Local News
4:51 PM ACDT | Kangaroo Island Council now works towards unified guidelines for all property owners who install dams.
A dams’ workshop was held by the council’s development assessment panel members on February 1, and a report will be compiled over the next few months.
According to David Altmann, the council’s development services advisor, this “think tank” will prove invaluable to the council.
4:50 PM ACDT | Many young Rainbow Lorikeets in Kangaroo Island are learning to fly.
Their single piping call for attention is a chance for hours of entertainment by the playful antics of these coloured feathered friends.
4:48 PM ACDT | Police News
4:44 PM ACDT | A recent tour, which took in many aspects
of water on Kangaroo Island has given decision makers and advisers practical knowledge of the implications of new water rules on the island.
4:40 PM ACDT | Kangaroo Island is the leader when it comes to pure honey supplies.
While the rest of Australia lines its supermarkets shelves with a huge array of honey styles, the Island is the only region within Australia to stop both mainland and overseas honey imports.
4:39 PM ACDT | A major proposal to boost Kangaroo Island’s much needed power supply has been short-circuited.
The state government, ETSA and the island’s development and business members have since appealed to the Federal Government to approve the works.
4:39 PM ACDT | There was plenty of motor action at the Sprint Event on Sunday.
04 Mar 10 | Kingscote CFS was recently called out to a stove-top fat fire.
04 Mar 10 | More than 50 producers attended a series of farm walks held last week to look at the potential role of kikuyu as a pasture plant on KI.
04 Mar 10 | Hot and hilly conditions didn’t deter 17 BUG (Bicycle Users Group) cyclists from setting off from Wallers & Min Oil Rd corner for a 33 km ride circuit that combined bitumen and dirt. Knowing that there was a support vehicle following was reassuring.
04 Mar 10 | Poice News - Strong wind has been blamed for a fire on Dudley Peninsula on Sunday night which started after power lines were blown down.
04 Mar 10 | About 150 young people came to the Kingscote Town Hall on Friday night of the KI Cup Carnival to see the Melbourne Shuffle dance competition, listen to the Drop Bears from Pt Elliot and entertain the crowd with their beat boxing and karaoke talents.
04 Mar 10 | The stand-off between the Kangaroo Island Medical Clinic and Country Health SA continues, with local doctors still awaiting a contract so they can resume on-call services to the hospital in Kingscote.
04 Mar 10 | Registrar Emilie Bower, 27, has started work at the Kangaroo Island Medical Clinic in her first placement since graduating from medicine at Adelaide University.
Dr Bower was sent here on a six-month placement by the Adelaide to Outback training program for GPs and chose the island over other country destinations.
04 Mar 10 | Sealink’s plans for a new passenger terminal at Penneshaw hinge on lease negotiations with the State Government.
Sealink has 14 years to run on its current lease of the wharf facilities and is seeking a 25-year extension of that lease, to 2049.
04 Mar 10 | The Islander has taken two first prizes at the annual Country Press SA awards, held in Renmark last Friday.
The Islander Food Wine and Art Guide to Kangaroo Island 2009-10 was named best supplement, competing against entries from 30 other mastheads around the state.
25 Feb 10 | Police have praised the general behaviour of race-going crowds on Kangaroo Island, with fewer arrests than last year and two drivers booked for drink-driving from more than 300 tested
25 Feb 10 | SA mining company Monax is planning further exploration on its Kangaroo Island tenements, and has also recently taken out two exploration licence applications.
25 Feb 10 | English cricket legend Sir Ian Botham plans to visit the MCG next season – the MacGillivray Cricket Ground that is.
25 Feb 10 | Brownlow businesswoman Jodi Ross has
issued a warning to those seeking financial help through advertised budgeting programs.
After a 45-minute phone call and an hour
to look at her figures, the organisation she
approached advised her to declare bankruptcy and sell the family home.
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