Editorial & Letters
Other news:
Renmark's Leanne Menz won her fourth Riverland A1 netball best and fairest on Saturday night.
The push for an A2 competition in local cricket is gathering momentum, with the re-formed Renmark Cricket Club (RCC) confirming its intent to enter a side in the Riverland competition.
The Riverland will "of course" be on Bob Katter's River Murray tour itinerary, independent Senator Nick Xenophon has reassured the region.
The Overland Corner Hotel's resident dog, Boots, is lucky to be alive following a snake bite on the weekend.
The Berri Football Club has all five of its teams in the RFL finals - a rarity for the Demons.
The Murray Pioneer previews the 2010 RFL finals series which begins tomorrow.
Riverland growers have been left thousands of dollars out of pocket following the collapse of South Australian wine company R Winery.
Riverland police were called into action over a high-speed 200-kilometre car chase through the region on Thursday.
The idea of 'making' Barker a marginal seat at every federal election is desirable, but unrealistic, according to two politically active locals.
More than 50 soccer teams converged on the Riverland on the weekend for the South Australian Junior Country Championships.
25/Aug/10 Roly Telfer has worked on many election days since joining the Australian Labor Party 48 years ago.
1/Sep/10 Full credit to Renmark Paringa councillor Tony Hersey for fearlessly speaking his mind via his recent report to the council.
1/Sep/10 IF THE three regional independents are finding it so difficult to decide between Liberal and Labor, may I suggest that the Murray Darling Basin Plan - so obviously held over until after the election – could hold the answer to just how little regard Labor has for regional Australia.
1/Sep/10 CONGRATULATIONS to Paringa man Frank Turton (the 'chookman').
1/Sep/10 IT IS sad to see the closure of the Childhood Cancer store in Barmera.
27/Aug/10 Nick Xenophon's loyal band of local supporters would no doubt regard him as somewhat of a guardian angel for the Riverland.
25/Aug/10 I FEEL I am compelled to respond to the Letter to the Editor in Friday's Murray Pioneer headed 'Parent responds’.
25/Aug/10 I cannot answer for the regional office, nor Renmark High School, but what I do know is that State Government groups are often told not to make any comment to the media - which can leave a rather one-sided view within the community.
25/Aug/10 I HAVE been disappointed to see Patrick Secker crowing about an "8 per cent swing" in his favour this election.
25/Aug/10 IT HAS been optically, painfully obvious to me, and to the others who are unlucky enough to be walking our highways and byways after sunset - and indeed to anyone with an older vehicle or without the option of tinted windows – that there is a problem of over bright headlights on our roads.
20/Aug/10 For the past five weeks it has been depressingly fashionable to make a joke of national politics and more particularly the federal election.
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