The Latest Breaking News from Joe Szakacs

Winemakers head to Hong Kong to kickstart exports

A delegation of Australian winemakers is travelling to Hong Kong to boost wine trade after China scrapped hefty tariffs, with hopes business could boom.

AAP · May 18, 2024

'Brazen' CBD crime wave shakes business confidence

Police will be out in force in Adelaide's CBD as businesses hold a summit into retail crime after a series of shoplifting incidents and assaults on staff.

AAP · Mar 14, 2024

More residents leave as authorities renew dire warning

New emergency warnings have led to more residents fleeing fire danger zones in Victoria as a massive blaze threatens a number of towns.

AAP · Feb 27, 2024

Road deaths spur promise of 'controversial' SA safety campaign after motorcyclists killed

Two motorcyclists are the latest people to lose their lives on South Australia's roads, amid a horror start to the year and repeated police warnings to drivers.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2023

Calls to exclude medicinal cannabis users from new SA drug-driving rules

The SA Greens and a former magistrate of 22 years are among those calling for a reform in new SA drug-driving rules that could see medicinal cannabis users stripped of their licence at a roadside drug test.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

Fatal crash in South Australia's south-east as instant loss of licence drug-driving laws come in

Another person dies on South Australia's roads, adding to the horror start to the year, while SA Police have new powers to take licences away from drivers detected using drugs.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2023

Murray floods shape as SA's worst disaster

Flooding down the Murray River is likely to be South Australia's most significant natural disaster, the state government says.

AAP · Jan 16, 2023

River Murray peak reached in all South Australian towns affected by flooding

SA's Emergency Services Minister Joe Szakacs says the peak has reached Wellington, near where the river meets Lake Alexandrina.

ABC News · Jan 12, 2023

Murray flooding threatens SA highway

The South Australian government says flooding along the Murray is threatening to cut a highway southeast of Adelaide.

AAP · Jan 12, 2023

SA teen critical after falling from car at Elizabeth Downs, while motorbike rider dies after Kilburn crash

A teenager is in a critical condition and a man is dead after two separate incidents on Adelaide roads this weekend.

ABC News · Jan 7, 2023