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07/05/26
CEO says former Council was being run “like the ship of fools” and hard calls need to be made now to save it from administration.
30/04/26
Multiple cars were targeted in a $15k crime spree at the Cape Jervis ferry carpark on the weekend as authorities consider CCTV coverage.
29/04/26
Dozens of islanders have woken up without a job this morning after Kiland shed the majority of its forestry workers.
27/04/26
Emergency service volunteers warn Telstra mobile phone coverage failures will lead to delays in attendance at life threatening scenes.
23/04/26
SeaLink says its contract with the State Government gags it from talking publicly. The government accuses the company of lacking clarity. Who is going to admit the truth about the future of Kangaroo Island’s most essential service?
21/04/26
A 57-year-old Kingscote woman was arrested by police last week after 5.5kg of dried cannabis was found in her home.
17/04/26
In the first in-depth interview with Jenni Mitton about Kangaroo Island, the newly elected Member for Mawson talks SeaLink, housing and Leon Bignell.
16/04/26
Kangaroo Island Council will be forced to cut services due to rising fuel prices that are expected to burn a $200,000 hole in its budget, Mayor Michael Pengilly has told Island Independent.
15/04/26
An island teenager has become just the third person in the world to find a unique and critically endangered spider.
12/04/26
Responses from government departments show Kangaroo Island’s school corella crisis remains an exercise in handball bureaucracy.
01/04/2026
A disabled pensioner faces a $60,000 bill to retrieve his stricken boat from a Kangaroo Island beach after the State Government’s marine authority failed to provide clear directives or return phone calls.
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