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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| UpdatedUsing a laser beam to control birds might sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but workers at an Adelaide Hills vineyard hope the technology will save their grapes from the flying pests.
Topics: rural, community-and-society, environmental-management, balhannah-5242, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedTesla boss Elon Musk may have grabbed headlines with his pitch to solve South Australia's energy crisis by building a battery storage farm, but a local renewable energy company headed by economist Ross Garnaut already has plans in place.
Topics: alternative-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, port-pirie-5540, port-augusta-5700, whyalla-5600, sa
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Government is still "backing the wrong horse" by focusing on gas as it tries to take control of the state's energy market, the Greens say.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, sa
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| UpdatedBusinesses say they will welcome the South Australian Government's plan to reform the state's energy sector, if it works to reduce expensive power costs.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, environment, alternative-energy, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, renmark-5341, berri-5343, sa
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It's a public holiday in South Australia today, but working out which shops are open can be as tricky as picking a winner at the Adelaide Cup.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, retail, industry, hospitality, adelaide-5000, sa, millicent-5280
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| UpdatedPart of Frome Street's separated bikeway will be ripped up to accommodate two lanes of traffic during peak hour, as the council moves to tackle years of criticism about cycling infrastructure.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, local-government, government-and-politics, lifestyle-and-leisure, lifestyle, 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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Same-sex couples can now legally adopt children in South Australia, with new laws coming into effect today.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, gays-and-lesbians, laws, sa
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| UpdatedPeople with disabilities, including Adelaide man Nick Schumi, say it is hard to land a job when you head to an interview only to find the building cannot accommodate your wheelchair.
Topics: disabilities, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, work, community-and-society, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA union places inmates in all South Australian prisons in lockdown over what it says is a failing by the Corrections Department to address overcrowding concerns.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, murray-bridge-5253, sa, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, mount-gambier-5290, cadell-5321
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The number of older Australians embracing information technology is surging, research finds, with Skype, e-mail and apps like Instagram fast becoming vital tools to keep the elderly connected.
Topics: media, social-media, information-and-communication, australia, adelaide-5000, griffith-university-4111
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| UpdatedHave you seen this sooty owl? Adelaide Zoo staff are hoping keen-eyed members of the public can help locate Oscar, who flew the coop and may be in the botanic gardens.
Topics: animals, human-interest, zoos, offbeat, sa, adelaide-5000
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The RSPCA in South Australia takes 15 horses into care after receiving an "overwhelming number" of reports of the animals being in very poor physical condition on multiple properties.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, sa, adelaide-5000, australia
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| UpdatedCombat and communication systems on Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer ship, HMAS Hobart, are being tested at sea this week — marking one of the final stages of construction before it is handed over to the Navy.
Topics: defence-industry, defence-and-national-security, defence-and-aerospace-industries, business-economics-and-finance, osborne-5017, sa, australia
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| UpdatedHundreds of sculptures transform the foreshore at one of Adelaide's most popular beaches to raise money for the local surf lifesaving club.
Topics: community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, brighton-5048, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedAdelaide's main arterial route is set to remain closed for at least another day but in the meantime, one plucky pair take advantage of the situation by turning the strip into their own private tennis court.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, glandore-5037
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Government's $775,000 advertising campaign aimed at making the public "more enthusiastic" about the new Royal Adelaide Hospital is labelled a waste by the Opposition.
Topics: health-administration, healthcare-facilities, health, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe overwhelming and unexpected success of a project to cultivate rare "corpse flowers" forces the Adelaide Botanic Gardens to appeal for funds to help it create more greenhouse space.
Topics: botany, science-and-technology, flowers, adelaide-5000, sa
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Plans to fine South Australian parents up to $5,000 if their children do not attend school are criticised by the education union, as the Government embarks of one of its biggest legislative shake-ups of the system in decades.
Topics: secondary-schools, public-schools, primary-schools, schools, education, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, sa
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| UpdatedIrrigators and farmers are buying diesel generators to secure their power supply, as price and stability issues continue to plague South Australia's energy grid, industry experts say.
Topics: irrigation, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedDisability advocates, dressed purple as a sign of pride, march down King William Street in Adelaide to celebrate their differences and call for a more inclusive society.
Topics: disabilities, health, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedNine mobile phone black spots in South Australia that Liberal MPs promised to fix during the election campaign are left off the latest funding list, but they have not been abandoned, the Federal Government says.
Topics: community-and-society, rural, rural-tourism, information-and-communication, sa
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| UpdatedAmputee requests for prosthetics, including from a Paralympic gold medallist, are rejected as the South Australian Government tightens rules to provide just one general-purpose artificial limb through its funded scheme.
Topics: health, health-policy, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, state-parliament, adelaide-5000, sa
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Cockles, or pipi, can again be taken from the Goolwa area, south of Adelaide, as an E.coli scare eases.
Topics: environmental-health, health, fishing-aquaculture, rural, goolwa-5214, sa
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| UpdatedBeachgoers are being urged to stay out of the water after about a dozen sharks were spotted off the coast of Normanville Beach, with further sightings at three Adelaide beaches.
Topics: shark, community-and-society, semaphore-5019, glenelg-5045, normanville-5204, sa