Angelique Donnellan
Angelique Donnellan is a political reporter for ABC News in South Australia. She was nominated for a Walkley award for breaking coverage of the SA Government's leadership transition from Mike Rann to Jay Weatherill. The story took out 'Scoop of the Year' and two other prizes at the SA Press Club Awards and 'Best Radio News Report' at the SA Media Awards. Angelique reports for radio, TV and online and has covered two state elections and several budgets. She started her career with the ABC in Port Pirie, with stints in Broken Hill and Mount Gambier.
SA mental health facility overrun with problems, report shows
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Three health staff are suspended amid an independent review into the treatment of an aged care patient at a mental health facility run by the South Australian Government.
Topics: mental-health, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, oakden-5086, adelaide-5000, sa
SA Water eyes producing electricity near Hahndorf
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One of the state's biggest power users, SA Water, is looking to construct a hydro-electric turbine near Hahndorf to help offset its hefty electricity use.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hahndorf-5245, adelaide-5000, sa
Coca-Cola support package to train workers ahead of SA closure
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Financial counselling, career advice and training worth about $4,000 will be offered to every South Australian Coca-Cola employee who will be out of work by 2019.
Topics: unemployment, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, thebarton-5031, adelaide-5000, salisbury-north-5108, sa
ATO received 'unfair preference' when SA company collapsed
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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
SA public sector radiologists threaten to cut back services
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Some public sector radiologists are threatening to cut back their services, saying their skills are not being recognised by SA health authorities.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, woodville-5011, adelaide-5000, sa
Snelling seeks electorate switch for next SA election
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A Labor Party preselection fight looms for the seat of Florey in Adelaide, as Health Minister Jack Snelling tells long-serving MP Frances Bedford he will nominate in her seat.
Topics: states-and-territories, electoral-system, elections, government-and-politics, ingle-farm-5098, modbury-5092, adelaide-5000, sa
Asbestos removal demand being fought in NSW court
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An Adelaide-based company that unwittingly constructed portable buildings using asbestos-contaminated materials from China is fighting a SafeWork NSW order to remove the deadly substance from a wind farm, south-west of Sydney.
Topics: courts-and-trials, occupational-health-and-safety, asbestos, unions, health, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, taralga-2580, nsw, sa, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000
Ex-ABC and Channel 7 reporter Jayne Stinson seeks ALP preselection for new SA state seat
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South Australian television news reporter and former Labor government staff member Jayne Stinson is to run for ALP preselection in the state seat of Badcoe.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, alp, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
Child protection bureaucrat made redundant
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Families SA deputy chief executive Etienne Scheepers loses his job after being told there is no place for him in SA's new Child Protection Department.
Topics: states-and-territories, child-abuse, child-care, family-and-children, law-crime-and-justice, sa, adelaide-5000
Liberals shake up front bench ahead of SA election
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South Australia Opposition Leader Steven Marshall promotes two young guns, David Speirs and Stephan Knoll, to the frontbench in preparation for next year's election.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
SA child protection worker psychometric testing in limbo
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A new psychometric testing regime for South Australia's child protection workers is in limbo, with the public sector union lodging a dispute in the Industrial Relations Commission.
Topics: child-abuse, industrial-relations, community-and-society, sa, australia
What ramifications will legal row over SA's electoral boundaries have on 2018 poll?
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With a little more than a year until the next South Australia election, we take a look at what ramifications the dispute over new state electoral boundaries could have on the 2018 poll.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, sa
EPA notice orders more dust monitoring at Port Augusta
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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
Angry residents confront minister over Port Augusta ash plumes
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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
Port Augusta power station ash could be toxic, SA Health says
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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
SA Government wins row over new RAH building defects
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The advice of a so-called independent expert who dismissed building faults at the new RAH is declared null and void by the Supreme Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, sa, adelaide-5000
SA Labor heads to court over redrawn electoral boundaries
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An unprecedented legal challenge is launched by the Labor Party against South Australia's redrawn state electoral boundaries.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, electoral-system, elections, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
SA budget surplus forecast to be $300m
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Delays in the opening of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital will help boost the South Australian Government's budget surplus by a predicted $46 million, according to the mid-year budget review released by the Government which shows a total surplus of $300 million.
Topics: government-and-politics, budget, adelaide-5000
Outsourcing government computers supply could breach security: union
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Sensitive personal information in health and child protection could be put at risk if the supply of South Australian Government computers is outsourced, the public sector union warns.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, computers-and-technology, sa
Radiology to be outsourced at Lyell McEwin Hospital after recruiting bid fails
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Radiology services at Adelaide's Lyell McEwin Hospital are being outsourced after the South Australian Government was unable to hire more public sector staff and work piled up.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, health, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, elizabeth-5112, adelaide-5000, sa
Medical imaging system fails in SA major hospitals
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Radiology services were in disarray after a medical software failure in South Australia's major hospital's this week, a health union says.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, government-and-politics, unions, health-policy, adelaide-5000, sa
New Royal Adelaide Hospital transition plan to rely on other hospitals a 'high risk'
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A plan to manage patient transition to the New Royal Adelaide Hospital by using other hospitals such as the Repat is a "high-risk" strategy that could cause a "train wreck", the State Opposition says.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
Child's X-ray left unread for weeks at Adelaide hospital: claims
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An X-ray for a child, who was suspected of potential non-accidental injuries, was not examined for more than a month at Adelaide's Flinders Medical Centre, a whistleblower claims.
Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, child-abuse, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
Adelaide hospital staff not using safety system to report mistakes
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A crucial safety system that should have been used to report the under-dosing of chemotherapy drugs at two Adelaide hospital is rarely used by medical staff, SA Health report finds.
Topics: health, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
Transforming Health critic John Horowitz suspended from QEH
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A high-profile critic of the SA Government's Transforming Health changes is suspended from duty at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, amid an investigation into his conduct.
Topics: health, health-policy, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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