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The Department of Child Protection kept secret the death of an 11-week-old baby in the care of a “immature” teen mother for four years and has now, on the eve of an inquest into its failings, won a court battle to suppress critical details including the babies first name and image. A domino effect from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital losing full teaching accreditation for its childrens' intens...

Premier Peter Malinauskas has opened the door to nuclear power, arguing Adelaide-based submarine construction will bust myths. The father of South Australian Socceroos star Craig Goodwin has spoken of the “surreal” moment his son took to the field. As Holden bade farewell to V8 Supercars in the return of the Adelaide 500, the Premier received a deafening cheer from motorsport fans while presenting...

Sick children fighting for life in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital PICU are being left without a doctor in the unit. Alzheimer’s drug proven to slow the disease for the first time. The Adelaide 500 begins its farewell of the Holden Commodore. Adelaide’s experiencing its annual purple patch with the emergence of jacaranda trees around town. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take...

Careless drivers and boaties who kill or cause serious harm will face harsher jail terms and their licence immediately suspended. The Women’s and Children’s Hospital loses training centre accreditation for its Paediatric ICU. Two small government primary schools see the highest NAPLAN improvement. Pat Cummins has expressed disappointment at Justin Langer’s explosive podcast comments on the eve of...

A principal credits a collaborative teaching approach for her public school achieving the highest NAPLAN score across all SA schools. Mannum residents are packing up and fleeing their homes as the state’s flood crisis continues. Matteas Phillipou is the first South Australian taken in the AFL’s national draft. Supercar  driver Nick Percat is gearing up to farewell the Holden brand at this weekend’...

MORE than 1000 foreign investors have snapped up homes across South Australia in the past two years, sparking a fresh call to scrap a tax imposed on overseas buyers. A HUGE parcel of government-owned land at Gillman has been identified as the preferred site for a new prison to house the spiralling numbers of criminals in South Australia. RESTAURATEURS and function managers are reporting bookings a...

MOBILE phones will be banned from public schools, with principals and teachers throwing their weight behind the move despite previously expressing opposition. REVHEADS Zara and Mike Tindall will add a touch of royalty to this week’s VALO Adelaide 500. ADELAIDE cabaret star Matt Gilbertson has returned to the stage for the first time since a horror fall while performing on a cruise ship more than t...

THE owner of the $330,000 sports car that crashed into and killed Sophia Naismith wants it back – so that he can settle his insurance policy and “sell it for scrap”. THE AFL looks likely to knock back the Premier’s wish for a match next year in the Barossa Valley, identifying an Adelaide Hills ground as a more suitable location. SOUTH Australia has had a fantastic year for auctions, agents say, bu...

Children and Christmas enthusiasts alike have been turned away when trying to visit Santa Claus at the Magic Cave. THE closure of South Australia’s largest thermal generator almost a decade earlier than expected will come at the cost of 100 jobs, a bill to taxpayers of almost $20m and increased threat to the reliability of the state’s power grid. MANNUM’S kids are worried the embattled town will “...

ABOUT 150 homes in low-lying parts of Mannum will have their sewerage connections cut off over the next fortnight. UP to 85,000 South Australian families will have access to cheaper childcare after Labor passed a flagship election promise to raise subsidies. ORGANISERS of the state’s Schoolies Festival have responded to a disturbing checklist of “challenges” that encourage school leavers to take d...

THE real fortunes of Sweat co-founders Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce have been revealed in documents detailing for the first time how much the duo earned from the  sale of their online fitness empire . FAMILIES displaced from their homes when the River Murray  floods will be eligible for payments up to $1000 under a multimillion-dollar recovery package. AGED pensioners who live in public housing i...

Irrgators fear the imminent River Murray flood could cost them $2bn as the state government prepares to fly in an extra 1.5 million sandbags to protect at-risk properties. The alleged head of a multimillion-dollar national drug and money-laundering syndicate who is wanted by the FBI can be identified for the first time after a suppression order was lifted this week. A new hybrid laser and drone sh...

TRADITIONAL Owners of the Outback opal Mining town Mintabie say they are “frustrated” and “angry” at the lack of progress made with the town since its government-forced closure nearly three years ago. A Police officer’s comments made during a hearing for a young Aboriginal mother have been labelled “blatantly racist” and rebuked by a court. Up to 30 percent of this year’s wine grape harvest will b...

Up to 4000 River Murray residents could be without power for weeks as the region braces for a record flood event. Major aged-care provider Estia Health says residents at its Aldgate home are “safe and well” after concerns emerged some were forced to sleep in chairs and eat lukewarm food during SA’s major blackout. Adelaide’s queen of news, Jane Doyle, has made headlines telling viewers she will st...

FAILED Lord Mayoral aspirant Rex Patrick is one of three candidates considering challenging the validity of the Adelaide City Council results in the Court of Disputed Returns. A BEACHSIDE council has given itself a 20-day window to investigate whether a shopping trolley is lurking below the waters and posing a danger to swimmers at Henley Beach. UNION workers have launched industrial action agains...

Premier Peter Malinauskas has doubled down in his defence of the LIV Golf Tour amid backlash over the event’s links to the Saudi Arabia government. The SACE Board has defended a technical error that allowed senior students to access a literacy tool during exams, saying “spelling and punctuation is not as important”. Australians will not be asked to roll up their sleeves for a fifth Covid-19 vaccin...

SA Power Networks has requested additional resources from interstate to repair infrastructure damaged in Saturday’s huge storm, which affected about 100,000 customers. A GROUP of fishermen have been rescued off an Adelaide breakwater as the mammoth clean-up operation continues from the weekend’s wild storms. ONE of Adelaide’s prized new parcels of land is as an early favourite to home occupants at...

ICAC investigators took a taxpayer-funded “weekend off” in Germany while investigating claims ex-Renewal SA boss John Hanlon had improperly used public money for an overseas trip, court documents reveal. BEIJING must lift $20bn in economic sanctions against Australia as a first step to stabilise relations says Anthony Albanese, declaring he will not “compromise” on values ahead of a potential meet...

A REVIEW of South Australia’s Child Protection Department which was sparked by a scathing coronial inquest has urged more “respect” and “trust” in a workforce under pressure - and rebuked media reporting of the system’s failings. THREE bikies who were mourning the loss of a fellow member at his funeral say it can’t be a crime because they’re entitled to religious freedom, a court has heard. THE ma...

SOUTH Australians are paying the highest electricity prices in the national grid, says a top-level report warning bill relief might not come even with a clean energy supply surge headlined by a risky $593m hydrogen power plant. THE Minister Anthony Albanese said it would be a “positive thing” if he could meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his nine-day international jaunt to three major...

STOREROOMS are being converted to emergency department treatment spaces as Flinders Medical Centre desperately tries to find extra beds when it becomes overwhelmed by ramped ambulances and a packed waiting room. ONE of the state’s top cancer experts made an “error of judgment” when he was busted driving four times the legal limit earlier this year, a court has heard. SOUTH Australian Liberal senat...

POLICE have been called hundreds of times in a year to South Australian state schools as the public education system records a surge of serious, violent and antisocial incidents. FORMER prime minister Tony Abbott has pushed for a return of compulsory national service, saying high-school leavers should give back to their country. A KAYAKER has had a terrifying encounter with a great white shark at...

The daily tradition of reciting the Lord’s Prayer would be banned from state parliament, under a controversial Greens proposal to ban a speech that “alienates” MPs from community opinion.  South Australia’s controversial  change to Sunday trading hours has been well received by many shoppers across Adelaide.  A 60-year-old giant Santa has returned to the Adelaide Central Market following a rescue...

Eight council areas will head back to the polls in the New Year after failing to receive enough councillor or mayoral nominations, as latest figures show voter participation is down 25 per cent.  Overseas-trained medical graduates can now get their local registration with on-the-job supervision instead of via exams.  Seafood retailers have started freezing oysters in preparation for Christmas beca...

A Detective investigating the disappearance of William Tyrrell believes his foster mother “knows” where the missing youngster’s body is, as secretly recorded audio emerges in one of the country’s most baffling murder probes.  There are two bookend moments in Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor’s life, the first a deadly car crash at age 20 and the second is the looming abyss of the dementia lottery that ru...