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Onkaparinga councillors will discuss if its chief executive should pay back almost $7,000 for an elite golf membership at its next meeting, which the Mayor claims was used to foster Chinese business relations.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, noarlunga-centre-5168, aberfoyle-park-5159, woodcroft-5162, willunga-5172, sa
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The man who first documented Ediacara fossils, the late Dr Reg Sprigg, is again being recognised, with South Australia's first state fossil emblem named after him.
Topics: fossils, science-and-technology, palaeontology, environment, parachilna-5730, sa
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A man on parole after serving jail time for robberies he committed as one of the "overall bandits" used a fake penis in a bid to give authorities a clean urine sample, an Adelaide court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, offbeat, adelaide-5000, sa
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Tougher laws, more drug-driving tests and greater search powers for police are all options on the table as South Australia sets up a taskforce to urgently tackle growing use of the drug ice.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, drug-offences, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, sa
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| UpdatedThere are fears the new Royal Adelaide Hospital will struggle to cope with its first winter flu season after the current hospital hits capacity during summer.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, healthcare-facilities, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAn Adelaide City councillor wants to reduce parking fines to prevent the council being accused of revenue raising and to protect the city's reputation.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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The dining experience might be Italian, but an Adelaide restaurant hopes translating its menu into Chinese will entice more foreign tourists to dine there.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, adelaide-5000, sa, china
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A man who admitted killing Daniel Hind before putting his body in a wheelie bin in Adelaide's northern suburbs tells a court the victim "took a swing" at him before he retaliated, but he "didn't mean for Daniel to die".
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA man faces court accused of raping a backpacker and holding her against her will at a property south-east of Adelaide, as police warn more alleged victims may emerge.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, law-crime-and-justice, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSouth Australian jockey Josh Cartwright, who intentionally collided with a race horse and unseated the jockey of another, is suspended from riding for 18 months, despite his lawyer claiming he was "on the edge of a breakdown" and saw his actions as "a way out".
Topics: horse-racing, sport, suicide, morphettville-5043, adelaide-5000, sa
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Building places of healing and setting up new community programs could be the next wave of support for the Stolen Generations in South Australia, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kyam Maher says.
Topics: stolen-generations, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, community-and-society, indigenous-policy, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedPalaeontologists are working in the searing outback sun to document fossils – believed to be more than half a billion years old – in the Flinders Ranges, as part of efforts to get the region onto the World Heritage list.
Topics: earth-sciences, sa
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| UpdatedSouth 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
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| UpdatedThe opening of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital might come before this year's flu season but talks will continue about the hospital's eventual cost, Health Minister Jack Snelling says.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, healthcare-facilities, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA man, 52, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving after an alleged hit-and-run that killed a toddler in Dover Gardens in Adelaide's south overnight.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, dover-gardens-5048, sa
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| UpdatedAdelaide Festival show The Secret River will use a quarry as its backdrop, even if that risks performances being cancelled in bad weather.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, arts-and-entertainment, events, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA big wool processing firm in Adelaide is shutting down at times because spot power prices hit $13,000, compared with $10 at times of low demand.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, rural, salisbury-5108, sa, china, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedLegal action has ended over the delayed Royal Adelaide Hospital build, the South Australian Government says, and construction should finish in March.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, health-policy, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedJust days after a deliberate fire is lit at home in Woodville West, an arsonist strikes again, causing extensive damage to the property currently on sale.
Topics: arson, crime, law-crime-and-justice, woodville-5011, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe rippled stone of the outback Flinders Ranges used to be an ocean floor and scientists are now documenting fossils they hope will lead to World Heritage listing of the region.
Topics: environment, science-and-technology, fossils, palaeontology, parachilna-5730, sa
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A man will face an Adelaide court tomorrow charged with rape and unlawful detention of a backpacker who was found on Friday.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedPeople who live in bushland areas with catastrophic fire conditions are told to leave their homes, as the NSW RFS issues emergency warnings for fires at Leadville near Dunedoo and Lower Pappinbarra, 50km west of Port Macquarie.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, weather, australia, act, nsw, qld, sa
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| UpdatedA 52-year-old man is arrested over the alleged abduction and sexual assault of a European backpacker in South Australia's Murray Mallee region.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murray-bridge-5253, meningie-5264, adelaide-5000, sa
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New low-emission buses are about to go into service in Adelaide, with dozens more to be built to fill interstate orders, as part of manufacturing efforts to fill the jobs hole when Holden closes in northern Adelaide.
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, work, community-and-society, manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, sa, adelaide-5000
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A man is rushed to hospital after an explosion and fire at a hair loss treatment salon at North Adelaide.
Topics: fires, industrial-fires, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, north-adelaide-5006, adelaide-5000, sa