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| UpdatedA lockdown of South Australian prisons ends as the union representing prison staff and the State Government head to the Industrial Relations Commission.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, mount-gambier-5290, cadell-5321, sa
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| UpdatedA union places inmates in all South Australian prisons in lockdown over what it says is a failing by the Corrections Department to address overcrowding concerns.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, murray-bridge-5253, sa, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, mount-gambier-5290, cadell-5321
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| UpdatedKey South Australian MPs head to the Riverland to assess the destruction of crops and consider what support can be offered to storm-hit growers.
Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, states-and-territories, storm-event, weather, government-and-politics, berri-5343, renmark-5341, cadell-5321, monash-5342, barmera-5345, sa
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| UpdatedA volunteer firefighting unit in SA's Riverland region is getting its numbers boosted by volunteers - from the local jail.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, volunteers, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, human-interest, sa, cadell-5321, renmark-5341, adelaide-5000
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There are calls for greater camping regulations along the River Murray after Easter campers left campsites littered with rubbish and public bins overflowing.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, environment, travel-and-tourism, renmark-5341, cadell-5321, lyrup-5343
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Topics: environment, cadell-5321
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The Murraylands Food Alliance says it will focus on developing regional pride in the next 12 months, as it builds collaboration between some of the region's major food producers.
Topics: food-and-beverage, morgan-5320, cadell-5321, renmark-5341
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Country Health SA says it will not provide an in-clinic community nurse in Morgan, in the Riverland, to partly compensate for a reduction in local GP services.
Topics: health-administration, healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, morgan-5320, cadell-5321, waikerie-5330
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| UpdatedPolice have launched a campaign to try to solve some of South Australia's oldest murders and missing persons cases.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, missing-person, sa, cadell-5321, moorook-5332, port-lincoln-5606, whyalla-5600, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540
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New weight restrictions will come into force today on the Cadell and Mannum ferries in South Australia.
Topics: sea-transport, cadell-5321, mannum-5238, morgan-5320, waikerie-5330
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| UpdatedA local council says lowering the load limit of ferries crossing the Murray River in South Australia could disrupt this year's vintage.
Topics: agricultural-machinery, road-transport, cadell-5321
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Mid Murray Council mayor Dave Burgess says the state of the wooden hulled ferries at Cadell and Mannum shows the state government hasn't kept up with its asset management plans, a point Transport and Infrastructure minister Stephen Mulligan rejects. Read more.
Topics: agricultural-machinery, road-transport, cadell-5321
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Cadell residents will now need to travel to Morgan to see a GP.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, cadell-5321, morgan-5320, waikerie-5330
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More than 3,000 households in South Australia's Riverland and Murraylands will be affected by a series of short power outages over the next 30 hours.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, sa, waikerie-5330, cadell-5321, glossop-5344
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Cadell man Danny McGurgan has been named a finalist in the Australian of the Year Awards.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, cadell-5321, renmark-5341
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The South Australian Government says Murraylands' firm Bowhill Engineering has won a contract to build two steel River Murray ferry hulls.
Topics: sea-transport, bowhill-5238, renmark-5341, mannum-5238, cadell-5321, lyrup-5343
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Residents in Berri and Cadell will soon be able to access high-speed broadband internet.
Topics: information-and-communication, programs-and-initiatives, berri-5343, cadell-5321
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| UpdatedMore than 2,000 people attended the Cadell Harvest Festival in the Riverland on Saturday.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-and-society, cadell-5321, renmark-5341
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Riverland policeman Danny McGurgan says he is both honoured and surprised to have been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to the town of Cadell, as part of this year's Australia Day awards.
Topics: australia-day, awards-and-prizes, cadell-5321, renmark-5341
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A new training facility has been established in Cadell for Country Fire Service (CFS) volunteers.
Topics: emergency-planning, fires, cadell-5321, renmark-5341
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A bill to make it harder to permanently close any road, ferry or bridge has passed the South Australian Parliament's Upper House.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, cadell-5321, renmark-5341
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A bill to close a loophole which nearly led to the axing of the Cadell ferry service last year will be voted on in State Parliament today.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, cadell-5321, renmark-5341
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| UpdatedMPs with electorates along the River Murray in South Australia say they will develop a five-year strategy for replacement of three river ferries and put their plan to the State Government.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, community-and-society, community-development, sa, renmark-5341, mannum-5238, cadell-5321, berri-5343, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedA regional council is struggling to police building compliance for the thousands of shacks along the banks of the Murray in South Australia.
At the Mid Murray Council, there are more than 100 cases underway dealing with unlawful development and legal costs run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
With hundreds of kilometres of riverbanks to check regularly, the council relies on the complaints received from neighbours who are frustrated with illegal development.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environment, murray-darling-basin, rivers, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, rural, lifestyle-and-leisure, rural-tourism, local-government, cadell-5321, mannum-5238, renmark-5341, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, sa
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The Mid Murray Council will push forward with a proposal to amend the Cadell Development Plan, to make it easier for residents to build on their land.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, building-and-construction, local-government, cadell-5321, renmark-5341