The Latest Breaking News from South Australia

Three patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in non-virus Tasmanian hospital wards, prompting authorities to close the areas to new admissions and visitors.

The federal government has chosen Port Bonython, near Whyalla, as the site of a so-called "hydrogen hub", also promising money will be directed to solar and carbon capture technologies as well as cement projects in the safe Liberal seat of Grey.

Close contacts of COVID-19 cases will no longer have to quarantine, bringing the state into line with interstate rules. Here's what the new rules are and what it means for people already in quarantine.

Around 20 penguins have been washed up on beaches in South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula just this month alone and scientists are looking into the bodies to find out what is causing all of the sad deaths

South Australia's Opposition Leader David Speirs has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation.

The 2022 scheme is more limited – and expensive – than the original but is billed as a big step in reopening the backpacker market

South Australia's anti-corruption watchdog launches a probe into the way the Central Adelaide Local Health Network — the agency responsible for the Royal Adelaide Hospital — manages and responds to complaints made against it.

South Australia's corruption watchdog will examine how one of the state's major health networks deals with complaints at its Adelaide hospitals and services.

South Australia records another four COVID-linked deaths and 3,733 new cases of the virus. Opposition Leader David Speirs says he is among those to have tested positive.

South Australia records a big jump in COVID numbers, with 4,856 new cases reported in the past 24 hours. SA Health says the release of the results was delayed by a technical glitch.

Pork producers guarantee consumers it is safe to eat pork, as the country continues to manage Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV).