The Latest Breaking News from Peter Malinauskas

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas says all non-essential activity on the River Murray has been banned as floodwaters continue to rise.

The River Murray has been closed to all non-essential activity from the South Australian border to Wellington, with the state government citing ongoing safety concerns about rising floodwaters.

South Australia became famous for a statewide blackout, but years on it's had enough renewable energy to power the entire state for a week — and one expert predicts the technology could power it for a month by next year.

South Australia was powered entirely by renewables last week for the first time over a seven-day period, the state's premier says.

Volunteering SA is urging people to register to help over the coming months with the clean-up after the Murray River floods.

The state government says it has secured more than 22,000 nights of accommodation for those impacted by the flood event, but residents are feeling the pinch as waters rise.

Tourists should continue to visit South Australia's Riverland, the premier says, despite the Murray flooding that's affecting thousands of properties.

Daily Murray River flow reports from the South Australian border have been used to inform community preparation throughout the ongoing flood crisis, but locals have just learned flows have actually been about 23 gigalitres higher than reported.

The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are to merge, with the new institution to be the biggest in Australia for domestic students.

Thousands more people will be eligible for a vaccination against the Japanese encephalitis virus as the River Murray continues to rise in South Australia, but a pharmacist warns that power outages may spoil the vaccines.

A caravan park at Renmark in South Australia has been evacuated as floodwaters continue to surge down the Murray River.