South Australia

A wet spring and summer means lots of weeds, so which ones do you have and what is the best way to get rid of them?

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.

Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital failed to report the deaths of eight infants over a nine-year period, and the delays in reporting have serious ramifications for investigations, coroner Mark Johns says.

A major crackdown on massage parlours and brothels across Adelaide is forcing sex workers into risky private work where they are more vulnerable to aggression and crime, the Sex Industry Network says.

When Port Adelaide players took a break from training to visit school students in the Riverland on Tuesday, the girls were the first to line up for an autograph.

The first commercial shipment of gluten-free barley leaves Mount Gambier on its way to Germany to be made into beer.

The co-creator of popular children's characters George the Farmer wins South Australia's RIRDC Rural Women's Award.

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.

The race is on to save the critically endangered native Australian orange-bellied parrot as its population reaches the lowest levels ever seen.

Emergency defibrillators that come with recorded verbal instructions are installed in the CBD as part of a $25,000 trial hoped to save the lives of cardiac arrest victims, with people urged to use them even if they are untrained.

Riverland rose growers are looking to jump on the popularity of vodka after warm weather throws a Valentine's curveball.

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.

The Federal Opposition is drafting Murray-Darling Basin Plan amendments, to guarantee delivery an extra 450 gigalitres of water for the environment.

Adelaide-based Ellie Kammer's art work is confronting, graphic and bold — just what she needs to stimulate a conversation about her condition.

Adelaide 36ers have a big night at the annual NBL awards with Jerome Randle, Nathan Sobey, Anthony Drmic and coach Joey Wright winning major awards.

Australia's winter grain harvest is now officially the nation's largest for every single mainland state, says forecaster ABARES.

There 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.

An Adelaide City councillor wants to reduce parking fines to prevent the council being accused of revenue raising and to protect the city's reputation.

The dining experience might be Italian, but an Adelaide restaurant hopes translating its menu into Chinese will entice more foreign tourists to dine there.

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".

A 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.

The grandfather of a toddler killed in an alleged hit-and-run at Dover Gardens yells profanities at the man accused of being the driver as he faces Adelaide Magistrates Court.

The coach of minor premiers the Adelaide 36ers says his side will need to be 'hungry' when they face off against the Illawarra Hawks in the NBL semi-finals.

South 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".

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.