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Mount Gambier woman spends night in Royal Flying Doctor Service hangar waiting for ambulance to transfer her to Flinders Medical Centre

The woman was flown from Mount Gambier to Adelaide for urgent treatment after having a heart attack. But she waited on a stretcher in the Royal Flying Doctor Service hangar for 11 hours for an ambulance to transfer her to hospital, her friend says.

ABC News · Jul 17, 2022

Mount Gambier business owner voices food hygiene concerns over SA's BYO container laws

The Restaurant and Catering Association and Australian Hotels Association support the new legislation, which will remove liability for businesses that allow customers to use their own containers when buying food from cafes and supermarkets.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

Frustrations grow as cancer treatment centre at Mount Gambier remains at funding roadblock

Adelaide or Warrnambool are the only options for Limestone Coast residents needing radiation therapy due to a "politicised" funding decision, says the local Liberal MP.

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022

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'Devastating impact' for family after pedestrian killed at OB Flat, near Mount Gambier

A 37-year-old man dies after being hit by a four-wheel drive at OB Flat in the second pedestrian fatality in less than a week in South Australia.

ABC News · Jun 10, 2022

Flu shot, COVID boosters essential for winter protection, SA Indigenous leader says

Pangula Mannamurna Aboriginal Corporation in Berrin, or Mount Gambier, has urged locals to get the flu vaccine and COVID boosters as coronavirus and influenza spreads in the community in the lead-up to winter.

ABC News · May 31, 2022

Federal election voters in the safe seat of Barker feeling 'overlooked' by major parties

Days out from the federal election, residents of one of Australia's safest seats say they are being forgotten by the major parties due to a lack of contest among regional candidates.

ABC News · May 18, 2022

'Unprecedented' code white for three days as Mount Gambier hospital battles staffing shortages

South Australia's Health Minister blames COVID-19 staffing shortages for no emergency department beds being available in the state's second-largest city.

ABC News · May 2, 2022

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Psychiatry body calls for urgent support for Mount Gambier as intervention order remains

A senior psychiatrist urges the SA government to "immediately" fund more psychiatry positions to ease demand on mental health services in the state's second largest city.

ABC News · Apr 14, 2022

Mount Gambier Hospital braces for spike in COVID-19 patients as community cases surge

South Australia's largest regional public health facility is bracing for a predicted influx of COVID-19 patients amid outbreaks in the state's south east.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2022

New SA Premier Peter Malinauskas highlights Limestone Coast as key target for growth

SA Premier says regional forestry sector key in addressing the nation's wood shortage

ABC News · Mar 23, 2022

Unions and health officials welcome paramedic, hospital security boost for Mount Gambier

Local health leaders are waiting for more details on a $52 million package promised by South Australia's new Labor government for upgrades to the Limestone Coast's health services.

ABC News · Mar 23, 2022

Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell admonished for not appearing in person in court over accommodation allowance charges

A prosecutor tells an Adelaide court it is "unsatisfactory" that recently re-elected independent MP Troy Bell, who is facing deception charges, did not appear in court.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2022

Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell to face trial on theft charges after losing High Court appeal bid

Independent MP Troy Bell will face a District Court trial accused of misappropriating public funds before he entered parliament after he lost his High Court bid challenging the charges.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2022

Former Liberal MP Troy Bell hits out at Premier Steven Marshall days ahead of SA election

Liberal-turned-independent MP Troy Bell releases a scathing public letter to his former party days out from the SA state election, refusing to guarantee support in the event of a hung parliament and telling Premier Steven Marshall the "clock is ticking" to match Labor spending in his seat.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2022

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ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

Mount Gambier's Tenison Woods College grapples with COVID-19 outbreak

More than 150 of Tenison Woods College's students have or have had the virus and the principal says staff are starting to feel the strain as teachers are forced into isolation.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2022

Mount Gambier's poor bus services leave residents out in the cold

Mount Gambier's woeful bus system creates unforeseen issues for residents living with disabilities.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2022

Mount Gambier man found with 11 grams of meth receives suspended sentence

Jason Garraway was caught with more than 11 grams of the drug in 2020 after police noticed his car parked three metres away from the kerb.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2022

Green Triangle chopper and pilot help save Mount Gambier's landmark mountain

Even after more than two decades of flying experience, aerial firefighter Dave Leoni still gets nervous when he receives "the call" about a burning blaze.

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ABC News · Jan 27, 2022

Golf course operator praises firefighters for saving facility during Mount Gambier fire

A golf course operator thanks fireys on the ground and in the air as a blaze tore through Mount Gambier's heritage Crater Lakes precinct.

ABC News · Jan 26, 2022

Firefighters contain blaze at Mount Gambier's iconic Crater Lakes but fire bombers continue

Dozens of firefighters have worked tirelessly overnight to contain a fire within Mount Gambier's landmark Crater Lakes district, as water bombing continues.

ABC News · Jan 24, 2022

Fire crews continue to fight challenging blaze at Mount Gambier's Crater Lakes

The Country Fire Service (CFS) has issued an advice message asking residents to stay alert and monitor local conditions as smoke spreads across the city.

ABC News · Jan 21, 2022

Boandik aged care facility in Mount Gambier grapples with COVID-19 outbreak

Nearly 30 staff members at the major aged care facility have tested positive, along with close to 20 residents.

ABC News · Nov 2, 2021

Community houses 'boarded up' in regional SA, leaving homeless to sleep in tents

Homeless people are forced to sleep in tents and public toilets in Mount Gambier, despite almost 50 social housing properties sitting empty across the region, a Labor MP says.

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