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Premature births have been entirely prevented in mice with the use of a drug that switches off inflammatory pathways, according to Adelaide researchers, looking to solve the problem in pregnant women.
Topics: babies---newborns, babies, family-and-children, pregnancy-and-childbirth, health, infant-health, adelaide-university-5005, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedFrantic gypsy-rock group Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra and Angus Stone's psychedelic side project, Dope Lemon, are among a further 27 acts announced for Womadelaide 2017.
Topics: world, music, carnivals-and-festivals, events, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Premier's plans for a nuclear waste dump could be very profitable, but the scheme is based on questionable economics and would see hazardous materials kept in "interim" storage for 109 years, writes Stephen Long.
Topics: parliament, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, state-parliament, states-and-territories, nuclear-energy, nuclear-issues, sa
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South Australia's electricity distributor ElectraNet investigates four options for a new, expensive interconnector to the eastern states.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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A jealous teenager who stalked his ex-girlfriend and broke into her Adelaide home where he stabbed her and her new boyfriend, is sentenced to more than four-and-a-half years' jail for his 'crime of passion'.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA man who was so drunk he did not remember sexually assaulting his fiancee's colleague while she lay sleeping at a New Year's Eve party is spared jail time as the judge warns him not to drink to excess ever again.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, adelaide-5000, sa
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Business SA criticises the report into whether the state should store nuclear waste, saying it was an "extraordinarily complex undertaking" that a citizens' jury with limited time had no way of making an informed decision about.
Topics: nuclear-issues, environment, parliament, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, adelaide-5000, sa
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Forty-three per cent of Australian women are not being screened regularly enough for cervical cancer, a fatal disease that is almost completely preventable, according to the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation.
Topics: cervical-and-vulval-cancers, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, science-and-technology, melbourne-3000, vic, wa, tas, sa, qld, nsw, nt, act, australia
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| UpdatedUnderwater therapy, a dementia friendly community, tireless advocates — they are all amongst the winners for the National Disability Awards announced on Monday night.
Topics: disabilities, health, alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, inventions, kiama-2533, nsw, australia, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedTwo thirds of a citizens' jury deliberating the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission findings does not want South Australia to store high-level nuclear waste "under any circumstances".
Topics: nuclear-issues, environment, parliament, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, sa
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A profound environmental "silver lining" is winding its way down the country's river systems, all thanks to this year's devastating floods.
Topics: birds, animal-science, science-and-technology, renmark-5341, birdsville-4482, bedourie-4829, forbes-2871, winton-4735, vic, charlton-3525, kyalite-2734, goondiwindi-4390, st-george-4487, bathurst-2795, collarenebri-2833, qld, cunnamulla-4490, nsw, menindee-2879, sa
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| UpdatedSouth Australia's nuclear citizen's jury report is being rushed through without time for fact checking or clarity, one juror warns.
Topics: nuclear-issues, environment, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, sa
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| UpdatedA driver dies and another two people are injured in an accident involving two trucks on the Eyre Highway, west of Ceduna.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, yalata-5690, sa
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A trade delegation to promote South Australia's food production, health and defence capabilities will head off to key north Asian countries.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa, japan, taiwan, korea-republic-of
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Transgender people are facing waiting lists of up to six months to see a specialist and a lack of training is compounding the issue, a leading specialist says.
Topics: health, mens-health, womens-health, sexual-health, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSouth Australia's controversial home detention sentencing option is under review after several court decisions and two appeals being lodged.
Topics: crime, crime-prevention, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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Five teenagers are charged after a wild party in Adelaide's north where police patrol cars were damaged.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, elizabeth-south-5112, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThere is renewed debate over whether the expensive meningococcal B vaccine should be available free to children, after the death of a toddler from a suspected case of the disease in South Australia.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, health, vaccines-and-immunity, family-and-children, community-and-society, australia, sa
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| UpdatedA former out-of-school care program director in Adelaide faces ugly scenes outside court after being found guilty of sexually abusing a child in his care.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe liquidator of Senator Bob Day's failed businesses will investigate funds given to Family First, after it is made clear unsecured creditors are unlikely to get any of the money owed to them.
Topics: company-news, business-economics-and-finance, building-and-construction, industry, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, minor-parties, political-parties, parliament, adelaide-5000, sa
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South Australians are urged to help researchers count the koala population, a marsupial which is abundant in the Adelaide Hills but declared a vulnerable species nationally.
Topics: animals, human-interest, university-and-further-education, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe organisation that manages the national electricity market is accused of hanging the wind industry out to dry to protect its own reputation after the recent statewide blackout in South Australia.
Topics: industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, regulation, business-economics-and-finance, alternative-energy, environment, wind-energy, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, sa, australia
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| UpdatedParents are urged to consider paying hundreds of dollars to vaccinate their children against the potentially deadly B-strain of meningococcal disease by South Australian health authorities, after this week's death of a toddler at an Adelaide hospital.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, health, child-health-and-behaviour, community-and-society, family-and-children, health-policy, adelaide-5000, sa
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A disgruntled group of Arrium shareholders try to mount a fight against administrator plans to sell off the embattled steel-making company, suggesting part of the business should be sold off to pay debts.
Topics: steel, industry, company-news, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, whyalla-5600, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe triathlon of horse sport kicks off in Adelaide this weekend with Olympian Shane Rose preparing to defend his title at the Australian International Three Day Event.
Topics: equestrian, sport, adelaide-5000, sa