South Australia

Adelaide's main arterial route, South Road, is reopened to traffic, five days after a damaged tram overpass forced the closure of a 1.6-kilometre section used by up to 45,000 drivers a day.

Richie Porte hopes he and Caleb Ewan will light up this year's Tour de France.

Team BMC's Richie Porte remains unstoppable on Willunga Hill, taking the Tour Down Under stage for a fourth straight year and all but seal victory.

Adelaide's main arterial route is set to remain closed for at least another day but in the meantime, one plucky pair take advantage of the situation by turning the strip into their own private tennis court.

A young woman who started the nation's first organisation for juvenile arthritis sufferers and a Country Fire Service volunteer are among South Australians to be recognised with Australia Day awards on Monday.

Sydney FC stretch their unbeaten A-League streak to 16 games, notching their 12th win and 10th clean sheet to climb eight points clear at the summit.

Two rare fish species, only sighted a handful of times in the past two decades, are discovered during a fish monitoring program in South Australia.

Caleb Ewan says he "couldn't have asked for a better start to the year" after claiming yet another stage win in the Tour Down Under.

Proposed industrial action by nurses at two of Adelaide's major public hospitals is called off after the union and SA Health are able to come to an agreement on the closure of a number of beds.

A former SA mayor is handed a hefty $25,000 fine for clearing native vegetation from his property and replacing it with crop.

The South Australian Government cannot rule out the possibility cheap steel or cement was used in the construction of the South Road tram overpass and says it could be months before a long-term fix is found for the damaged bridge.

A satirical selling of Adelaide's broken South Road bridge attracts more than $100,000 in bids and several hysterical comments.

An American couple have been volunteering on Australia's nature reserves for the past 15 years.

A 15-year-old boy who stole a car and caused a fiery crash on the Southern Expressway, which killed a woman, should be sentenced as an adult, an Adelaide youth court is told.

The Fire of Australia, the world's finest uncut opal, becomes part of the South Australian Museum's collection more than 60 years after it was discovered.

The building union is fined more than $50,000 by the Federal Court after threatening "Armageddon" and national industrial action in a dispute at the Royal Adelaide Hospital site in 2013.

Proposed industrial action by nurses at two of Adelaide's major public hospitals could lead to patients waiting in ambulances outside emergency departments, the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine says.

Thousands of properties are without power in South Australia, with Adelaide being the hardest hit, after a storm front crossed the state last night.

Analysis of South Australia's September blackout identifies a "potential stability issue" when high power imports coincide with high levels of wind generation in the state.

Apricot growers in South Australia's Riverland are having one of the worst seasons they can remember because of above average rain which has slashed their expected returns by 50 per cent.

An elderly passenger is hospitalised with an eye injury after a rock was thrown at an Adelaide bus, shattering a window.

A young entrepreneur is making the most out of Adelaide's annual Tour Down Under-inspired cycling craze by using software to connect training bikes to screens.

Cricket Australia's integrity unit is looking into an on-air exchange between Adelaide Strikers captain Brad Hodge and Network Ten commentators during a match.

Caleb Ewan claims stage three of the Tour Down Under after a high-speed crash involving several riders in the final few kilometres.