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| UpdatedA number of companies are vying for renewable energy funds for proposed projects in South Australia as national debate rages over the state's lack of power security.
Topics: hydro-energy, geothermal-energy, alternative-energy, environment, solar-energy, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, sa, port-augusta-5700, tailem-bend-5260, roxby-downs-5725, coober-pedy-5723
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| UpdatedCoober Pedy's new electricity system will cost almost double what it should, according to an independent report, prompting the South Australian Opposition to ask for an investigation by the auditor-general.
Topics: alternative-energy, regional-development, solar-energy, wind-energy, coober-pedy-5723
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| UpdatedThe Fire of Australia, the world's finest uncut opal, becomes part of the South Australian Museum's collection more than 60 years after it was discovered.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, art-history, visual-art, adelaide-5000, coober-pedy-5723, sa
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Hydro Tasmania is designing and installing renewable hybrid energy systems to reduce small island communities' reliance on diesel.
Topics: community-development, alternative-energy, solar-energy, wind-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, agribusiness, king-island-7256, flinders-island-7255, rottnest-island-6161, coober-pedy-5723, launceston-7250
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Hydro Tasmania's manager for small renewable asset development, Simon Gamble is designing and managing renewable hybrid energy projects to reduce small island communities reliance on diesel.
Topics: community-development, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, solar-energy, wind-energy, energy, agribusiness, king-island-7256, flinders-island-7255, rottnest-island-6161, coober-pedy-5723, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedNikola Novakovich is acquitted in the South Australian Supreme Court after standing trial for the murder of Coober Pedy teenager Karen Williams, who disappeared after attending a local disco in 1990.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, coober-pedy-5723, sa
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Topics: tourism, rainfall, coober-pedy-5723
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The South Australian outback is in bloom after one of the wettest winters on record.
Topics: rainfall, livestock, tourism, coober-pedy-5723
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Topics: rainfall, coober-pedy-5723
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Topics: rainfall, beef-cattle, rural-tourism, coober-pedy-5723
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Economic uncertainty in Whyalla and South Australia's north could fuel an election upset in the safe Liberal seat of Grey.
Topics: elections, federal-elections, federal-election, whyalla-5600, port-lincoln-5606, roxby-downs-5725, ceduna-5690, coober-pedy-5723, port-pirie-5540, port-pirie-south-5540, port-pirie-west-5540, kadina-5554, maitland-5573, orroroo-5431, peterborough-5422, burra-5417, eudunda-5374, sa
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The ABC speaks to voters in South Australia's outback about the issues that matter to them this election.
Topics: federal-election, federal-elections, people, andamooka-5722, coober-pedy-5723, oodnadatta-5734
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South Australian opal miners are struggling to keep-up with surging export demand, as Chinese and Indian buyers scramble to buy up huge quantities of the precious gem.
Topics: mining-rural, coober-pedy-5723
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| UpdatedDozens of people are stranded in towns across South Australia's outback where heavy rain has closed major roads.
Topics: floods, weather, marree-5733, leigh-creek-5731, coober-pedy-5723, oodnadatta-5734, sa
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| UpdatedThe Nick Xenophon Team continues to cause anxiety for the major parties after a poll by Reachtel finds its candidate could claim 30 per cent of the primary vote in the safe Liberal seat of Grey.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, whyalla-5600, jamestown-5491, coober-pedy-5723, streaky-bay-5680, leigh-creek-5731, sa
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| UpdatedIt is "inconceivable" Coober Pedy teenager Karen Williams is still alive and the prosecution does not need her body to prove its case against the alleged murderer, a Supreme Court judge is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, coober-pedy-5723, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA Cabinet meeting to be held in South Australia's remote APY Lands is postponed in the wake of nurse Gayle Woodford's suspected murder.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, crime, law-crime-and-justice, port-augusta-5700, sa, fregon-872, coober-pedy-5723, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedA 34-year-old man charged with murdering remote area nurse Gayle Woodford is remanded in custody after facing court in Port Augusta.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, port-augusta-5700, sa, fregon-872, coober-pedy-5723, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedA 36-year-old man is due to face court charged with killing a nurse whose body was found in a shallow grave in South Australia's Far North.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, crime, law-crime-and-justice, port-augusta-5700, coober-pedy-5723, fregon-872, sa, australia
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| UpdatedPolice in South Australia move to bring in extra officers to investigate the death of Gayle Woodford whose body was found in a shallow grave three days after she vanished overnight.
Topics: missing-person, death, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, fregon-872, sa, australia, coober-pedy-5723
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Flooding rains in South Australia's outback have left some would-be festival goers all dressed up with nowhere to go.
Topics: weather, arts-and-entertainment, events, marree-5733, coober-pedy-5723, sa, australia
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Humidity more suited to the country's tropical north will linger over South Australia until next week, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, with a chance of heavy rains in parts of the state flagged for later today.
Topics: community-and-society, weather, adelaide-5000, coober-pedy-5723, andamooka-5722, cowell-5602
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Oz Minerals announces plans to accelerate studies into its potential Carrapateena copper gold mine project in South Australia so it can capitalise on a "low point in the commodity cycle".
Topics: mining-rural, unemployment, community-and-society, state-parliament, coober-pedy-5723, adelaide-5000, sa, port-augusta-5700
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The world's first recorded opalised pearls, relics of creatures in an ancient inland sea, have been unearthed by two miners at Coober Pedy in the South Australian outback.
Topics: geology, science-and-technology, mining-rural, coober-pedy-5723, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedMining company Oz Minerals confirms plans to shed about 100 workers from its Prominent Hill site in South Australia over the next few months.
Topics: mining-rural, unemployment, community-and-society, state-parliament, coober-pedy-5723, adelaide-5000, sa