The Islander

10/09/2026

About 20 patients’ surgeries at the KI Hospital will need to be postponed until new sterilising equipment arrives, but the health network has minimised disruption as much as possible, and 60 patients’ surgeries will proceed.
The hospital expansion meanwhile is developing nicely...

09/09/2026

Thirteen community and landholder projects will share $63,753 in funding through the KI Landscape Board’2026 Grassroots Grants program, including the Penneshaw Progress Association's Frenchmans Terrace Revegetation Project.

07/09/2026

In this week's Islander we have all the netball and football presentation photos, including these three netballers, who were all the youngest MVPs to win!

04/09/2026

In a bit of good news, there have been no H5 bird flu events on Kangaroo Island in six days and there were no events recorded anywhere in South Australia on September 4.
The last confirmed case of bird flu on the island involved black face cormorants at Penneshaw on August 30.
UPDATE: We've received local reports that at least 14 dead birds were collected by PIRSA at Wheaton's Beach on the weekend of Aug. 29-20, while more dead birds were spotted at the location in subsequent days.

03/09/2026

Volunteers at the Kangaroo Island Rare Plant Garden were last week busy preparing it for their open days to be held on Sunday and Monday, October 4-5.

02/09/2026

Ever since first entering the Royal Adelaide Show in 2003, David McArdle has brought home a swag of ribbons and medals each year.
After a brief hiatus skipping a couple of seasons, the Taljar Stud team is back, keen to resume their proud show tradition.

01/09/2026

Scammers sometimes try to build trust using tactics like posing as a trusted bank and reciting the first six digits of your card.

Those six digits are a standard bank identification number common across card types. CommBank’s advice is to always stop, check and reject.
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Read the full story at CommBank Newsroom.

31/08/2026

Rebeka Turner plans to walk 78 kilometres this September to honour the memory of her father George and to raise funds for the fight against pancreatic cancer.

31/08/2026

Kingscote will go into this weekend’s A Grade Preliminary Final full of confidence after dismantling Dudley United at Penneshaw in the Semi Finals on Sunday.
In the other Semi Finals match, Western Districts on Saturday won their way into a remarkable ninth Grand Final in a row after dismantling Wisanger by 46 points.

28/08/2026

There are 46 new confirmed H5 bird flu events in South Australia since the August 27 update, including Australia’s first detection in a dolphin at Goolwa.
While the detection in the common dolphin is a new development in Australia, there is evidence of dolphins and porpoises catching H5 bird flu overseas.
Dolphins would not commonly eat birds but it is not unusual for them to sometimes interact.

There are 46 new confirmed H5 bird flu events in South Australia since the August 27 update, including Australia’s first [...]