Renmark South

• Nick Xenophon Team eyes regional seat of Barker

  By Isabel Dayman

  Posted June 27, 2016 17:41:15

  Less than a week out from the federal election, the Nick Xenophon Team has set its sights on the blue ribbon seat of Barker.

  Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, renmark-5341, murray-bridge-5253, mount-gambier-5290, mount-gambier-east-5291, mount-gambier-west-5291, sa, waikerie-5330, tailem-bend-5260, renmark-south-5341, penola-5277, naracoorte-5271, millicent-5280, mannum-5238, loxton-5333, kingston-se-5275, keith-5267, barmera-5345, berri-5343, karoonda-5307

• Irrigators count down to Riverland water allocations

  By Isabel Dayman

  Posted April 11, 2016 07:47:02

  After months of frustration and calls for more information, Riverland irrigators will finally learn their minimum opening water allocations by the end of this month.

  Topics: irrigation, rural, water, environment, water-supply, water-management, renmark-5341, renmark-south-5341, monash-5342, sa

• Man jailed for raping teen at her SA home in 1990

  By Sarah Scopelianos

  Posted April 08, 2016 15:37:05 | Updated April 08, 2016 15:42:25

  A Queensland man is sentenced to jail for raping a sleeping teenage girl in South Australia's Riverland 26 years ago.

  Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, adelaide-5000, renmark-5341, renmark-south-5341, sa

• Riverland Senator Anne Ruston to shape Commonwealth water policy image

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  ABC News

  Posted September 21, 2015 15:39:02

  New Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Anne Ruston with Murray Darling Basin Authority chairman Neil Andrew during a visit to Chowilla in the Riverland earlier this year.

  Topics: water, murray-darling-basin, irrigation, agricultural-policy, renmark-5341, renmark-south-5341

• Snowtown health care under cloud

  Posted November 13, 2012 09:17:13

  A new medical services provider is being sought for the Snowtown community in the mid-north of SA.

  Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, states-and-territories, aged-care, renmark-south-5341, clare-5453, port-pirie-5540, sa

• Big citrus a boost for the Riverland

  ABC Rural

  Lisa Kingsberry

  Posted July 18, 2012 16:35:00

  Access to the US market for citrus growers has been difficult in recent years due to the high Australian dollar.

  Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, fruit, food-processing, irrigation, australia, sa, renmark-5341, renmark-south-5341

• Rapist acquitted of attempted murder

  By court reporter Candice Marcus

  Posted July 12, 2012 13:11:19

  A man who sexually assaulted, stabbed and strangled his estranged partner has been found guilty of rape but acquitted of attempted murder.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, sa, adelaide-5000, loxton-north-5333, renmark-5341, loxton-5333, cadell-5321, berri-5343, barmera-5345, waikerie-5330, renmark-south-5341

• Professor David Paton on assessing the Murray's health Audio

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  ABC News

  7min 4sec

  Posted June 01, 2012 10:07:09

  Victoria's Water Minister says he will not support the latest Murray-Darling Basin draft plan because it sounds the death knell for many communities in northern Victoria.

  Topics: murray-darling-basin, rivers, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment, university-and-further-education, irrigation, rural, research, sa, adelaide-5000, renmark-south-5341, adelaide-university-5005, australia

• Dvu for rain affected Riverland grape growers

  ABC Rural

  William Rollo

  Posted December 19, 2011 12:00:00 | Updated December 19, 2011 13:37:00

  Across the Riverland, growers nervously watched on as weekend rains as high as 80mm hit parts of the region.

  Topics: rural, crop-harvesting, food-processing, pest-management, weeds, cooltong-5341, renmark-south-5341

• New ramp for Lake Bonney ahead of ski titles

  Posted November 02, 2011 08:13:07

  Construction of a new boat ramp has started at Lake Bonney in the Riverland ahead of national ski titles in January.

  Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-and-society, murray-darling-basin, water-supply, rural, community-development, water-skiing, barmera-5345, renmark-south-5341

• Police search for man missing in Red Centre

  Allyson Horn

  Posted July 21, 2011 15:09:30

  An air and ground search is underway for a 71-year-old man missing in central Australia.

  Topics: missing-person, travel-and-tourism, alice-springs-0870, renmark-south-5341

• Councils urged to get creative with heritage tourism

  Posted February 21, 2011 13:30:00

  The National Heritage Trust of South Australia says the state's country councils need to find more creative ways to utilise and protect locally listed heritage items.

  Topics: travel-and-tourism, environmental-management, sa, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-south-5341

• Push on for long-term regional blueprint

  Posted December 16, 2010 12:47:00

  The Provincial Cities Association believes South Australia is putting itself behind other states by not having detailed policy for regions outside of Adelaide.

  Topics: urban-development-and-planning, activism-and-lobbying, sa, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-south-5341

• Man dies while trapped

  Posted March 17, 2009 16:32:00 | Updated March 17, 2009 17:53:00

  A 34-year-old man has died after being pinned between a semi-trailer and a car at Waikerie, in South Australia's Riverland.

  Topics: road, waikerie-5330, adelaide-5000, sa, renmark-south-5341

• SA swelters through third day over 40 degrees (video)

  Posted January 29, 2009 14:34:00 | Updated January 29, 2009 15:11:00

  SA continues to swelter through its third consecutive day of temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.

  Topics: weather, adelaide-5000, sa, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-south-5341

• Rural doctors would help clear city waiting lists: RDA

  Posted July 07, 2008 08:10:00 | Updated July 07, 2008 08:37:00

  SA country doctors say they are ready to help clear city waiting lists.

  Topics: medical-procedures, states-and-territories, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-south-5341

• Public pressure prompts health plan task force: rural doctors

  Posted July 02, 2008 13:48:00 | Updated July 02, 2008 14:13:00

  The Rural Doctors Association says the South Australian Government has bowed to public pressure by appointing a task force to consult communities about its health plan.

  Topics: healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, doctors-and-medical-professionals, streaky-bay-5680, berri-5343, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, quorn-5433, renmark-south-5341, whyalla-5600

• Greens worry for country SA environment

  Posted February 14, 2008 09:00:00 | Updated February 14, 2008 09:06:00

  The Greens have welcomed the South Australian Government's environment protection bill but say more needs to be done to fix pollution problems in regional areas.

  Topics: environmental-management, pollution, state-parliament, greens, states-and-territories, rural, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, murray-bridge-5253, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-south-5341, roxby-downs-5725, whyalla-5600

• Steady interest rates good for country areas

  Posted April 05, 2007 13:14:00 | Updated April 05, 2007 13:15:00

  Business SA has welcomed a decision to keep interest rates steady because it says an increase would have severely impacted on regional areas.

  Topics: banking, consumer-finance, renmark-south-5341, mount-gambier-5290, port-pirie-5540

• Extra $1.9m for aerial firefighting effort

  Posted December 05, 2006 09:00:00

  The South Australian Government will spend an extra $1.9 million on boosting the state's aerial firefighting capability this summer.

  Topics: emergency-planning, bushfire, states-and-territories, port-pirie-5540, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-north-5700, port-lincoln-5606, renmark-south-5341

• Car crash inquest hears of hospital politics

  Posted November 28, 2006 14:36:00 | Updated November 28, 2006 18:56:00

  An inquest into the death of a teenager in South Australia's Riverland has heard that politics between hospitals was discussed on the night she died.

  Topics: road, healthcare-facilities, renmark-south-5341

• SA braces for fire threat

  Posted November 21, 2006 08:07:00

  Fire crews across South Australia will be on alert again today as high fire danger conditions continue, with total fire bans declared in most regions of the state.

  Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, mount-gambier-5290, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-south-5341

• Farmers on alert after avocado thefts

  Posted October 11, 2006 14:38:00

  Fruit growers are being told to look out for suspicious activity around their properties following the alleged theft of more than $20,000 worth of avocados in the Riverland.

  Topics: renmark-south-5341

• Climate change may shift Goyder's Line

  Posted May 02, 2006 13:33:00

  Climate change could force South Australia's iconic Goyder's Line to shift 100 kilometres south.

  Topics: climate-change, rural, renmark-south-5341, port-lincoln-5606

• ALP pledges more disability transport help

  Posted March 10, 2006 08:11:00

  People with disabilities who are currently entitled to subsidised transport will receive additional taxi vouchers as part of an election pledge by the Labor Party in South Australia.

  Topics: elections, alp, states-and-territories, port-pirie-5540, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, renmark-south-5341

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