🏛️ Council
Coorong homeowners face $140 average rates bill increase
The Coorong council plans to raise an extra $1 million in property rates in 2026-27 to support various projects, including growth at Wellington East.
Peri Strathearn
I'm an award-winning, community-minded journalist who has lived and worked in South Australia's Murraylands since 2012.
🚨 Emergencies
Prescribed burn planned at Ferries McDonald Conservation Park
The Department for Environment and Water will reduce fuel loads at Monarto South on Thursday and Friday of this week.
📢 Sponsored
Romance book lovers celebrate Fiction and Friction, the heart of a community
Meet the Murray Bridge bookshop owner who has brought together countless women and girls over a shared love of reading.
🏛️ Council
Murray Bridge council has new plans for community land
A series of updated documents will determine what can be done with public land across the district for decades to come.
🚨 Emergencies
Police pounce on cannabis crop at Murray Bridge East
Plus four motorists are reported for drink and drug driving.
Life saving club seeks a home as part of water safety push
The Murray Bridge Life Saving Club wants a permanent base at Sturt Reserve as part of an effort to prevent drownings in the region.
📷 Social Photos
Social photos: Lower Murray Vintage Engine and Machinery Show
See who has been seen out and about in the Murraylands this week, thanks to Spry Holdings.
🙂 Good News
Tailem Bend steals a motor race from Victoria
A Formula SAE-A championship will be held at the Bend Motorsport Park for the next five years, SA’s state government has announced.
🏛️ Council
$3.8 million redevelopment planned at Murray Bridge’s Hume Reserve
The state government, Ngarrindjeri authorities and the local council are collaborating on a plan to revitalise a long-neglected riverfront area.
📢 Sponsored
Is there still a housing crisis in the Murraylands?
Raine and Horne’s Michael Cox and Casey DeMichele say conditions are surprisingly favourable for vendors, buyers and renters alike at the moment.
🗳️ Vote
Does Callington belong in the Hills or Murraylands? The AEC weighs in
A proposed boundary change would shift Callington, Langhorne Creek and other communities into the electorate of Barker at the next federal election.
Drought will mean less water for River Murray irrigators in 2026-27
A political argument between Labor and One Nation has erupted over the most troubling projection for irrigators in six years.