Lauren Waldhuter is a reporter for ABC News based in Adelaide. She previously worked in Launceston in Tasmania and as a rural reporter for ABC Rural based in Port Pirie in South Australia. Follow Lauren on Twitter @laurenwaldhuter.
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| UpdatedThe artworks of 29 returned servicemen and women, who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, are displayed at an exhibition in Adelaide hosted by the South Australian RSL branch.
Topics: army, defence-forces, contemporary-art, arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, mental-health, health, adelaide-5000, sa
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A 39-year-old man is charged after police allegedly find him carrying a homemade explosive device outside an Adelaide shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, elizabeth-5112, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedEligible National Disability Insurance Scheme clients are waiting up to a year for coverage plans despite being approved for funding, a South Australian MLC says.
Topics: disabilities, health, welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, adelaide-5000, sa
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Traditional landowners from South Australia's outback bring their fight against proposed nuclear storage facilities to the steps of Adelaide's Parliament House.
Topics: nuclear-energy, nuclear-issues, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedHundreds of children in South Australia pay big money to be in one of the world's best-known musicals.
Topics: opera-and-musical-theatre, family-and-children, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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The Master Builders Association demands an explanation from Australia's corporate watchdog over why it will not investigate the directors of failed company Tagara Builders.
Topics: building-and-construction, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe Adelaide Crows' female players will juggle full-time work and other professional sports as they play in Australia's first women's league.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedDirty floodwaters flowing out to sea spark warnings at four Adelaide beaches, with the state's environmental watchdog concerned the water could pose a health risk.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, weather, environment, moana-5169, christies-beach-5165, hallett-cove-5158, henley-beach-5022, sa
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| UpdatedWorsening weather conditions cause more blackouts across South Australia, as emergency crews continue to grapple with yesterday's state-wide blackout.
Topics: weather, storm-disaster, storm-event, sa, adelaide-5000
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A Chinese girls cricket team on tour in South Australia plays a historic match against students from Adelaide High School.
Topics: cricket, sport, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa, china
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Students at Findon High School don legal gowns as they argue cases in their new purpose-built courtroom.
Topics: education, findon-5023
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Dairy farmers brush off the challenges of low milk prices and a global oversupply to head to the Royal Adelaide Show.
Topics: dairy-production, rural, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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Two separate proposals for storing nuclear waste in South Australia are causing widespread confusion in communities and the Premier concedes public consultation was badly timed.
Topics: nuclear-energy, nuclear-issues, community-and-society, sa
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Companies need to be more proactive in trying to secure lucrative defence contract work or risk missing out, South Australia's Defence Industries Minister warns.
Topics: defence-industry, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSA football fans are being warned to expect major public transport delays in Adelaide as trains are cancelled on the Belair and Grange lines until 7:00pm Friday to cope with a drivers' strike.
Topics: community-and-society, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, unions, adelaide-5000, sa
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The Adelaide-based director of the iconic film Shine says an exhibition of his personal memorabilia from behind the scenes proves you should "never throw anything away".
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, community-and-society, history, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA lack of data on how migrant and refugee families are interacting with the child protection system is inhibiting support, South Australia's Multicultural Communities Council says.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, family-and-children, community-and-society, multiculturalism, adelaide-5000, sa
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South Australian disability support provider Minda faces a challenge to its plan for a beachside development at Brighton from the council over concerns about stormwater outflows.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, community-and-society, brighton-5048, sa, glenelg-5045
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| UpdatedNearly 20 full-time jobs are being cut from the State Library of SA as part of a significant restructure to save $6 million over three years.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, library-museum-and-gallery, budget, government-and-politics, unemployment, adelaide-5000, sa
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National Disability Insurance Scheme providers say they are entering their eighth week without payment because of an ongoing computer glitch, and are being forced to dip into financial reserves to pay staff.
Topics: disabilities, health, welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedStudent accommodation is damaged by fire at the UniLodge complex in Adelaide's CBD.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA Jetstar flight heading from Tokyo to the Gold Coast makes an emergency landing on the Pacific island of Guam after the crew shut down one of the plane's engines mid-flight.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, cairns-4870, guam, japan
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| UpdatedA South Australian Government representative is heading to Melbourne to fight against SA Power Networks' bid to charge more for electricity distribution.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, sa
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| UpdatedDoctors push for more fertility preservation procedures to be covered by Medicare for young people facing cancer, something a young Adelaide woman says would give patients more choice over their future.
Topics: cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, medical-research, reproduction-and-contraception, fertility-and-infertility, pregnancy-and-childbirth, adelaide-5000, sa
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National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) recipients are missing out on services after an IT glitch affected the system and online payments.
Topics: disabilities, health, welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, adelaide-5000, sa