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Adelaide
Meredith Booth has been a reporter for The Australian in the Adelaide bureau since 2014. She previously reported on business for The Advertiser where she also held roles as opinion editor and features editor. She has been a journalist since 1991.

Builders left out in cold

NRAH

Builders of the new $2.3bn Royal Adelaide Hospital have been snubbed by Premier Jay Weatherill.

Qatari company ‘must divest’

Robert Brokenshire Presser

Australian Conservatives ask Julie Bishop to sanction Hassad Australia and force divestment of agriculture properties.

SA takes control of hospital

Ramping

The move means the Government begins paying a $380m annual service payment to operating consortium Celsus.

‘Not time for hospital games’

New RAH

The dispute over the new Royal Adelaide Hospital has sent a bad message to overseas investors.

Nurse-killer gets 32 years’ jail

Police hold concerns for the safety of Gayle Woodford, who is missing in South Australia's APY Lands. Source: Facebook

The killer of nurse Gayle Woodford was ‘cold-blooded’ and ‘callous in the extreme’, a court was told yesterday.

Women who inspired Beatles

Naomi Price Lady Beatle

Naomi Price’s cabaret show is a magical mystery tour of the Fab Four’s musical muses.

Pedophile says sorry to victims

Pedophile says sorry to victims

A person of interest in the missing Beaumont children cold case has apologised for sexually abusing victims

Aussie terror death confirmed

Aussie terror death confirmed

The heartbroken mother of Sara Zelenak has delivered the grim news about a second Australian death in London.

Whistle blown on Oakden in 2008

Whistle blown on Oakden in 2008

Fiona Meredith says her 2008 report on Oakden ‘bears a striking resemblance’ to the chief psychiatrists’ report.

Australian nurse ‘went to help others’

Australian nurse ‘went to help others’

The family of South Australian Kirsty Boden says she died “as she ran towards danger” on London Bridge.

exclusiveRepairs for new $2.3bn hospital

Repairs for new $2.3bn hospital

All 40 operating theatres at the $2.3bn new Royal Adelaide Hospital are being retrofitted at taxpayers’ expense.

ALP blocks public Oakden probe

ALP blocks public Oakden probe

The state government has resisted holding a public probe into decade-long abuses at the Oakden aged-care home.

‘Blow’ as airline grounds fleet

‘Blow’ as airline grounds fleet

SA charter airline Rossair says the loss of three men and a 10-seater plane in a crash overnight is devastating.

Three dead in plane crash

Three dead in plane crash

Three people have died after their light aircraft crashed near Renmark in South Australia.

Resident placed in isolation

Resident placed in isolation

A man charged with the 2008 murder of Graham Rollbusch at the Oakden nursing home was dangerous to other residents.

Coroner probes Oakden murder

Coroner probes Oakden murder

Coroner Mark Johns has opened an inquiry into the murder of an elderly bed-bound man in his nursing home room.

Hospital wait times ‘sanitised’

Hospital wait times ‘sanitised’

Patients waiting for emergency treatment were given sham admissions to ‘sanitise’ wait times.

ExclusiveJewels of the night shines light

Jewels of the night shines light

Stars in the night sky above the Murray River are jewels in an untapped tourism market.

Girl showed no sign of jihad

Girl showed no sign of jihad

An Adelaide woman charged with being a member of Islamic State showed no signs of radicalisation

Police question Cassie’s fiance

Police question Cassie’s fiance

Federal police questioned Scott Broadbridge upon his return to Australia from visiting fiancee Cassie Sainsbury.

exclusiveWhere welfare exceeds tax

Where welfare exceeds tax

At least 15 areas have become welfare enclaves where residents receive more in benefits than they pay in income tax.

‘Reform market’ to cut blackouts

‘Reform market’ to cut blackouts

Urgent changes to electricity market rules are needed to reduce the risk of power blackouts and restrictions.

SA pressured to cut payroll tax

SA pressured to cut payroll tax

Business groups are pressuring the Weatherill government to reduce payroll tax.

Power price surge ‘killing jobs’

Power price surge ‘killing jobs’

South Australia’s high electricity prices have contributed to its soaring unemployment rate, Business SA says.

Predator ‘utterly depraved’

Predator ‘utterly depraved’

A judge labelled Salt Creek predator Roman Heinze ­’utterly depraved’ as she sentenced him to at least 17 years’ jail.

Salt Creek judge slams police

Salt Creek judge slams police

As Roman Heinze was sentenced, the judge also took a swipe at three off-duty officers who were in the area at the time.

Trump has 1984 at centre-stage

Trump has 1984 at centre-stage

George Orwell’s 1984 has seen such a resurgence of interest that theatre adaptations are capitalising on it.

‘No more Taj Mahal hospitals’

‘No more Taj Mahal hospitals’

Australians can no longer afford big budget hospitals like the new $2bn Royal Adelaide hospital, physicians’ congress told.

Hospital issues ‘with builders’

Hospital issues ‘with builders’

After repeated delays, the $2.3 billion new Royal Adelaide Hospital will open on September 5, $640 million over budget.

exclusiveHospital builders set to walk

Hospital builders set to walk

Builders of the Royal Adelaide Hospital are considering walking away from the project and taking legal action.