The Latest Breaking News from Mount Barker

Port Adelaide celebrate Gather Round with win over Western Bulldogs, Essendon stun Melbourne

Port Adelaide turn around a last-quarter deficit to beat the Western Bulldogs by 14 points in wet conditions, while Essendon produce a Gather Round upset to stun Melbourne.

ABC News · Apr 15, 2023

AFL Gather Round is about to put Mount Barker's new football oval on the sporting landscape

This new regional sporting complex at Mount Barker will make its AFL debut when Gather Round comes to town — and residents and the local council hope it could herald the start of a new trend.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2023

Adelaide Hills woman did not receive appropriate care at Mount Barker hospital before her death, inquest hears

A coronial inquest hears 60-year-old Lynne Patricia needed intensive care for treatment of pneumonia, but was discharged from Mount Barker hospital with a cannula still in her arm.

ABC News · Sep 13, 2022

Adelaide Hills woman faces court accused of paying vulnerable woman to have COVID-19 vaccine for her

The first South Australian to be charged with vaccine fraud faces the Mount Barker Magistrates Court, accused of paying another woman money to receive a coronavirus vaccine in her place.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2022

Labor promises $220 million for new Mount Barker hospital in independent seat

Labor is targeting a key electorate ahead of the upcoming SA election, promising $220 million to build a new hospital in Mount Barker in the newly independent seat of Kavel.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2022