Bitter blue over butterfly: Could these insects sink AUKUS subs?
Alarm is being raised about the $368bn nuclear-powered submarine project’s shipyard expansion threatening rare butterflies.
Environment & Climate
Water in the Eyre: 4200 jobs to flow from Mali’s $5bn desal plant
A $5bn water desalination plant and 600km pipeline network on Eyre Peninsula would transform our economy and supercharge a range of major industrial projects, a business case has found.
Iron Man Mali’s $1bn plan to make SA a green energy superpower
Premier Peter Malinauskas will spearhead a three-day economic summit in a bid to supercharge his plan to capitalise on the green industrial revolution.
Whyalla steelworks gets $63m government boost
The GFG Alliance-owned Whyalla steelworks has received a $63m federal government grant to help fund its shift from coal to electric-based steelmaking.
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Practise what you preach, Kouts tells climate protesters
The Energy Minister has ripped into Extinction Rebellion protesters, accusing them of hypocrisy and jeopardising their own message.
Highest flows in 50 years to breathe new life into Coorong
SA’s Lower Lakes have long been suffering – but high flows into the Murray means people will see big changes.
Flood threat looms but ‘let’s not kill our industry before it’s killed’
River Murray businesses are preparing for serious flooding but are also calling on visitors not to abandon them as water from the Victorian crisis begins to make its way downstream.
‘Can’t see situation improving’: Rising river floods SA holiday park
One half of a Loxton caravan park has flooded, with operators predicting the situation will “heavily affect” busy summer and Christmas periods and is unlikely to improve until the new year.
Our world is in turmoil … so what happens next?
War, famine, climate change, Covid – the latest Fearless Conversation forum looks at the local fallout from world emergencies. Watch it here.
Tyres, TVs, car parts: Illegal dumping reaches breaking point
A woman who moved from Melbourne is sick of seeing constant rubbish dumped in SA’s forests, demanding a change in attitude. See the shocking photos here.
When science goes wrong: Dozens of native animals killed
Dozens of native animals, including endangered species, have been accidentally killed during approved scientific studies. Some even starved after being caught in traps.
‘You’ll die before you see the water in the Murray’ unless…
The new commissioner for the River Murray says we will die before we see the promised 450GL of water handed back, unless the government comes good on its promise.
As seas rise, sand carting won’t be enough to save our beaches
Trucks carting sand will be needed on Adelaide’s beaches for years to come … and you can thank climate change. But we need more creative solutions to solve coastal erosion.
Watch now: We need to wake up, this is not normal weather
The Fearless Conversations panel tackles the threat of climate change – how heatwaves and rising sea levels will affect Adelaide, and what the answers might be. Watch it here.
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