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From the editor’s desk
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s decision to formally recognise Palestine as a state at the upcoming UN meeting in September marks a significant turn in...
Family care boost in Gulf
SPENCER GULF - An initiative helping hundreds of families to make decisions about how their children can be safely cared for at home, is...
Those Were The Days – Brian Morris
Full name: Brian Douglas Morris
Town of residence: Whyalla
Town of birth: Whyalla
Year of birth: 1943
Age: 81
Married: 1968–1999
Children: 3 – Garreth, Susan, Belinda
Grandchildren: 4 – Sophie,...
Voices take centre stage
PORT AUGUSTA The Desert Voices core choir is preparing for its annual concert, Under the Milky Way.
Desert Voices director Anna Beach said the performance...
More than gardening
Every morning, as was our custom, John and I would visit our ‘garden’ - though not in the traditional sense.
We didn't have a...
Honouring local legends
WHYALLA - An online forum has sparked a grassroots initiative to honour some of Whyalla’s most cherished individuals through a public ‘legends mural.’
The proposed...
Pubs donate for drought relief
Pubs with Heart, a charity run through the Australian Hotels Association SA Branch (AHASA), has donated $50,000 for urgent drought relief in rural South...
Whyalla’s sew-cial crew
WHYALLA - The Whyalla Boomerang Bags sewing group recently celebrated its second birthday, after it was established in 2023.
One of many Boomerang Bags...
Steel retain Legends Cup
WHYALLA - Steel City successfully retained another Legends Cup in the Whyalla hockey round over the weekend.
City walked off Appleyard-Gloede Cup winners after...
Driving change in Pirie underway
PORT PIRIE - Paula Backstrom has been appointed as the Pirie Voices initiative’s first coordinator to lead community change in Port Pirie and bring...
80 years on: Whyalla’s wartime legacy
Friday, August 15, marked 80 years since the end of World War II, a conflict that significantly shaped the world as we know it.
While...
