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• 'Human error' to blame for embryo-destroying hospital blackout

  Posted January 23, 2017 14:10:53 | Updated January 23, 2017 14:13:52

  A generator failure at Flinders Medical Centre during South Australia’s statewide blackout last year was most likely due to human error, according to an independent review.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, sa

• Star Maker Rachael Fahim shines on stage at Tamworth Country Music Festival

  ABC New England

  By Jennifer Ingall

  Posted January 23, 2017 13:34:14

  The 2017 Tamworth Country Music Festival Star Maker of the year is Rachael Fahim, from Sydney.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, youth, community-and-society, events, carnivals-and-festivals, country, tamworth-2340, sydney-2000, sa, vic, qld

• Woman who sent own children fake death threats defended as 'inspirational' parent

  By court reporter Rebecca Opie

  Posted January 23, 2017 13:32:58

  A former SA Health employee who sent her children fake death threats and bloodstained clothing as part of an elaborate scam is described as a "dedicated" and "inspirational" mother in court.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, crime, adelaide-5000, sa, australia

• Bob Day's friend tells court she signed documents without reading

  By Elizabeth Byrne

  Posted January 23, 2017 12:27:18 | Updated January 23, 2017 13:35:21

  A woman tells the High Court she signed documents for the purchase of a building owned by former Family First senator Bob Day without reading them.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, federal-parliament, federal-government, adelaide-5000, sa, act, australia

• Adelaide couple jailed over fire attack on ex-partner and friend

  By court reporter Candice Prosser

  Posted January 23, 2017 12:17:48 | Updated January 23, 2017 12:36:37

  An Adelaide couple who lured the woman's ex-boyfriend to a remote location where he and a friend were set on fire are sentenced to significant jail terms.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, assault, crime, elizabeth-north-5113, adelaide-5000, sa

• Bail review needed to deal with ice problem: Xenophon

  Posted January 23, 2017 11:38:53 | Updated January 23, 2017 11:47:11

  South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon's call for a nationwide review of bail laws after Melbourne's deadly car attack is dismissed by the Law Society of South Australia.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, adelaide-5000, sa

• The Coorong from the air Video

  Video
  ABC News

  1min 4sec

  Posted January 23, 2017 11:15:52

  Drone footage of South Australia's Coorong, where huge environmental benefits have come from good River Murray flows.

  Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa

• Cyclists and pedestrians to be helped across South Road

  ABC Adelaide

  Posted January 23, 2017 07:53:15 | Updated January 23, 2017 09:37:17

  Adelaide's South Road is open again to road traffic this morning but traffic management staff will be stationed at the tram overpass to help cyclists and pedestrians find safe crossing points.

  Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, glandore-5037, sa

• Coorong weir proposal aims to improve wetlands, stop water dropping

  By Nicola Gage

  Posted January 23, 2017 07:31:27 | Updated January 23, 2017 11:15:52

  A prominent ecologist suggests a weir should be built in South Australia's Coorong to ensure flows do not drop below critical levels.

  Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa

• High Court takes rare step to hear witnesses in Bob Day case

  By Elizabeth Byrne

  Posted January 23, 2017 06:39:07 | Updated January 23, 2017 11:44:00

  It's a high stakes game for former Labor senator Anne McEwen, who is waiting not just to hear whether former Family First senator Bob Day was validly elected, but also what orders the court will make about how the vacancy should be filled.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia, sa

• Indigenous communities struggling with suicide get $10m funding boost

  By Neda Vanovac

  Posted January 23, 2017 06:06:00

  A community-based support service to prevent Indigenous suicides is getting a $10 million boost as the Government begins to roll it out across Australia.

  Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, suicide, mental-health, youth, australia, wa, nt, sa

• Ewan wins final stage as Porte claims TDU title

  Posted January 22, 2017 16:23:06 | Updated January 22, 2017 16:33:55

  Caleb Ewan wins the final stage of the Tour Down Under as Richie Porte confirms overall honours in a dominant showing by the cycling pair.

  Topics: cycling, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia

• South Road reopened to traffic as faulty bridge gets temporary fix

  Posted January 22, 2017 10:14:43 | Updated January 22, 2017 15:48:58

  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.

  Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, glandore-5037

• Porte and Ewan ensure Australia's Tour de France future looks bright

  Posted January 22, 2017 09:22:22

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

  Topics: cycling, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia

• Richie Porte wins on Willunga Hill to lock up TDU ochre jersey

  Posted January 21, 2017 16:02:46 | Updated January 21, 2017 21:20:08

  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.

  Topics: sport, cycling, adelaide-5000, willunga-5172, sa, australia

• 'Game on' as pair turns South Road arterial route into tennis court

  By Lauren Waldhuter and staff

  Posted January 21, 2017 11:03:21 | Updated January 21, 2017 13:27:54

  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.

  Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, glandore-5037

• Young arthritis sufferer, veteran CFS volunteer to receive Aust Day Awards

  By Claire Campbell

  Posted January 21, 2017 09:54:16

  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.

  Topics: australia-day, awards-and-prizes, human-interest, volunteers, arthritis, sa, adelaide-5000

• Sydney FC still unbeaten atop A-League after beating Adelaide

  Posted January 20, 2017 22:15:19 | Updated January 20, 2017 22:21:32

  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.

  Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, adelaide-5000, sa, australia

• Ewan claims stage four in Tour Down Under

  Posted January 20, 2017 17:31:12 | Updated January 20, 2017 17:36:39

  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.

  Topics: cycling, sport, sa, adelaide-5000, campbelltown-5074

• Nurses call off industrial action at major Adelaide hospitals

  Posted January 20, 2017 17:25:33 | Updated January 20, 2017 18:46:10

  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.

  Topics: health-policy, health-administration, health, healthcare-facilities, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa

• Former mayor fined for illegally clearing native vegetation to plant crops

  By court reporter Rebecca Opie

  Posted January 20, 2017 16:21:59 | Updated January 20, 2017 17:42:10

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

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sa, keith-5267, mount-gambier-5290, bordertown-5268, adelaide-5000

• Months before long-term fix for Adelaide's South Road: Minister

  Posted January 20, 2017 15:44:43 | Updated January 20, 2017 16:21:59

  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.

  Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa

• Boy who caused fatal crash should be tried as adult: prosecution

  By court reporter Rebecca Opie

  Posted January 20, 2017 12:30:05

  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.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, bedford-park-5042, sa

• World's finest uncut opal permanently added to SA Museum's collection

  Posted January 20, 2017 10:19:30 | Updated January 20, 2017 11:50:24

  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.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, art-history, visual-art, adelaide-5000, coober-pedy-5723, sa

• CFMEU fined for threatening 'Armageddon' at RAH site

  Posted January 20, 2017 08:48:09

  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.

  Topics: unions, building-and-construction, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa

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