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| UpdatedA bushfire burning in the southern Flinders Ranges of South Australia is not a threat to life or property, authorities say.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, fires, quorn-5433, lameroo-5302, parilla-5303, pinnaroo-5304, sa, hawker-5434, bordertown-5268
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| UpdatedEmergency workers respond to hundreds of calls for help related to storm damage and flash flooding, including to rescue a woman after a tree comes down on her tent.
Topics: storm-event, emergency-incidents, mildura-3500, lameroo-5302
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A landmark local sign of renowned singer Julie Anthony has been stolen from her birthplace in SA's Murray Mallee.
Topics: music, opera-and-musical-theatre, arts-and-entertainment, police, lameroo-5302, sa
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Locals in the Murraylands and Mallee are struggling with non-existent phone reception and want it fixed immediately.
Topics: wireless-communication, information-and-communication, community-development, rural, community-and-society, federal-election, government-and-politics, karoonda-5307, sa, australia, lameroo-5302, loxton-5333
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Fire fighters are battling a number of blazes across South Australia as strong winds and high temperature continue to fan the flames.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, university-of-south-australia-5000, mallala-5502, lameroo-5302
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A Riverland council has raised security concerns about BankSA's proposal to partner with regional councils.
Topics: local-government, banking, regional, barmera-5345, lameroo-5302, renmark-5341
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BankSA is closing 20 branches across regional South Australia, citing a booming take-up of internet transactions.
Topics: banking, business-economics-and-finance, industry, sa, crystal-brook-5523, gladstone-5473, lameroo-5302, orroroo-5431, renmark-5341, port-pirie-5540, mount-gambier-5290
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Two young Australian agronomists working in cropping, agricultural technology, and business management have been jointly awarded the 2015 Young Agronomist Award.
Topics: rural, awards-and-prizes, agricultural-crops, lameroo-5302, tas, wagga-wagga-2650
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Rohan Brill and Louise Flohr were announced as joint winners at the national conference of the Australian Society of Agronomy in Hobart. Read more
Topics: rural, awards-and-prizes, tas, lameroo-5302, wagga-wagga-2650
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A forum highlighting the dangers of the drug 'ice' will be held in Lameroo, in South Australia's Mallee, later this month.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, lameroo-5302, renmark-5341
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The Lameroo Regional Community School in South Australia's Murray Mallee region will open up its new facilities to the local community for hire.
Topics: schools, community-and-society, lameroo-5302, renmark-5341
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| UpdatedRiverland MP Tim Whetstone says Lameroo will be hit by BankSA's decision to reduce the local branch's opening hours.
Topics: banking, activism-and-lobbying, lameroo-5302
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| UpdatedGrain handling group Viterra has announced it will no longer be using rail freight in the South Australian Mallee region.
Topics: road-transport, rail-transport, agricultural-prices, agribusiness, wheat, grain, oilseeds, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, loxton-5333, pinnaroo-5304, lameroo-5302, tailem-bend-5260, karoonda-5307
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Grain handling group Viterra says they won't use rail freight in the Riverland and South Australian Mallee. Read more.
Topics: road-transport, rail-transport, agricultural-prices, agribusiness, wheat, grain, oilseeds, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, loxton-5333, pinnaroo-5304, lameroo-5302, tailem-bend-5260, karoonda-5307
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| UpdatedA man is arrested in South Australia's Murraylands where a woman was threatened with a tyre lever.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, lameroo-5302, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedFarmers in the South Australian Mallee are trying to work out how much damage has been caused by frosts this week.
Topics: grain, weather, oilseeds, crop-harvesting, lameroo-5302
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ReLameroo farmer Gary Flohr says the season is a disaster. Read the full story
.Topics: grain, weather, lameroo-5302
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David Farr from near Loxton says he's happy with the prices paid at the Lameroo off shears sheep sale.
Topics: sheep-production, wool, lameroo-5302
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Topics: sheep-production, wool, lameroo-5302
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| UpdatedFarmers in the South Australian Mallee have escaped the worst consequences of warm and windy weather on the weekend, thanks to a bit of rain last week.
Topics: grain, oilseeds, weather, lameroo-5302
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Farmer Brenton Pudney from Lameroo says he had warm, windy weather on the weekend, but last week's rain helped minimise problems.
Topics: grain, weather, lameroo-5302
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| UpdatedA body has been found in a burnt car at Parrakie, east of Adelaide.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, parrakie-5301, lameroo-5302, sa, australia
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Broadacre crop growers in the Mallee region of South Australia and Victoria could be able to minimise losses from severe frost if they get more decent rain.
Topics: grain, rainfall, agribusiness, lameroo-5302
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The weekend saw good rain across South Australia, but more is needed to save frost damaged crops.
Topics: grain, rainfall, agribusiness, lameroo-5302
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Topics: agricultural-crops, grain, wheat, lameroo-5302