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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Driver, 22, charged after three car crash near the South Australia-Victoria border that claimed the life of young brother and sister

The driver of a car that allegedly smashed into the back of another vehicle causing the deaths of two children has been arrested and charged for reckless driving. A 22-year-old Mount Gambier man was arrested by police after the three-vehicle crash on the Riddoch Highway near Nangwarry about 2.40pm on Sunday. Major Crash Investigation Section officers have since charged him …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

South Australian home prices up thanks to Victorian investors looking avoid land tax increases

ABC

Investment property owners are selling up in Victoria to avoid increased taxes and buying in South Australia instead, according to real estate agents. Changes hit Victorian landlords Real Estate Institute of Victoria chief executive Kelly Ryan said the taxes came on top of higher minimum standards for properties introduced by the Victorian government, plus rent freezes during the COVID-19 pandemic, …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mount Gambier woman enjoys freedom through 'addiction' to V/Line after life in institutions

ABC

Daphne Robinson is making the most of her freedom after spending more than two decades in medical and mental health institutions. "The more I go over, the more I get addicted to it," Ms Robinson says. After falling asleep on the train one Friday, she found it was possible to go all the way from Mount Gambier to the Southern …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Admella shipwreck remains South Australia's worst maritime disaster

ABC

On August 5, 1859, SS Admella, a 60-metre-long steamship, left Adelaide and set sail for Melbourne for what was meant to be a standard trip. "For ordinary people, you were just put in a situation where you don't know what you're going to do," Mount Gambier historian Brian Brooksby said. "Because the wreck wasn't much to see and it was …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Australia has lots of ancient volcanoes. But how did they form?

ABC

If you are heading on a road trip this summer, you might drive past several ancient sentinels of Australia's volcanic past. Massive volcanoes, such as those in the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire", usually occur near the edges of tectonic plates as one plate slips beneath another. A new theory to explain Australia's volcanoes Now, after studying how tectonic plates …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Cross-border town of Nelson creates bumper sticker to ease hostility

ABC

The residents of Nelson, a small, close-knit fishing town in a remote corner of south-west Victoria, have crossed the South Australian border just 5 kilometres away for decades without giving their travel a second thought. Nelson residents John Davis and his partner Trish had to find new GPs during South Australia's harshest border restrictions. "Half the town if you went …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Victorians 'abused' in SA border towns as coronavirus tensions flare amid travel confusion

ABC

Community tensions have broken out along South Australia's border with Victoria, with many local residents and essential travellers confused by changes to travel arrangements amid the worsening coronavirus situation in Melbourne. Regional travel bubble considered SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens acknowledged there had been confusion about the new online pre-approval process, but said existing exemptions would remain valid. "The police …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Expanding the travel bubble still the preference of many Victoria-SA border communities

ABC

The people of the small town of Nelson in south-west Victoria have to cross the state border to get to the nearest city, Mount Gambier in South Australia. Key points: An SA MP has called for a travel bubble with western Victoria to be considered Border communities say the uncertainty of cross-border travel is causing a strain The SA Government …

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