Editorial

Road to recovery

THE old saying of good things come to those who wait is ringing true for Playford residents. Curtis Road users finally have some light at the end of the tunnel after years of disappointment thanks to a hefty grant funded by the State and Federal...

Staff Contributors

27 Nov 2024

Editorial

Well worth the walk

ORDINARILY this section is reserved for the paper’s commentary on something happening in the community. In a way this week’s editorial will aim to do that as well, but I will instead be breaking some of my own golden rules, namely using personal...

Staff Contributors

15 Nov 2024

Editorial

Changing of the guard

THE cat is now well and truly out of the bag. After more than 20 years as the owner of this publication, Taylor Group Media will no longer have control of The Bunyip once the sale of the company to SA Today goes through in a few weeks’ time...

Staff Contributors

06 Nov 2024

Editorial

Creepy critiques off the mark

IT would appear that we cannot have any form of holiday without it being divisive. That is not to say that standing up against problematic festivities is the wrong thing to do, but the imminent Halloween celebrations do not fall into the troublesome...

Staff Contributors

30 Oct 2024

Editorial

Sport on the agenda

REWIND a few decades and it would be borderline unfathomable to see a Playford sport story on the front and back of The Bunyip

Staff Contributors

23 Oct 2024

Editorial

Footy future in safe hands

ONE of the biggest drawcards of a local paper is its sport section. While the meaty page three stories will often have the most consequences for day-to-day life of those in a paper’s locale, invariably a strong portion of readers will flick...

Staff Contributors

09 Oct 2024

Editorial

In the end, it is just a game

A TIGHT finish in the weekend’s BLG A grade grand final made for exciting theatre for all involved, with an all-day arm wrestle going right down to the wire. With both Willaston and Angaston looking to break their premiership droughts, it was...

Staff Contributors

25 Sep 2024

Editorial

The human element

THERE is nothing quite like a media storm to overshadow the crux of a very serious situation. Young Henry Nau is recovering in hospital after copping a blow to the head while playing the game he loves on Saturday in the Adelaide Plains Football...

Staff Contributors

18 Sep 2024

Editorial

An intangible, immeasurable difference

THROUGHOUT the past 20 years or so, perhaps nothing has grown in stature as much as mental health. Countless organisations, individuals, sports teams, associations and plenty of other bodies have worked hard to erase the stigma surrounding talking...

Staff Contributors

12 Sep 2024

Editorial

Effective tree-age with fallen branch

WHAT was shaping up to be a very quiet end to the week quickly changed on Friday, August 16, with the gum tree behind Gawler Arcade dropping one of its branches. First and foremost, it is incredibly lucky no one was hurt considering what...

Staff Contributors

21 Aug 2024

Editorial

The arts are alive

THIS year’s Fringe festival once again surpassed expectations, with a staggering 1,040,305 tickets sold for shows across the state. Adelaide is called Australia’s Festival Capital for a reason, and the celebration of local art is not even close...

Imogen Evans

08 Aug 2024

Editorial

Community unites for NAIDOC

THE very first NAIDOC in The North event last week saw a massive turnout, with over 1000 residents heading to the John McVeity Centre in Playford. National NAIDOC week, which wrapped up last week, was an opportunity for residents to learn more about...

Imogen Evans

26 Jul 2024

Editorial

Signs of ignorance

THE fact that this needs to be said is astonishing, but replacing speed limit signs with fake ones signalling 30km/h over the actual limit is absolutely ridiculous. Whoever decided to do this at Gawler’s Schomburgk Drive, formerly known as East...

Staff Contributors

11 Jul 2024

Editorial

Getting the finances in order

IT is that time of year once again where budgets are front of mind across the board. Individuals, families and businesses will all be looking to their tax returns, incremental pay rises may start to roll in, and perhaps most importantly in our...

Staff Contributors

03 Jul 2024

Editorial

What of people power?

FEW protests will garner as much attention as more than two-dozen tractors lining the streets of a regional town. The scenes in Mallala on Monday were something to behold as Adelaide Plains residents continued their push for what they believe to be...

Staff Contributors

27 Jun 2024