Editorial
04 Mar 10 | It was heartening to see the diversity and excellence on show at the Country Press Awards in Renmark last week.
25 Feb 10 | With three elections this year – State, Federal and local governments - voters face the arduous task of sorting the wheat from the chaff when it comes to election promises.
18 Feb 10 | From the Riverland to Balaklava to Victor Harbor, there has not been a kind word for the My School website and its comparisons between schools.
The literacy and numeracy tests, known as LAN or NAPLAN, have been around for a decade and provide a useful tool for parents, teachers and schools in addressing individual deficiencies or systemic problems within schools.
11 Feb 10 | Kangaroo Island must expect excellent representation from the new Regional Development Australia board, based on the mainland.
04 Feb 10 | Why would any doctor want to practise on Kangaroo Island?
The reasons are many and complex. For some it is the chance to use their full range of skills – surgical, obstetric, anaesthetic – and not just be a prescription-writing city GP. For others it is about lifestyle, an attraction which also draws many others here, when they could earn more elsewhere.
28 Jan 10 | Residents will approach the news of the Gunns takeover of the Great Southern plantations with caution.
As with airlines servicing the island, residents have seen many timber management companies for pines and bluegums.
21 Jan 10 | Two of Kangaroo Island’s “pure” businesses have had good news this past while.
14 Jan 10 | It’s not a word you expect to hear from a government agency. You’d expect it more in a screaming tabloid headline.
22 Dec 09 | Whether religious or not, there is hardly a South Australian who does not recognise the beatific smile of one of Australia’s great pioneers Mother Mary MacKillop. She is as recognisable here as the portrait of the Mona Lisa.
22 Dec 09 | Whether religious or not, there is hardly a South Australian who does not recognise the beatific smile of one of Australia’s great pioneers Mother Mary MacKillop. She is as recognisable here as the portrait of the Mona Lisa.
17 Dec 09 | As exhausted parents drag their children from one Christmas celebration to the next it is easy to become jaded about the whole Christmas season.
Okay, that might be a bit cynical, but at a time when everyone seems to be so busy preparing for just one special day, it is easy to lose sight of what it’s all about.
10 Dec 09 | Western society has moved ever closer to a user-pays system over recent decades.
All government agencies now have to conform to marketing, budgeting and business models, much as private business does.
03 Dec 09 | If Kangaroo Island tax-payers could secure a concessional tax rate, many of our recruitment problems might be ameliorated.
A special tax rate applies to other isolated regions of Australia and indeed the pursuit of this rate is among recommendations of the KI Study.
26 Nov 09 | The agencies of Kangaroo Island cannot be blamed if there are indeed “too many cooks” here.
Most of our government agencies are simply branches or outposts of State and Federal Government bodies, duplicated all over the nation, but often serving more populous communities than ours. Many are legislated and statutory bodies.
19 Nov 09 | More than stock was lost in the Lindelle’s robbery last week and more than a business has been damaged.
The trust and community goodwill that we hold dearly on Kangaroo Island has suffered a crucial blow.
The violation that any business or household feels when such a crime is perpetrated upon it has also been visited on the whole community.
12 Nov 09 | Kangaroo Island food producers are looking to the future as the last weeks of the Taste of KI project draw close.
The project - sponsored and presented by Primary Industries and with the local help and contact of food officer Penny Nemeth - has been wide-ranging over many months and addressed the concerns of producers voiced through their industry group Good Food KI and other avenues.
05 Nov 09 | Kangaroo Island food and wine producers have struggled for many years with less than ideal conditions and a lack of support from government.
Things that most producers take for granted, like a reliable, affordable electricity supply, mains water and freight options.
22 Oct 09 | Over decades the Australian community has been encouraged to embrace our global position in Asia.
With our strong European heritage it has always been difficult.
08 Oct 09 | KI Pure Grain might seem to have sprung from nowhere, certainly to those not connected with the cropping industry on the island.
01 Oct 09 | Kasey Spark is an aspiring model who has shown amazing poise and confidence to be perhaps Kangaroo Island’s first canvas for body-painting.
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