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Charlie's looks to recover losses
New Zealand beverage company Charlie's says it hopes to recover the losses, incurred by setting up its Renmark juice processing facility, during the next financial year.[MORE]
CIT meeting to discuss water prices
The Central Irrigation Trust (CIT) says water prices and community hardship will be the focus of its annual meeting in Barmera today.[MORE]
Country health task force flags key finding
Country health task force will recommend smaller hospitals retain their staff and services.[MORE]
Longer daylight saving locked in for SA
Regulations gazetted to start daylight saving earlier in SA.[MORE]
Xenophon says vote not for sale
Senator Nick Xenophon uses maiden speech to declare his vote not for sale.[MORE]
Senate Murray inquiry welcomed
A lower Murray mayor is pleased there will be a Senate inquiry into water in the system.[MORE]
SA Murray irrigators fear upstream crop switch
Riverland representatives hope the Murray-Darling Association annual meeting, in Leeton in New South Wales from today, will boost understanding of why rice growers upstream need to keep growing that crop.[MORE]
Breeders still hopeful for abattoir
Emu breeders are hoping the former Kerridale abattoir at Waikerie in the Riverland will re-open under revised rules that it can process only emus and ostriches.[MORE]
Country health concerns persist: SA Oppn
The State Opposition is accusing the Government of ignoring the task force set up to investigate proposed changes to country health services.[MORE]
Jail for service station robber
A man who held up a service station at Berri in the Riverland in January while pretending to have a knife has been sentenced to at least two years in jail.[MORE]
Buckets of sea water thrown into ailing Murray
Locals throw buckets of sea water into the lower reaches of the Murray in SA.[MORE]
Big welcome as SA athletes fly in
A noisy welcome for SA's Olympic athletes as they jet into Adelaide.[MORE]
Tandou looks to turn around loss
Agricultural company Tandou says it is hoping to recover from a post-tax loss of nearly $4 million in the six months ending June 2008.[MORE]
Opposition wants big role for regions in Games bid
The South Australian Opposition says regional areas will be a big part of an Adelaide bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[MORE]
Bucket brigade to top up Murray
Lower Murray locals plan to bucket sea water into the drought-striken waterway.[MORE]
High drink-driving numbers worry police
Police say they are concerned that a record number of people were caught drink-driving at the weekend. [MORE]
CostaExchange director quits
The chairman of CostaExchange, Robert Costa, says a replacement for resigned director Allan Cullen will not be known for some time.[MORE]
Feedback sought on water allocation plan
The South Australian Government wants to hear from locals affected by the revised water allocation plan for South Australia.[MORE]
Irrigators fear crop losses
Riverland irrigators say they have got less than two months before they lose everything, with their water allocations still limited to 6 per cent.[MORE]
Nelson to push lower lakes support bill
Brendan Nelson says the Opposition will put forward legislation for drought help for lower Murray communities.[MORE]
Stoeckel makes Riverland locals proud
Berri in the South Australian Riverland will consider naming a swimming pool after Olympic silver and bronze medallist Hayden Stoeckel.[MORE]
Wong repeats need for Murray-Darling central body
The Federal Water Minister says reports that Queensland irrigators took a record amount of water from the Murray-Darling Basin last financial year show how vital it is that the system be governed by a central body.[MORE]
Call for review into SA freight tracks
The Australian Trucking Association is calling for an internal review into safety controls for South Australia's freight rail tracks.[MORE]
More than water needed to save Murray: ACF
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) says water alone will not be enough to save the ailing River Murray.[MORE]
Drought task force seeks better irrigators deal
The Riverland Drought Task Force is sending a review of exit grants and drought support funding it has completed to the Productivity Commission in Canberra today.[MORE]
