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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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ABC cameraman Trent Murphy uses a drone to film SA's Coorong.
Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedA 100-megawatt solar power facility will be established at Tailem Bend in South Australia to serve customers of the fourth-biggest retailer in the national electricity market.
Topics: company-news, solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, business-economics-and-finance, tailem-bend-5260, adelaide-5000, sa
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Drone footage of South Australia's Coorong, where huge environmental benefits have come from good River Murray flows.
Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedA prominent ecologist suggests a weir should be built in South Australia's Coorong to ensure flows do not drop below critical levels.
Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedWater allocations for SA's River Murray irrigators are boosted from 36 per cent to 52 per cent following good rains in upstream catchments.
Topics: water-management, water-supply, environment, irrigation, rural, renmark-5341, waikerie-5330, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, berri-5343, swan-reach-5354
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Less than a week out from the federal election, the Nick Xenophon Team has set its sights on the blue ribbon seat of Barker.
Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, renmark-5341, murray-bridge-5253, mount-gambier-5290, mount-gambier-east-5291, mount-gambier-west-5291, sa, waikerie-5330, tailem-bend-5260, renmark-south-5341, penola-5277, naracoorte-5271, millicent-5280, mannum-5238, loxton-5333, kingston-se-5275, keith-5267, barmera-5345, berri-5343, karoonda-5307
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A German tourist South Australian police had been searching for since last week is found safe.
Topics: missing-person, tailem-bend-5260, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, sa, germany
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Police are searching for a German tourist in South Australia after the man was involved in a car accident south-east of Adelaide.
Topics: missing-person, law-crime-and-justice, tailem-bend-5260, murray-bridge-5253, sa, adelaide-5000, germany
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A man armed with a small ornamental samurai sword flees with money after threatening staff at a service station at Tailem Bend, south-east of Adelaide.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, armed-robbery, tailem-bend-5260, murray-bridge-5253, sa
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| UpdatedA "high-functioning alcoholic" who smashed his car head-on into a vehicle being driven by a woman he was dating, leaving her seriously injured, is jailed.
Topics: courts-and-trials, traffic-offences, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, tailem-bend-5260, adelaide-5000, sa, murray-bridge-5253
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Popularity in the sport of campdrafting is growing in South Australia, with a new event beginning this month.
Topics: rural-tourism, agricultural-shows, equestrian, tailem-bend-5260
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| UpdatedA man shot dead by police near Adelaide in September had been calling triple-0 and threatening to "bomb everyone" and "kill everyone with guns", the South Australian Coroner's Court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, police-sieges, tailem-bend-5260, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA man is shot dead by police during a siege at a house in the Elwomple area near Tailem Bend, south-east of Adelaide.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, police-sieges, tailem-bend-5260, renmark-5341, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA man, believed to be a member of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang, is charged after South Australian police find more than one kilogram of methamphetamines worth more than $1 million.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, tailem-bend-5260, adelaide-5000, elizabeth-east-5112, sa
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| UpdatedA light plane crashes near the Mallee Highway at Elwomple, close to Tailem Bend in South Australia, injuring the pilot.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Government gives the Tailem Bend racetrack upgrade a green light, paving the way for the state to host a second V8 Supercar race from 2017.
Topics: motor-sports, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, tailem-bend-5260, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedGrain handling group Viterra has announced it will no longer be using rail freight in the South Australian Mallee region.
Topics: road-transport, rail-transport, agricultural-prices, agribusiness, wheat, grain, oilseeds, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, loxton-5333, pinnaroo-5304, lameroo-5302, tailem-bend-5260, karoonda-5307
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Grain handling group Viterra says they won't use rail freight in the Riverland and South Australian Mallee. Read more.
Topics: road-transport, rail-transport, agricultural-prices, agribusiness, wheat, grain, oilseeds, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, loxton-5333, pinnaroo-5304, lameroo-5302, tailem-bend-5260, karoonda-5307
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| UpdatedA truck driver on drugs is caught behind the wheel, and dozens of trucks defected during the first 24-hours of a South Australian police blitz on road safety.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drugs-and-substance-abuse, tailem-bend-5260, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA second V8 race to be held in South Australia's Murraylands will not detract from the Clipsal 500 street race in Adelaide, the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport says (CAMS).
Topics: motor-sports, sport, government-and-politics, federal-government, states-and-territories, tailem-bend-5260, sa, australia
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V8 Supercars commits to a second race in South Australia if a proposed $80 million upgrade of the Tailem Bend racetrack gets the go-ahead, the track's developer says.
Topics: motor-sports, sport, government-and-politics, federal-government, states-and-territories, tailem-bend-5260, sa, australia
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| UpdatedVehicles weighing more than six tonnes will no longer be able to cross the Lyrup ferry in South Australia's Riverland and the same could soon apply at Tailem Bend.
Topics: community-and-society, lyrup-5343, sa, tailem-bend-5260
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The federal and state governments will contribute funding to six projects in South Australia's Riverland and Murraylands to boost economic development in the regions.
Topics: regional-development, programs-and-initiatives, federal---state-issues, paringa-5340, tailem-bend-5260
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| UpdatedA man is arrested in South Australia's Murraylands where a woman was threatened with a tyre lever.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, lameroo-5302, tailem-bend-5260, sa