Adelaide Hills News from The Courier Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/images/fd.gif http://feed.informer.com/ http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/MTCUAR2U8X.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ The Hills MP who put herself forward as a "cleanskin" to take over the leadership of the embattled Liberal Party last year is a strong chance to become the State's next Premier in Saturday's election.Isobel Redmond has turned around the fortunes of an ailing Party reeling from internal bickering and considered an unlikely contender for Government six months ago.But even with the latest polls http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/out-of-nowhere.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/out-of-nowhere.html? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:03 GMT A Mt Barker man charged over a pizza bar shooting in Rundle Street last year was shot in the stomach when he went to the door of his own home last Friday.His assailant was disguised was a workman, wearing an orange vest and a white hard hat, and he was carrying a clipboard.According to police, the gunman told his victim that he was from Telstra which persuaded the householder to go to the http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/brazen-attempt-at-midday-murder.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/brazen-attempt-at-midday-murder.html? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:03 GMT Removing a stand of wild olive trees from a reserve in Teringie is one of the fire prevention projects being funded by a $160,000 one- off grant for the Adelaide Hills Council.The grant was announced by Mayor Bill Cooksley at a recent council meeting.He told elected members that the money came through after the district's bushfire risk became a subject of debate on an Adelaide talkback radio http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-off-funding-for-fire-prevention.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-off-funding-for-fire-prevention.html? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:02 GMT A rates slug is on the horizon for Mt Barker district business owners and farmers.The region's council has flagged potential increases over the next three years for commercial and industrial property owners, as well as those with land zoned for primary production.It this week accepted a recommendation from its Rates Review Committee that it seek community comment on a plan to set the http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/rate-rise-plan.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/rate-rise-plan.html? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:02 GMT Leaders of a Hills Christian school have said they cannot understand the the State Government's decision to ban the teaching of creationism.The Non-Government Registration Board of SA (NGRB) restricts the rights of non-government and independent schools to teach the intelligent design/creation theory coinciding with science.The move has sparked an angry response from one Hills school.One of http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/schools-banned-from-teaching.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/schools-banned-from-teaching.html? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:02 GMT A dramatic slump in revenue from cemeteries in the Adelaide Hills Council district has prompted a call for an urgent review of recent fee increases.According to the council's second budget review for the financial year, cemetery revenue has dropped by $118,000 and is one of the reasons the council's overall operating deficit has climbed from $806,677 to just over $1m."Following the increase http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/council-pressure-over-cemetery-revenue.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/council-pressure-over-cemetery-revenue.html? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:02 GMT A group of residents calling themselves SOBS (Save Our Bootmaker's Shop) has saved a derelict historic cottage from the "bulldozer".Unhappy about imminent plans to demolish the tiny Adelaide Hills Council-owned building and build a replica, they embarked on a successful campaign to restore the river rubble structure to some of its former glory.Last week they celebrated the official handing http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/bootmakers-shop-future-shines.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/bootmakers-shop-future-shines.html? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:01 GMT Some Mt Barker residents have sought legal advice as dust problems caused by a nearby building site come to a head.A number of Hurling Drive and Barker Road residents have turned to lawyers for private advice amid calls for compensation after months of issues with dust blowing from the Bluestone housing estate into homes.It is unclear how many are considering legal action, but a residents' http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/action-looming-over-dust-complaints.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/action-looming-over-dust-complaints.html? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:01 GMT Work on one of Mt Barker's biggest housing estates was shut down last week after an avalanche of complaints over dust problems that have been coming from the site for weeks.A stop work order was slapped on the Bluestone development on Hurling Drive by the Mt Barker Council on Thursday. It follows a barrage of complaints from nearby residents who say they are suffering anything from health http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/dust-storm.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/dust-storm.html? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:47 GMT Mt Barker hospital must step up from being a "Community" facility to being a "General" hospital providing city-level services, the region's health advocate says.Philip Jackson, the chairman of the Hills Area Health Advisory Council, says rapid population growth, urban community expectations and the State Government's own long-term health plan makes the transition "inevitable"."The reality is http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/city-style-hospital-inevitable-board.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/city-style-hospital-inevitable-board.html? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:46 GMT The Hills Area Health Advisory Council has given "in principle support" to a local GP plan to build a multi-million dollar health centre next to the Mt Barker Hospital.Council chairman Philip Jackson said members felt the $15m Integrated Health Care Centre was the type of project that suited the community health priorities of the community-owned land."We are happy to make the land available http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/council-backs-health-centre-vision.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/council-backs-health-centre-vision.html? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:46 GMT Mt Barker district residents can do their bit to stop hazardous electronic waste being unnecessarily dumped in landfill.Dumped electrical items such as television sets, computers and mobile phones can pose an environmental risk and people are being urged to take advantage of a free event to recycle them.The Mt Barker Council will hold an e-waste recycling day on Saturday, March 27 at its http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/keeping-e-waste-above-ground.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/keeping-e-waste-above-ground.html? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44 GMT An 11-year-old boy took his mother's car on an 80km joyride from near Mannum to Adelaide via Birdwood on Saturday.It is believed the car was driven erratically and at speeds of up to 85kmh on a route down the Adelaide to Mannum Road through Birdwood, Gumeracha, Inglewood and Houghton to Marden.Along the way he allegedly sideswiped a car, hit a tree and reversed into a patrol car pursuing him, http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/joyride-boy.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/joyride-boy.html? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44 GMT Households were evacuated and the main street of Birdwood was closed for five hours early last Thursday while firefighters contained the deliberately lit fireball that consumed a disused service station.CFS incident controller Graeme Hancock lives only 60m from the station, which is on a corner block near the intersection with the Mt Torrens road.He was woken by the noise of an explosion http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/building-destroyed-in-suspicious-fire.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/building-destroyed-in-suspicious-fire.html? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:43 GMT More than 20 vehicle crashes in four years along a straight section of road between Nairne and Woodside has led to the installation of several hundred metres of guardrail.According to the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI), the railing will protect cars from colliding with large gum trees.The project is part of the $5.6m statewide Rural Road Safety Program."Locations http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/guardrail-needed-for-straight-road.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/guardrail-needed-for-straight-road.html? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:43 GMT Hills doctors and a spokesman for the district's hospitals have welcomed the Federal Government's reforms for the national hospital system.However, Hills Area Health Advisory Council chairman Philip Jackson would like the Government to address the "inequity" between the amount of money spent per head of population in cities compared with country regions.And Dr Michael Taylor, the medical http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/hospital-reform-support.html Adelaide Hills News http://thecouriernews.blogspot.com/2010/03/hospital-reform-support.html? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:42 GMT