Nicola Gage
Nicola Gage is a reporter for ABC News in South Australia, with an interest in Indigenous affairs. Follow her on Twitter @Nicola_Gage
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
Teen driven to improve educational outcomes of Indigenous students
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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
Adelaide Zoo to honour late orangutan Karta with memorial
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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
Which companies are vying for renewable energy funding in SA?
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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
Bowie mural artist returns to Adelaide to leave mark on home town
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Colourful street art is popping up in Adelaide during this year's Fringe festival, as world-renowned artist Jimmy C takes to the laneways of his home town.
Topics: visual-art, contemporary-art, street-art, community-and-multicultural-festivals, carnivals-and-festivals, events, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
Reg Sprigg honoured with SA's first fossil emblem
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The man who first documented Ediacara fossils, the late Dr Reg Sprigg, is again being recognised, with South Australia's first state fossil emblem named after him.
Topics: fossils, science-and-technology, palaeontology, environment, parachilna-5730, sa
Flinders Ranges fossils documented for World Heritage bid
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The rippled stone of the outback Flinders Ranges used to be an ocean floor and scientists are now documenting fossils they hope will lead to World Heritage listing of the region.
Topics: environment, science-and-technology, fossils, palaeontology, parachilna-5730, sa
Outback SA residents frustrated by phone, internet blackout
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Residents in the outback South Australian town of Leigh Creek say problems with phone and internet coverage are not just inconvenient, but putting locals at risk.
Topics: mobile-phones, internet-technology, electricity-energy-and-utilities, rural, weather, leigh-creek-5731, adelaide-5000, sa
Saving orangutan Karta would have been near impossible: Adelaide Zoo
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Vets at Adelaide Zoo believe it would have been near impossible to save Sumatran orangutan Karta, who died last week after delivering a stillborn infant.
Topics: animals, human-interest, zoos, animal-science, zoology, adelaide-5000, sa
South Australians with passion and perseverance honoured on Australia Day
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A rock lover, two gold medallists and a mum doing all she can to find a cure for her son's rare bone marrow disease are just some of the South Australians honoured with Australia Day awards.
Topics: australia-day, human-interest, awards-and-prizes, sa, adelaide-5000
Gillard calls for better gender balance among Australia Day award winners
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Former prime minister Julia Gillard is among those receiving Australia Day honours, but says a gender imbalance remains in how the gongs are distributed.
Topics: education, women, human-interest, australia-day, awards-and-prizes, gillard-julia, government-and-politics, sa, adelaide-5000
Coorong weir proposal aims to improve wetlands, stop water dropping
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A 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
Elderly man overmedicated, restrained at mental health facility, family says
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An elderly man was given 10 times the amount of his prescribed medication and left with unexplained bruises while staying at a government-run mental health facility in Adelaide, his family says.
Topics: mental-health, health, healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, oakden-5086, adelaide-5000, sa
Spratt wins TDU women's stage one in Adelaide Hills
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Australian Amanda Spratt wins the first stage of the Women's Tour Down Under in South Australia.
Topics: cycling, sport, hahndorf-5245, meadows-5201, adelaide-5000, sa
Karta's keepers nervous as orangutan's due date nears
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After losing six previous babies, Karta the orangutan is pregnant again and expected to give birth any day now, leaving Adelaide zookeepers excited, but also on edge.
Topics: animals, human-interest, zoos, animal-science, adelaide-5000, sa
Enfield residents count the cost after Adelaide storm
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Flash flooding caused by a deep low pressure system that rolled through Adelaide damages several houses in the city's inner-north, while a pump failure at nearby Prospect is blamed for flooding at another home.
Topics: weather, storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, enfield-5085, prospect-5082, sa
Man's generous offer allows Adelaide mother to replace broken wheelchair
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A good Samaritan gives an Adelaide mother the money to hire an electric wheelchair after her own broke down a month ago.
Topics: disabilities, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
Karta the orangutan's journey to motherhood
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Adelaide Zoo's critically-endangered Sumatran orangutan named Karta is expecting a baby in January. But it is no normal pregnancy. The ABC follows the 34-year-old's journey, after six failed births.
Topics: zoos, animal-science, animals, human-interest, adelaide-5000, sa
'I'll just have one light on': Adelaide job seeker tells of struggle to pay for power
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Power disconnection notices are common for Wendy Morgan, an unemployed woman who is trying to get by in her rented property in Adelaide's northern suburbs.
Topics: community-and-society, welfare, human-interest, adelaide-5000, sa
Fewer, bigger, costlier cherries as Christmas harvest ripens late
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A wet winter that left bees grounded results in South Australia's cherry season running about three weeks late and a smaller crop than last year, pushing prices up.
Topics: fruits, fruit, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, rural, adelaide-5000, basket-range-5138, uraidla-5142, sa
'Symbolic step' forward: SA Premier to apologise to LGBTIQ community
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South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill is set to issue a formal apology to the state's LGBTIQ community in the State Parliament today, but some community members say this needs to be followed by changes to discriminatory laws.
Topics: parliament, gays-and-lesbians, government-and-politics, discrimination, state-parliament, community-and-society, states-and-territories, laws, rights, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
EPAS medical records software deletes 258 treatment orders for Adelaide patients
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South Australia's troubled electronic patient records system is under fire again after it deleted treatment appointments for 258 discharged patients just weeks after several outages at hospitals.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, health, unions, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
Private Miller Mack's 'spirit' to return home a century after he left for war
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An Aboriginal soldier's remains will be returned home to Raukkan, near the Murray Mouth, almost 100 years after he was buried in an unmarked grave in Adelaide.
Topics: world-war-1, history, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, army, defence-forces, adelaide-5000, raukkan-5259, sa
'Ambitious' deadline for SA nuclear citizen's jury looms
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South Australia's nuclear citizen's jury report is being rushed through without time for fact checking or clarity, one juror warns.
Topics: nuclear-issues, environment, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, sa
Adelaide creator of shatter-proof car mirror wins science prize
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Self-confessed "nerd" Colin Hall, from Adelaide, wins a Prime Minister's Prize for New Innovators for developing a shatter-proof plastic car mirror.
Topics: science-and-technology, science-awards, adelaide-5000, sa
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