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IN THE lead up to The Border Watch’s weekly deadline, it is not uncommon for staff to hear the distant […]

Two men have been sentenced after their two separate attempts to import illicit tobacco products were thwarted by the Australian Border Force (ABF). On...

By Raquel Mustillo TREASURER Rob Lucas has reignited debate over the state’s “archaic, confusing and shambolic” shop trading laws which restrict two of Millicent’s supermarkets from opening on Sundays and public holidays. 
Despite the Millicent community voting twice to retain the town’s rare regulated shopping regime and the defeat of retail reforms in parliament in 2018, the State Government has announced plans for a statewide referendum on trading hour deregulation. 
 Millicent...

By Raquel Mustillo BEACH Energy will indefinitely suspend operations at the recently redeveloped $22m Katnook Gas Plant next financial year following declining gas volumes at its Limestone Coast wells. In a statement to shareholders, Beach said production in the South Australian Otway Basin had decreased by 23pc – 57 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (kboe) – with shares plummeting 24.1pc pc to $1.28 on Friday – the lowest since November last year. The gas plant, which was funded by a ...

MISCONDUCT FINIDNG: South Australian Ombudsman Wayne Lines has recommended Grant District mayor Richard Sage undertake conflict of interest training after he was found to have committed misconduct by failing to declare a conflict regarding the mayoral allowance and private use component of the mayoral vehicle. By Raquel Mustillo THE State Ombudsman has ruled Grant District mayor Richard Sage committed misconduct in public administration by failing to declare with a conflict of interest and refu...

By Brett Kennedy TWO Mount Gambier children are leading a neighbourhood campaign to have a playground established at a community reserve on Matthew Flinders Way. Imogen Lines, 10, and Olivia Lauterbach, 6, are spearheading the push for a children’s play space at the currently vacant reserve to service children and families residing in the expanding north-western residential development. The Stuart Court residents recently engaged residents in the area through door-knocking and letterbox drops...

Last week, the Australian Border Force (ABF)-led Illicit Tobacco Task Force (ITTF) seized and destroyed over 100 acres of illicit tobacco crop across...

By Raquel Mustillo MEMBER for Mount Gambier Troy Bell has defended abstaining from the final vote of the state’s historic and controversial abortion laws despite voting on a number of amendments during the marathon debate. 
 Parliamentarians were granted a conscience vote on the bill – introduced to the Lower House by Attorney-General Vickie Chapman – which removes abortion from criminal law and allows termination beyond 23 weeks in certain circumstances. 
The independent MP raised ...

By Raquel Mustillo IT was early 1951 when Limestone Coast resident Geoff Aslin saw the 100m-long, 3346 tonne freighter Corio shipwrecked roughly 4km from Cape Banks. 

“I was about six years old at the time and my Dad had an emergency radio and he received a call about the wreck,” Mr Aslin said. “I remember my parents driving me out to see it. 
“There were no roads, just tracks and I can remember having to get out of the car and climb over the dunes. 
“When I saw it I couldn...

Date Time Recent migration fraud cases highlight importance of OMARA Following two recent cases of serious migration fraud committed by people posing as migration agents, the Australian Government is urging all consumers who require immigration assistance to check their migration agent is registered with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) before seeking or paying for services. In the last month, a 52-year-old man was charged with 23 migration fraud related offenc...