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Australian family bought a remote island to run a sheep farm, now they are turning it into a $4.8 million conservation sanctuary for endangered wildlife

An Australian family who once built their life around sheep farming on a remote island are now helping give the same place a completely different future. Peter and Pamela Woolford took over Flinders Island off South Australia's Eyre Peninsula and raised their family there while running a Merino sheep station.…

The Times of India

Premier pens deal with ChatGPT developer on US trip

South Australia has inked an agreement with the developer of the world's most popular artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT.

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Fears of ‘catastrophic’ decline of giant Australian cuttlefish after only 44 counted in dive survey

Calls for South Australian government to release official estimates for cuttlefish, which once numbered in hundreds of thousands in upper Spencer Gulf

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‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: on the frontline of Australia’s bird flu outbreak, people are distressed

As Australia prepares for the H5 bird flu to potentially rip through hundreds of species, residents of the Limestone Coast are already seeing the impacts

The Guardian - AU

Why are so many dolphins washing up on South Australian beaches? Long-term data point to a devastating algal bloom

In 2025 and 2026, South Australia faced a troubling harmful algal bloom, resulting in unprecedented dolphin fatalities— the highest in more than 10 years. Citizen scientists played a pivotal role by documenting over 123,000 observations of marine life. Moreover, those visiting beaches experienced respiratory issues and eye irritation due to…

The Economic Times

First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds

Helicopter surveillance finds dead and dying greater crested terns off South Australian coast as H5 virus spreads

The Guardian - AU

Bird flu testing, as mass mortality incident detected

Authorities are investigating whether more than 80 dead and sick greater crested terns found on an Australian island have bird flu.

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Suns coach Hardwick no fan of preseason AFL Origin

Asked if he'd like to coach an Origin AFL team, Damien Hardwick couldn't help but criticise the concept he thinks put clubs "behind the eight ball".

AAP

South Australia mother went to police station a day before she and her daughter were found dead; cops launch murder-suicide probe

A mother and her toddler were discovered deceased west of Port MacDonnell. The mother had visited a police station the day before the tragic discovery. Authorities are investigating the incident as a murder-suicide involving the mother and her two children. A three-month-old infant remains missing after extensive land and sea…

The Economic Times

Inside Valtteri Bottas's stunning Australian vineyard home

Valtteri Bottas and Tiffany Cromwell have revealed their off-grid vineyard home in South Australia

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Bird flu has reached Victoria and more wildlife deaths loom. How bad could it get?

Authorities say local transmission of H5 bird flu virus among South Australian birds signals ‘shift in the situation’

The Guardian - AU

Media coverage of environmental disasters doesn’t come with a content warning. It’s time for change

Since South Australia’s toxic algal bloom started to kill millions of marine organisms in March 2025, the media has been filled with images of dead and suffering coasts, plants and animals.

The Conversation

Seven suspected new bird flu cases are ‘evidence of spread’ into Australian wildlife, experts warn

BirdLife Australia says discoveries of sick and dead local seabirds in South Australia show outbreak is ‘taking hold’

The Guardian - AU

Injuries haven't dimmed AFL players' Origin enthusiasm

South Australia will return to the AFL's Origin arena and face Western Australia, while past injuries haven't scared off players from wanting to take part.

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Trailblazing Indigenous leader honoured with electorate

The Australian Electoral Commission is renaming the South Australian federal seat of Grey as O'Donoghue, in honour of an Indigenous rights advocate.

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Australian father and son were stranded in the outback for 12 hours after a storm trapped their car; billionaire Tim Roberts, who happened to be flying his helicopter, rescued them

A father and son from Melbourne found themselves lost for twelve hours in the stark South Australian outback after their vehicle sank into mud due to a fierce storm. Their fate caught the attention of billionaire Tim Roberts, who, after hearing their situation at a pub, took to the skies…

The Conversation

This rare Australian wattle is on the brink of extinction: new research

The spidery wattle (Acacia araneosa) is a national treasure.

The Guardian - AU

Dolphin deaths in South Australia spike after algal bloom decimates food sources

The marine disaster may be linked to a high number of dolphin deaths in the region, scientists say

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Senator apologises for linking death to Telstra outage

There's nothing to suggest a person's death in a regional hospital was caused by a Telstra outage, despite claims raised on social media by a Liberal senator.

The Guardian - AU

Taylor defends Sarah Henderson’s triple-zero calls as SA police investigate claimed Telstra-outage death

South Australian police investigating death of elderly person Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle claimed was a result of the outage

The Conversation

The tiny microalgae behind South Australia’s harmful algal bloom is among the most toxic ever tested

Over the past 15 months, one of the country’s worst marine environmental disasters has been unfolding in South Australia.

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'Window closing' for wildlife as bird flu threat mounts

Another suspected bird flu case has been detected, threatening to push the national tally to eight as experts warn the clock is ticking to protect wildlife.

The Guardian - AU

Many Australians can get three free hours of power from today. Here’s how

Residents of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia with a smart meter can access the Solar Sharer energy offer from 1 July

The Conversation

How is the Australian poultry industry preparing for a possible outbreak of bird flu?

After being detected for the very first time in two seabirds in Western Australia less than a week ago, the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has also arrived in a second state – with a case confirmed in South Australia.

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Bird flu has spread to two Australian states. Here’s how it could accelerate our extinction crisis

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in a second state, South Australia, after earlier being identified in Western Australia.

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