SA footy legend Neil Kerley dies One of the all-time greats of Australian Rules football in South Australia, Neil Kerley, has died in a car crash. AAP · Jun 29, 2022
SA to spend almost $37m on new ambulances The South Australian government will spend almost $37 million to buy new ambulances to replace a number of ageing vehicles in the state service. AAP · Jun 29, 2022
SA company fined over power rules breach A Federal Court judge has ordered the operator of South Australia's Tesla big battery to pay a $900,000 fine over breaches of the national electricity rules. AAP · Jun 28, 2022
SA wind farms, big Tesla battery fined more than $4 million over separate breaches The owners of four wind farms in South Australia and the state's big Tesla battery have been fined more than $4 million over two separate market breaches identified during major grid disturbances. ABC News · Jun 28, 2022
SA rules out extending free flu jabs South Australia has ruled out extending its program of free flu vaccinations for all beyond the end of June. AAP · Jun 28, 2022
Greens to push for rent controls in SA The Greens will bring a bill to the South Australian parliament next week to limit rent increases across the state. AAP · Jun 28, 2022
Health Services Union heads to tribunal to fight parking fees for workers at public hospitals A union is going to the South Australian Employment Tribunal to try to stop healthcare workers having to pay to park at hospitals. ABC News · Jun 27, 2022
Hay help for farmers waiting for rain Nor-for-profit group Rural Aid is dropping hay to dozens of South Australian farmers doing it tough and trying to feed stock in parts of the state. AAP · Jun 27, 2022
South Australia's major COVID vaccination hubs at Wayville and Playford are set to close Two of South Australia's mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics are set to close their doors as demand falls for shots. ABC News · Jun 27, 2022
Government use of political campaign tool “regrettable” but not “meaningful”, Ombudsman findings reveal South Australia's Ombudsman finds the use of the campaign tool NationBuilder by the former premier's office was "inadvertent" and any information collected "most likely could not be used in a meaningful way". ABC News · Jun 27, 2022
'Very happy' dogs rescued from 12-metre mine shaft in Coober Pedy Volunteers from South Australia's State Emergency Service adapt their equipment to rescue two dogs found down an opal mining shaft in the state's outback. ABC News · Jun 24, 2022
Infrastructure Minister Tom Koutsantonis 'not surprised' by North-South Corridor project cost blowout South Australia's Infrastructure Minister admits he will not be surprised if costings for the North-South Corridor blowout beyond the $9.9 billion budgeted, but says he is yet to receive revised costings. ABC News · Jun 24, 2022
New SA abortion laws to start in July The South Australian government says the state's new abortion laws, which decriminalise the procedure, will take effect from early July. AAP · Jun 23, 2022
Driving that killed three people at Suttontown 'bad' but not dangerous, lawyer says Lawyers for a teenager insist his driving was not dangerous, despite "zoning out" before a crash causing the deaths of three people in South Australia's South East. ABC News · Jun 23, 2022
AAP · Jun 23, 2022 Adelaide locks in V8 Supercars finale The South Australian government has signed a deal to lock in the V8 Supercars finale for the next five years.
Motorsport · Jun 23, 2022 Supercars signs five-year Adelaide 500 deal The Adelaide 500 will be the season finale for at least the next five Supercars seasons as part of a new deal with the South Australian government.
AAP · Jun 23, 2022 SA scraps plans for Paris trade office South Australia has scrapped plans for a new trade office in Paris and will instead rely on its London base to advance the state's interests throughout Europe.
ABC News · Jun 22, 2022 Nurses and midwives needed in their thousands in South Australia by 2025, union says Pushing for an increase in allowances to attract and retain nurses in regional areas, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation SA says they are facing a "major crisis".
ABC News · Jun 22, 2022 Wind farm's connection to power grid causes lights to flicker across South Australia A connection between Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park and the national power grid is under investigation for causing lights to flicker and dim across South Australia for hours this morning.
ABC News · Jun 22, 2022 Serious concerns raised at Flinders Medical Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital ahead of expected COVID wave Alarming reports from the emergency rooms of South Australian hospitals show the health system is failing, amid a looming COVID-19 wave.
ABC News · Jun 21, 2022 South Australia's $1.4b horticulture industry under threat from continued fruit fly outbreaks South Australia has recorded 12 outbreaks of Queensland fruit fly incursions into the Riverland since December 2020, placing the region's fruit-fly-free status at risk.
The Conversation · Jun 21, 2022 Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate activist’s David Pocock’s ACT Senate victory on Tuesday.
AAP · Jun 21, 2022 More court resources for SA Ironside cases The South Australian government is to allocate more resources to help courts handle a surge of cases from the Operation Ironside organised crime crackdown.
ABC News · Jun 20, 2022 Man sentenced to life in mental health facility over murder in South Australia's Far West A man has been sentenced to life in a mental health facility for killing his travel companion on South Australia's Nullarbor Plain.
AAP · Jun 20, 2022 SA killer asks for new release date A woman jailed over the stabbing murder of a transvestite truck driver in South Australia has asked to be released again after violating her parole.