Rival states make a play for defence, space industries
WESTERN Australia is “ready, willing and able” to take over South Australia’s submarine sustainment work, while Victoria’s Premier reckons Melbourne should be the new space agency’s home.
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Maralinga nuke test crusader’s heartfelt plea
AVON Hudson is still fighting – but his battle for the rights of those exposed to deadly radiation at Maralinga in the 1950s and ’60s is becoming lonelier.
Big water users forced to boost the Murray
BIG Adelaide water users and stormwater will be targeted to get more water in the Murray, Water Minister David Speirs has told The Advertiser.
Marshall wants answers on Vic firm’s tourism coup
PREMIER Steven Marshall has called an urgent meeting with the South Australian Tourism Commission to work out why they awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to a Victorian company.
Senator’s call to open the Coorong to ocean
THE Coorong “is dying”, Senator David Leyonhjelm has told the Productivity Commission, adding that it is “stagnant, highly saline and stinking”.
Murray vote is based on outdated information
THE fate of the Murray rests on an imminent vote on hundreds of gigalitres — but the Senate has been given information “not representative” of the actual situation.
Push for ‘our Silicon Valley’ at old RAH site
TRANSFORMING the old RAH site into a global hi-tech hub — Adelaide’s own Silicon Valley — would be the centrepiece of a City Deal involving all levels of government and higher education leaders.
TAFE SA course suspensions revoked
TAFE SA is off the naughty list with the Australian Skills Quality Authority revoking the suspension of ten courses — as it becomes a crucial cog in Australia’s shipbuilding industry.
Eat-more-fat lecturer banned from unis
A woman who claims a high-fat diet can “starve” cancer has been banned from using Adelaide universities for her lectures.
Abbott slams Putin for ‘outrageous’ decision
A FURIOUS Tony Abbott has slammed Russia over the decision to veto an investigation into the MH17 disaster, saying it “reinforces concerns” that Putin is protecting the killers.
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