Simpson statue gets its spot
AN EIGHT-year battle over where to put a life-sized statue of Simpson and his donkey has been fought and won.
View ArticleCat cruelty accused 'owe $55,000'
A PORT Gawler couple accused of ill-treating 60 cats owes the RSPCA more than $55,000 for the animals' rehabilitation, a court has heard.
View ArticleProbe into Hackney pollution
AUTHORITIES are unable to say whether pollution from the old Sanitarium factory in Hackney has leaked into the River Torrens.
View ArticleShipping containers for prisoners
A NEW 112-bed medium-security wing built from shipping containers will be constructed at Mount Gambier Prison despite complaints from corrections staff.
View ArticleKiller driver spared jail
THE man who fatally hit a woman as she tried to flag him down to help her dying sister has been spared an immediate jail term.
View ArticleSmall quake shakes Adelaide
ADELAIDE was shaken by a small earthquake overnight, which caused no damage or injuries but alarmed many residents.
View ArticleMP pensions at average of $80,000
PENSIONS of up to $79,758 a year are being paid to 118 former MPs, their spouses or children, a report shows.
View ArticleNZ fruit quarantine zones on hold
PLANS for quarantine zones to protect orchards from the risk of disease in New Zealand imports will be delayed after complaints of red tape.
View ArticleFine Barossa shiraz worth a royal toast
A SPECIAL drop from South Australia will grace the table of the Queen at Sunday lunch when an $850 bottle of shiraz accompanies a fillet of our finest beef.
View ArticleMore linked to gifts-for-ink claims
STAFF in Government departments have been sanctioned over allegations $430,000 in taxpayer funds were used to buy printer cartridges in return for gifts.
View ArticleHot wind test solar teams' metal
NORTHERLY winds and blazing sun made life tough for competitors in the Veolia World Solar Challenge yesterday as they neared the end of their epic journey.
View ArticleMiner suffers serious burns
AN Olympic Dam worker sustained serious burns to his body while taking a cigarette break at the mine site.
View ArticleThing that went quake in the night
BROKEN sleep and a few nervous moments were the only fallout reported from the second earthquake to strike Adelaide in 18 months.
View ArticleCat couple owe RSPCA $55,000
A PORT Gawler couple accused of keeping more than 100 cats in inhumane conditions owes the RSPCA more than $55,000 in costs, a court has heard.
View ArticleHunt for armed robber
A MAN-HUNT is under way in Findon for a man with a knife who threatened staff at a Subway take-away store on Grange Road this morning.
View ArticleCity protest over Olympic Dam
A SMALL but vocal group of protesters blanketed the BHP Billiton building on Grenfell St this morning rallying against the Olympic Dam expansion.
View ArticleBooze snatched in smash and grab
POLICE are hunting thieves who stole alcohol and cigarettes in two separate break-ins in the city and northern suburbs this morning.
View ArticleTruckie injured in Dukes Hwy smash
A TRUCK driver is being treated for serious leg and arm injuries and part of the Dukes Highway in the south-east is close after a crash this morning.
View ArticleBock's mother used illegal drugs
THE mother of former Crows defender Nathan Bock trafficked drugs to support her own illicit habit, a court has heard.
View ArticleHyde upsets police bullying victim
POLICE Commissioner Mal Hyde has described bullying attacks allegedly perpetrated on a former police diver as "rough-housing or joking".
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