Claire Campbell is an ABC News cadet in Adelaide covering general news. She has previously worked for Fairfax Media. Follow Claire on Twitter @clairehcampbell
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| UpdatedThe company behind a $100-million solar plant with battery storage says its project could solve South Australia's energy woes as the Federal Government announces a $445,000 investment into a pumped hydro-station for the state.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, hydro-energy, geothermal-energy, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa
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Boutique arts and music events in South Australia face what organisers say can be a "really complex regulatory environment", but efforts are underway to achieve simpler legislation.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, activism-and-lobbying, adelaide-5000, sa
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A teenager who stole a ute which was then involved in a fiery crash that killed an Adelaide mother has an extensive criminal history and was out on bail at the time of the incident, the Youth Court hears.
Topics: traffic-offences, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, bedford-park-5042, sa, australia
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Angry parents of the Islamic college at Croydon in Adelaide, which has lost government funding and might be forced to close, say the school should have ensured all taxpayers' money went into schooling and not elsewhere.
Topics: schools, education, religion-and-beliefs, islam, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, croydon-5008, 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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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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Police doorknock homes in Port Adelaide after a 43-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in her front yard.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, port-adelaide-5015, sa
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| UpdatedThe rest of Australia will fall victim to the type of large-scale blackouts experienced in South Australia unless the Federal Government urgently improves its energy policies, the Australian Energy Council says.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal---state-issues, community-and-society, australia, nsw, sa, vic
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| UpdatedPlans for the Adelaide Central Market Arcade may include residential, educational as well as retail areas, the Adelaide Lord Mayor Martin Haese says.
Topics: retail, business-economics-and-finance, local-government, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMethamphetamine use continues to rise across Adelaide, with sewage analysis showing a 25 per cent jump in the past year and a tripling over five years.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, university-of-south-australia-5000, sa
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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
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| UpdatedAdelaide man Ryan Mann spent many summer holidays jumping off the Henley Jetty but a cliff diving accident two years ago in Perth changed the course of his life.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, local-government, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAustralia's first centre for food culture could be set up in Adelaide under a plan to boost tourism and education opportunities and connect different cultures.
Topics: local-government, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, tourism, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedResidents should expect to see plenty more insects, including rare species, after after a wetter than average year, an expert says.
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, science-and-technology, environment, weather, adelaide-5000, sa
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Community broadcaster Radio Adelaide secures an injunction in the Federal Court against 891 ABC Adelaide rebranding itself to ABC Radio Adelaide.
Topics: radio-broadcasting, broadcasting, activism-and-lobbying, community-and-society, community-organisations, radio, arts-and-entertainment, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA mentally ill man who attacked his parents with a knife and barbecue fork, believing they were aliens, is placed under a 10-year psychiatric supervision order.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, mental-health, torrens-park-5062, adelaide-5000, sa
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The death of a nine-year-old girl who fell from a swing and suffered a perforated bowel and peritonitis was preventable, and there were "serious failures" in the care she received, a coronial inquest hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, community-and-society, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, adelaide-5000, strathalbyn-5255, sa
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Unsatisfactory testing was done at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital after a nine-year-old girl was taken there because of a fall from a swing, an expert medical witness tells an inquest.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, community-and-society, strathalbyn-5255, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA lawyer representing one of two women, accused of murdering Adelaide grandfather Robert Whitwell, wants "critical evidence" handed over, arguing the defence team had been waiting three-and-a-half months.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, craigmore-5114, sa
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| UpdatedAn Adelaide doctor forgot to write notes about a nine-year-old girl she examined, who later died from internal injuries, because she could not find the child's patient file and became distracted, a coroner hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, accidents, strathalbyn-5255, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA girl died two days after falling from a swing, with a coroner now scrutinising the assessment a doctor made when the nine-year-old was taken to an Adelaide hospital.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, accidents, strathalbyn-5255, adelaide-5000, sa
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A man who was on the run for seven days after allegedly pointing a gun at a police officer on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia will spend Christmas in custody.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, elizabeth-5112, adelaide-5000, sa
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A man who claims he blacked out during a coughing fit before a fatal head-on collision near Murray Bridge was given a perfect bill of health two months prior, the Adelaide court hears.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, sa
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A magistrate tells a teen accused of leading police on high-speed chases in Adelaide, which have left a man fighting for his life in hospital, to "get real" after he applied for bail.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, disasters-and-accidents, bedford-park-5042, adelaide-5000, dry-creek-5094, edinburgh-5111, sa
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| UpdatedDieter Pfennig will remain in a prison cell for the rest of his life after he was sentenced to 35 years without parole for the murder of 10-year-old Adelaide schoolgirl Louise Bell in 1983.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, hackham-5163, adelaide-5000, sa