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This week marks the 50th Anniversary of me joining the team at The Leader. Whilst I have turned 65 this year, I haven’t had time to consider the idea of retirement. Looking back on my time with The Leader, I guess I never expected to be heading up...

Australia Post is planning a rise in the cost to post a single letter to $1.20 from January, next year. It is interesting to note though from Australia Post who claim it is struggling with increasing operating costs and most interestingly, fewer...

Traditionally the Barossa has been known as one of the state’s safest regions when it comes to reported crime statistics. However, this week there are clear indications that this statistic may be rapidly changing. Just over a week ago a local...

Whilst our State politicians have been handed down $18,038 a year for travel, awarded as a pay rise, it makes one then wonder why our city hospital workers have to pay $1,300 yearly for parking. The fee had previously been dropped by the former...

For many years, service clubs have been pillars of community, helping when help is needed, lending support, often behind the scenes, to make communities better, safer and happier places to live. Service is almost always given humbly, without want of...

By Tony Robinson This is the third week that The Leader has experienced difficulties in reporting local policing activities for the Barossa region. On initial thought it came to mind that perhaps we are all now perfect law abiding citizens. However...

While Covid had its effect on The Leader last week, several members of the public popped in to the newspaper office with what can only be described as random acts of kindness. First up Mrs Rita Modistach, of Tanunda, obviously concerned at the...

Motorists in the Barossa have racked up 16,853 speeding fines worth $6,686,043 according to a report by the RAA. This news comes as regional areas of South Australia recorded two thirds of speeding offences detected by police. Whilst motorists...

The traditional church as we know it appears to be in decline and the Barossa is no different according to the 2021 census. The Barossa has always been seen as having strong religious ties that go back well over 100 years when German Lutherans were...

The full business case for a new Barossa Hospital has still not yet been completed it has been revealed at a community webinar run by the Barossa and Districts Health Advisory Council Inc. last Thursday night. This news comes after most people were...

With demand for emergency relief in the Barossa surging by 23% this year according to Lutheran Care and some families forced to separate away from their children in order to survive, it shows that there are certainly cost of living pressures being...

As we all headed back to work after the Queen’s Birthday long week-end on Tuesday it may have made some think, “How many more Queen’s Birthday long week-ends do we have left?” Not only did we celebrate the Queen’s Birthday but also...