Adelaide News

An outraged tweet from Australian Conservatives senator Cory Bernardi over a primary school's fundraising drive has resulted in $45,000 being raised — far exceeding the school's original target of $900.

Another injury blow for the Crows, with forward Mitch McGovern joining Brodie Smith on the sidelines ahead of the preliminary final against Geelong.

A new farming scholarship aims to help women accelerate to top positions within rural industries, in an attempt to combat wage inequality in the agricultural sector.

Recorded interviews with young children suspected to be victims of sexual or physical abuse are not able to be used as evidence in criminal trials because of a major bungle by the SA Health Department.

Some 950 Holden employees remain at the factory in Adelaide's north — a month out from the site's closure — with many yet to find alternative work.

The South Australian Opposition announces it will restore the high-dependency unit at Modbury Hospital if it wins next year's election, allowing more complex emergency surgeries to be carried out at the facility.

Ngarrindjeri man Dr Christopher Wilson's PhD project involves a 30-kilometre-long survey of the River Murray's banks between Mypolonga and Monteith, documenting everything from what people were eating thousands of years ago to the region's complex colonial history.

An Adelaide start-up that has created a foldable and waterproof splint for fractured bones strikes a distribution deal in South Australia and is now looking to go global.

The coaches of SANFL clubs Sturt and Port Adelaide hope more than 40,000 fans turn up to Sunday's grand final at Adelaide Oval.

The Emmys bounty of Big Little Lies was a given, according to the executive producer's mother, who's more worried about her favourite AFL team winning this year's flag.

Ken Hinkley will coach the Power until at least the end of the 2021 season after securing a new deal with the South Australian AFL club, ending speculation he was set to join Gold Coast.

A "massive challenge" awaits South Australia's new Health Minister, according to peak doctor's group the AMA, as the health system struggles with overcrowding.

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley denies reports he has reached a deal with the club but insists he will remain with the Power at least until the end of 2018.

Police Minister Peter Malinauskas is widely tipped to take on the high profile health ministry when South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill unveils his new-look cabinet at Government House this afternoon.

In a row of tiny sheds housing mechanics, sign writers and engineers in Adelaide's northern suburb of Salisbury lies a workshop where precision engineering and art come together.

Assistant ministers Chris Picton and Katrine Hildyard will be elevated to Cabinet in the wake of resignations from Leesa Vlahos and Jack Snelling, with the Premier set to unveil his refreshed ministry this afternoon, months out from the state election.

SA Health Minister Jack Snelling quits Cabinet less than two weeks after the new Royal Adelaide Hospital is opened and will resign as a MP at the March election.

Organisers of the City-Bay Fun Run are re-evaluating the event's future, following a significant drop in numbers and increased competition from similar events.

They have confronted their personal demons in the outback, but now a group of Operation Flinders graduates in Adelaide are taking on the challenge of being an urban firefighter.

A koala is released back into the wild after enduring a 16-kilometre nightmare holding onto the axle of a four-wheel drive in the Adelaide Hills.

People addicted to the internet are more likely to have problematic sexual interactions with strangers online and their addiction should be treated as a disorder, an expert at Flinders University in South Australia says.

Campus vendors excluded from a Flinders University revamp were in tears as they closed their doors for the last time, while academic staff wait to see how they're affected by the introduction of specialist teaching roles.

Former defence minister David Johnston, who once declared he would not trust government shipyard ASC to "build a canoe", now believes the Adelaide-based company should play a major role in the construction of Australia's most high-tech warships.

In his report, ombudsman Wayne Lines found Debra Lane had overseen unauthorised payments at a State Government board.

Former Xenophon running mate turned independent MLC John Darley and retired lawyer Peter Humphries plan to campaign on "positive policies" and oppose the SA Government's planned bank levy.