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Controversial stand-up comedian Ivor Dembina, who is known for his outspoken views on politics and is appearing at Adelaide's Fringe festival, defends the right to joke about sensitive subjects.
Topics: comedy-humour, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, carnivals-and-festivals, sa, adelaide-5000
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For Aboriginal teenager Tarni Rigney, who is about to start a teaching degree, the education outcomes for Indigenous Australians is distressing.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, indigenous-policy, education, university-of-south-australia-5000, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA man accused of killing remote outback nurse Gayle Woodford in South Australia's APY Lands pleads guilty in the Port Augusta Magistrates Court.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, fregon-872, port-augusta-5700, sa
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A man facing serious assault charges is on the run from police after the courts allowed him to attend the Mundine-Green boxing match at Adelaide Oval despite his strict bail conditions, the Corrections Minister says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedFrontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, health-policy, health-administration, australia, act, nsw, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, wa
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| UpdatedHundreds of workers walk off the job at Adelaide shipbuilder ASC over an ongoing enterprise bargaining dispute that has spanned two years.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, manufacturing, industry, osborne-5017, adelaide-5000, sa
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Gamba Osaka inflicts an embarrassing 3-0 loss on Adelaide United in the Asian Champions League, but Reds coach Guillermo Amor is looking for the positives.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, japan
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Follow all the stats and commentary from the third and final Twenty20 between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Adelaide Oval in our live scorecentre.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, sri-lanka
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Australia's Ross River virus has the potential to become a global epidemic, similar to the Zika virus, researchers say.
Topics: ross-river-fever, diseases-and-disorders, health, canberra-2600, adelaide-5000, australian-national-university-0200, adelaide-university-5005, sa, act
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A union questions how psychological testing of current child protection workers in South Australia will be done and what will happen to any staff who fail.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, children, family-and-children, child-abuse, community-and-society, child-health-and-behaviour, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedFor the people of Thebarton, the closure of Coca-Cola's bottling plant in Adelaide will be like having "your heart ripped out", a local historian says, who remembers touring the newly opened factory in 1951 as a child.
Topics: unemployment, community-and-society, company-news, thebarton-5031, adelaide-5000, sa
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South Australian cancer patients who were given incorrect frequencies in doses of a chemotherapy drug may have had their treatment outcomes compromised, a haematology expert tells a coronial inquest.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, healthcare-facilities, health, cancer, adelaide-5000, sa
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An orangutan from Adelaide Zoo, who died after giving birth to a stillborn infant, will live on through a memorial guard post to be built in South-East Asia which will be staffed to help protect wild apes.
Topics: animals, human-interest, zoos, community-and-society, zoology, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA 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
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Food and drink prices at Adelaide Oval remain at a "ridiculous" level and a recent reduction of between 10 to 30 cents is an insult, punters say, ahead of the international T20 match tonight.
Topics: community-and-society, alcohol, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedPolice have seized cars, computers, phones, and loose change out of the purses of people suspected of working in the sex industry, a South Australian parliamentary committee hears.
Topics: community-and-society, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA Coca-Cola employee in Adelaide says workers did not expect the company to close its Thebarton manufacturing facility, and that he fears his reemployment prospects.
Topics: unemployment, community-and-society, company-news, thebarton-5031, adelaide-5000, richlands-4077, sa
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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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Workers at Adelaide's Coca-Cola production factory have had their shifts cancelled and a meeting has been called for Wednesday morning leaving about 150 jobs in doubt, the union says.
Topics: unemployment, community-and-society, company-news, thebarton-5031, adelaide-5000, sa
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Topics: business-economics-and-finance, house-and-home, lifestyle, community-and-society, hackham-5163, sa
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Topics: business-economics-and-finance, house-and-home, lifestyle, community-and-society, hackham-5163, sa
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The Australian Taxation Office is ordered to refund more than $1 million it took from failed South Australian company Penrice, after being sued by the company's liquidators.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, company-news, osborne-5017, adelaide-5000, sa
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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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| UpdatedPreventing sexual violence is everyone's responsibility, but we need to be careful about how we do it, writes Bianca Fileborn from UNSW.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, australia, vic, tas, qld, sa, nt, nsw, wa
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| UpdatedOutlaw motorcycle gangs should be the target of consistent laws across all states Mildura, MP Peter Crisp says.