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Liberal women have seized power in three states. Is this a new era for a party known for its ‘woman problem’?

Jess Wilson, Kellie Sloane and Ashton Hurn look to be a welcome change for the party. But they have a mountain to climb to oust their Labor opponents

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'Classic glass cliff': women leaders mark Liberal first

The majority of Liberal leaders across Australia are now women - but are they political saviours or placeholders until a male colleague takes over?

AAP

Fifth woman joins frontline of Liberal Party leadership

Australia's newest female state Liberal leader is leaning on advice from a fellow premier-hopeful and a former AFL premiership captain to guide her in the role.

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SA health system in bad shape as elective surgeries cut

Elective surgeries have been cancelled across Adelaide as hospitals battle a shortage of beds and record ambulance ramping.

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Ambulance ramping rises outside SA's emergency departments as paramedic response times improve

South Australian government data shows ambulance ramping increased in May compared to the previous month, but ambulance response times to urgent call outs improve.

ABC News

Calls for brain tumour support coordinator role to be established in South Australia

Chloe Drogemuller-Fiebig believes a brain tumour support coordinator would have relieved some of the burden during her husband's journey. Now she's campaigning for others to receive that support.

ABC News

Four-year-old sick boy left without pillow at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital, opposition says

A boy who was admitted to hospital in pain last month with a suspected bowel obstruction had to sleep on a folded up towel because nurses couldn't find him a pillow, despite an audit by the state government into hospital supplies.

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Ambulance ramping hits new record outside SA hospitals, prompting 'rapid' actions

Ambulances were ramped outside SA hospitals for a record number of hours in March, according to the latest statistics, with the government blaming an increase in emergency department presentations.

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Ambulances ramped in Flinders Medical Centre car park, as emergency department hits capacity twice in past week

Ambulances are being ramped in a dedicated space on the fourth floor of a major Adelaide hospital.

ABC News

Young Women's and Children's Hospital cochlear implant bungle victim describes years of struggle

Jun Ting Song — who has just turned nine years old — is one of 30 identified children whose cochlear implant was not programmed properly at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital.

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Children face developmental delays after cochlear implant bungle at Women's and Children's Hospital

The state government will launch an independent review into Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital for wrongly programming the cochlear implants of one in four children in its program, causing what are expected to be lifelong development problems.

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Anthony Albanese, Peter Malinauskas fast track hospital beds for Flinders Medical Centre, as patient shares photos of storeroom stay

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier Peter Malinauskas announce more beds for Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide's south, as a patient posts photos online of their stay in a storeroom.

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Bulk-billed, walk-in, urgent-care centres to open in Adelaide and Mount Gambier

The clinics will be open for extended hours seven days a week as part of the federal government's plan to alleviate congested hospital emergency departments.

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Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine eligibility boosted in South Australia as flood clean-up continues

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says all residents in the state's flood-hit Riverland and Murraylands regions will now be eligible for the free JEV vaccine.

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SA government cautiously optimistic as ramping hours drop by 16 per cent on previous month

The South Australian government believes it has turned a corner in fulfilling its promise to fix the ambulance ramping crisis, but concedes it has a "long way to go".

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South Australian government to double number of graduate nurses joining SA Health

The government announces a plan to double the number of graduate nurses across the state's hospital network, amid a competitive national market to attract and retain staff. Meanwhile, the opposition has criticised the government for failing to fix ramping.

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Masks required at UniSA and to be provided free on public transport just as SA COVID-19 wave passes

South Australia's Premier denies his government is trying to reintroduce a mask mandate by stealth despite Chief Public Health Officer writing to organisations recommending enforced mask-wearing.

AAP

SA rules out extending free flu jabs

South Australia has ruled out extending its program of free flu vaccinations for all beyond the end of June.

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SA government investigates after claims patient left waiting on floor of Adelaide emergency department for hours

A photo posted online shows the person covered in a white hospital blanket lying on the waiting room floor of an Adelaide emergency department. The government says it will investigate, but has defended healthcare workers.

ABC News

Government strikes deal with Greens and SA Best to end COVID-19 emergency declaration

A deal has been struck to pass law changes through the state parliament's upper house that will modify how COVID will be managed in South Australia.

AAP

Libs seek to cut SA COVID-19 penalties

The SA opposition will seek to cut fines for breaches of COVID-19 rules and eliminate jail terms in amendments to legislation before state parliament.

ABC News

Long COVID clinics established to manage chronic symptoms weeks after infection

Described as a pandemic within a pandemic, long COVID is presenting challenges to the nation's health system. Authorities in SA are now putting their plans for a rise in cases into action.

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SA Liberals unveil shadow cabinet that sees women and youth promoted

South Australia's opposition leader says a senior party figure could have been on his frontbench had she decided to stay on as an MP.

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