Editorial

High emotions, high stakes

EMOTIONS have certainly been running high among all areas of the Riverland wine industry since the announcement – first locally detailed in The Murray Pioneer – that Sarah Game MLC would last Wednesday introduce a bill into State Parliament...

Staff Contributors

10 Sep 2025

Editorial

Development data

RENMARK Paringa Council’s release of a hydrology report examining the potential effects of the planned Jane Eliza Development – detailed in today’s edition of The Murray Pioneer – spares little detail in attempting to calm those anxieties...

Staff Contributors

10 Sep 2025

Editorial

Short-sighted on USAID?

THE Trump administration has shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). A new study published in the medical journal, the Lancet, estimates that USAID programs have saved over 90 million lives over the past two...

Staff Contributors

03 Sep 2025

Editorial

Changing the cycle?

THE announcement that Independent MLC Sarah Game will today introduce a Bill into state Parliament establishing an indicative pricing structure for wine grapes – as detailed in today’s edition of The Murray Pioneer – is a move that is set to...

Staff Contributors

03 Sep 2025

Editorial

Blooms and vine pulls

THE blossoming almond trees seen throughout many areas of the Riverland over the past week are a welcome indication that spring is just around the corner, and the harshly cold mornings we were seeing during this year’s winter are finally beginning...

Staff Contributors

27 Aug 2025

Editorial

Continuing to inspire

SOMETIMES the toughest circumstances can be turned into the most inspiring stories. The efforts of the Riverland team ‘Al’s Gals and a Guy’ in fundraising for the 2025 Coastrek event – which is this year supporting Beyond Blue – have...

Staff Contributors

27 Aug 2025

Editorial

Talking about the Possum

EVERYONE loves to hear about Australia’s iconic characters. It could be the infamous criminal Ned Kelly, and his 19th century exploits, or ex-Prime Minister Paul Keating’s notably sharp tongue when debating across from a poltical opponent.. In...

Staff Contributors

20 Aug 2025

Editorial

It’s all about trust

THERE is often a difference between the desires of those working in cities, and what is best for regional communities. It seems as though tensions among members of National Trust branches across South Australia towards the organisation’s head...

Staff Contributors

13 Aug 2025

Editorial

Changing with the times?

CHANGE is often necessary to keep up with the ever-developing economic and social demands of the modern world. As detailed in today’s edition of The Murray Pioneer, Central Irrigation Trust (CIT) irrigators are now required to have their water...

Hugh Schuitemaker

06 Aug 2025

Editorial

Text Line 30/7/25

Sebastian Calderon’s story on Loxton born-and-bred Ben Avery winning the South Australian Journalist of the Year award three times was an inspirational story. I loved where Ben said his excellent teachers at Loxton High School taught him respect...

Hugh Schuitemaker

30 Jul 2025

Editorial

All cards on the table

THE hardest choices require the strongest wills. A rather simple line from an Avengers film, but one that so very well encompasses events seen across the Renmark Paringa Council area across the last 14 days. It would be fair to say that following...

Hugh Schuitemaker

30 Jul 2025

Editorial

Consultations and meetings

IT’S likely been a long time since the Renmark Paringa district has seen such anticipation and excitement for meetings surrounding the local council. However, public interest in the decisions being made by council – particularly in relation to...

Staff Contributors

23 Jul 2025

Editorial

No news for a bargain

THE challenge of ensuring global tech giants such as Google, and Meta – operators of Facebook – fairly renumerate news publishers for the content shared through their platforms is again examined in today’s Pioneer. Despite increasingly...

Staff Contributors

16 Jul 2025

Editorial

The broadcast is back

A COMMONLY-used phrase may need to be slightly adjusted following the events of the past week, to now state ‘hell hath no fury like a regional community about to lose its footy on TV’. Although the risk of Channel 7 being shut off Riverland...

Staff Contributors

09 Jul 2025

Editorial

Monumental transitions

WHEN highway-side landmarks inside the Riverland come to mind, the giant bucket that fills with water between Renmark and Paringa may be arguably as recognisable as the Big Orange. Monday’s announcement that the beloved Renmark Riverfront Holiday...

Staff Contributors

02 Jul 2025