🏛️ Council
Mid Murray Council names its new CEO
Andrew Johnson will serve as the council’s next chief executive officer, succeeding Ben Scales.
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🙂 Good News
Come and get your cheap electricity, Housing Trust tenants
The state government has opened registrations for Empowering SA, a program which will offer discounted power bills to South Australians on low incomes.
Help me, begs Australian citizen stuck in Saudi Arabia
Murray Bridge resident Abdullah Balhaddad has been banned from travelling home after becoming involved in a court case overseas.
🏛️ Council
Maurice, Hindmarsh Road speed limit will drop to 50km/h
The Murray Bridge council has voted to lower the speed limit on the major freight route through the city’s west after pleas about safety from residents.
🚨 Emergencies
Houseboat vandalised at Tailem Bend
Plus police arrest a would-be gas bottle thief and report a driver for doing burnouts in Murray Bridge.
🏛️ Council
Coorong council appoints new CEO
Scott Reardon will move over from neighbouring Karoonda East Murray.
🏗️ Development
‘Telling the story’ is key to economic development, council strategy says
Murray Bridge doesn’t just need more houses, public transport and business investment – it needs to work on its reputation, too.
🗓 Things to Do
Things to do in the Murraylands: July 10-16, 2026
Your guide to everything happening in Murray Bridge and surrounds this week, including school holiday activities.
🏗️ Development
Data centres meeting will be held at Tailem Bend next week
Firmus Technologies will answer questions from Murraylands residents about its plans for the region.
🙂 Good News
High school student wins statewide NAIDOC award
Murray Bridge teenager Joseph Ribbons has received the Dr Alice Alitya Rigney Prize for 2026.
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Worried about the property market? Here’s why big city doom and gloom doesn’t apply here
Don’t believe everything you hear in the national media, say Raine and Horne Murraylands’ Michael Cox and Casey DeMichele.
🙂 Good News
Moorundi executive Steve Sumner wins Premier’s NAIDOC Award for 2026
The Ngarrindjeri elder and outgoing health service executive has been recognised for a lifetime of work making life better for his people.