 years of animal care, and 40 years of service to the local pet population, Riverland Veterinary Practice (RVP) principal vet John Hammond received the 2025 Australian Small Animal Veterinarians (ASAV) Roger Clarke Practitioner of the Year Award in August.
E-petition launched to boost intensive care paramedics
With only two intensive care paramedics (ICPs) working on shift to cover the entire Clarence Valley, staff at Grafton Ambulance Station were joined by Member for Clarence Richie Williamson last week to officially launch an e-Petition, calling on the NSW Government to prioritise increasing staffing across the region.
Adavale Resources commences Phase 2 drilling at London-Victoria Gold Mine targeting extensions beneath pit and potential resource growth
Adavale Resources Limited (ASX:ADD) has commenced high-conviction Phase 2 drilling at its London-Victoria Gold Mine, a key site within the Company’s Parkes Gold-Copper Project in the Lachlan Fold Belt of New South Wales. Phase 2 comprises an approximately 10-hole, ~2,300m reverse circulation (RC) drilling program designed to test a series of growth targets in the southern portion of the 1.5km-long open pit at the site.
FRRR awards vital funding for 78 locally-led initiatives across Australia
Remote, rural and regional communities across Australia will share $981,100 in grants through FRRR’s Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) program, empowering them to create vibrant and sustainable places to live, work and thrive. This funding will support 78 locally-led projects that foster resilience, social connection and greater capacity in regional communities.
Cook Government must provide answers on asbestos risk in regional wind farms: Love
Leader of The Nationals WA Shane Love MLA has called out the Cook Labor Government for its failure to provide clear answers or decisive action following revelations that asbestos has been discovered in the lift brake pads of wind turbines imported into Australia from China.
156th Kingston Agricultural Show, 6-7 December 2025
Kingston Agricultural Society
The 156th Kingston Agricultural Show, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 December, will once again showcase country life.
Visitors can expect a true country...
The parallels between the Roaring 1920s and the Turbulent 2020s
A century divides the Roaring Twenties from today’s so-called Turbulent Twenties, yet the distance feels strangely compressed. As we limp toward the midpoint of our own decade, the parallels grow sharper and harder to ignore — reminders that our present upheavals are rarely as unique as we like to believe. Historians are rightly suspicious of neat analogies, but here the similarities are too blunt to dismiss.
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Health inquiry response tabled
Caitlin Menadue. The long-awaited response to the Yorke Peninsula health services inquiry has landed, with SA Health tabling its position in state parliament on November 26. SA Health has accepted all 16 recommendations from the Economic and Finance Committee's Inquiry into the Delivery of Health Services on the Yorke Peninsula.
Shining a new light on a Beaudesert treasure
Scenic Rim Regional Council has unveiled new lighting and a story marker to honour The Pathway of the Pioneers, a bicentennial mural created in 1988 by the late Florence Brook and the Beaudesert Potters Group.
Destruction of nature for transmission infrastructure proves biodiversity offsets are nature negative: Higginson
Labor Premier Chris Minns and Environment Minister Penny Sharpe are facing criticism from multiple sides of politics over their handling of the Central West Orana REZ following revelations that scores of native vegetation had been cleared to make way for a renewable energy project. An estimated 670 trees have been cleared, including critically endangered hollow bearing trees which make up habitat for koalas, glossy black cockatoos, little eagles, squirrel gliders and eastern pygmy possums.

