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Hospital crisis sees elective surgeries cancelled

South Australia's public hospital system is in an 'unprecedented crisis', with a 'code yellow' declared to try and ease pressure on emergency departments.

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Labor on track to kick 116-year by-election hoodoo

The winner of the Dunstan by-election in Adelaide's eastern suburbs is likely to be confirmed as Labor's Cressida O'Hanlon when counting resumes.

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Wounded SA Liberal leader clings on, eyes more control

SA Liberal leader David Speirs says he has the support of his party colleagues but has pledged internal changes after a disappointing by-election result.

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SA government on track for historic win in by-election

A large swing to the Greens appears to have helped the South Australian government to a historic by-election win in a huge fillip to Premier Peter Malinauskas.

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Knife-edge by-election has leaders sweating

As the Malinauskas government marks its halfway point, it faces an honest appraisal from voters at the knife-edge Dunstan by-election.

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Logging paused amid koala deaths but solution unclear

There is concern for the future of koalas on Kangaroo Island with footage showing them falling from trees despite loggers halting operations.

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Dead koala footage sparks calls for logging halt

Claims koalas are being killed in droves by logging operations on Kangaroo Island have prompted calls for an immediate halt to protect the marsupials.

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School beach ban backflip after rash of shark attacks

The education department is aiming to resume beach swimming lessons after it banned on-water activities amid concern over shark attacks off the SA coast.

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Liberal MP's walkout inevitable, says party leader

The SA Liberals have been left only 15 seats in the House of Assembly after one of its MPs left the party to become an independent.

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Liberals push for inquiry into Murray flood response

The South Australian opposition wants a parliamentary committee to look into the Murray River flooding, including the government's response to the disaster.

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SA opposition leader criticised over beheading remark when defending anti-protest laws

David Speirs said protest was ‘a good thing’, but ‘there are some countries where your head would be cut off for doing that sort of protest’

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Protest penalties defended by SA opposition leader on basis 'your head would be cut off' in some countries

The SA Greens and Human Rights Watch condemn a remark defending SA's controversial protest penalties by opposition leader David Speirs, who said that in some countries "your head would be cut off" for taking to the streets.

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SA rushes through tougher laws for climate protests

South Australia will lift fines for public obstruction to $50,000 or three months' jail amid a wave of climate protests.

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Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested as SA government plans drastic fine increase

The SA government is looking to increase fines from $750 to $50,000 after an Extinction Rebellion protest caused major traffic delays yesterday, with the group today targeting the Santos building.

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Four-year-old sick boy left without pillow at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital, opposition says

A boy who was admitted to hospital in pain last month with a suspected bowel obstruction had to sleep on a folded up towel because nurses couldn't find him a pillow, despite an audit by the state government into hospital supplies.

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LIV Golf coincides with 'egregious' abuses in Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch warns

As South Australia prepares to host the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, a human rights watchdog condemns the tournament as a blatant example of "sportswashing" amid a period of "egregious" human rights abuses.

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SA Liberals look to the future with values statement

SA Opposition Leader David Speirs has moved to modernise the Liberals after the party's loss to Labor at the last state election in 2022.

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Ambulances ramped in Flinders Medical Centre car park, as emergency department hits capacity twice in past week

Ambulances are being ramped in a dedicated space on the fourth floor of a major Adelaide hospital.

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South Australia's historic Indigenous Voice to Parliament has passed, but what happens now?

South Australia's Premier Peter Malinauskas has conceded he does not expect the state's First Nations Voice to Parliament to lead to sudden improvements but hopes that "over years and decades to come, there is some positive change".

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SA becomes first Australian jurisdiction to create First Nations Voice to Parliament as historic bill passes

South Australians gather in the heart of the Adelaide's CBD to watch history being made as the First Nations Voice to Parliament bill is passed.

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SA Libs want parliamentary committee to oversee AUKUS

The South Australian opposition says a state parliamentary committee should oversee the AUKUS project to ensure continued bipartisan support.

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South Australian doctors' union warns Adelaide's hospitals are unprepared for winter surge

SA Health promises to open another 26 beds at the Flinders Medical Centre next week, as the state opposition labels the government's "fit to sit" strategy a "sham" and a "disgrace".

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Young Women's and Children's Hospital cochlear implant bungle victim describes years of struggle

Jun Ting Song — who has just turned nine years old — is one of 30 identified children whose cochlear implant was not programmed properly at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital.

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Women's and Children's Hospital cochlear implant bungle left Aspasia and Amelia to 'suffer in silence'

A mother whose nine-year-old daughter's cochlear implant was wrongly programmed at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide says her issues with the hospital's audiology department date back years and include misdiagnoses and delayed treatments.

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Here's what we know so far about the SA ICAC report titled 'Yes Minister'

SA's premier and opposition leader both say the unnamed minister in an ICAC report is not them and they don't believe it to be any of their colleagues either.

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