Community

Job opportunities arise following Playford expo

A NORTHERN-owned business has welcomed a new employee following Playford’s inaugural Northern Adelaide Jobs and Careers Expo to improve its visibility in the community and help fill vacant positions. International student Madusha Lakmini...

Staff Contributors

01 Dec 2024

Community

Numeracy checks to be introduced in all schools

MORE than 60 per cent of students were recently found ‘mathematically vulnerable’, which has prompted the State Government to introduce a numeracy check for all Year 1 students from 2026. The trial – rolled out for 7000 students across 95...

Staff Contributors

01 Dec 2024

Community

Mallala SACWA members celebrate

MEMBERS of the Mallala branch of the South Australian Country Women’s Association (SACWA) enjoyed a pooled lunch in their clubrooms on November 7. Following a short meeting, members attended the Mallala Coffee House. Four Year 6 students from...

Staff Contributors

01 Dec 2024

Community

Tracking the health of our waterways

CITIZEN scientists in Clare and the Barossa Valley pitched in to help track the health of local waterways in October and November. Local volunteers were involved in the springtime Waterbug Bioblitz events that involved collecting samples from...

Staff Contributors

01 Dec 2024

Community

Graduates’ creativity shines

TALENTED artists at Trinity College have been shining at the 2024 Graduate Exhibition, which opened earlier this month. The exhibition showcases the work of graduating Year 12 art students, including traditional paintings, visual arts, films and...

Staff Contributors

30 Nov 2024

Community

Celebrating inclusion in the Barossa

THE Barossa Council is hosting inclusive activities at Nuriootpa Library as part of International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD). From 10am to 1pm on December 3, the activities celebrate this year’s theme of the day, ‘amplifying the...

Staff Contributors

30 Nov 2024

Community

Gawler Lions get in the holiday spirit

LIONS Club of Gawler is getting into the holiday spirit with its annual Christmas cake sale now available for the community. The rich festive cakes are offered in a range of different sizes and available in locations across Gawler. Lions members are...

Staff Contributors

30 Nov 2024

Community

Mixed reaction to proposed code amendment

THE proposed Dublin Code Amendment has received a mixed reaction from residents living in the township and surrounding districts following a community forum over the weekend. Member for Light Tony Piccolo arranged the forum on Sunday, November 24 to...

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29 Nov 2024

Community

G Force is back

AFTER performing for the Governor, Her Excellency Frances Adamson AC, who officially opened the 2024 series of original Music, Art and Poetry (MAP) events in the Main Hall of the Civic Centre, Sunday March 3 this year, G Force is back to bring the...

Staff Contributors

29 Nov 2024

Community

New book explores pages of the past

A GAWLER-famous cricket batmaker-turned-history-buff has captured the history of Gawler in a new book officially launched last week. The history of each of the five sites and buildings that make up the Zion Lutheran Worship Centre on Church Hill has...

Imogen Evans

28 Nov 2024

Community

Playford school marks 150 years of community spirit

FORMER and current students and staff connected last week to celebrate Angle Vale Primary School’s 150th birthday. The site, which was only a three-room brick cottage with a school room in 1850, became Angle Vale Primary School in 1968 with...

Imogen Evans

28 Nov 2024

Community

Ashton’s gift drive is back

THIS Christmas, Member for Schubert Ashton Hurn has once again registered for the Salvation Army Gift Drive. This will be the third year Ms Hurn has registered her office as a drop-off point for the gift drive, supporting those in need over...

Staff Contributors

28 Nov 2024

Community

Beloved collector and ‘kind-hearted’ Jason Harvey remembered

TRIBUTES have been flowing for Gawler’s Jason Harvey, who was tragically killed at 53-years-old in a car crash near Kapunda on Tuesday, November 19. Mr Harvey was a treasured and well-respected member of the swap meet and collector community, full...

Jem Nash

27 Nov 2024

Community

Gawler Anglicans spreading the Christmas cheer

GAWLER Anglicans is spreading the festive spirit, hosting multiple events over the next couple of weeks leading up to Christmas. In conjunction with the Villawood Gawler Christmas Parade on Saturday, November 30, St George’s Anglican Church at...

Jem Nash

27 Nov 2024

News

Raffle throws communities a lifeline

MENTAL health not-for-profit Lifeline is hosting a Christmas raffle across South Australia to give back to the community for showing so much support during 2024. The Lifeline Christmas Raffle offers a first prize valued at more than $2000, with all...

Staff Contributors

26 Nov 2024