Author: Charlie Gilchrist
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Bonaros slams major parties for not supporting pokies reforms
SA-Best MLC Connie Bonaros’s bill to legislate extended restrictions on gambling advertising on television and radio successfully passed the Legislative Council last Wednesday, and is now making its way to the Lower House. The Gambling Administration (Limitation on Advertising) Amendment Bill 2024 would extend restrictions on gambling advertising on television and radio when, according to…
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SA Lib leader stands firm on net-zero target despite local party exodus
In a pitch to South Australia’s top end of town, Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia promised that the Liberals would prioritise small government policies, ruled out dumping net-zero, and said the state needed “an honest conversation about levels of migration”. He ruled out any changes to the SA Liberals’ position on net-zero, despite reports that his…
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Signs of algal bloom ‘clearing up’ as likely cause revealed
Latest results from the South Australian Algal Bloom Water Testing and Monitoring Program on November 4 showed that there was zero Karenia detected at 14 out of 21 metropolitan onshore sites. In the state government’s weekly algal bloom update, it said this was a sharp reduction compared to results from October 21, when there were…
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SA teachers hit by flying objects in 26 million worth of compo claims
Latest annual data released to InDaily showed there were 780 compensation claims totalling $26.45 million made against the state’s Education Department in the past year – with falls, trips and slips the highest at 217 alleged incidents. However, Australian Education Union South Australian (AEU SA) branch president Jennie-Marie Gorman feared there were far more incidents…
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New $25m Indigenous school after old site demolished for South Road
Warriappendi Secondary School officially opened its new home in Thebarton on Monday after it was forced to relocate from its former site at Marleston. The school was now located in the refurbished former TechinSA buildings. Originally established in the 1980s by two Aunties, Veronica Brodie and Leila Rankine, Warriappendi is currently attended by about 80…
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Bradman’s former cricket club makes $9m transformation pitch
Grand $9 million plans for a brand-new clubroom housing the Kensington District Cricket Club (The Browns) and Burnside Rugby Union Club are looking for their final tick of approval from the City of Burnside assessment panel. Work on the new club was expected to start at Kensington Gardens Reserve in January next year, with clubs…
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Your Views: Letters to the Editor
Responding to ‘Urgency and political will’: SA’s climate risk threatens entire communities Those are very good points made over the urgent need to accept and also tackle climate change. But there are laggards among us who work to enhance climate change. The most obvious of these is Santos, which promotes and continues to dig up…
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‘Kick in the guts’: Nurses and midwives march on SA parliament
Nurses and midwives are marching from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in North Adelaide, while others will take to the streets from the Royal Adelaide Hospital – nurses from regional and suburban hospitals will be bussed into the city. The healthcare workers are fed up with government negotiations, including yesterday’s pay offer rally organisers claimed…