Tom Fedorowytsch
Tom Fedorowytsch is an Adelaide journalist, who joined the ABC News team as a cadet in 2012. He worked as a video journalist in South Australia's Riverland and has spent time reporting for ABC Radio Current Affairs. He tweets at @tomfed
Chinese tourists offered Mandarin menu for Italian dining
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The dining experience might be Italian, but an Adelaide restaurant hopes translating its menu into Mandarin will entice more Chinese tourists to dine there.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, adelaide-5000, sa, china
SA Liberals pledge to scrap renewables target
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South Australia's Liberal Opposition promises to scrap the state's target to source half its energy from renewable sources in bid to "restore affordable, reliable power".
Topics: alternative-energy, states-and-territories, coal, government-and-politics, sa
Scientists use fire to save endangered bird species
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Ecologists once protected a bird habitat from fire, but have discovered the species can thrive in recently-burnt vegetation.
Topics: birds, bushfire, animal-science, environmental-management, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
Thousands of SA students could miss out on free meningococcal vaccines
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About 4,000 South Australian students could miss out on free vaccines for meningococcal B, because their schools have yet to sign up to a government-backed trial.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, states-and-territories, sa, australia
Human body in focus at Art Gallery of SA
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Changing perceptions and depictions of the human body will be the focus of a Rodin exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, arts-and-entertainment, contemporary-art, art-history, adelaide-5000, sa
SA merit awards motivate young high achievers
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Teenager Blessing Nyoni is among a record 996 merit award students in South Australia, many of whom are heading to Government House today to be formally recognised.
Topics: schools, secondary-schools, awards-and-prizes, human-interest, adelaide-5000, balaklava-5461, sa, australia, zimbabwe
Wheelchair mats makes a splash at Adelaide beach
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Special mats for wheelchair users are rolled out at another Adelaide beach, prompting hopes they will become a regular sight around the country.
Topics: disabilities, human-interest, community-and-society, henley-beach-5022, adelaide-5000, sa
Breast cancer prevention efforts boosted by discovery by Adelaide researchers
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Adelaide researchers may have found a better way to use anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent breast cancer.
Topics: breast-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, science-and-technology, breakthroughs, medical-research, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
Mice numbers could reach plague proportions in SA, Victoria: CSIRO
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Last year's wet spring may have created the ideal conditions for a mouse plague in South Australia and Victoria, which could cause havoc for grain farmers, the CSIRO warns.
Topics: pest-management, pests, environment, sa, vic
SA Power Networks to pay $20m compensation to customers
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South Australia's electricity distributor will make compensation payments totalling $20 million to about 75,000 customers who experienced lengthy blackouts following a wild storm on December 28.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, weather, sa
The biggest SA stories that made news in 2016
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South Australians are seeing off a year of unprecedented wild weather, economic upheaval, as well as cultural and sporting triumphs, as we look back at some of the biggest local headlines in 2016.
Topics: community-and-society, states-and-territories, storm-disaster, health, government-and-politics, education, child-abuse, sa, adelaide-5000
Salisbury High School punches above weight in SACE results
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Salisbury High School's Year 12 class demonstrate their postcode in Adelaide's disadvantaged north is no barrier to academic success with eight merits awards and a student achieving a perfect 99.95.
Topics: education, secondary-schools, schools, community-and-society, salisbury-north-5108, adelaide-5000, sa
Patients go low-tech with bells after nurse paging system breaks
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Patients at South Australia's Bordertown Hospital are jingling bells to call a nurse because of a technical fault.
Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, bordertown-5268, sa
Adelaide trials virtual power plant across hundreds of homes
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A $20 million electricity generation and storage trial is linking the solar panels and battery storage from hundreds of Adelaide homes, creating a virtual power station.
Topics: alternative-energy, solar-energy, environment, environmental-technology, electricity-energy-and-utilities, business-economics-and-finance, adelaide-5000, sa
SA students offered free meningococcal B vaccine
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The parents of a teenager who died from meningococcal B welcome a new "nation-leading" trial that will see South Australian teenagers given free vaccines.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, health, states-and-territories, sa
Feral cats' diet monitored ahead of calicivirus release
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Cameras are being strapped to feral cats outside Roxby Downs, in South Australia, as researchers monitor their eating habits amid fears the felines will turn to eating native animals after the release of the newest strain of rabbit calicivirus.
Topics: pest-management, rural, pests, environment, research, science-and-technology, roxby-downs-5725, sa
Adelaide's East End to be home to city's tallest tower
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The green light is given for the construction of Adelaide's tallest tower, a 134-metre-high hotel and apartment building on Frome Street in the East End.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, house-and-home, lifestyle-and-leisure, housing, adelaide-5000, sa
Radio Adelaide ready for battle over ABC radio name change
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Community station Radio Adelaide accuses the ABC of trying to "hijack" its name after announcing its rebranding of 891 ABC Adelaide.
Topics: radio, arts-and-entertainment, radio-broadcasting, broadcasting, information-and-communication, adelaide-5000, sa
Breast cancer surgery breakthrough developed in SA
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Researchers at the University of Adelaide invent an optical fibre probe that could help surgeons distinguish between breast cancer and healthy tissue during operations.
Topics: health, medical-research, university-and-further-education, education, adelaide-5000, sa
Adelaide nursing home operators fear RSL takeover bid
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The operator of five Adelaide nursing homes and retirement villages is worried the RSL will sell them off if it takes control of its board as expected at a meeting this afternoon.
Topics: health, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, sa, adelaide-5000
Snakes 'falling through light fittings' as Adelaide activity increases
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A snake catcher warns of increased snake activity in South Australian towns and cities over summer, after removing several dangerous reptiles from Adelaide's CBD.
Topics: animals, human-interest, sa, adelaide-5000
Disability pension review stressful for recipients: SA Government
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A federal review of people on the disability support pension is not sympathetic to people with complex needs, the South Australian Government says.
Topics: disabilities, welfare, federal-government, government-and-politics, sa, australia
HIV vaccine might be a step closer
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Progress toward vaccinating people against HIV infection is made by Adelaide researchers.
Topics: aids-and-hiv, diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, human-interest, adelaide-5000, woodville-5011, sa
Treatments to prolong life for mesothelioma patients closer
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Researchers uncover a strange way that asbestos-related tumours grow, which could pave the way towards better treatments.
Topics: asbestos, health, adelaide-5000, sa
Northern Adelaide could be protected by levees in flood mitigation scheme
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Low-lying farms and properties north of Adelaide are likely to be protected by new levees in the near future, with authorities now looking at ways to improve the system in the wake of September's costly flooding.
Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, floods, virginia-5120, buckland-park-5120, adelaide-5000, sa
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