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By Raquel Mustillo NEGLIGENCE, rainfall and lack of maintenance has left a number of State Government roads littered with potholes, prompting a Limestone Coast council to issue an urgent demand to fix the dangerous defects before a fatal crash occurs. Motorists along a number of key roads – including the Princes Highway, Southern Ports Highway, Mount Burr Road and Millicent-Penola Road – are being forced to plough vehicles through rapidly expanding potholes, with dozens of drivers reporting flat tires and damaged rims. At last week’s meeting, Wattle Range Council voted to write a lett...

By Raquel Mustillo MILLICENT Public Library users have warned prospective cuts to council library services will decimate an essential community hub and affect key educational, digital and social programs. Library volunteers Wendy Thomson, Nan Minty and Kerry Lawson have urged the State Government to keep funding levels steady amid widespread concern over the continuation of a long-standing agreement. The current 10-year agreement between the State Government and the Local Government Association will expire at the end of June, with a new funding arrangement yet to be confirmed. Currently, t...

WATTLE Range Council has encouraged community groups to engage with local government through deputations and meetings to help shape future […]

By Raquel Mustillo FARMERS, government representatives and industry leaders converged at Tantanoola’s Roundwood Solutions to view to a world-first timber post treatment facility which converts residue into biochar. More than 40 people attended the company’s biochar and timber post plant tour to hear the new treatment option for posts which solves common disposal issues and brings a slew of environmental benefits. Roundwood Solutions managing director Steve Telford said the company’s creosote-based wood preservative – Tanapost – was a carbon-neutral fencing product which is both envi...

AFTER almost two decades of operation, thousands of hours in voluntary service to the community and raising close to $200,000, […]