The Latest Breaking News from Susan Close

The state government has denied accusations that it is breaking an election promise to offer free preschool for three-year-olds from 2026.

The South Australian parliament has passed a motion declaring a climate emergency, reaffirming an urgent need to decarbonise the state's economy.

South Australia and the Northern Territory should seek inspiration from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and seek to reunify after more than 110 years as separate jurisdictions, former SA deputy premier Vickie Chapman tells parliament in her farewell speech.

Water stakeholders in South Australia say they will stand their ground to ensure water for the environment is delivered in full, as NSW Water Minister Kevin Anderson sparks debate with comments on radio.

The theft of six-week-old pit bull puppies during a break-in in Adelaide's south left the dogs' owners "devastated" — but police have since recovered two of the animals and charged a 37-year-old man.

Former environment minister David Speirs has confirmed he's in the running to become opposition leader, saying the SA Liberal Party needs to apologise for a "very bad" election campaign.

A major shake-up of the governance of South Australia's outback has been scrapped as the newly elected state government takes a more conservation-based approach.