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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Back to bush: Study says farmland may need to make way for nature

Yorke Peninsula Country Times
Agriculture
Farming regions such as Yorke Peninsula may need to return large areas of farmland to native vegetation if Australia is to prevent accelerating species loss and meet international biodiversity targets, according to new research.

Salt shock: salinity shift raises questions

Yorke Peninsula Country Times
Dams & water
Ned Thomas. Scientists and government authorities are at odds over what a noticeable shift in desalination monitoring data is really showing. The Adelaide Desalination Plant at Lonsdale has come under renewed scrutiny following months of debate about the cause of the harmful algal bloom which has affected South Australian waters.
Salinity Monitoring Graph

Take flight with local birds in Price

Yorke Peninsula Country Times
Arts
Caitlin Menadue. Price is celebrating its bird wildlife through an interactive display, made possible by a Grassroots Grant from Landscapes SA Northern and Yorke. Championed by the Price Progress Association and Yorke Peninsula locals, the interactive wingspan display is located near the playground and features large-scale local bird species.

Drone brings down powerline

Yorke Peninsula Country Times
Energy
SA Power Networks has issued an urgent warning about the use of agricultural drones around powerlines, after a large drone crashed and dropped a high voltage line to the ground at Wasleys, east of Mallala. The incident is the first of its kind to have occurred in South Australia.
Drone and powerline

Call for calm

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Michelle Daw. Member for Grey Tom Venning has called for a truce in the dispute between the National Trust of South Australia and members of the suspended Moonta branch committee, who are backed by more than 100 locked-out volunteers and many concerned locals. "In the background, certainly we’ve been talking to all parties involved to show support in terms of de-escalating the situation," Mr Venning said yesterday (Tuesday, June 9).

Fragile buildings, precious items locked away

Yorke Peninsula Country Times
Community
For 12 years, Marie Heesemans has cleaned and cared for the buildings housing some of Moonta's much-loved heritage attractions - the Moonta Mines Museum, Miner's Cottage and Family History and Resource Centre in the former School of Mines. Now all she can do is hope the buildings - and the precious items they house - are not falling into disrepair.

Three generations helping to recover Nharangga language

Yorke Peninsula Country Times
Community
For decades, much of Nharangga warra Narungga language existed in fragments. Today, those fragments are being put back together. Across three generations of the Wanganeen family, the language is being recovered, taught and spoken once again, with a growing focus on returning it to everyday life.

Moonta heritage shutdown fallout tops $100k

Yorke Peninsula Country Times
Community
Michelle Daw. Moonta Mines heritage volunteers say about $100,000 has been lost since National Trust of South Australia shut local sites in February, as they continue to fight the closure on multiple fronts.
Moonta Mines volunteer and politicians

Call for return to Christian values

Yorke Peninsula Country Times
Family
Chantelle Thomas invoked the Bible, calling for a return to Christian values, and an end to abortions and "woke ideology" in her maiden speech as the Member for Narungga last week. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, May 20, Mrs Thomas said Australia was built on strong Christian values of faith, family, respect, personal responsibility and helping neighbours.

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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 it reaches as far south as Stenhouse Bay, encompassing the entire Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

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’s real estate section has enough support to produce a seasonal Home, Garden and Lifestyle Guide, plus regular Community Calendar, Farming Extra, Community and Sports sections.

YPCT produces two biennial supplements for the Copper Coast Cornish Festival Kernewek Lowender (12-18 May 2025) and the other for Australia’s oldest agricultural field days, the Yorke Peninsula Field Days at Paskeville (30 September – 2 October 2025) as well as the annual Copper Coast Visitors’ Guide.

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

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Michael Ellis
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Editor
Erica Andrews
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Bernice Williams, Sheila Cranwell, Matt Carty, Jasmine White
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Jodee Cavenett
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Lindsay Rover
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