Children and Christmas enthusiasts alike have been turned away when trying to visit Santa Claus at the Magic Cave.

THE closure of South Australia’s largest thermal generator almost a decade earlier than expected will come at the cost of 100 jobs, a bill to taxpayers of almost $20m and increased threat to the reliability of the state’s power grid.

MANNUM’S kids are worried the embattled town will “not have a very nice Christmas” if rising waters inundate the riverside community.

Independent supermarket operator Foodland is launching its own liquor store chain, promising to showcase the state’s finest producers as it battles head-on with rival grocery retailers.