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Swimming with dolphins in Baird Bay.

This is one of our greatest experiences – so why isn’t it more famous?

Perhaps getting to this remote corner of South Australia is the reason, but now there’s a stunning place to stay when you arrive.

  • Ute Junker

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Australian Ballet dancers Joseph Romancewicz and Belle Urwin in a rehearsal room at the Sydney Opera House. Telstra Let’s Dance provides rare opportunities for country kids to learn directly from The Australian Ballets talented artists and go behind the scenes of life as a professional ballet dancer, an opportunity rarely given to kids in regional areas. Sydney. April 24, 2025. Photo: Louise Kennerley

‘Take down the walls’: The innovative program bringing ballet to the bush

Hundreds of children in regional Australia will have the opportunity to learn from the Australian Ballet’s teachers and dancers.

  • Cindy Yin

‘I’ll never live that down’: SA’s premier on tricky photo shoots – and trickier votes

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas on why he’s a good and bad Catholic, a vote he still struggles with – and those shirtless photos.

  • Benjamin Law
The Whyalla steelworks in South Australia is in adminstration for the second time in less than a decade.

What went wrong in Whyalla? And why is the government getting involved?

Governments have promised a $2.4 billion taxpayer bailout, if a new buyer can be found for the beleaguered mill.

  • Mike Foley
South Australia’s new Monarto Safari Resort.

An African-style safari on home soil? This Aussie resort is a game-changer

Home to a herd of newly relocated elephants and a deluxe 78-room hotel, South Australia’s Monarto Safari Park is the newest bucket-list stay for wildlife lovers.

  • Anthony Dennis
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Bizarre reason why Adelaide Oval lights went out

An Australian team request for an evening hit in the Adelaide Oval nets led to the bizarre spectacle of the ground’s new LED lights going out twice in an over on the first night of the day/night Test.

  • Daniel Brettig
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The pros and cons of a ‘good bloke’ prime minister

I find it alarming that the astute Niki Savva sees Peter Dutton as electable despite his failure to produce a single, costed economic policy. Albanese, for all his faults, does stand for something other than himself.

Paul Fletcher MP

If the Libs offered more pros, there might be no ‘con job’

I voted for Nicolette Boele in the last federal election not because Paul Fletcher was part of one of the worst governments ever inflicted upon this country, but apparently because I am such a stupid woman I had no idea what I was doing.

Dan Clarken and Oopy McGillivray with their Melbourne Cup runner, The Map.

Small-time trainers and knockabout owners keeping the Cup dream alive

The Map went to the right stable to bring out her best, and now she carries the hopes of a Tasmanian breeder, a bunch of knockabout owners, two laid-back trainers and those who love the romance of the Melbourne Cup.

  • Peter Ryan
The hotel is perfectly positioned on the corner of King William and Franklin Streets.

Home of the first overseas telegram now a five-star hotel

Adelaide’s historic GPO has been reimagined with a 14-storey cube-like tower behind the 150-year-old building.

  • Jane Reddy

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