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Mayor Erika Vickery and Member for Barker Tony Pasin cut the ribbon on the Market Square skatebowl and pump track on Monday, with the help of local children. PHOTO: Elisabeth Champion

Skate park opening a hit with kids

Elisabeth Champion

Winner Julie Kent at the John Shaw Neilson Festival Opening Night on Friday. PHOTO: Elisabeth Champion

Big winners at art prize

Elisabeth Champion

LEARN TO DRAW: Naracoorte artist Julie Earl, along with Alison Rowe, is ready to teach locals the basics of drawing with the assitance of her student. PHOTO: Elisabeth Champion

Get to know your local art gallery

Elisabeth Champion

Kingston's Chad Wood reaching for the football while being grabbed by Penola's Will Clayfield. PHOTO: Supplied

Kingston and Keith still on top in KNTFL

Matt Beggs
1hr ago

LETTING GO: People let go of balloons as they pay their respects to the boy who died in a tragic accident in Port Lincoln last week. Photo: Jarrad Delaney

Port Lincoln gathers to mourn tragic loss

Jarrad Delaney

Year seven mental health ambassadors Maggie McLean and Kendra Bilston. Photo: ELISABETH CHAMPION

Students raise money for cancer research

Elisabeth Champion

ADELAIDE FLIGHT: Passengers depart Kingscote, Kangaroo Island on a Wednesday flight to Adelaide on the Qantas Q400 flight. Photo: Stan Gorton

Qantas doubles KI flights, tourism operators frustrated

Stan Gorton

Mayor Erika Vickery and Member for Barker Tony Pasin cut the ribbon on the Market Square skatebowl and pump track on Monday, with the help of local children. PHOTO: Elisabeth Champion

Skate park opening a hit with kids

Elisabeth Champion

Winner Julie Kent at the John Shaw Neilson Festival Opening Night on Friday. PHOTO: Elisabeth Champion

Big winners at art prize

Elisabeth Champion

Mariana di Girolamo and Gael Garca Bernal in Ema. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWEma, a difficult and strange experience

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Morrison facing increased pressure to reopen borders

Vaccine rollout to disability sector an 'abject failure'

DIGESTVaccine rollout to disability sector an 'abject failure'

Health minister Greg Hunt says new on-shore mRNA vaccine production could include Moderna. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Moderna deal paves way for local mRNA production

Missing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

DIGESTMissing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

All you need to know on the big-spending budget

DIGESTAll you need to know on the big-spending budget

John Paul Moloney

ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt says the university sector in one industry bearing the brunt of border closures. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'We will be left behind': ANU vice-chancellor calls for border plan

Sally Whyte

Why two Newmans are making headlines

DIGESTWhy two Newmans are making headlines

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTDo you know your ABC? Appreciation, Budget, Coronavirus

Victoria Lee

It's clear that the AFL will have to work hard to win back the game's disenfranchised supporters. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONHoward Kotton: AFL faces hard sell to win back disenchanted fans

Howard Kotton

Phil Mickelson has been given a USGA exemption to gun for the US Open title that's long eluded him.

Mickelson gets special invite for US Open

The British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa is set to go ahead in July with a revised schedule.

Lions tour schedule revised due to virus

Gerald Imray

It's clear that the AFL will have to work hard to win back the game's disenfranchised supporters. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONHoward Kotton: AFL faces hard sell to win back disenchanted fans

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

Playing Josh Hodgson as a loose forward could be just what the Canberra Raiders need. Photo: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

OPINIONLaurie Daley | Canberra Raiders, Josh Hodgson look to right the ship

Laurie Daley

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

BOOKED OUT: The Naracoorte Cemetery tour is sold out, but another one is planned if there is enough interest, so be sure to register.

What's on in Naracoorte and Lucindale

Elisabeth Champion

BOOKED OUT: The Naracoorte Cemetery tour is sold out, but another one is planned if there is enough interest, so be sure to register.

What's on in Naracoorte and Lucindale

Elisabeth Champion

What's on in Naracoorte and Lucindale

What's on in Naracoorte and Lucindale

BOOKED OUT: The Naracoorte Cemetery tour is sold out, but another one is planned if there is enough interest, so be sure to register.

What's on in Naracoorte and Lucindale

ART: Trent Stewart with his creation which took out first prize in the 3D category, Marsupial Lion in 2019. Photo: FILE

Entries open for IBIS Art Competition

Elisabeth Champion

HISTORY: Learn about the history of the Naracoorte Cemetery and those buried in it next month. Photo: ELISABETH CHAMPION

Take a walk in the past during History Festival

Elisabeth Champion

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Easing the transition from secondary education to university

Easing the transition from secondary education to university

Residential college living offers rich community experience

Residential college living offers rich community experience

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Make more possible with Export Finance Australia

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

Alex Morris

PROTECT YOUR ASSETS: According to the Insurance Council of Australia, landlords should consider how they can protect their premises, its assets and the income they receive from their tenants. Photo - Shutterstock.

Insurance is fundamental to protect your investment

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

BOOKED OUT: The Naracoorte Cemetery tour is sold out, but another one is planned if there is enough interest, so be sure to register.

What's on in Naracoorte and Lucindale

Elisabeth Champion

Sunrise students move learning to outside the classroom

Sunrise students move learning to outside the classroom

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

ART: Artist Wayan Dudug with some of his pieces at the Sheep's Back Museum. PHOTO: Elisabeth Champion

More community arts projects funded

Elisabeth Champion

BOXED IN: Cats are pedantic about their ablutions and the location and cleanliness of their tray.

Illness or stress? Solving the mystery of your peeing puss

Dr Anne Quain

Mariana di Girolamo and Gael Garca Bernal in Ema. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWEma, a difficult and strange experience

Marisol Nicholls and Chris Rock in Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Picture: Lionsgate

REVIEWChris Rock takes on Saw franchise

Member for Hughes Craig Kelly. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Parliament to decide if Facebook banning MPs is contempt

A still from The Man in the Hat. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWComedic road trip with little to say

Angelina Jolie as Hannah and Jon Bernthal as Ethan in Those Who Wish Me Dead. Picture: Warner Bros.Pictures

REVIEWThose Who Wish Me Dead a western in contemporary clothing

Cris Kennedy

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

DARK DAYS: Bad//Dreems guitarist and songwriter Alex Cameron, top right, admits it was difficult spending the majority of 2020 dislocated from the music industry. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICBad//Dreems guitarist reflects on nightmarish tour

Josh Leeson

Rhiannan Iffland diving from a hot air balloon in the Hunter.

Watch the incredible moment a diver jumps from a hot air balloon into a dam

Damon Cronshaw

Why collaborations with big business can be a path to start-up success

OPINIONWhy collaborations with big business can be a path to start-up success

Carl Runde

CLEAR: A commitment to company culture must exist beyond a list on the website and in interview rooms. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONCompany culture matters - why lip service doesn't cut it

Zoë Wundenberg

It's clear that the AFL will have to work hard to win back the game's disenfranchised supporters. Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

OPINIONHoward Kotton: AFL faces hard sell to win back disenchanted fans

Howard Kotton

SUPERCENTENARIAN: Dexter Kruger is now Australia's oldest living man on record. Photo: Lucy Kinbacher.

GOOD NEWSMeet Dexter Kruger, 111, Australia's oldest man on record

Samara Ross
1hr ago

SHINGLES SHOTS: Free shingles vaccinations for 71-79-yr-olds to end this year.

Clock ticking for over-70s shingles shot

Eileen Wood
1hr ago

Self and part-funded retirees welcome budget measures. Image Shutterstock

Fully and part-funded retirees get some wins from federal budget

Eileen Wood
1hr ago

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says struggling Australians were barely an afterthought in the budget.

Budget leaves too many behind, says Labor

11m ago

Rex Boeing 737. Picture: Rex

Rex takes on 'price-gouging' Qantas with $69 Canberra-to-Melbourne tickets

Two Kia models are being recalled over problems with the Hydraulic Electronic Control Units.

Kia cars recalled over fire fears

Ariana Grande has married real estate agent Dalton Gomez in a tiny wedding, her representative says.

Ariana Grande marries in 'tiny' wedding

All knives, including ceremonial daggers, are being banned from New South Wales public schools.

Knives to be banned in NSW schools

18m ago

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian doesn't want to be closed off to the world longer than needed.

Vaccines key to open borders: NSW premier

Hannah Ryan
21m ago

LOCKED AND LOADED: Inspector Scott Flude outside the Perth Police Station with some of the firearms surrendered as part of the weekend amnesty drive. Picture: Phillip Biggs

50 firearms, 40kg ammunition surrendered as part of amnesty

Ebony Abblitt
57m ago

Federal government minister David Littleproud has defended the vaccine rollout in disability care.

Minister defends disability care rollout

Daniel McCulloch
1hr ago

Rags were found contaminating Australia wool but only after the scouring process. Pictures: AWEX.

Aussie export wool contaminated

Chris McLennan

VOUCHER WINNER: Ag Institute Australia chartered agriculturalist Bruce Hancock, with $200 RM Williams voucher winner Edward Downing, Mundulla, and Craig Davis, from AIA.

Students encouraged to 'ag-tivate' careers

RAA Road Safety and Infrastructure senior manager Charles Mountain among 977 empty chairs, which marks the lives lost on all SA roads across the past 10 years. Photo: SUPPLIED

Safety message shared with markers on regional roads

SIX OUT OF TEN: The sharemarket historically has six out of ten good years.

Follow the basic principles of investing for the best result

Natural textures inject warmth from the outside world, through the use of sustainable or recycled timber, cane and rattan. Not only are these materials on trend but they create textured patterns on the walls as the light shines through.

Light up your home as the days get darker

SWEET DREAMS: Dulux's Nourish palette includes colours that are perfect for a bedroom. Stylist: Julia Green. Photographer: Armelle Habib.

Bedroom updates to try today

Linley Wilkie