High school leavers and mature aged residents in Gawler and Adelaide’s northern suburbs seeking to study at university have had their opportunities boosted by Flinders offering its Foundation Studies program close to home for the first time.

An “Arts on the Plains” festival for the Gawler and surrounding districts has been proposed as part of the 2020 SALA Festival.

Leader of the Opposition, Mr Peter Malinauskas MP, has praised the work of Dalkeith Country Fire Service (CFS) volunteers during a visit to the station last night.

Ramping and understaffing are placing the lives of local people and ambulance officers at risk, according to local Member of Parliament, Mr Tony Piccolo.

The Marshall Liberal Government has no plans to increase car parking at the Gawler Railway Station, Department of Transport, Planning and Infrastructure (DPTI) officials have told a State Parliamentary Committee.