Businesses must stop using South Australia’s housing crisis as an excuse to hike the price of their materials, and restrictions on land supply must be slashed to fix the state’s “profound” affordability issues, leading builders say.

Huge increases in feed and diesel costs are pumping up the price of producing chicken, as the effects of the Ukraine war and global grain shortages flow down to South Australian farms.

Australian Dance Theatre will embark on its most extensive regional South Australian tour in three decades this month.

And in sport, how key forward Charlie Dixon presents when assessed by Port Adelaide on Monday could be the key to whether the Power spearhead plays his first AFL game of the season against North Melbourne on Saturday.

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