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Chair of the Spencer Gulf Cities and Mayor of Port Pirie Regional Council, Leon Stephens, said that the Gulf cities have the projects in train around renewable and green energy to deliver on the Federal Government's renewal energy focus highlighted in the Budget delivered on Tuesday May 9. "We are sitting in the best place […]

The mayors of the Upper Spencer Gulf have united and are not taking the axing of the Spencer Gulf Nightly News lying down. Whyalla Mayor Phill Stone, Port Augusta Mayor Linley Shine and Port Pirie Mayor and Spencer Gulf Cities Chair, Leon Stephens, have lobbied the State and Federal governments, as well as Southern Cross […]

Leon Stephens, however, isn’t terribly jazzed about the whole shebang. Speaking to the ABC, Stephens stated “I might be showing my age or whatever but I think this is getting pretty tired. It’s a bit like a Dad joke that’s continually going on and I think that it’s time that we changed it up a little bit.” Stephens also tried to take a cheap shot at Shit Towns of Australia co-founder  Geoff Rissole, claiming that the Shittest Town in South Australia title was “probably about as i...

City where kids can’t play on windy days Karen Davis, pictured with her sons Noah, 12, and Macen, 1, says more needs to be done about the blood lead levels recorded in children living in Port Pirie. Picture: NCA NewsWire/David Mariuz News by Kathryn Bermingham 24th Jan 2021 10:32 AM Life with a one-year-old is hectic in any household, but South Australian mum Karen Davis must stay especially vigilant. She doesnt take he...

City where kids can’t play on windy days Karen Davis, pictured with her sons Noah, 12, and Macen, 1, says more needs to be done about the blood lead levels recorded in children living in Port Pirie. Picture: NCA NewsWire/David Mariuz News by Kathryn Bermingham 24th Jan 2021 10:32 AM Life with a one-year-old is hectic in any household, but South Australian mum Karen Davis must stay especially vigilant. She doesnt take he...

A city in Australia is so polluted with toxic lead parents don’t take kids out on windy days and change their clothes once inside – but even that’s not enough.

A city in Australia is so polluted with toxic lead parents don’t take kids out on windy days and change their clothes once inside – but even that’s not enough.

Mussels in Port Pirie waters return 90 times the permissible amount of lead WedWednesday 23 Species near Port Pirie have been found to contain unacceptable levels of lead. ( Share Print text only Cancel Sample tests on aquatic species taken from waters next to South Australian regional city Port Pirie, and its controversial lead smelter has revealed unacceptable levels of metal contamination, particularly lead, in the varied species. Key points: The State Government has announcement a recreatio...