Chardonnay is back, but new wave
REBECCA PUDDYLean, leggy and with just a hint struck-match aroma, Australia’s new wave of chardonnays are gaining the advantage.
Euthanasia lobby aims at Victoria
MICHAEL OWEN, REBECCA PUDDYEuthanasia campaigners will turn to Victoria to pass the nation’s first right-to-die laws at a state level.
Hospital builder fights notice
REBECCA PUDDYA $2.1bn contract to build the new Royal Adelaide Hospital could be terminated because of incomplete work.
EXCLUSIVEAnger at memorial knockback
REBECCA PUDDYThe war memorial director has slammed a Belgian decision to withdraw approval for a memorial to Australian soldiers.
$1m shop credit ‘unconscionable’
REBECCA PUDDYA store owner on remote Aboriginal lands gave loans to customers and then withdrew money from their bank accounts.
exclusiveMayor sues for defamation
REBECCA PUDDYAn SA mayor has committed to action over alleged defamation on social media by a failed Xenophon candidate.
Buck stops with Day: liquidator
REBECCA PUDDYBob Day may have committed a federal offence by shifting money between his housing businesses, his liquidator says.
exclusiveBack off, shipbuilders warn
REBECCA PUDDYShipbuilders will begin industrial action against the ASC shipyards over unprecedented intervention in pay negotiations.
Others ‘to follow SA power fail’
REBECCA PUDDYOther states will fall into the same power crisis that SA is seeing, an Adelaide-based power company has warned.
Plan to help indigenous women
REBECCA PUDDY, ROSIE LEWISMalcolm Turnbull will today in Brisbane announce a three-year domestic violence action plan.
Hospital blew up Socceroo: son
REBECCA PUDDYA former soccer player experienced an excruciating death after his bladder was connected to his oxygen supply in hospital.
EXCLUSIVESecret letter: power help plea
REBECCA PUDDYDetails of government negotiations with SA’s last coal-fired power station released after a 16-month battle to keep it secret.
exclusiveTurbine maker resists change
REBECCA PUDDY, ANNABEL HEPWORTHA manufacturer of turbines that tripped in the SA storms won’t accept a change that would avert future shutdowns.
Lawsuit over SA wind shutdown
REBECCA PUDDY, ANNABEL HEPWORTHSouth Australian businesses left without power could form a class action.
Wind farms first to fall
Rebecca PuddyWind farms were the first domino to fall in a cascade of errors that led to a statewide blackout in SA, report finds.
exclusiveMine ‘kill switch’ to save grid
MICHAEL OWEN, REBECCA PUDDYA firm has been forced to install an interim ‘kill switch’ to immediately cut power to mines to protect SA’s network.
Towns brace for more flooding
REBECCA PUDDY, VICTORIA LAURIEMalcolm Turnbull will today visit flood-ravaged communities in South Australia.
exclusiveOwner to replace ageing lines
REBECCA PUDDYSA’s electricity network owner has admitted it needs to spend more money on the state’s ageing transmission lines.
exclusiveElectraNet tower risk ‘warning’
REBECCA PUDDYThe operator of SA’s electricity transmission infrastructure was warned of the risk of tower collapse a decade ago.
‘Laughing stock of nation’
REBECCA PUDDYA state-based emissions trading system needs to be introduced in South Australia before summer, Nick Xenophon says.
Insurance ‘won’t cover losses’
REBECCA PUDDYThe financial cost of South Australia’s statewide blackout could run into billions of dollars.
No let-up as low keeps pounding
MICHAEL OWEN, REBECCA PUDDYFor a second night, South Australia has suffered through a destructive storm front.
UPDATEDSA cops another battering
Verity Edwards, REBECCA PUDDY, MICHAEL OWENAbout 30,000 homes remain without power as a destructive storm, with 140km/h winds, lashes the state.
Premier resists blackout inquiry
Jared Owens, Rebecca Puddy, Verity EdwardsThe Premier insists a statewide power failure was not linked to SA’s high renewable energy use.
ExclusiveKit creates Super Diggers
REBECCA PUDDYAustralian troops are to gain superhero strength, with trials of powered titanium exoskeletons likely next year.
ExclusiveStaffer’s festival windfall
REBECCA PUDDYThousands of dollars to bail out Adelaide’s Feast Festival were secured by a former staffer to Jack Snelling.
exclusiveMundine to push hard on list
REBECCA PUDDYWarren Mundine has pledged to step up his push to create a national indigenous birth register to stop rorting.
Judge worried by race process
REBECCA PUDDYA judge has raised concerns about the process for determining Aboriginality in rejecting a racial discrimination claim.
exclusiveAPY child protection jobs vacant
REBECCA PUDDYJust one of six child-protection jobs in SA’s remote Aboriginal communities is filled, despite fears of widespread sex abuse.
EXCLUSIVEHalf APY grant accounts flagged
REBECCA PUDDYAn audit has queried almost half the government grant transactions in South Australia’s remote Aboriginal lands.
