Letters to the Editor

Rural Aid thanks to Keno

RURAL AID is deeply thankful for the generous funding from Keno to help improve the lives of farming families across Australia. As an independent charity, Rural Aid relies on the generosity of partners and the public to improve the lives of...

Staff Contributors

27 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Warning: you have just been fined

I RECENTLY received a parking infringement notice from Town of Gawler in the mail – yes, snail mail – informing me that I had infringed on parking restrictions at the STARplex where I had recently begun working. This was a warning only (no...

Staff Contributors

27 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Sport does not come cheap

THE lift-out sports catalogue headlines “The Gift of Sport”. No wonder society is facing an obesity crisis regarding today’s youth. It, sport, sure doesn’t come cheap. Take cricket for example. The “exclusive” in the catalogue offers...

Staff Contributors

27 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Planning for a t-rainy day

FOOTBALL enthusiast SA Premier Malinauskus can be relied on, I hope, to renovate the existing railway line into the Barossa Valley. Not to its previous terminus at Angaston, I bet. But as far as the new footy oval at Lyndoch. Mark my words. Bread...

Staff Contributors

27 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

So price gouging is dead

SO the big boys, Coles and Woolworths, claim that price gouging is dead and buried. Today, I purchased a 430g ‘home brand’ jar of sliced black olives from Woolworths Gawler. The price tag on the shelf read $2.00. It scanned at $2.45 at the...

Staff Contributors

21 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Safety first

AS I (and neighbours too) in Finniss Street are mostly elderly… “Mum, you must get a walker,” I am told, so now I have one. After all these years, we have been asking and asking for new footpaths. Just one side for safety would be fine. Yes...

Staff Contributors

21 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

A word of thanks to Gawler council

A CARELESS mishap last Wednesday morning had me losing the car key down a storm- water drain on Adelaide Road, Gawler South. I rang Gawler Council at 9am hoping for some advice but not knowing what. A very pleasant young woman said Dean should be...

Staff Contributors

14 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Critical warning on mental health issue

I WRITE on behalf of the not-for-profit Mental Illness Fellowship Australia to highlight to readers that if you or someone you know is facing a mental health issue, reach out. Help is out there. It is absolutely critical that there is much more...

Staff Contributors

13 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Report a mobile blackspot

AS the 3G mobile telephone network is shut down I’m concerned that mobile blackspots across Barker will increase in size and scope. Being unable to make an emergency call is a dangerous plight for anyone, but particularly for people living in...

Staff Contributors

13 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Wouldn’t it be lovely

WELL John Bolton you have certainly exercised your right to free speech and I respect that. Now I have an idea: what about you opening your house and yard to these sad people. You could have toilets and showers in-stalled and while they are erecting...

Imogen Evans

13 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Mental health crisis on the farm

SOUTH Australian farmers are facing a mental health crisis that cannot be ignored. This issue isn’t just about long hours in the paddock, it’s about the isolation, relentless pressures, and the lack of accessible mental health support for those...

Staff Contributors

06 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

The Salvation Army Red Shield Defence Services 125-year anniversary

WE have heard time and time again people tell their children, “never walk past The Salvos without giving a donation, because they helped us (or your grandparents) during the war”. It is a sentiment that has been around for generations and still...

Staff Contributors

06 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Itinerants and ne’er do wells strike Gawler again

I WONDER if those who provide succour to the itinerants and ne’er do wells who flock to Gawler consider the consequences that they inflict on Gawlerites who work, raise their families and contribute to our general amenities and who would like to...

Staff Contributors

06 Nov 2024

Letters to the Editor

Standing for free speech

I BELIEVE Labor’s Misinformation and Disinformation Bill represents an attack on the free speech of Australians. Under the proposed legislation, voicing your opinion could be deemed to be “misinformation”. The statement doesn’t have to be...

Staff Contributors

30 Oct 2024

Letters to the Editor

Stride for a good cause in November

AS the weather warms up, Aussies are being urged to put their walking shoes on and make moves that matter to support Stroke Foundation’s Stride4Stroke. The physical activity fundraiser encourages people to get moving to reduce their own stroke...

Staff Contributors

30 Oct 2024