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APY board set to elect lands chairman

December 5, 2008 12:43:00

The newly elected APY executive board will have less than a week to decide who it will elect as the next lands chairman.[MORE]

Tags: aboriginal, marla-5724, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540

'No' to recreational fishing licences

December 5, 2008 11:35:00

SA Premier Mike Rann has rejected idea of fishing licences for recreational anglers.[MORE]

Tags: climate-change, fishing-aquaculture, fish, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

More cuts to Indian Pacific service

December 5, 2008 09:00:00

Great Southern Railway has announced further cuts to its Indian Pacific service.[MORE]

Tags: rail-transport, sa, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540, wa, perth-6000

Licence push for recreational anglers

December 5, 2008 08:20:00

The Conservation Council wants the SA Govt to introduce mandatory licensing for recreational anglers.[MORE]

Tags: climate-change, fishing-aquaculture, fish, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Welfare agency questions water price rise

December 4, 2008 18:04:00

A welfare agency questions higher water charges announced in South Australia.[MORE]

Tags: welfare, drought, states-and-territories, water, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

MP mixes chloride and chlorine

December 4, 2008 15:29:00

A MP mixes up chloride and chlorine as he argues about water concerns in SA.[MORE]

Tags: drought, states-and-territories, offbeat, water, sa, adelaide-5000, ceduna-5690, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, whyalla-5600

More SA trainees find work: report

December 4, 2008 12:07:00

South Australians who graduate in vocational education training have recorded the highest success rate in getting jobs of any state.[MORE]

Tags: careers, apprenticeships, vocational, work, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Water costs to rise 18 per cent

December 4, 2008 12:00:00

The SA Govt says the average household will pay almost $50 more per year for water from July 2009.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, water, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Mine industry remains up-beat: Holloway

December 4, 2008 11:27:00

The South Australian Government says there is still plenty of confidence among the state's miners, despite plunging commodity prices.[MORE]

Tags: mining, states-and-territories, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, whyalla-5600

Singer re-elected in APY poll

December 3, 2008 20:06:00

The chairman of the APY Lands executive board Bernard Singer has been re-elected as a councillor in his electorate of Amaranu in the far north-west of South Australia.[MORE]

Tags: indigenous, sa, ceduna-5690, marla-5724, port-augusta-5700

Great Artesian Basin 'a vital resource'

December 3, 2008 09:12:00

Graziers and scientists say it is crucial there is more work done to avoid a water crisis in the Great Artesian Basin.[MORE]

Tags: environmental-management, water, australia, broken-hill-2880, tamworth-2340, alice-springs-0870, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, toowoomba-4350, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540

Cut disability bureaucracy: Oppn

December 3, 2008 07:48:00

The SA Oppn says disability services would be improved with a reallocation of resources.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, disabilities, health-administration, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

SA Govt defends drugs rise in jails

December 2, 2008 14:30:00

The Opposition blames overcrowding for more security concerns in SA jails.[MORE]

Tags: prisons-and-punishment, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Wrong Vacswim info given by dept

December 2, 2008 12:48:00

A department says it gave the SA Govt wrong information about vacation swimming.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Dangerous toys banned from sale

December 2, 2008 12:02:00

Dangerous toys taken off South Australian shop shelves in time for Christmas. [MORE]

Tags: consumer-protection, children, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

SA bushland 'under threat'

December 2, 2008 08:06:00

Conservationist say that more than 4,000 hectares of native South Australian bushland is under threat as a result of Federal Government funding cuts.[MORE]

Tags: environmental-management, federal-government, greens, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

UniSA denies Govt's Vacswim claims

December 2, 2008 07:41:00

UniSA has denied any involvement with Vacswim, contradicting claims by the State Govt. [MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, surf-life-saving, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

SA records wage drop

December 2, 2008 07:25:00

Business SA says a drop in wages shows employers are responding to the global financial crisis.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, work, international-financial-crisis, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

SA housing cost rise 'not all bad':REI

December 1, 2008 13:01:00

The Real Estate Institute says there is a bright side to rising house costs in SA.[MORE]

Tags: housing, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Vacswim changes 'dangerous'

December 1, 2008 08:38:00

The Royal Life Saving Society has slammed changes to the annual Vacswim holiday swimming program.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Uncertainty over Augusta, Pirie ABC childcare centres

November 28, 2008 14:44:00

The future of the ABC Learning childcare centres in Port Augusta and Port Pirie are in doubt.[MORE]

Tags: company-news, child-care, port-augusta-5700, port-pirie-5540

Rail crossings to be upgraded

November 28, 2008 10:21:00

Some of South Australia's most dangerous rail level crossings will be fixed under a new state and local government plan.[MORE]

Tags: local-government, states-and-territories, rail-transport, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Country birth plan 'scandalous'

November 28, 2008 08:33:00

The SA Opposition says women who give birth in country hospitals could be discharged within hours under a new Govt plan.[MORE]

Tags: pregnancy-and-childbirth, rural, health-policy, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341