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​Millicent High School students will use cut and swab techniques to remove weed plants and small self-sown wild pines located along the slopes of the saddle in the Crater Lakes precinct in the coming weeks. Eight students involved in the Conservation and Land Management Pathways program will use the hands-on training under the guidance of City of Mount Gambier Valley Lakes Conservation Park Coordinator Orazio Cultreri to complete the weeds and chemical handling component of the course. Read full article

​City of Mount Gambier has secured $800,000 in State Government funding to extend the shared cycling/walking path from the Rail Trail and install solar lighting along the total length spanning 11.3 kilometres. Read full article

Council has appointed former Mount Gambier woman Sarah Philpott as the new City of Mount Gambier Chief Executive Officer. Sarah grew up in Mount Gambier and returns to the city with more than 15 years executive leadership experience within state and local government sectors. Sarah is currently CEO at Mildura Rural City Council, a role she took on in August 2019. Read full article

​Two exhibitions, Sub-Liminal and Shifting Art Interventions will open at the Riddoch Art Gallery on Friday 19 March 2021 at 6:00pm. Read full article

​Mount Gambier Library will host an in-conversation event with South Australian authors Gay Lynch and Danielle Clode as they delve into the past and discuss ‘Forgotten Women’ on Thursday 25 March at 7:00pm. Read full article

​City of Mount Gambier is liaising with local homelessness sector services to advocate for increasing the availability of social and community housing in the city and the surrounding area. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier is now more than halfway through the Council term for 2018 – 2022. As we begin working earnestly in 2021, Council looks back over the first two years and particularly 2020 and the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier welcomes Tim Coote to the role of General Manager City Growth. Tim is passionate about regional South Australia and has relocated from Port Lincoln to Mount Gambier with his family to take on the position. Read full article

Mount Gambier Library will host a special author event for parents, caregivers and educators with parenting coach Elizabeth Noske, promoting her bestselling book ‘Mindfull Parent - Parenting with the Brain in Mind’ on Thursday 4 March at 7:00pm. Read full article

​A blank wall at the back of Ripley Arcade is the latest space to undergo a colourful transformation as local artist Aileen Costales-Clarke begins working on her mural ‘Beauty Empowerment’ as part of the City of Mount Gambier Creative Arts Fund program. Read full article