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• RSL SA boss and directors quit amid financial troubles

  By Nicola Gage

  Posted March 01, 2017 16:51:32

  It has been revealed the chief executive of the South Australian RSL quit a month ago as the league faces financial troubles, with two directors also recently resigning.

  Topics: veterans, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa

• Justice being 'denied' in SA due to long waits for psychiatric reports

  Exclusive by court reporter Candice Prosser

  Posted March 01, 2017 16:38:33 | Updated March 01, 2017 16:54:51

  Lengthy delays in obtaining psychiatric reports are delaying the finalisation of serious court cases and keeping disadvantaged defendants on remand, South Australian lawyers and judges warn.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, mental-health, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, sa

• Shylie Holden has Parkinson's disease and wants legal access to medicinal cannabis Video

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  ABC News

  1min

  Posted March 01, 2017 15:07:43

  This woman has shaky hands caused by Parkinson's disease. She wants legal access to medicinal cannabis.

  Topics: cannabis, alternative-medicine, laws, sa

• SA free-to-air AFL coverage to be delayed in unprecedented change

  ABC Adelaide

  By Malcolm Sutton

  Posted March 01, 2017 13:58:19 | Updated March 01, 2017 14:11:23

  Free-to-air AFL coverage suffers its biggest blow since South Australia joined the national competition in 1991, with five interstate games to receive delayed broadcasts.

  Topics: sport, australian-football-league, adelaide-5000, sa, perth-6000, wa

• Truck driver should face maximum penalty over fatal crash with cyclists, court told

  By Khama Reid

  Posted March 01, 2017 12:22:36

  A South Australian truck driver who was under the influence of drugs when he ploughed into a group of cyclists apologises to the family of the man he killed, but they say he should face the maximum penalty to send a message to the trucking industry.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, port-pirie-5540, port-augusta-5700, sa

• Lack of Aboriginal interpreters 'affecting justice' in SA courts (photos)

  By Nicola Gage

  Posted March 01, 2017 08:00:18

  Some Aboriginal people are being kept in custody for longer than required because of a lack of interpreters in South Australia, lawyers representing Indigenous people claim.

  Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, port-augusta-5700, ernabella-0872, fregon-872, sa

• Young poets take the mic at Adelaide's Soul Lounge

  By Sowaibah Hanifie

  Posted February 28, 2017 18:44:09

  A group of youths from diverse backgrounds are finding their voice and tackling social injustices, discrimination and the politics of division through poetry in Adelaide.

  Topics: poetry, youth, multiculturalism, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, qld

• Autistic man who killed father not a 'callous killer'

  By court reporter Candice Prosser

  Posted February 28, 2017 17:12:19

  A man with autism who murdered his "controlling and demeaning" father with a dumbbell is not a cruel, calculating killer, his lawyer says.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, port-noarlunga-5167, adelaide-5000, sa

• AEMO bolsters power reserves, reassures SA electricity customers ahead of heatwave

  By SA political reporter Nick Harmsen

  Posted February 28, 2017 16:18:00 | Updated February 28, 2017 17:09:05

  The national energy regulator takes the highly unusual step of reassuring South Australians that it is not forecasting supply shortfalls as temperatures reach the high 30s over the next four days.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, states-and-territories, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, alternative-energy, environment, sa, adelaide-5000

• Power's Koch threatens Suns over red-and-gold in China

  Posted February 28, 2017 15:52:13 | Updated February 28, 2017 15:55:55

  Port Adelaide president David Koch repeats his threat that the Gold Coast Suns will not play again in China if they wear red-and-gold jumpers in Shanghai.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, carrara-4211, qld, australia, china

• Louise Bell's killer argues trial had DNA shortfalls

  By court reporter Candice Prosser

  Posted February 28, 2017 14:16:24 | Updated February 28, 2017 15:25:43

  The man convicted of Adelaide girl Louise Bell's 1983 murder argues DNA technology advances still leave doubt about the case made against him.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, hackham-5163, adelaide-5000, sa

• SA appoints commissioner to lead Indigenous treaty process

  By Ruby Jones

  Posted February 28, 2017 13:00:59 | Updated February 28, 2017 15:29:55

  South Australia names senior Aboriginal community leader Roger Thomas as the state's treaty commissioner, to draft a proposed framework after negotiating with Indigenous communities.

  Topics: indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa

• Forestry companies urge public to use new litter reporting app

  ABC South East SA

  By Kate Hill

  Posted February 28, 2017 10:41:42

  Forest managers in South Australia's south-east are hopeful new legislative powers to help the public dob in litterbugs may help combat the problem of illegal dumping in forests.

  Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, environment, mount-gambier-5290, sa

• $100k taxpayer payout for SA inmate over 'worsening diabetes'

  Posted February 28, 2017 08:14:52

  A drug trafficker is awarded $100,000 in compensation after he says his diabetes worsened while in prison, but crime victims and lawyers might get all of that money.

  Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa

• Pets at the Pub prompts pet-friendly public places

  By Samantha Dawes

  Posted February 27, 2017 19:58:51 | Updated February 28, 2017 00:44:50

  Dog owners are finding more opportunities to include their pooches in all aspects of life, with Adelaide's increasingly popular Pets in the Pub drawing hundreds of people to pet-friendly venues.

  Topics: animals, human-interest, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa

• Truck driver who caused fatal Murray Bridge crash faces fatigue management charges

  By court reporter Candice Prosser

  Posted February 27, 2017 18:14:38

  Truck driver Kenneth Pillar, found guilty of causing a head-on fatal crash, appears to collapse in the dock after being charged with breaching fatigue management policies.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murray-bridge-5253, mount-gambier-5290, adelaide-5000, sa, vic

• Victims face 'cold-hearted' real estate agent after $1.8m theft

  By court reporter Candice Prosser

  Posted February 27, 2017 17:39:16 | Updated February 27, 2017 18:05:45

  Former Adelaide real estate agent David Parkinson, who stole $1.8 million from his clients, is labelled "cold-hearted" and "manipulative" by his victims during a pre-sentencing hearing.

  Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, sa

• Adelaide flood mitigation plan to protect '98 per cent' of properties

  Posted February 27, 2017 16:52:22 | Updated February 27, 2017 21:58:01

  Some $140 million will be spent on flood mitigation in Adelaide's inner-south and south-west over the next 20 years after an agreement was met between the State Government and five local councils.

  Topics: floods, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, local-government, unley-5061, adelaide-5000, mitcham-5062, burnside-5066, sa

• SA mental health facility overrun with problems, report shows

  Exclusive by Nicola Gage and Angelique Donnellan

  Posted February 27, 2017 16:50:42 | Updated February 28, 2017 13:22:46

  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

• BMX champion Willoughby on road to recovery as fundraising efforts get a boost

  By Claire Campbell

  Posted February 27, 2017 15:22:23 | Updated February 27, 2017 15:25:51

  Olympian Sam Willoughby is making good progress with his rehabilitation from a serious spinal injury, according to his father, as the SA Government auctions off a hot lap at the Clipsal 500 in his honour.

  Topics: community-and-society, sport, olympics-summer, adelaide-5000, sa

• Adelaide man who stabbed brother cradled him as he died, court told

  By court reporter Candice Prosser

  Posted February 27, 2017 14:38:14

  An Adelaide man was stabbed in the neck and killed by his brother after intervening in a domestic violence incident, a Supreme Court trial is told.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, gilles-plains-5086, adelaide-5000, sa

• Crows remain undefeated in AFLW with 23-point win over Freo

  Posted February 26, 2017 21:15:08 | Updated February 26, 2017 21:17:11

  Adelaide keep its unbeaten streak in the AFLW alive with a come from behind 23-point win over the Fremantle Dockers.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, fremantle-6160, wa, adelaide-5000, sa, australia

• Hemp cultivation for industrial use one step closer in SA

  By Loukas Founten

  Posted February 26, 2017 13:27:04 | Updated February 26, 2017 13:40:40

  A Greens plan to legalise hemp cultivation for industrial use in South Australia will now have backing from the Labor Government, provided slight amendments are made to the bill.

  Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, greens, agricultural-crops, adelaide-5000, sa

• Push for food trucks permit changes stalled in SA parliament

  Posted February 26, 2017 12:30:35

  Adelaide's food trucks gain a permanent trading venue at the showgrounds, but the South Australian Government is still fighting for statewide council regulation of street trading permits.

  Topics: states-and-territories, local-government, government-and-politics, community-and-society, wayville-5034, adelaide-5000, sa

• Australian tall ship marks 30 years at sea

  ABC Adelaide

  Posted February 26, 2017 11:38:47 | Updated February 26, 2017 11:43:03

  The only Australian tall ship to sail in the 1988 First Fleet re-enactment voyage for Australia's bicentenary celebrates 30 years on the water.

  Topics: community-organisations, community-and-society, history, youth, adelaide-5000, sa, port-adelaide-5015, port-lincoln-5606

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