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Yorke Peninsula Country Times

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Established 1865.

Distributed across the entire Yorke Peninsula, from Port Broughton in the north to Stenhouse Bay in the south.

Published Tuesdays.
(Wednesdays after a South Australian long weekend).

Print and digital editions.

Digital edition available to subscribers.

Website with online news and digital edition.

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Council

Push to streamline EV charging zones

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Cracking down on people parking in designated electric vehicle charging station spaces is one focus of a range of new road rule changes. Two new offences have been brought in to stop non-electric cars from parking in EV parking areas, and stop EVs parking in a charging area when not being charged.
Climate

Dunes on the move

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Shaun Hollis. A ground-breaking study into the movement of coastal sand dunes paints a picture of what will likely happen to Yorke Peninsula’s extensive dune systems across coming decades, according to a leading global coastal studies expert. Flinders University Professor Patrick Hesp said, as rising sea levels and less rainfall impact coastlines, dunes will increasingly migrate back from beaches and encroach on properties behind them.
Arts

Soldiers remembered in stunning new mural

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Sarah Herrmann. A moving new mural commemorating those lost in battle has been unveiled in Kadina just in time for Anzac Day. The piece, by local artist Glen Gearing, features realistic poppy motifs and the silhouette of soldiers on a battlefield.

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News

Games hat trick ends on a high

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Michelle Daw. The third Masters Games in a row held on the Copper Coast has wrapped, with plaudits from organisers and the more than 1000 competitors who took part. The Copper Coast 2024 Masters Games, held from Thursday to Sunday ... attracted 1043 registered competitors.
Farming

Eagle slayer myth hard to kill off

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Shaun Hollis. A trio of majestic wedge-tailed eagles rises out of the paddock stubble as our farm ute approaches ... Honiton farmer Matt Smith said he likes the huge birds living in the scrub beyond the bottom paddock because they help clean up the remains of any lambs which have become too weak to survive on their own. He said he has never seen an eagle kill a healthy lamb on his farm.
Employment

YP health services risk ‘collapse’ – union

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Yorke Peninsula hospitals are on the brink of a collapse of services, according to the nurses and midwives’ union, which is calling on residents to support its statewide campaign to counteract staff shortages in regional hospitals.
Aging

Gold medal quest begins

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Will Hunter. More than 1000 competitors will be hoping to take home the chocolates from the Copper Coast 2024 SA Masters Games this Thursday to Sunday, April 11 to 14. It is the third time in four years the Copper Coast has hosted the games, and venues across Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta will host a total 20 sports.
News

Breaking national price rise records

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Shaun Hollis. Combined, the Yorke Peninsula, Barossa and Mid North regions have recorded the largest annual home price rise of any regional area in Australia in the past year, new data has revealed ... Housing Industry Association SA regional director Stephen Knight said home affordability and availability are two of the state’s most critical challenges.

Driving doctors to train in regional posts

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Sarah Herrmann. Yorke and Northern Local Health Network has announced its new Rural Doctors Program, which offers medical graduates three-to-five-year training contracts in the region, with the aim to empower junior doctors to became rural generalists. YNLHN executive director of medical services Hendrika Meyer said the network is making a long-term investment to grow its medical workforce by allowing junior doctors to train in the country earlier in their careers and to complete their entire training in the region.

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About Yorke Peninsula Country Times

The Yorke Peninsula Country Times was established in 1865.

Its most northerly point of distribution is Port Broughton, and reaches as far South as Stenhouse Bay, encompassing the entire Yorke Peninsula.

Committed to the function of serving a cross section of people and businesses in the community, the newspaper fills its pages with local news, photographs, current local events, community achievements/events and local sports results.

The paper also carries a comprehensive real estate section which has enough support to produce a seasonal Home and Property Guide, Community Calendar, Farming Extra, Community and Sports sections.

YPCT produces two biennial supplements for the Kernewek Lowender (May 2023) and the other for Australia’s oldest Agricultural Field Days, the Yorke Peninsula Field Days at Paskeville (September 2023) as well as the annual Copper Coast Visitors’ Guide.

YPCT began production of bi-yearly lifestyle publication, Yorkes Magazine, in March 2022.

Managing Director
Michael Ellis
Contact email: ypct@ypct.com.au

Editor
Rhiannon Koch
Contact email: editorial@ypct.com.au

Advertising
Bernice Williams, Cynthia Jericho and Sheila Cranwell
Contact email: sales@ypct.com.au

Administration
Jodee Cavenett
Contact email: accounts@ypct.com.au

Production Manager
Ian Shaw
Contact email: production@ypct.com.au

Head Office
31 Goyder Street (PO Box 246), Kadina SA 5554
Phone: (08) 8821 1155
Fax: (08) 8821 2044
Email: ypct@ypct.com.au

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