Tourism industry reels as fire devastates KI
Kangaroo Island’s vital tourism industry has been hard by fires left some of its greatest assets in ruins, including one of the world’s finest hotels which has been completely destroyed.
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Trolls force Facebook group’s closure
One of Adelaide’s biggest community Facebook pages is shutting down, with its founders exhausted by having to deal with trolls.
Guns pointed during crime spree
A drug addict who allegedly threatened several people with guns across northern Adelaide will spend the next six months in custody while police investigate his crime spree.
Housing ruled out on public reserve
“Fifteen wankers on Facebook” who ran a campaign against residential development on public land at Salisbury have won their battle, with the council voting against housing.
Cash-strapped Bulldogs want rate discount
Central District Football Club has laid bare its financial problems in a plea for rate relief from Playford Council, saying it is struggling to water its oval.
Shopping centre carparks become giant solar farms
One of the country’s biggest shopping centre owners has finished converting two carparks at Elizabeth and Castle Plaza into giant solar farms.
Changing SA: The boom in Adelaide’s north
The northern suburbs has been a hotbed for development over the past decade with at least one township literally doubling in size — Explore our series of drone images to see SA’s decade of change.
Council spends $1.3m on lawyers in two years
Adelaide’s most debt-laden council has spent $1.3 million on lawyers over the past two years, including almost $300,000 over the sacking of its high profile chief executive.
South Australia’s floating prison for wayward teens
For more than a decade in the 19th century, hundreds of young South Australian boys with behavioural issues were dumped on a rotting, leaky sailing ship moored off Largs Bay. This is their astonishing story.
Nothing marginal about pay-to-win politics
Tens of millions of dollars worth of promises went into getting Nicolle Flint re-elected but vote-buying pollies force our really needy communities to go without, writes Colin James
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