The Latest Breaking News from South Australia

Fraudster lands in jail after stealing identity to escape South Australian authorities

In a letter written to a friend from prison, a fraudster described his two-week road trip funded by stolen credit cards as "the best 20 days" of his life.

ABC News · Aug 4, 2022

Renter forced to give up her cat under laws in South Australia, where landlords can refuse pets

When Jasmin Witham started renting in Adelaide, she was forced to make a heartbreaking decision.

ABC News · Aug 3, 2022

‘Nothing off the table’ in bid to deliver 450GL of water for Murray-Darling, Labor says

Tanya Plibersek accuses the Coalition of preventing the delivery of water for South Australia through ‘brown tape’ bureaucracy

The Guardian - AU · Aug 3, 2022

Masks required at UniSA and to be provided free on public transport just as SA COVID-19 wave passes

South Australia's Premier denies his government is trying to reintroduce a mask mandate by stealth despite Chief Public Health Officer writing to organisations recommending enforced mask-wearing.

ABC News · Aug 2, 2022

SA to spend $4.5m on special school unit

The South Australian government will spend $4.5 million on a special education unit at the Ceduna Area School on the state's west coast.

AAP · Aug 1, 2022

Retired couple on Australia's longest pub crawl say old country hotels are best

Andrew and Ursula Keese have visited every pub in their home state of Queensland and have pulled up a stool at more than 380 establishments South Australia. They plan to visit about 6,000 pubs.

ABC News · Jul 31, 2022

Hidden women of history: Kudnarto, the Kaurna woman who made South Australian legal history

Kudnarto, a Kaurna woman, married shepherd Thomas Adams on 27 January 1848. Theirs was the first legal marriage between an Aboriginal woman and a colonist under colonial law in South Australia.

The Conversation · Jul 31, 2022

South Australia's public housing shortage worsens, as number of people on waiting list reaches 17,000

The state government says work is underway on the first stages of its plan to build 400 extra public houses, while advocates say it's a good start but so much more housing is urgently needed.

ABC News · Jul 31, 2022

Solving the Somerton man mystery: no Russian spy, just a bit of a loner who wrote poetry?

A body on a beach in South Australia, the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and a secret code – after 73 years the tantalising mix of evidence may have a more banal explanation

The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2022

Outback traveller Conrad collected three trailers of rubbish while driving along 1,300km track

Conrad McKee completed the Anne Beadell Highway from South Australia to Western Australia while doing his bit picking up three trailer loads of rubbish along the way.

ABC News · Jul 29, 2022