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A mother and her son with a disability waited two hours for an access taxi before a Good Samaritan drove them to an Adelaide hospital. 53m ago 53 minutes ago Mon 12 May 2025 at 5:26am
Wildlife authorities say a large marine animal found dead this morning after it was hit by a vehicle on a major Adelaide road was an Australian sea lion, and have described the incident as a "freak accident" — despite a warning from a passer-by the previous day. Mon 7 Apr Mon 7 Apr Mon 7 Apr 2025 at 6:12am
The opposition leader has promised to pour more money into a freight bypass estimated to divert trucks from metropolitan Adelaide. Mon 7 Apr Mon 7 Apr Mon 7 Apr 2025 at 3:01am
The imposition of US import tariffs is the latest in a long series of challenges for SA farmers, who have battled frost and flooding in recent years, and are currently contending with drought. Thu 3 Apr Thu 3 Apr Thu 3 Apr 2025 at 7:04pm
The total reservoir levels across metropolitan Adelaide are at 38 per cent compared to 50 per cent at the same day last year, SA Water data shows. Wed 2 Apr Wed 2 Apr Wed 2 Apr 2025 at 2:24am
Adelaide United defender Josh Cavallo, Australia's first openly gay professional footballer, says he still receives daily death threats since coming out more than three years ago. Wed 19 Mar Wed 19 Mar Wed 19 Mar 2025 at 6:59am
Media personality Ali Clarke has shared how she was verbally abused and refused a ride by a taxi driver in Adelaide. Fri 7 Mar Fri 7 Mar Fri 7 Mar 2025 at 7:11am
Children are skipping school because families are running out of water to shower or wash uniforms, a South Australian mayor says amid record dry weather in the state. Thu 6 Mar Thu 6 Mar Thu 6 Mar 2025 at 5:03am
A third man has faced court in New South Wales charged over an alleged robbery in South Australia in which collectable coins worth $1 million, cash and firearms were stolen. Tue 4 Mar Tue 4 Mar Tue 4 Mar 2025 at 3:30am
Off-duty police officers have arrested a man who allegedly stabbed another man just one day after after a random, unrelated attack in Adelaide's CBD. Tue 4 Mar Tue 4 Mar Tue 4 Mar 2025 at 1:31am
While the SA Premier says a decision to put the Whyalla steelworks into administration is about Australia's steelmaking future, it's also about the many workers, contractors and businesses that rely on it for their livelihoods. Wed 19 Feb Wed 19 Feb Wed 19 Feb 2025 at 10:10pm
A gusty change on Boxing Day will keep firefighters on "high alert" in South Australia as total fire bans are declared in five regions across the state. Thu 26 Dec Thu 26 Dec Thu 26 Dec 2024 at 2:40am
Italian tourist Gabriele Cairo, who was driving a campervan in regional SA when he caused a crash that left a woman and her parents dead, is handed a suspended sentence over what the judge described as a "true tragedy for everyone involved". Fri 22 Nov Fri 22 Nov Fri 22 Nov 2024 at 2:36am
Two men have been arrested and a family of three have been taken to hospital after a fire burnt through 33 hectares of grass in Adelaide's northern suburbs. Sat 2 Nov Sat 2 Nov Sat 2 Nov 2024 at 8:06pm
A disability advocate says the death of a woman with "significant" disabilities and who was living in "squalid conditions" is a reminder that change is needed to ensure people do not "slip through the cracks". Thu 31 Oct Thu 31 Oct Thu 31 Oct 2024 at 5:16am
South Australian police are investigating whether the death of a 26-year-old woman with "significant physical and intellectual disabilities" was the result of criminal neglect. Wed 30 Oct Wed 30 Oct Wed 30 Oct 2024 at 7:13am
The tribunal overseeing energy prices in New South Wales is investigating whether power infrastructure company Transgrid failed to provide a reliable supply to residents in the far west after a second outage within a week. Wed 23 Oct Wed 23 Oct Wed 23 Oct 2024 at 9:39am
Residents in the far west of New South Wales will be without power until Tuesday afternoon as the sole generator being used since wild weather brought down transmission towers has shut down. Tue 22 Oct Tue 22 Oct Tue 22 Oct 2024 at 2:42am
Darren Brown says he has gone to "every length" to get the hotel he runs properly listed on Google, and that without the visibility the losses to the business have been "immeasurable". Tue 22 Oct Tue 22 Oct Tue 22 Oct 2024 at 2:52am
A landlord found to have broken the law by turning a one-bedroom Adelaide unit into an apartment with five bedrooms has lost a legal bid to avoid returning the flat to its original state by early next week. Mon 28 Oct Mon 28 Oct Mon 28 Oct 2024 at 11:49pm
David Speirs has announced he intends to quit parliament and pause his Liberal party membership, with police saying he has also been charged. What does this mean for his future and the electorate he represents? Sun 6 Oct Sun 6 Oct Sun 6 Oct 2024 at 9:12pm
Former SA opposition leader David Speirs has been charged with two counts of supplying a controlled substance and will face court, police have confirmed. Sat 5 Oct Sat 5 Oct Sat 5 Oct 2024 at 8:54am
A man has been left with life-threatening injuries after a car was allegedly driven "at speed" into a crowd outside a pub in South Australia at the start of the long weekend, police say. Sat 5 Oct Sat 5 Oct Sat 5 Oct 2024 at 3:15am
With three SA tomato businesses, including a major supplier, forced into quarantine because of the outbreak of a crop virus, workers like Sharon Tarisesei have lost their jobs, and are apprehensive about securing future employment. Thu 26 Sep Thu 26 Sep Thu 26 Sep 2024 at 10:39pm
As governments — and social media giants — announce measures aimed to safeguard children from social media, teenagers continue to access popular apps such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and Youtube. So what can caregivers do to help children navigate social media safely?
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Cold weather in southern Queensland expected to remain until next week
The weather divide between Queensland's north and south has sharpened this week, as those above of the Tropic of Capricorn enjoy beach weather while southerners crowd around heaters and fireplaces. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the north is sitting on or slightly above average temperatures for this time of year. Cairns and Port Douglas are forecast to reach 28 degrees Celsius on Thursday, after similar conditions on Wednesday. On the coast north of Cairns, Ellis Beach Oceanfront Holiday Park manager Nick Giampietro said the sunshine had been a drawcard for southern travellers. "It's beautiful, a little overcast, but people are still swimming in the ocean and the pool, getting around in their bikinis and speedos," he said. "It's really busy at the moment. Most of our powered sites are booked. "Being our peak season, it's chaotic up here." Mr Giampietro said the park had been packed with people escaping the chill. "We've got all the southerners up here getting away from the cold weather down there," he said. Those who decided to tough it out in the south will have their resolve tested, with minimum temperatures forecast to stay well below average for about another week. Oakey on the Darling Downs and the Wellcamp Airport outside Toowoomba plummeted to almost -4C just before 5am on Thursday, while Applethorpe, Dalby, Miles and Warwick all dipped well into the negatives. Further west, Roma in the Maranoa recorded -2.3C, while Kingaroy in the Wide Bay region reached -3C. Daniel Hayes from the Bureau of Meteorology said inland parts of southern and central Queensland would continue to experience minimum temperatures between 4 and 10C below average until Monday. "Very clear, very dry conditions with very low humidity really allow that heat to escape during the day," he said. "Once the sun goes down, we start radiating all that heat out — and with no moisture, no cloud, and very little wind to interfere, it's getting very cool." Mr Hayes said frigid overnight conditions would lead to widespread frost. "Maybe not quite as widespread into places like the Channel Country and up into the Central Highlands and Coalfields," he said. "But we're still expecting to see a fair bit of frost through parts of the Maranoa, the Warrego, and the Darling Downs." There is some relief on the horizon, with a trough developing in the Northern Territory that could lift temperatures in Queensland as it moves east next week. "Probably around Tuesday in particular," Mr Hayes said. "Then we may finally start to see a bit of an easing of those very cool overnight temperatures. "Still probably a little below average — just less cold, rather than particularly warm." He said the same system could even bring some rain to the far north and showers down the coast. "Into places like the Herbert and Lower Burdekin, the northern Goldfields, Upper Flinders, Central Coast, and maybe even into the Capricornia area," he said.
ABC News
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- ABC News
Ghost mushroom season off to slow start under dry conditions in SA's south east
Drought conditions have slowed mushroom growth in South Australia's south-east, including the glowing fungi that has become a popular tourist attraction. Walk the Limestone Coast owner Natasha Dawson has been running ghost mushroom tours in the lower Limestone Coast for the past five years. She said that while the bioluminescent species Omphalotus nidiformis was found across Australia, the Limestone Coast, particularly its forested areas, was the hotspot for them. ForestrySA set up the Ghost Mushroom Lane tourist attraction in 2017, but a poor season in 2023 led to visits to Glencoe confined to tours run by Ms Dawson. So far this year, even she has yet to find enough of the mushrooms to take groups through. "I've found small patches [but] not enough that I would normally like to run a tour," Ms Dawson said. "The key thing is they're just not glowing." Local photographer Steve Chapple said he had also noticed a slow start to the mushroom season. "There's been a fairly significant lack of rain for everybody," he said. Ms Dawson said the ghost fungi species was sensitive to changes to the microclimate. "Of course they need rain, but we also think that they might have needed those really cold nights that we start getting in May to help as well," she said. Flinders University mycologist Michael Taylor said a lack of moisture in the soil meant the fungi had a harder time forming mushrooms. "A really good winter season is normally preceded by a good wet summer," Dr Taylor said. "So the longer it is dry for, the less likely it is that we're going to see a whole lot of mushrooms pop out." Dr Taylor said while no surveying had been undertaken, his observations were that it had "not been a great year for mushrooms so far". "We might see what we call a flush [of mushrooms] towards the end of winter, or into spring, if conditions stay a little bit wet and a little bit more moderate in temperature," he said. "Or we might just have a crumby season all round. Hopefully, we get some better rains next year." He said the lack of glowing could be an indicator that the fungi were not well-fed or were stressed. Ms Dawson said that with recent rain and cooler temperatures, she was hopeful the mushrooms would appear soon. Mr Chapple said he had recently started taking groups out on photography tours as mushrooms have begun to appear, including ghost mushrooms. "It's always cyclical," he said. "But I was panicking about some of the rarer ones that people come from interstate to see. It was a bit difficult to find them this year." In the long term, Dr Taylor said climate change could also change the distribution of different species. "There's probably going to be a mixture of introduced fungi, temperature, rainfall, and a few things that may well change what fungi we see and where we see them over the next 10 to 20 years," he said.
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‘Could have been devastating': What saved kayakers lost in extremely remote area
A group of men has been rescued from their kayaks after becoming stuck in an extremely remote area of NSW. The six men were kayaking downstream the Shoalhaven River on Monday after entering from the Oallen Ford with plans to arrive at the Bungonia State Recreation Centre near the Bee Box track exit. After the group failed to reach their pre-positioned vehicles, someone activated a personal locater beacon near Spa Rd Windellama about 1pm the same day, NSW Police said. A large-scale search operation was launched, with crews from NSW Ambulance, police rescue and bomb disposal unit, Polair, TOLL helicopters and the SES on the scene, and officers taking up a post at the Windellama Hall. The group was finally spotted at a remote location in a stepsided gorge. They were unable to go up or down the river and the location was not accessible by road. The TOLL helicopter and ambulance crews were able to rescue four of the six men, aged 51, 59, 60 and 64. They were taken back to the command post and treated for minor injuries and exposure. The remaining two men were forced to camp with two critical care paramedics overnight as the conditions became too dark to continue the rescue operation. The next day, about 10.50am, the 52-year-old and 26-year-old, were winched to safety and transported to Windellama, neither suffering any injuries. Superintendent Linda Bradbury said the men may not have been rescued had they not used a personal location beacon. 'The group of kayakers had necessary equipment to support their trip and had notified friends of their plans,' she said. 'The location they found themselves in was extremely remote and had they not been carrying a personal locator beacon, the outcome could have been devastating.' She reminded the public to check the weather conditions and are wearing suitable clothing before taking part in adventure sports – especially in remote locations. 'We thank all of the emergency service agencies for their contribution during the search and rescue operation,' she said. '(We) remind anyone heading out to engage in adventure sports, that they check the conditions, make sure they are wearing suitable clothing and carrying sufficient supplies, check the weather conditions and most importantly carry a personal locator beacon – which in this case, was lifesaving.'
