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PATIENT OPTIONS: Kirsten Pilatti, BCNA CEO talks with Elizabeth Blane in Latrobe, Tasmania during a Breast Cancer Network Australia event. Picture: Paul Scambler

GPs and advocates want to see the telehealth program extended to provide patients with more options on how they access medical care.

Call to re-instate, expand telehealth services ahead of July 1 cut-off

Austin Butler electrifies as Elvis. Picture: Universal 

It pulls you up to realise that this is Luhrmann's sixth feature film.

Baz Lurhmann's Elvis is an exhilarating and brilliant homage

Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Mark Paguio in Spiderhead. Picture: Netflix

You understand why Hemsworth would have been attracted to the production.

Hemsworth's Spiderhead is a slick, pacey futuristic thriller

Director Kyle Balda has been at the helm of a number of others in this franchise and he sure knows what his audiences want.

It's more Minion high-jinks and it aims to please

WHAT TO DO IN THE DARK: It can be tough getting through a black out, but with a bit of planning, it can be made easier. Picture: FILE

As the energy emergency enters another week, we're being told to plan for power outages. So what do you need to get through the dark days?

How to prepare a 'black out survival kit' as the energy crisis continues

STORAGE TECHNOLOGY: LNG storage tanks at a terminal in Yokohama, Japan. Picture: WikiCommons

The country needs more transmission, more renewables, more storage. But how do we get there?

Has the energy emergency forced a re-think in future of electricity production?

Former South Adelaide Football Club player David Stoeckel (centre) with current Kangaroo Island footballers Tait Lovering and Damon Freitag in the changerooms at South Adelaide. Picture: Nick Hook Photography 

Who from Kangaroo Island is playing for South Adelaide for the 2022 SANFL season.

Strong South Adelaide footy connection remains with KI

SACRED GROUND: Goanna are back to celebrate their 1982 classic album Spirit Of Place. Picture: Martin Stringer

Shane Howard explains why Solid Rock will always matter

Goanna rediscovers their Spirit Of Place

FULL THROTTLE: Herald journalist Madeline Link on board the 222 Offshore powerboat at Lake Macquarie. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

The sun was shining, a severe weather warning hung in the air and I had been to the chiropractor the day before.

I got flung across a lake at breakneck speed in a powerboat

DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: Sydney post-punk band Johnny Hunter are ready to deliver on the hype with their debut album Want. Picture: Tom Wilkinson

Sydney band Johnny Hunter know how to stand out from the crowd.

Johnny Hunter are taking what they Want

Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez return for the second season of OMITB which adheres sensibly to the mantra of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Picture: Disney+

This series delivers joyous entertainment by a cast at the top of their game - if that isn't true art, then nothing is.

It's close to the best thing on TV and we've got some good news

Although everyone who is homeless feels the negative impacts, children can face a tough future due to something completely out of their hands.

If kids are having to couch surf or live out of a tent or caravan, there are difficulties for them in getting to school, getting three square meals a day.

'Safe, stable place to sleep every night' could keep kids off police radar

Rebuild Independence Group volunteers Julian Street, Des Lanthois and Tony Klieve on top of the almost complete hull of the Independence sailing ship at American River, Kangaroo Island. Picture: Stan Gorton 

Volunteers very pleased with the progress over the last year, and within the next 12 months the hull will be flipped.

Independence sailing ship takes shape at American River

'GAVE HER A SMACK': Kai Hansen describes his 'resident croc' Casey as his main girl, but one day, she "had a go" and he "gave her a smack". Picture: supplied

"She wanted to have a go so I gave her a smack."

'I gave her a smack', publican fends off crocodile with frying pan

WINTER WARMTH: Pet owners are warned to be extra vigilant over winter, making sure not to put animals in a position of risk. Picture: Bec Pridham

"We can do something and know that it hurts, but [pets] can't tell us that it hurts."

A fur coat doesn't always mean winter warmth: Keeping your pets safe in the cold

Parndana community members with Disaster Relief Australia Volunteers, enjoying a lunch at the DRA base of operations at the showgrounds. Picture supplied 

Tidy up to make a few more "nooks" and spots for campers before new cabins for workers arrive.

Disaster Relief volunteers, locals clean up Parndana caravan park

Nicholas Tremaine crossed the SA/WA border on June 18, Day Fourteen of his epic ride. You can follow his progress at his Distance 4 Dementia Facebook page 

We track Nicholas Tremaine and his ride across south west Western Australia as he heads east.

Nic is going the 'Distance', crosses the Nullarbor

Matt Kean says the government is investing in reforms that will keep NSW on the path to surplus.

The deficit for the current year marks an improvement from half-year forecasts.

NSW budget surplus confirmed for 2024/25

THE BIG FREEZE: Australia's Antarctic program team plunge into the sub-zero ocean to celebrate the winter solstice in 2017. Picture: Daleen Koch, Australian Antarctic Program

The shortest day of the year comes with a long, long history.

Sub-zero swimming and Stonehenge: What's the winter solstice all about?

INVESTIGATION: NSW Health believes blood samples from residents in Griffith could help them better understand when Japanese Encephalitis virus arrived in the state.

NSW Health is set to bring a blood sample survey to the MIA.

Blood could hold secret to when deadly virus arrived in NSW

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Victoria's Labor caucus has unanimously backed Jacinta Allan as Premier Daniel Andrews' deputy.

Vic Labor govt locks in cabinet, deputy

Victoria has scrapped select COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates.

Warning as vaccine, mask rules ease

A woman's been charged with the attempted murder of a 74 year old man in New Norfolk, Tasmania.

Woman charged over Tasmanian shooting

Foreign minister Penny Wong's second trip to Southeast Asia will include her former home on Borneo.

Wong heads to Vietnam, Malaysia

The inaugural non-stop Qantas flight to Italy will take off from Perth on Saturday night.

Qantas opens Perth to Rome route

Once the site is operational - a milestone said to be close - the company will start taking newcomers, but they'll have to pay $150,000 to be indefinitely stored in liquid nitrogen.

Second shot at life, or pure science fiction? Either way, it's on our doorstep

Kangaroo Island Parkrun volunteers Sue and Deb with Parkrun participant Jennifer (centre). Picture: John Saville

Parkrun is a positive, welcoming and inclusive experience where there is no time limit and no one finishes last.

Parkrun walk your way to good health on KI

Ukulele group "The Rouges" performed and sang a variety of sing-along and toe tapping tunes. Picture: Jaffrey Drinkwater  

Local Ukulele group "The Rouges" performed and a variety of sing-along and toe-tapping tunes.

Ukulele tunes at June meeting of KI Probus

Jacky Winter are a three-piece band based on Karta - or Kangaroo Island - Tristan Simon on base, Josh Mulvaney on drums and the song-writing force of Leo Creighton. Picture supplied 

Jacky Winter is a three-piece band based on Karta set to play at the coming concert at The Shed.

Jacky Winter excited to play home for Guitar Festival concert

MAYOR: Port Pirie Regional Council has a male mayor, Cr Leon Stephens, and colleague Cr Kendall Jackson thinks he is doing a good job.

Almost three times as many men as women are sitting in local government

Women leaders needed to tackle gender imbalance in South Australia

Collecting seeds from threatened plants on Kangaroo Island. Picture supplied 

A strategic approach to planting out diverse plant species to ensure seed bank availability of priority plant species.

You're invited to launch of KI Seed Production Garden

Bruno Beltrame is thanked by Jackie Kelly from the Kangaroo Island Cancer Support Group at the 2022 Biggest Morning Tea at the Kingscote Bowls Club. Picture supplied 

What he did was "just a drop in the ocean" compared to the efforts of all the long-serving volunteers.

Bruno recognised for KI Cancer Support Group volunteering

Take Your Dog to Work Day, on Friday, June 24, means you can have your loving pooch with you the entire day.

It's bring your dog to work day, Friday June 24

Nic Design Studio in Adelaide is proposing accommodation pods on the salt lake at 3352 Hog Bay Road at Pelican Lagoon on Kangaroo Island. Picture: Nic Design Studio website

Four new "WanderPods" will perch atop the northern bluff overlooking nearby Snelling Beach at Middle River.

Salt lake pods proposed at Pelican Lagoon on KI

The sign at the entrance to the Kangaroo Island Hospital. Picture: Stan Gorton

Temporarily suspension of services due to midwifery staff shortages that extends to July 7.

Birthing services suspended again on Kangaroo Island

SA Ambulance Service ambulance volunteer Heidi Grieg is one of the dedicated volunteer paramedics on Kangaroo Island. Picture supplied 

New community recruitment drive to bolster teams at Western Kangaroo Island, Penneshaw, American River and Kingscote.

SA Ambulance Service volunteers needed on KI

An aerial shot of the Kingscote jetty currently under repair as of June 2022. Picture; Stan Gorton 

Letters to the editor from the June 23, 2022 edition of the Islander.

Consult the public, cruises | LETTERS June 23

 SeaLink's brand-new website, offers a much-improved online customer experience. Picture supplied 

SeaLink's brand-new website offers a much-improved online customer experience.

Resident information page on SeaLink's new website

LEADERS: Naracoorte Mayor and Local Government Association board member Erika Vickery, right, and Australian Local Government Women's Association South Australian branch secretary Cr Kristina Barnett encourage women to stand as councillors.


Women urged to stand for councils in country areas around South Australia

Do women make better councillors? Call for more representatives

Kangaroo Island Victor Harbor Dolphin Watch coordinator Tony Bartram speaks at the Blue Water Summit in Adelaide on June 8, 2022. Picture: Phyll Bartram 

Blue Water Summit held on World Oceans Day at the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron in Adelaide.

KI features in Blue Water Summit on World Oceans Day

Kingscote Cricket Club president Ray Wadsworth, Kingscote Netball Club president Grace Sheridan, cricket club and football club's Ashleigh Richardson, Kingscote A Grade coach Sonny Johnstone, Kingscote Football Club president Mark Virgo and KI Basketball Association's Louise Wadsworth with junior footballers. Picture: Stan Gorton 

Next step is a feasibility study, including potential design of the rebuild, used to source grants.

A vision for new pavilion and changerooms at Kingscote oval

The better the quality of the advice coming from the public service, the greater the chance of Albanese leaving the sort of legacy to which he aspires. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Labor signalled during the campaign it wanted to remuscle the bureaucracy. That certainly seems to be the case.

Anthony Albanese has a lot on the go in the 'back office' of government

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning .

The boomers, united, will never be defeated

MINT TRIBUTE: A statue outside the Perth Mint to Arthur Bayley (crouching) and William Ford.

Small town brags about a favourite son even more legendary than Ned Kelly.

Small town hero who eclipses Ned Kelly in the fame stakes

Flap over the flag signals it's time to grow up

Definitely not Mick McDonald. Photo: Pexels

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If nothing else, it'll help protect our ravaged face from the ravages of winter.

Growing a beard to beat the cold

The governor's straight talk might just soothe anxiety

The thing about monarching is that it's unskilled work. After all, Louis XIV took it on at the age of five, without even the hint of a competitive examination - sheer nepotism, if you ask me. Picture: Getty Images

And to guard against the possibility that fate might mischievously hand us Peta Credlin as queen, I'd have the computer not release the name at all.

I think a computer should crown our next king or queen

More than two million refugees have fled Ukraine since the start of Russia's military offensive, according to the UN. Picture: Getty Images

No one leaves home unless home is no longer an option.

Collective effort needed for refugees, regardless of origin

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Victor Steffensen pictured on Kabi Kabi Country. Picture: Jennifer Oliphant 

Participants spent time assessing burnt and unburnt areas of the Island, and talking about the benefits of cultural burns.

First Nations cultural burning workshop on Kangaroo Island

Mike Smith from KI Freight Services talks to deputy premier Susan Close and local member Leon Bignell at his depot back in May after the election. Picture: Stan Gorton

Island individuals and businesses will be able to save up to 50 per cent on their vehicle registration.

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