The Latest Breaking News from South Australia

Walker unexpectedly took the sixth Senate spot for Labor in South Australia at the election on 3 May – her 21st birthday

“Obviously, there's a lot of pressure," the 21-year-old senator said

Australia has just welcomed its youngest senator ever, with 21-year-old Charlotte Walker snaring South Australia's sixth upper house seat.

Buttons have been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate in South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. Labor gained a seat from the Liberals in SA, with the other two unchanged. There’s also been further counting in close lower house seats.

South Australia is famously the driest state on the driest inhabited continent.

Swathes of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia are in the grip of drought as they experience some of the lowest rainfall totals on record.

Some have speculated there is a link, but it’s too soon to say, one expert says, with toxicology results expected to reveal more soon

A number of Australian states including New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia have issued warnings in recent weeks about the risks of eating wild mushrooms.

Karenia mikimotoi algae has spread across more than 150km of coastline since it was first detected in March

Karenia mikimotoi algae can suffocate fish, cause haemorrhaging and act as a neurotoxin, one expert says

Farmers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on hay as the promised winter rain is pushed back until June