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STICK SKILL: Victor Harbor Men's hockey player Brady Prior shows how to control the ball under pressure. Hockey is enjoying being back after the long layoff.

Victor top in men's hockey

Michael Simmons

SUPER TALENT: Langhorne Creek's Coby Helyar bagged five goals on Saturday in the 74 point win over Goolwa/Port Elliot.

Great Southern A Grade football reports from the five games

TOP PASS: Victor Harbor Senior 4 centre Hayley Vowels shoots off a pass to a team mate on Saturday at the Encounter Bay courts.

Myponga get it right against Creek

Canteen Lady

STICK SKILL: Victor Harbor Men's hockey player Brady Prior shows how to control the ball under pressure. Hockey is enjoying being back after the long layoff.

Victor top in men's hockey

Controversy is never far away from Eddie McGuire, however, several times during the pandemic he has invited a media storm after his comments. Photo: Getty Images/Michael Willson

OPINIONEddie McGuire has the season's boot in mouth award sewn up

Howard Kotton

Busy bowlers hit the region's greens

Busy bowlers hit the region's greens

Dani Brown

The best venue to watch the spectacle of Uluru is Longitude 131 with a gathering of luxury pavilions nestled among the rust-red landscape. The desert base fans out from the Dune House, site of lounging, cocktails and rock gazing.

The hottest events to thaw out at this spring

Melinda Healy

Sunset at Horseshoe Bay on the northern side of Magnetic Island. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Furry attractions boost Magnetic Island's allure

Michael Turtle

Cruise the highways and byways instead of the high seas. Pictures: Supplied

Your guide to switching from cruising to caravan touring

Hannah Warren

'McLaren Vale Overpass' by Elizabeth Bowen.

Your guide to SALA Festival 2020 on the Fleurieu Peninsula

Dani Brown

Michele Hill.

ADFAS returns to the Fleurieu with William Morris lecture

Dani Brown

Back to boogieing at Mount Compass Supper Club

Back to boogieing at Mount Compass Supper Club

Dani Brown

'McLaren Vale Overpass' by Elizabeth Bowen.

Your guide to SALA Festival 2020 on the Fleurieu Peninsula

Volunteers work together at last year's National Tree Day at Bungala Park. Photo: Supplied.

Planting day at Carrickalinga a chance to help environment, get outdoors

Dani Brown

ROLLING ALONG: The Festival Fleurieu float in the Normanville New Year's Eve pageant. The impact of coronavirus on the 2021 festival is still unclear.

Impact on 2021 Festival Fleurieu unclear

Dani Brown

Power of education: Solicitor Paul Ell was just one of the thousands of young people assisted by the Learning for Life program that is supported by VIEW Clubs of Australia. Photo: Supplied.

The club that offers children a view to a better future

Dayle Latham

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

From lifesaving to sanity saving, good customer service works

Emma Brown

The path back to a new normal

The path back to a new normal

Emma Brown

Power of education: Solicitor Paul Ell was just one of the thousands of young people assisted by the Learning for Life program that is supported by VIEW Clubs of Australia. Photo: Supplied.

The club that offers children a view to a better future

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Emma Brown

Finding a driving instructor who is the right fit for you

Finding a driving instructor who is the right fit for you

RENTAL TRENDS: Nationally, rent values declined 0.3% in the month of June, and 0.5% over the quarter. Photo - Shutterstock.

Rental market changes course

Ruth Lewis

2020 Winner: Cantala Avenue House wins this year's Australian House of the Year Photo - Christopher Frederick Jones.

Humble restoration defines the true meaning of home

Ruth Lewis

Tim McKibbin, CEO, Real Estate Institute NSW.

Building in a loan repayment buffer

Tim McKibbin

'McLaren Vale Overpass' by Elizabeth Bowen.

Your guide to SALA Festival 2020 on the Fleurieu Peninsula

Dani Brown

Beware of scams that impersonate government organisations. Some scammers calim they are from the Australian Tax Office.

Scamwatch: Don't fall for tax time scams

Come aboard: The Victor Harbor and District Senior Citizens Club is welcoming new members, as activities recommence this week. Photo: Supplied.

Social fun for senior citizens resumes

Jack Manning

'McLaren Vale Overpass' by Elizabeth Bowen.

Your guide to SALA Festival 2020 on the Fleurieu Peninsula

Welcome: Adare Church Council chairperson Peter Manuel warmly welcomes Reverend Peter Moss to Victor Harbor. Photo: Supplied.

Worshippers greet new Reverend Moss

Jack Manning

Volunteers work together at last year's National Tree Day at Bungala Park. Photo: Supplied.

Planting day at Carrickalinga a chance to help environment, get outdoors

Dani Brown

Passengers and crew from the MS Roald Amundsen, docked in Norway have contracted COVID-19.

DIGESTA cruise liner and COVID? Again, surely not?

Strict enforcement measures introduced as Victoria records 439 cases

Strict enforcement measures introduced as Victoria records 439 cases

More restrictions are expected to be revealed for COVID-hit Victoria.

NATIONALAustralia coronavirus live updates: schools close

Employment in construction, manufacturing and retail will plummet under Melbourne's new COVID-19 restrictions. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONAustralia won't recover unless Victoria does too. The federal government must step up

Authorities say people going to work while sick has been a major source of spreading the virus. Picture: Shutterstock

EXPLAINERPandemic leave: What has been announced and how did we get here?

Sally Whyte

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

ACT wants restrictions on diplomats arriving in Australia

Sally Whyte

The Prime MInister Scott Morrison and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews ave revealed new economic and business measures for Victoria.

DIGEST'What we're dealing with here is a disaster'

Janine Graham

Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke in Canberra on Monday. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Government announces $1500 pandemic leave payment

Sally Whyte

More restrictions are expected to be revealed for COVID-hit Victoria.

NATIONALAustralia coronavirus live updates: schools close

FAMILY: Margaret Gabbedy-Hayes has been caring for her son since he collapsed with bleeding on the brain about two years ago. Picture: Brodie Weeding

How one community organisation helped rescue Matthew

These brave Bunnings staff members came face to face with a woman later dubbed a "Karen".

Why 'Karen'? We asked sociology and language experts

STRONG MESSAGE: Aboriginal recording artists Mi-kaisha and Nooky (front), pictured with video clip dancers Maddie Paluch and Chandler Connell, collaborated to write the song, 'One Point 5', encouraging young people to keep their communities safe from COVID-19. Photo: Jake Keane

New song aims to share the COVID-19 safe message with Aboriginal communities

Sporting action from across the Fleurieu Peninsula on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Photo: Jesse Ehlers.

Sports snaps from across the Fleurieu: Aug 1, 2020

Dani Brown

Feral cats are not the biggest threat to native animals in the Top End, a major study has uncovered. Picture: CDU.

Ferals cats not the menace to Top End's native mammals as once thought

Chris McLennan

Sue Blake sewing masks. Picture: TARA TREWHELLA

Can't buy a face mask? Here's how to make one

Sophie Boyd

Mask wearing will be mandatory across all of Victoria from 11.59pm on Sunday, August 2

What you need to know about masks

Michelle Smith

SHIFT: It seems that the focus on eradicating overt and shocking racism has created an environment of casual discrimination where ageism, sexism and other isms are being ignored and indeed fostered through social media.

Risk Australia will again be a discrimi-nation | Midweek Musings

Father Brendan Lee
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Peering through the layers to discover more about ourselves, then and now

REAL AUSTRALIAPeering through the layers to discover more about ourselves, then and now

Betina Hughes

Employment in construction, manufacturing and retail will plummet under Melbourne's new COVID-19 restrictions. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONAustralia won't recover unless Victoria does too. The federal government must step up

Brendan Coates, Matthew Cowgill

Qantas flight attendant Sara Armbrecht at the Qantas Founders Museum holding two dolls dressed in her minature Qantas uniforms: a Pucci unform worn 1974 to 1985 (left) and the current uniform designed by Martin Grant.

Flights of fashion: Doll collection celebrates century of Qantas uniforms

Geraldine Cardozo

Reforms for NSW retirement villages.

Retirement village reforms welcomed

Eileen Wood

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

Rio Tinto admitted it overlooked information on the significance of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters.

Rio 'missed chances' to stop Juukan blast

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Annastacia Palaszczuk has asked police to investigate the papers of a man who arrived with COVID-19.

Qld bans diplomat quarantine exemptions

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The states are yet to agree on a standardised, national disaster warning system.

Bushfire warnings can cause confusion

1hr ago

A 1966 advertisement for corn relish along with other Masterfood products of yesteryear. Pictures: Supplied

MasterFoods lifts the lid on some forgotten family favourites

2hrs ago

Katrina Bohnenkamp was last seen alive outside a Sydney boarding house in October 2012.

Missing teen's stepbrother recalls assault

Greta Stonehouse
2hrs ago

The ACTU's Michele O'Neil says the $1500 coronavirus isolation payments for Victoria aren't enough.

Calls for national pandemic leave payments

Matt Coughlan and Rebecca Gredley
2hrs ago

South Australia is keeping its tough border measures in place as it battles to contain the virus.

SA reaches 'pivotal' day in virus fight

Tim Dornin
2hrs ago

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has "strongly recommended" that people wear masks.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

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MASKED UP: The new way of doing business at Victorian saleyards.

Logistics the key to keeping beef on shelves

Shan Goodwin
2hrs ago

NATIVE GROWTH: Livestock SA's Andrew Curtis, Nature Foundation's Hugo Hopton, landholder Ned Ryan-Schofield, and Environment Minister David Speirs in front of the Schofield's heritage scrub.

On-farm conservation gets $3m boost

Elizabeth Anderson

Bulk handlers across the country are looking forward to a big harvest.

Senior bulk handling executives talk up big year

Gregor Heard

There is no need to try and prove baby brain exists. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONBaby brain? Tired mums don't need labels, we need a break

Christy Kidner

Decorate the walls with art built by you

Decorate the walls with art built by you

SENSE OF PLACE: Casuarina House is positioned on one edge of the block, to free up space for a large garden that spans the full length of the site and encourages engagement with the outdoors.

Coastal home commended with award