Author: Belinda Willis
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Smug One’s silo mural highlights Kapunda’s copper mining past
Produced and curated by renowned street art collective Juddy Roller, a flagship landmark artwork now towers 30 metres above the ground and is a celebration of the town’s deeply rooted history of neighbourly camaraderie. After more than five weeks of painting through rain, hail, and shine, Smug One’s mural is an ode to the region’s…
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Smithson: Who’s bedding down Plan B if global climate conference bid fails?
Hosting the world’s most prominent climate conference in November next year would be a global coup which the Premier can’t resist. He won’t have long to wait for a decision which is due in Brazil within days. The United Nations COP31 would add to his list of achievements lifting the sometimes-forgotten city of Adelaide onto…
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New judge at SA Employment Tribunal
A new Deputy President Judge has been announced on Monday morning to head the South Australian Employment Tribunal (SAET), with Jodie Carrel promoted into the role from her former position as Managing Commissioner. The promotion was prompted by the announcement of the upcoming retirement of SAET Deputy President Judge Brian Gilchrist in March next year.…
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Critical future for SA as rare earths are talk of the town
Anthony Albanese’s recent trip to Washington has introduced the term ‘critical minerals’, and more specifically, ‘rare earths’, to many Australians. When China threatened to curtail access to these minerals in its most recent move in the ongoing US trade war, Albanese knew he had a real chip to play in Washington – Australia’s rich deposits…
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Strict secrecy over Snowtown killer’s parole review
Snowtown serial killer James Vlassakis has appeared at a hearing to set a date for a review of a decision to release him on parole. But Parole Administrative Review Commissioner Michael David KC has ruled the review hearing will be closed to the media. Vlassakis, who is aged in his mid-40s, appeared via videolink on…
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Shop ’til we drop: SA’s mass clothing recycling weekend tackles dire dumping figures
In a state-wide bid to save thousands of tonnes of unwanted clothes from landfill, a Set Your Clothes Free event for pre-loved clothing and footwear suitable for donation, along with household linens like bedding, bath towels, tablecloths and curtains, is happening at 13 sites. Linens in good condition would be offered for free to charities,…
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‘Urgency and political will’: SA’s climate risk threatens entire communities
Climate risk is no longer tomorrow’s problem. For South Australia, it is already reshaping where we can farm, how we power our economy, and how we safeguard our communities. Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA) lays this bare. It maps the hazards – more extreme heat, longer droughts, intensifying bushfires and floods, and rising…
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Murray cod and turtles set free in multimillion-dollar fix
A new regulator, dubbed by the Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt as nation-leading design, has boosted water flow by five times through the 10km-long Bookmark Creek in the Riverland. It has a fishway that allows turtles and native fish, like the Murray cod, to travel between the creek and the nearby River Murray “both upstream…
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‘Brush with death’: Controversial former prosecutor Stephen Pallaras tells all
Mystery and rumour have surrounded an accident and horrific injuries suffered by former high-profile SA Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Pallaras KC. He was rushed to hospital after a fall outside his home on September 4. Such was the urgency to put him into intensive medical care that his wife Stacey didn’t know for three…
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First-ever direct flight from sister city lands in Adelaide
A new Air New Zealand connection between Adelaide and Christchurch would bolster the state’s tourism coffers, the government said. The first-ever Christchurch-Adelaide service landed last night, marking the first direct route between the South Australian capital and a sister city. Christchurch was Adelaide’s first sister city, with the international partnership dating back to 1972. Tourism…