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The World is Jordi’s stage

By Clem StanleyAs she is now preparing to take to the world stage, Nuriootpa’s Jordi Wilksch, a Barossa Dance Company Alumnus, is proof that a childhood love is something that can carry over into adulthood and take you places you never thought you...

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SA Government holds Caucus at Tanunda

Some of the State Government’s most recognisable political figures descended on the Barossa on Thursday, March 13, as the South Australian Labor Party held its Caucus meeting at the Barossa Weintal Hotel. Speaking with The Leader, South Australian...

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Education

Minister announces review for Freeling Primary

Minister for Education, Training And Skills, Blair Boyer has announced there will be a formal review of Freeling Primary School’s infrastructure and a masterplan developed for the facility’s future needs. Minister Boyer visited the school on Thursday...

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From loaves to literature

By Clem StanleyA name that has long been synonymous with Sunrise Bakery, is now one you may soon see on shelves at The Raven’s Parlour Bookstore at Tanunda. After many years of hard work in the business, Angela Nagel has pursued a literary venture...

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12 Mar 2025

Special Promotion

Celebrating tradition and progress at Mount Pleasant show

By Clem StanleyWith the show season well and truly underway, the next country show on the calendar is sure to be a cracking event, to round out the latest string of Barossan agricultural shows. Ahead of this weekend’s Mount Pleasant show, the leafy...

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12 Mar 2025

Eudunda News

Painting wellbeing in bright colours

By Clem StanleyStudents and staff at Eudunda Area School are enjoying a colourful new Outdoor Wellbeing Space. The space is used by the students at lunchtime, with kitchen facilities to heat up their food, as well as by pastoral care workers for...

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12 Mar 2025

Barossa Leader

Hollie raises a hand to help out at Vintage Festival

Events such as Barossa Vintage Festival can’t happen without volunteers and this year UK-born Hollie Grainger of Tanunda, is ready to dive in and take part in the action for the first time. Hollie is from the United Kingdom, and emigrated to...

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05 Mar 2025

Education

Education Minister visits Eudunda schools

Last Friday, Education Minister, Blair Boyer MP, paid a visit to Eudunda Area School and St John’s Lutheran School, accompanied by Member for Light, Tony Piccolo MP. Eudunda Area School Principal, Anna Roebuck said ahead of the visit: “I’m...

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05 Mar 2025

Safety concerns on the Sturt Highway

The Sturt Highway: it’s the main link between Adelaide and Sydney and sees huge numbers of cars, trucks and other vehicles pass along it every day, but it’s also a home for families and local businesses who are trying to get to work or go about...

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05 Mar 2025

Ticket to rideshare

“We know that access to transport is an important factor in social mobility, and ridesharing can go a long way in addressing transport gaps for regional cities,” an Uber spokesperson told The Leader

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26 Feb 2025

Barossa gets its own Bluey

Tanunda local, Jamie Montgomery, has taken on the role of a lifetime as a dog-owner, adopting a seven-month-old rescued kelpie, one of 50 kelpies surrendered to the RSPCA in December 2024. Aptly named Bluey for the hints of Australian Cattle dog...

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19 Feb 2025

Barossa Dancers are part of a Mass Movement ensemble

By Clem StanleyAs part of the upcoming Adelaide Festival, a team of 12 dancers from Body2Star Dance School will be among a larger ensemble of 1000 taking part in MASS MOVEMENT, an enormous convergence of dancers at Elder Park. With the work presented...

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