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Afternoon Update: SA Ambulance not notified about triple-zero outage; accused police killer’s outburst; and Taylor Swift’s new album

South Australia is signed up to a system that’s supposed to send notifications when Optus has a triple-zero outage – but that didn’t happen

The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2025

SA Ambulance received no alerts from service meant to notify authorities during Optus triple zero outage last month

Exclusive: Despite being signed up to a new alert system, the South Australian emergency service was not notified during September’s triple zero outage

The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2025

BHP Hedges China Risks With Olympic Dam Copper Investment

BHP (NYSE:BHP) has announced an investment of more than 840 million Australian dollars ($556 million) into growth-enabling copper projects at Olympic Dam in northern South Australia. The funding will expand mining access, upgrade smelting capacity, and reinforce the foundations of the company’s Copper SA operations.

Benzinga · Oct 2, 2025

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‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad?

When the federal government gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site in South Australia that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astounded

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2025

These little bettongs were wiped out in South Australia a century ago. Now they’re thriving alongside foxes and feral cats

Around 200 years ago, bettongs were the most common macropod in Australia. These small wallaby-like creatures were once found seemingly everywhere and in great numbers.

The Conversation · Sep 30, 2025

WA paceman takes five wickets in one-day win over SA

A trio of Western Australia batsmen have struck half-centuries before a teammate took five wickets in a 66-run one-day win against South Australia.

AAP · Sep 24, 2025

Heartbreak turns to joy as NSW spinners crush Redbacks

South Australia's One-Day Cup title defence has started on the worst possible note after they were bowled out for 157 in a crushing 131-run loss to NSW.

AAP · Sep 20, 2025

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Optus Triple Zero outage has left multiple people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it

Multiple people have died after a botched Optus network upgrade on Thursday prevented around 600 emergency calls to Triple Zero across Australia.

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2025

‘Incompetent’: SA premier slams Optus as eight-week-old baby among three who died when triple zero calls failed

Peter Malinauskas criticised the telco for its communications after two people in South Australia and one in Western Australia died during the network upgrade

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2025

Key Cabinet roles for veterans in forced reshuffle

The South Australian government has installed political veterans in key roles after the shock resignations of two top ministers, prompting a cabinet reshuffle.

AAP · Sep 19, 2025

Deputy and top minister quit, months before election

Six months before the state goes to the polls, the South Australian government's two most senior ministers have quit Cabinet, forcing a reshuffle.

AAP · Sep 18, 2025

South Australians with asthma warned of ‘potential risk’ of toxic algal bloom as Senate inquiry begins

SA Health says people should avoid discoloured foam but not avoid the beach because of the benefits to mental and physical health

The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2025

Veterans on frontline for algal bloom response

Defence force veterans are set to patrol Adelaide beaches, helping clean up thousands of marine creatures wiped out by a harmful algal bloom.

AAP · Sep 8, 2025

Port football boss quits, tipped to join Carlton

Port Adelaide's football manager is leaving the South Australian club and is expected to join Carlton in a similar role.

AAP · Sep 1, 2025

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The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

Australian state bans plastic fish soy sauce bottles due to risk to ocean

Other items banned included cutlery or straws attached to food items, such as the plastic-wrapped straws often connected to juice boxes

The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2025

61 leafy seadragons, 604 Port Jackson sharks: logging the grim tally of death in South Australia’s algal bloom

Experts say data reported by beachgoers is ‘hugely useful’ after a slow official response to disaster

The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2025

Winter delivers final blast of cold weather, bringing snow and strong winds to Australia’s south-east

‘Vigorous’ front that crossed South Australia, Victoria and NSW has now cleared out into Tasman Sea, BoM says

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2025

Victoria warned to prepare for ‘destruction’ with severe weather and snow forecast

Gusts reaching up to 130km/h expected to push further into south-eastern states on Saturday, bringing showers, hail and thunderstorms

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The Conversation · Aug 29, 2025

‘We need to look after our grand-friends’: how childcare in aged care can help young and old

An experimental aged-care model in South Australia, where purpose-built independent retirement living apartments are co-located with an early learning centre, is seeking to foster connections between residents and children.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2025

‘We’re trying to call on everybody that we can’: South Australia scrambles to fight its pulsating algal bloom

State considers its options to control Karenia mikimotoi, which has left beaches littered with dead seaweed and sealife

AAP · Aug 23, 2025

A whale of a time: record sightings at season's start

Early whale sightings on the South Australian coast are being hailed by scientists who say they are a flagship species for successful conservation management.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2025

Bumper whale calving season a ‘sign of hope’ for South Australia’s oceans

Almost 200 endangered southern right wales have been spotted off state’s coastline this year, amid concerns about impact of algal bloom

The Conversation · Aug 20, 2025

South Australia’s domestic and sexual violence royal commission recommendations should be embraced across the country

The South Australian Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence has released its final report. Led by Royal Commissioner Natasha Stott Despoja, the 700-page report presents findings from extensive consultations, including more than 380 written submissions, 800 survey responses, ten days of public hearings and submissions completed over 13…

The Guardian - AU · Aug 19, 2025

When Alice reported her husband to SA police, they said ‘people fight’. But it was far more than fighting

Her story is one of hundreds heard by South Australia’s domestic violence royal commission, which has handed down its report

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2025

How could we clean up the algal bloom?

South Australia’s catastrophic harmful algal bloom now affects almost 30% of the state’s coastline, stretching from the Coorong in the state’s southeast to the seafood-rich Spencer Gulf to the west.

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