Tag: Barker

Field day support flows

Limestone Coast agricultural shows and field days organisers will be able to apply for Federal Government funding to access cash injections. Round two of the...

Funds boost Men’s Shed programs

The Federal Government provided an early Christmas present to four Men’s Sheds in Barker by allocating a total of $12,277 to continue to support...

Farmers learn what’s on horizon

Two digital tools are delivering Australian farmers the best available climate data to help prepare for future drought and climate change. Member for Barker Tony...

Primary industries get help to grow long-term workforce

Around of grant funding will be offered to industry to develop projects and initiatives to support the growth, retention, and sustainability of the agricultural...

New learning pathways open

St Martins Lutheran College students have welcomed a new state-of-the-art learning facility. The college last week officially opened a new two storey building comprising a...

Farm drought resilience investment

Regional communities in Barker will share in $101,817 to help them better prepare for drought under the Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought...

Club gets out of rough

The Keith Golf Club has received a grant of $52,883 to improve the comfort, amenity and functionality of its facility through the Federal Government’s...

Lobster prices bounce back

Lobster prices crashed last week to a 20-year low of only $30 per kilogram. The collapse in the beach (wholesale) price prompted a number of...

Railway station turned bowling club gets makeover

The $400,000 makeover of the Beachport Bowling Club social rooms will be officially opened this afternoon. The honour will fall to Member for Barker Tony...

Regional leadership skills boost

Leadership training providers in the Barker community are encouraged to apply for the Building Resilient Regional Leaders Initiative pilot program, which will support current...

Funding to help build drought resilience

Second round applications have opened for a share of up to $2.9m under the Networks to Build Drought Resilience program. The program will continue to...

Ag visa guides workers to farms

Farmers and primary producers in Barker are a step closer to benefitting from the Federal Government’s new Australian Agriculture Worker Visa. The Federal Government amended...

Pasin ‘sizzles up a storm’

Member for Barker Tony Pasin helped to sizzle up a storm last week as he hosted his seventh annual Big Aussie Barbie, cooking up...

Opinion proves valuable

Thousands of people across Barker completed Barker’s Biggest Survey sent out by Member for Barker Tony Pasin. Survey participants were promised one lucky survey responder...

Young athletes go distance

Anumber of young local sporting champions in Barker have received grants through the Federal Government’s “Local Sporting Champions Program” to assist them in pursuing...