A festival of footy centred on Adelaide Oval would showcase all nine AFL matches in a single round next year, under South Australia’s bid for a proposed one-state carnival.

SA Health’s chief executive Dr Robyn Lawrence said reducing ambulance ramping times would be one of her first priorities in her new role.

The Wallabies  match  against the Springboks at Adelaide Oval proved a  multimillion dollar winner for the state’s tourism sector, which recorded winter revenue highs.

And almost four million Australians tuned into the live television broadcast of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral in London to farewell the longest-reigning British monarch. 

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