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🚨 Crime and Fire
Phone GPS helps police catch a thief in Murray Bridge
Plus officers investigate the theft of 12 marquees.
📷 Social Photos
Social photos: Fun in the Sun
See who has been seen out and about in the Murraylands this week, thanks to Spry Holdings.
🙂 Good News
New generation will help a Mannum institution continue
New Mannum Mag editor Alex McAskill has paid tribute to his predecessor, Keith Baldwin, as he prepares to retire after 30 years.
🗓 Things to Do
Things to do in the Murraylands: January 9-15, 2026
Here’s your guide to every event happening in Murray Bridge and surrounds this week, including a family fun day.
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Hammond is winnable for Labor in 2026, Premier Peter Malinauskas suggests
With a high-profile candidate and promises coming down the pipeline, South Australia’s leader hopes to offer locals a viable choice at the state election.
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MP Nick McBride vows to fight on despite assault charges
The Coorong district’s representative in state parliament is persevering with his re-election bid.
🚨 Crime and Fire
Fire contained at Kanmantoo on 2026’s hottest day
The threat posed by a fire west of Callington has passed, the Country Fire Service has advised.
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Labor names its candidate for Mackillop
Mark Braes will run against independent MP Nick McBride for a second time in 2026.
Net zero is ‘madness’, senator says, and many locals agree
The Nationals’ Matt Canavan is on the warpath, with Member for Barker Tony Pasin in a supporting role.
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Independent candidate calls for landline phones in residential care homes
Hammond candidate Lucas Hope is campaigning for child safety in the face of an abuse crisis.
🕰️ History
Century-old Bubsie the Citroen visits Murray Bridge
A car used to circumnavigate Australia in the 1920s has passed through Murray Bridge as a group of Seventh-Day Adventists retrace an adventurer’s journey.