Rann heads overseas for climate talks
DEFENCE and climate-change issues will dominate overseas meetings planned for Premier Mike Rann, on his nine-day trip to London and Mexico.
View ArticleThe anguish no mother should bear
AN INSURER has sent a letter to the home of a mother whose son plunged to his death from a Phuket hotel balcony, asking when he will "return to work".
View ArticleRain, rain go away rain...
SOUTH Australia's bumper grain crop is at risk of being downgraded if the wet weather continues.
View ArticleSystem of states 'outdated, inefficient'
STATE governments should be scrapped and ministers appointed from outside Parliament, political expert Dean Jaensch says.
View ArticleChina syndrome melts lobster trade
PRICES for lobsters have plummeted, forcing many fishermen to halt operations because of China's shock ban on Australian imports of the seafood delicacy.
View ArticleClosure of hospital to 'ruin town'
THE closure of Keith Hospital, predicted after Budget cuts, will cause a "downward spiral of decline and dysfunction" in the town, a Flinders University report has found.
View ArticleRuffled chook farmers revolt
CHICKEN farmers are revolting against what they say are "bully boy" tactics by processor Inghams.
View ArticleHow do we make the Central Market great?
LORD Mayor Stephen Yarwood wants to fix the Adelaide Central Market, even though he says it is one of the world's best.
View ArticleMystery over stabbed man
POLICE are investigating after a man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital with multiple stab wounds overnight.
View ArticleNew hopes for Chelsea cinema
AFTER a contentious sell-off attempt by Burnside Council this year, the Chelsea's operator is optimistic about the heritage cinema's long-term future.
View ArticleFoley manhunt crosses state borders
THE hunt for Kevin Foley's attacker has been extended interstate as police seek public help in identifying a man caught on CCTV footage.
View ArticleFirefighters warn of horror season
PREDICTED above-average temperatures and an abundance of bushfire fuel has prompted the Country Fire Service to warn of a horror season.
View ArticleBank hacker 'no serious criminal'
A HACKER who infected more than 2300 computers with a virus capable of stealing bank details did not have serious criminal intentions, says his lawyer.
View ArticleGas all-clear after city evacuation
AN entire city building of public servants had to be evacuated after gas from a vending machine leak spewed from a ruptured pipe.
View ArticleDuo face trial over deadly 'street race'
TWO men will stand trial over the death of a teenager in an alleged street race outside AAMI Stadium last year.
View ArticleSummer starts with wild weather
AS summer begins on the back of the coldest spring in almost a decade, South Australia is expected to cop a blast from severe weather today.
View ArticleFormer PAC teacher's dirty little secret
A FORMER Prince Alfred College teacher who downloaded sexually explicit stories about children has been put on a good behaviour bond.
View ArticleTrain machete terror
A MACHETE-wielding man threatened a passenger on an Adelaide-bound train.
View ArticleTwo men hunted for sexual assault
A TEENAGE girl was sexually assaulted at a bus stop in the southern suburbs last week.
View ArticleWhooping cough jab 'best option'
WHILE fully-vaccinated people can get whooping cough, vaccination is still the best way to tackle the outbreak.
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