State Budget
With the 2026-27 State Budget handed down last week, The Southern Argus speaks to four local state MPs about what the budget means for their communities.
Sport
1000 points and counting
Steph Formby has been making waves across the world, with the Strathalbyn local playing college basketball in the USA.
Tebneff triumphs at championships
Goolwa Rowing Club’s Kate Tebneff made a splash at the Australian Masters Rowing Championships in Perth, returning home with a trophy cabinet bursting at the seams.
A lifetime in football recognised
Three locals were recently inducted into the Great Southern Football League Hall of Fame: Strathalbyn’s Nick Weckert, Langhorne Creek’s Michael Perrey and Mount Compass’s Marcus Burdett.
Oar-some news for Goolwa Rowing Club
The Goolwa Rowing Club is hoping to move ahead with its plans to build a clubroom facility on Bristow Smith Reserve.
Rural
Honey, check this out
An avid gardener recently started a bee-rilliant new hobby, of beekeeping, to improve his crops, and has been reaping what he has sown. Goolwa’s Phil Sargent has planted about 200 native species with his brother on their Goolwa property over the...
Milang farmer’s hopes rained on due to unseasonably wet weather
A Milang farmer estimates the unseasonably wet summer has caused about 25 per cent of income loss for grain farmers in the region. His neighbour has recorded 150mm of rain since harvest started since the end of October, and as reported in this...
Advancing women in agriculture
When Currency Creek farmer Belle Baker was growing up, women weren’t always accepted as farmers. These days Ms Baker, with help from her partner Patrick O’Driscoll, is tailor-making courses to help women on the land fill gaps in their knowledge...
A healthy distance advised for livestock welfare
Hazards for livestock and the best methods to protect their health were the subject matters of a recent Milang Agricultural Bureau meeting. Many of the actions undertaken by governments in the early days of COVID parallel methods used by livestock...
