Labour, housing shortages stymie South East growth

Economic and population growth in the Limestone Coast is being held back by a lack of workers and a shortage of accommodation to house them, sparking calls for incentives to build more housing in the region.

Refugee brings colour to South East

A Zambian refugee camp seems an unlikely environment to foster an art career, but for one Mount Gambier man, that is where it all began.

Steven Toope has managed the Mount Gambier New Year's Eve Festival since starting it in 2010. It has been cancelled this year due to the pandemic.

Looking to learning after a lifetime of service

Steven Toope from Mount Gambier is completing a Diploma of Financial Counselling during his retirement to enable him to continue to support the community he loves.

Native tree planting helps heal the scars left by fire

Limestone Coast residents have banded together to repair Avenue Range from the damage of last summer’s bushfire.

National hooded plover count gives cause for optimism for vulnerable SA population

BirdLife Australia’s biennial count of the tiny beach birds has found that the hooded plover population may be increasing.

A voice for cross-border communities during COVID crisis

After relentlessly advocating on behalf of cross-border residents for more than a year of pandemic, Apsley farmer Paula Gust is still fighting for the health and social wellbeing of her community.

SA town wins race for $59 million laminated timber plant

A small forestry town in the state’s South East has beaten metropolitan Melbourne to be chosen as the site of a hi-tech laminated timber plant.

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