Khama Reid is the ABC's reporter based in Port Augusta, also covering Whyalla and outback South Australia. She grew up on the beaches of Port Lincoln and moved to Port Augusta in 2011 "just for a year" to work at the local newspaper. After a jump to the ABC, she's now at home among the varied landscapes of the Upper Spencer Gulf and Flinders Ranges. Follow Khama on Twitter: @khamareid

• Australians urged to watch for rare night parrot

  By Khama Reid

  Posted February 02, 2017 13:03:09 | Updated February 07, 2017 15:05:59

  The Threatened Species Commissioner is urging Australians to put down celebrity magazines and instead look out for the rare night parrot.

  Topics: birds, animal-science, sa, australia, qld

• Fly ash plume leaves Port Augusta residents fuming

  By Khama Reid

  Posted January 02, 2017 19:17:36

  Plumes of fly ash from Port Augusta's old coal-fired power station are raising health concerns for residents.

  Topics: health, environment, environmental-impact, rural, sa, port-augusta-5700

• Outback tourism future hope for former SA mining town

  By Khama Reid and Courtney Fowler, ABC Rural

  Posted December 26, 2016 12:04:45 | Updated January 02, 2017 13:57:05

  Virtually all the town services of outback Leigh Creek will come under new controls from next month, with mining now gone but hopes that tourism might be a way forward for the community.

  Topics: community-and-society, leigh-creek-5731, lyndhurst-5731, sa

• Life and hope return for abandoned outback pastoral station

  By Khama Reid

  Posted November 24, 2016 17:03:50

  Fences are being fixed and a bore and tanks put in, as life is restored at what had been an abandoned pastoral station in outback South Australia.

  Topics: environmental-management, community-and-society, community-development, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, port-augusta-5700, sa

• Solar energy developers flock to Port Augusta

  The World Today

  By Khama Reid

  Posted October 25, 2016 12:48:22 | Updated October 25, 2016 13:29:01

  Port Augusta is attracting solar energy developers with its "300 days of sunshine" a year after the city's coal-fired power station closed its doors about six months ago.

  Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, port-augusta-5700, whyalla-5600, sa

• Farming and tourism balance hard for SA pastoralists (photos)

  By Khama Reid

  Posted October 19, 2016 14:10:38 | Updated October 19, 2016 14:19:49

  Good farming seasons are putting pressure on South Australian pastoralists who set up tourism businesses to get them through hard times.

  Topics: rural, rural-tourism, leigh-creek-5731, sa

• Judge disregards traditional Aboriginal spearing punishment in manslaughter sentencing

  By Khama Reid

  Posted October 13, 2016 10:54:10 | Updated October 13, 2016 11:54:48

  An Oodnadatta man will spend at least 12 years behind bars before a traditional Aboriginal punishment of being speared in the legs for the manslaughter of his partner.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, oodnadatta-5734, port-augusta-5700, sa

• Whyalla's instability putting youth 'at risk of homelessness'

  By Khama Reid

  Posted September 19, 2016 10:13:41

  Drug addiction and domestic violence is forcing many young people out of their homes in Whyalla, as the region grapples with economic instability, social support organisation Mission Australia says.

  Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, unemployment, community-and-society, steel, industry, whyalla-5600, sa

• The GAB worth $12 billion a year

  ABC Rural

  By Lydia Burton and Khama Reid

  Posted August 25, 2016 13:06:58 | Updated August 25, 2016 16:07:43

  Water from the Great Artesian Basin generates $12 billion worth of economic activity a year.

  Topics: water-management, water-supply, land-management, agricultural-prices, agricultural-crops, mining-rural, rural-tourism, qld, nsw, wollongong-2500, longreach-4730, nt, sa

• End of an era: final day of coal-fired power generation in Port Augusta

  ABC North and West

  By Michael Dulaney and Khama Reid

  Posted May 09, 2016 07:30:14 | Updated May 09, 2016 07:31:19

  The final day of coal-fired power generation at Port Augusta is described as "bittersweet" for the region.

  Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, solar-energy, regional, regional-development, mining-rural, mining-industry, port-augusta-5700, port-augusta-north-5700, port-augusta-west-5700, leigh-creek-5731

• SA's Spencer Gulf region struggling with 2,000 job losses

  By Khama Reid

  Posted February 08, 2016 10:57:01

  The mayors of South Australia's three Upper Spencer Gulf cities are calling for more State Government support to help with the region's recent job losses.

  Topics: states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, state-parliament, whyalla-5600, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540, sa, australia

• Mining sector unlikely to improve in 2016, but industry still viable: expert

  By Khama Reid

  Posted January 11, 2016 11:29:13 | Updated January 26, 2016 14:23:33

  The mining sector is unlikely to experience any significant improvements this year following a tough year of job losses, a South Australian industry expert says.

  Topics: mining-industry, mining-rural, rural, iron-ore, sa, whyalla-5600, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540, australia

• Regional fans out in force for latest Star Wars movie

  ABC North and West

  By Khama Reid

  Posted December 22, 2015 15:28:10 | Updated January 26, 2016 14:24:42

  The latest instalment of the Star Wars movies is proving to be a force to reckon with at regional cinemas.

  Topics: film-movies, small-business, regional, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606

• Alinta Energy announces demolition plans for Port Augusta power stations

  By Khama Reid

  Posted December 15, 2015 10:50:24 | Updated January 26, 2016 14:26:21

  Alinta Energy lays out its plans for the demolition of its power stations at Port Augusta, which are due to close in March next year.

  Topics: company-news, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, port-augusta-5700, sa, australia

• APY Lands people 'struggling to access their super'

  By Khama Reid

  Posted August 26, 2014 14:47:54 | Updated January 26, 2016 14:27:32

  People on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia are struggling to access their superannuation, a financial support service has said.

  Topics: superannuation, business-economics-and-finance, aboriginal-language, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, sa

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