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South Australia’s algal bloom may shrink over winter – but this model suggests it will spread to new areas in summer

South Australia is desperate for help to tackle an unprecedented harmful algal bloom that has decimated marine life up and down the coast. While the extent of the damage is still unknown, my preliminary research suggests there’s no end in sight. It may just get better over winter before it…

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Cold front to dump ‘decent dose’ of rain on drought-affected parts of south-east Australia

Parched areas of South Australia, northern Victoria and south-western NSW to receive relief later this week

The Guardian - AU

Senate to hold SA algal bloom inquiry as Greens warn ‘Adelaide beaches today could be Bondi tomorrow’

Inquiry to look into water quality, tourism, ecosystem health, Indigenous communities, fishing, and responses of state and federal governments

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SA algae crisis ‘incredibly disturbing’ but federal government won’t declare natural disaster, Watt says

Greens’ Sarah Hanson-Young warns $14m in federal funding ‘nowhere near’ enough to support South Australian communities reeling from toxic algal bloom covering coast

The Guardian - AU

'Incredibly disturbing': federal help for algae crisis

Millions of dollars in federal funding have been pledged to tackle a massive and toxic algal bloom choking life along a state's coast and waterways.

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‘It’s a takeover’: the South Australian power player reshaping the state Liberal party

Charismatic senator Alex Antic has risen to the top of factional state politics, bringing his conservative religious supporters with him. Is it a roadmap for the national Liberal party’s existential crisis?

The Guardian - AU

Political leaders 'passing the buck' on algae crisis

The federal environment department has sent representatives to investigate South Australia's algal bloom crisis as leaders face criticism for their response.

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Was he the greatest? Debate on as SA footy legend dies

Arguably the greatest Australian rules footballer produced by South Australia has died, leading to nationwide tributes.

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South Australia ‘helpless’ in face of deadly marine algal bloom spreading to Adelaide beaches

State’s environment minister warns bloom unlikely to disappear any time soon as testing for toxic algae continues at 14 Adelaide sites

The Guardian - AU

Machetes and swords get the chop as new laws begin

South Australia will conduct a three-month period when people holding banned machetes and swords can surrender them to police.

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Fruit stickers are annoying and bad for the environment. So why did an Australian ban come unstuck?

Governments flagged fruit stickers for the chopping block but then South Australia shelved its September deadline after industry asked for more time

The Guardian - AU

Former Reality Star Charged With Murder In South Australia

A former reality TV star has been charged with murder after a man’s body was found in a burning unit in Port Lincoln, South Australia.

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Burst of warm weather predicted for Australia’s east before cold front brings wet and windy conditions in week ahead

Temperatures across South Australia, Victoria and NSW are set to warm up but northerly winds will bring the chill later in the week

The Guardian - AU

Australia wants more foreign investment. That’s why a $29 billion bid for Santos puts the Treasurer in a tricky position

The Australian origins of Santos have made an indelible mark on the company’s very name. The energy giant was first incorporated in 1954 under the acronym for “South Australia Northern Territory Oil Search”. It was publicly listed on the Adelaide Stock Exchange that same year.

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Long-running Tour Down Under sponsor Santos in XRG-led consortium’s sights – What could that mean for the South Australian event?

January's commitment to three more years as title sponsor appears to provide a level of security in near term despite takeover proposal

The Conversation

As the federal government fumbles on nature law reform, the states are forging ahead

The South Australian parliament today passed a new law to conserve, restore and enhance biodiversity.

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Death Cap Mushrooms Are Popping Up In NSW & SA So Steer Clear Y’all

Residents of NSW and South Australia are being warned not to eat or pick wild mushrooms, after highly poisonous death caps have been spotted.

The Guardian - AU

Deadly algal bloom in South Australia’s Coorong an environmental ‘eye opener’, ecologist says

Among the dead in the internationally significant wetland are estuarine snails, shore crabs, baby flounder and ‘a thick stew of polychaete worms’ after high tides swept the algae

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‘Like an underwater bushfire’: SA’s marine algal bloom is still killing almost everything in its path

South Australian beaches have been awash with foamy, discoloured water and dead marine life for months. The problem hasn’t gone away; it has spread.

The Guardian - AU

Fury over year 9 students in South Australia being asked to debate whether the tradwife movement is good for women

Debating SA says callers have been ‘ringing up screaming’, accusing it of undoing centuries of female advancement

The Guardian - AU

It never rains or it pours: Australia suffers two weather extremes in May

Parts of eastern NSW recorded wettest May on record as rainfall in Victoria and South Australia was 70% below average for the month

AAP

Former AFL player cops secret ban in SA state league

Former AFL player Blake Drury was secretly suspended from a South Australian state league game, with the SANFL and AFL club Adelaide fuming about his conduct.

The Guardian - AU

Tesla wins council approval for new factory in South Australia despite vocal anti-Musk sentiment

Marion councillors vote to seek state government approval for battery-repurposing plant in Adelaide despite hundreds of submissions opposing it

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s youngest-ever senator Charlotte Walker has a lot to learn but says she is ‘not naive’

Walker unexpectedly took the sixth Senate spot for Labor in South Australia at the election on 3 May – her 21st birthday

The Independent UK

Australia elects youngest ever senator as 21-year-old Charlotte Walker takes office in surprise result

“Obviously, there's a lot of pressure," the 21-year-old senator said

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