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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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Regions that offer adequate amenities for residents have the best chance of converting long-distance commuters into the sort of new residents who can sustain regional prosperity.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, family, family-and-children, regional-development, regional, community-and-society, karratha-6714, port-hedland-6721, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, roxby-downs-5725, weipa-4874, newman-6753
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DEWNR regional director Stuart Paul speaking about the long-term conservation benefits of the new pastoral stewardship program in SA.
Topics: conservation, pasture, agricultural-policy, agribusiness, roxby-downs-5725
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Topics: conservation, pasture, agricultural-policy, agribusiness, roxby-downs-5725
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| UpdatedAn Australian-first pilot program will see two South Australian pastoralists receive a stewardship payment to manage the land for conservation purposes.
Topics: conservation, pasture, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, roxby-downs-5725
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Cameras are being strapped to feral cats outside Roxby Downs, in South Australia, as researchers monitor their eating habits amid fears the felines will turn to eating native animals after the release of the newest strain of rabbit calicivirus.
Topics: pest-management, rural, pests, environment, research, science-and-technology, roxby-downs-5725, sa
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Topics: business-economics-and-finance, mining-industry, environment, climate-change, mining-environmental-issues, rural, sa, leigh-creek-5731, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540, roxby-downs-5725, whyalla-5600
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| UpdatedA southern hairy-nosed wombat is spotted in South Australia's north, in what is believed to be the first sighting of the creature in the area in more than 50 years.
Topics: animals, human-interest, andamooka-5722, roxby-downs-5725, sa
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| UpdatedProponents of a $300-million solar battery power plant in outback South Australia believe they have enough backing to turn the plan into a reality.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, welfare, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, roxby-downs-5725, sa
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| UpdatedLiberal Rowan Ramsey claims victory in South Australia's regional seat of Grey, but the Xenophon contender says she is not giving up yet.
Topics: federal-election, elections, federal-government, federal---state-issues, federal-elections, federal-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, liberals, political-parties, sa, port-pirie-5540, port-augusta-5700, whyalla-5600, roxby-downs-5725, port-lincoln-5606
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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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| UpdatedMore than 100 people camp near South Australia's largest mine to protest against uranium mining and the nuclear industry.
Topics: nuclear-issues, environment, nuclear-energy, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, roxby-downs-5725, port-augusta-5700, sa
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| UpdatedAnti-nuclear campaigners dressed as "zombie mine workers" take their message to shoppers in Adelaide's busy Rundle Mall.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, nuclear-issues, adelaide-5000, sa, roxby-downs-5725, port-augusta-5700
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Topics: rural, federal-elections, electoral-system, roxby-downs-5725
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A proposed amalgamation of two major bush electorates in South Australia draws criticism from pastoralists and local politicians, who label the move as "nonsense".
Topics: beef-cattle, elections, federal-elections, roxby-downs-5725
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| UpdatedSix people are injured, two of them critically, in a campervan rollover in outback South Australia.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, woomera-5720, roxby-downs-5725, sa
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The producer of an Indigenous language radio show says the closure of Radio Adelaide would deny remote communities access to native language education and essential service information.
Topics: radio, radio-broadcasting, aboriginal, indigenous-culture, indigenous-music, ernabella-0872, fregon-872, roxby-downs-5725
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Job cuts at Fairfax country newspapers are continuing, with the Port Lincoln Times the latest to shed staff.
Topics: print-media, work, unemployment, port-lincoln-5606, roxby-downs-5725, whyalla-5600
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| UpdatedLike other resource companies, global mining giant BHP Billiton has been hit hard by a fall in commodity prices. Olympic Dam's asset president Jacqui McGill talks jobs, commodity prices and about the mine's future.
Topics: states-and-territories, uranium-mining, mining-industry, roxby-downs-5725, sa, australia
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A downturn in the resources sector prompts the South Australian Chamber of Mines and the State Government to support geoscience graduates to find work.
Topics: mining-industry, economic-trends, industry, business-economics-and-finance, work, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, sa, adelaide-5000, olympic-dam-5725, roxby-downs-5725, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606
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| UpdatedThe first fatality of Fairfax Media's newspaper shake-up in South Australia occurs today when the Roxby Downs Sun goes to print for its final edition.
Topics: print-media, information-and-communication, rural-media, sa, roxby-downs-5725