South Australia's State Emergency Service says engineers are working to repair more than 50 levee banks along the River Murray ahead of the flood peak which is now expected from Boxing Day in Renmark. Ms Schellen said they knew the water was coming and had been slowly preparing for inundation, but the levee bursting "had just hurried things along" for …
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia will permanently close its Renmark branch, prompting the town's mayor to tell residents to change banks if they're not happy about losing face-to-face service. Key points: CBA will permanently close its Renmark branch The bank says the branch has had a 44 per cent drop in transactions Mayor Neil Martinson says customers should change banks …