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The next award winning Yorke Peninsula Art Exhibition is coming up and Council invites you to become a sponsor!

The Exhibition is a major cultural event held biennially in Ardrossan over Easter and fully supported by the District Council of Yorke Peninsula.

Yorke Peninsula remains a major tourism destination within South Australia with the Art Exhibition attracting over 2000 people to the last exhibition.

Two overnight power interruptions are scheduled to occur on:

• Sunday 16 June 2013 from 2.00am to 10.00am (eight-hour overnight duration)
• Wednesday 19 June 2013 from 2.00am to 7.00am (five-hour overnight duration)

The towns and surrounding areas to be affected will include Ardrossan, Warooka, Point Turton, Yorketown, Edithburgh & Coobowie.

 ElectraNet Media Release - Advance Notice Planned Interruption To Power Supply June 2013 (220.8 kB)

By the end of 2013, all analog free-to-air TV services across Australia will be permanently switched off and only digital free-to-air TV services will be available.

The final step in the transition to digital TV, known as 'the retune', will involve some TV channels changing frequency. This will free up broadcasting spectrum so it can be used for new services such as mobile broadband. The retune will take place across Australia progressively from now until the end of 2014.

A special Council meeting will be held on Wednesday 27th March 2013 at 5.30pm for consideration of two Agenda Items:

1. Nominations to the Central Local Government Region SA State Executive Committee
2. REpower Australia Pty Ltd, Ceres Windfarm Application

The Agenda for the special meeting is available here:
 27th March 2013 Special (4.14 MB)

The minutes from the special meeting are available here:

 27th March 2013 (75.92 kB) 

The proposed Wind Farm Ceres Project is seeking development approval under Section 49 of the Development Act - Crown Development and Public Infrastructure by the State Government. The project sponsor for the application was the Major Projects Division of the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure.  The Ceres Project has received Environment Protection Biodiversity and Conservation Act clearance from the Commonwealth on 21st December 2012 and the Development Application has been lodged with the Development Assessment Commission on 3rd January 2013.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS:

That the Development Assessment Commission is the relevant planning authority responsible for approval of the proposed development not the Council, however Council will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed development during the public consultation process.

For further information (see below)

 Ceres - Project Fact Sheet (1.64 MB)

The Yorke Peninsula Community Group who oppose the development have provided their information here:
 Opposition to CERES Wind Farm (1.09 MB)