Mount Gambier, Australia News

Every now and then you have to ask the question 'who am I?' One man on a rock hurtling through space? A product of more genetics than you could poke a double helix at? Or a really tall guy who plays basketball and wants to be a journalist? Hmmm, probably the last one.

He is believed to be driving a silver Commodore sedan, SA registration WMO-514 and there is a thought he may head towards Sydney.

Primary school students not sitting the NAPLAN test played a small part in a global relay when they handed around a glowing torch helping to spread messages of peace.

IT'S the elephant in the newsroom - media organisations are changing, advertising is moving online and the number of journalists reporting local news is shrinking.

A team of international scientists is drawing up a "Red List" identifying ecosystems on the brink of extinction - and Australia appears eight times.

Over the past few months Landmark Pictures, which runs Mount Gambier's Oatmill Cinema, has been in discussions with the council about screening new release movies in the town hall.

Last month, Murray Goulburn signed a ten-year agreement with Coles to supply their private label milk in NSW and Victoria.

A 52-year-old Mount Gambier man has been convicted after lighting a burn-off in grass on a day of total fire ban.

A director of a Mount Gambier electronics shop says it was lucky no-one was seriously injured after a car crashed into the store.

"Are you a band geek?" asked Grammy-winning-composer, Gordon Goodwin, to which he was met with proud, deafening screams from 3,000 jazz students at the Generations in Jazz festival in Mount Gambier.

Regional Development Australia Limestone Coast says there is now more certainty of when the National Broadband Network will be rolled out in the region.

Ambulance crews were called to the accident near the intersection of Praetz Rd and Pudneys Rd at Kongorong about 8.50am. The other driver, a man in his 20s, was able to walk from his car but was taken to Mt Gambier hospital for treatment for chest and leg injuries.

The South Australian Opposition says it is disappointed about another delay to the start of construction at the Mount Gambier Hospital.

MORE than 100,000 extra properties across South Australia will be connected to the National Broadband Network, under an updated rollout plan to be announced on Sunday.

A MOUNT Gambier P-plater had his car impounded yesterday after he was caught driving near Hamilton at 153km/h with an alcohol reading of .206. Police clocked the 2005 Holden Commodore travelling at 153km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Henty Highway about 2am just south of Hamilton.

Superintendent Trevor Twilley was one of the first to sign up for the Mount Gambier Bail Out which will raise funds for the Whitelion national non-profit community organisation and Blue Light's Noorla Yo Long adventure training facility at Rendelsham.

Students with stomachs full of butterflies will be struggling to contain their excitement on the eve of the Generations in Jazz festival when their jazz idols, the Big Phat Band, come to Mount Gambier.

Just after 1.30pm the woman, 84, was driving her Toyota sedan along Tolmie Street when she crashed into a fence and a pole.

An early morning community bike ride around the Blue Lake with Tony Abbott has capped-off three days of some serious cycling around the South East as the 'Pollie Pedal' makes its way to Victoria.

Defending national champion in the 17-plus and 30-34 women's classes, Jaclyn Wilson, headlines the Bendigo BMX Club riders.Maiden Gully's Matt White, who rides for Frankston, is also hopeful of bringing back national trophies.