Port Augusta

• Regional SA site ideal for storing renewables in pumped hydro: EnergyAustralia

  PM

  By Khama Reid

  Posted February 22, 2017 13:07:03 | Updated February 22, 2017 13:35:05

  A desert site at the top of Spencer Gulf in South Australia is perfect for a pumped hydro venture, which would use sea water to make a power station of up to 200-megawatts, EnergyAustralia says.

  Topics: alternative-energy, company-news, environment, hydro-energy, port-augusta-5700, whyalla-5600, sa

• Which companies are vying for renewable energy funding in SA?

  By Nicola Gage

  Posted February 22, 2017 06:38:25 | Updated February 22, 2017 07:10:18

  A 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

• Solar power battery storage 'would have prevented SA blackout'

  By Claire Campbell

  Posted February 21, 2017 18:23:12 | Updated February 21, 2017 18:36:52

  The 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

• Wind farm depiction image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 17, 2017 09:48:39

  Topics: wind-energy, solar-energy, port-augusta-5700, cairns-4870, atherton-4883

• SA prison lockdown ends

  Posted February 16, 2017 11:29:55 | Updated February 16, 2017 12:29:09

  A lockdown of South Australian prisons ends as the union representing prison staff and the State Government head to the Industrial Relations Commission.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, mount-gambier-5290, cadell-5321, sa

• Overcrowding worries prompts SA prisons lockdown

  By Lauren Waldhuter

  Posted February 15, 2017 15:59:44 | Updated February 15, 2017 19:16:10

  A union places inmates in all South Australian prisons in lockdown over what it says is a failing by the Corrections Department to address overcrowding concerns.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, murray-bridge-5253, sa, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, mount-gambier-5290, cadell-5321

• SA's far north to sweat through 'unusually' long heatwave

  Posted February 08, 2017 09:04:36 | Updated February 08, 2017 09:09:46

  A severe heatwave in South Australia's far north could see some towns sweat through 14 days straight of temperatures reaching more than 40 degrees Celsius.

  Topics: weather, innamincka-5731, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa

• Rural phone users protest suggestion landlines be replaced by NBN

  ABC Rural

  By Sarina Locke

  Posted February 02, 2017 13:22:45 | Updated February 02, 2017 18:48:53

  People living in regional areas are not just worried about poor internet access, they are now worried they will lose their reliable landline phone following a Productivity Commission draft report.

  Topics: wireless-communication, mobile-phones, regional-development, rural-media, sydney-2000, wollongong-2500, orange-2800, cairns-4870, port-augusta-5700

• Port Augusta ash suppression to take longer than expected

  Posted January 14, 2017 08:35:14

  Aerial efforts to control dust at Port Augusta will take up to 10 days longer than expected, the Environment Protection Authority says.

  Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, health, respiratory-diseases, port-augusta-5700, sa, adelaide-5000

• EPA notice orders more dust monitoring at Port Augusta

  By political reporter Angelique Donnellan

  Posted January 10, 2017 18:32:44

  The Environmental Protection Authority slaps the owner of the Port Augusta power station with a formal notice requiring it to stop ash dust blowing over the city.

  Topics: land-pollution, pollution, air-pollution, environment, health, respiratory-diseases, environmental-health, port-augusta-5700, sa

• SA Government pays for health checks for ash-affected residents

  Posted January 09, 2017 08:56:29 | Updated January 09, 2017 15:45:16

  Port Augusta residents worried about the impacts of an ash cloud blowing over the regional city will have their health checks paid for by the South Australian Government.

  Topics: air-pollution, pollution, environment, health, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, port-augusta-5700, sa

• Port Augusta ash cloud needs 'more testing', chemist warns

  Posted January 07, 2017 15:32:40 | Updated January 07, 2017 16:13:45

  More testing is required to ascertain any health risks posed by an ash cloud coming from the former Port Augusta power station, a former industrial chemist says.

  Topics: pollution, building-and-construction, environment, health, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa

• SA suffers another scorcher as summer hits its stride

  Posted January 07, 2017 09:46:28 | Updated January 07, 2017 16:06:23

  South Australia is enduring a third day of sweltering heat with temperatures hitting 40 degrees Celsius in Adelaide and 43C in the Mid North.

  Topics: weather, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, sa

• Ash cloud rises from former Port Augusta power station Video

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  ABC News

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  Posted January 06, 2017 16:36:46 | Updated January 07, 2017 15:40:31

  Ash waste from the former Port Augusta power station in South Australia's north continues to pose a health threat for residents.

  Topics: mining-environmental-issues, port-augusta-5700

• Plan to turn ash into building materials could create hundreds of jobs

  Posted January 06, 2017 11:37:54 | Updated January 06, 2017 18:09:57

  A proposal to convert potentially toxic ash dust at Port Augusta into building blocks and pavers could create hundreds of jobs, senator Nick Xenophon says.

  Topics: pollution, building-and-construction, environment, health, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa

• Fears over ash in Port Augusta prompt calls for minister's sacking

  Posted January 05, 2017 17:15:36

  The SA Opposition calls on the Government to sack Environment Minister Ian Hunter over his handling of a deepening pollution controversy in Port Augusta.

  Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, pollution, environment, government-and-politics, sa, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000

• Angry residents confront minister over Port Augusta ash plumes

  By political reporter Angelique Donnellan

  Posted January 04, 2017 17:38:41

  Residents wearing face masks heckle SA's Environment Minister, demanding an end to a dust problem emanating from Port Augusta's former power station.

  Topics: land-pollution, air-pollution, respiratory-diseases, health, pollution, environmental-health, environment, port-augusta-5700, sa, adelaide-5000

• Ash blankets SA city after heavy rain breaks 'crust'

  ABC Adelaide

  Posted January 04, 2017 10:52:48 | Updated January 04, 2017 14:52:37

  Ash blanketing Port Augusta from the regional city's former coal-fired power station is so toxic it could not even be classified as waste fill, South Australian senator Nick Xenophon says.

  Topics: pollution, air-pollution, environment, health, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa

• Port Augusta power station ash could be toxic, SA Health says

  By state political reporter Angelique Donnellan

  Posted January 03, 2017 17:44:38 | Updated January 03, 2017 19:31:53

  Dust blowing across Port Augusta from the local former coal-fired power station has "toxic potential", an SA Health assessment finds.

  Topics: pollution, environment, air-pollution, health, port-augusta-5700, sa, adelaide-5000

• 'They should be concerned': Port Augusta residents warned of ash (photos)

  Posted January 03, 2017 12:34:47 | Updated January 03, 2017 13:36:03

  Residents in Port Augusta breathing in ash from the city's former coal-fired power station have good reason to be worried about their health, the Environment Protection Authority says.

  Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, coal, environmental-impact, environment, environmental-management, port-augusta-5700, sa

• 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

• Adelaide set for hottest Christmas Day since 1945

  ABC Adelaide

  Posted December 22, 2016 10:40:18 | Updated December 22, 2016 18:31:59

  Adelaide is preparing for its hottest Christmas Day in more than 70 years as heatwave conditions hit parts of South Australia.

  Topics: weather, adelaide-5000, leigh-creek-5731, hawker-5434, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, robe-5276, sa

• Lifeline branches merge to improve service delivery

  ABC Broken Hill

  By Sofie Wainwright

  Posted December 06, 2016 11:31:49

  Two Lifeline branches have merged into one entity in a bid to improve service delivery and maximise resources.

  Topics: suicide, regional, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, federal-government, counselling, broken-hill-2880, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540, whyalla-5600, clare-5453

• 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

• Transitioning from coal: How do communities fare without power stations?

  Posted November 10, 2016 12:43:21 | Updated November 10, 2016 16:39:02

  Port Augusta in South Australia's mid north, and Morwell in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, have a couple of things in common.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, community-and-society, morwell-3840, port-augusta-5700

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