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South Australia
The latest news, analysis and opinion on South Australia. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
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Adelaide
Head of Government
Premier Peter Malinauskas
Illustration: Brian Wang
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Can Hongkongers trust smartwatches, or are they being misled?

Medical practitioners and fitness experts say wearable tech could support personalised, proactive healthcare as adoption hits 63 per cent among Hongkongers.

Australia

Australia ramps up Aukus funding with US$3.2 billion for nuclear submarine yard

India

Quad’s proposed port project in Fiji risks being ‘another empty promise’

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China-Australia relations

Australia’s 180-degree shift from 5 years ago: China in favour; US out

Aussie comedian exposes the truth about nation’s feelings towards US president, democracy and public safety.

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An Australian tour revealed the nation’s growing sentiment of warming to China, while Trump’s tariffs and foreign policy have increasingly seen the US viewed with suspicion or as ‘unsafe’. Photo: AP
Australia

Record heat in Australia, as temperatures near 50 degrees Celsius

Authorities urge caution as temperatures soar, fuelling out of control fires.

Australia

Australia offers free solar power to households in green energy push

Australia plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent by 2030, but this goal clashes with its reliance on coal and fossil fuel exports.

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Australia

Australia investigating Optus emergency calls outage linked to 4 deaths

The incident comes after Optus was fined A$12 million by regulators for failing to provide emergency call services to thousands during a 2023 outage.

View of an Optus shop in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Reuters
Australia

Baby among 3 dead in Australia after network failure hits emergency calls

Communications Minister Anika Wells ordered an investigation into the outage, saying the firm ‘let Australians down’.

Australia

Sayonara, soy fish: Australian state bans plastic containers in world first

The small size of the 30ml takeaway packs makes them difficult to recycle, South Australia’s environment minister says.

Australia

Australia’s youngest-ever senator is 21 – and she wasn’t expected to win

The odds had been stacked against Charlotte Walker being elected, a political historian said, but she did it anyway.

Newly elected Australian Senator Charlotte Walker speaks during an interview in Adelaide on Monday. Photo: Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP
Australia

What’s in the air? Australian state reels from deluge of dust

New South Wales is grappling with a widespread dust storm days after record flooding that killed five and displaced 50,000 people.

A dust storm from drought-stricken South Australia hit coastal New South Wales on Tuesday morning. Photo: X/@fictillius
Australia

Openly gay Australian football player still faces online death threats

Josh Cavallo, who plays for Adelaide United, was 21 in 2021 when he decided to come out.

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Wellness

She is their miracle baby – yet she has a rare, fatal disease with no cure

The life expectancy of an infant with Tay-Sachs disease, which has no cure, is two to four years. The Hong Kong-based parents of Freya Maclay talk about their mission to raise awareness of the disease.

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Indonesia

Australian caught with meth in Bali sentenced to 6-month rehabilitation

Troy Andrew Smith, who was on a honeymoon in Bali, said he ordered the drugs from a man in Australia three weeks before his arrest.

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Troy Andrew Smith (centre) arrives at a courtroom to attend his trial in Denpasar, Bali, on July 4. Photo: AFP
Australia

‘Pick a pair’: Chinese premier promises Australia more pandas

The second day of Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia on Sunday focused on positive aspects of the bilateral relationship.

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China’s Premier Li Qiang shakes hands with South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas (left) at Adelaide Zoo on Sunday. Photo: dpa
China-Australia relations

Chinese premier tells Australia: let’s try to set aside our differences

Li kicks off visit where trade is expected to feature prominently with message stressing importance of ‘seeking common ground’.

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Indonesia

Australian tourist on trial in Indonesia for alleged drug possession on Bali

Troy Andrew Smith was arrested on April 30 after police raided his hotel and seized 3.15 grams of crystal methamphetamine from his room.

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Climate change

Opinion | How Asia’s demand for air con threatens its climate change goals

Heatwaves across Asia are driving demand for air conditioners, which are both a way to ease the effects of heat and a contributor to climate change. As governments test out solutions, energy flexibility and incentives for consumers to shift power use to off-peak hours offer a promising way forward.

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Workers count boxes of air conditioners outside a shop during a heatwave in Ahmedabad, India, on May 30. Estimates suggest India will overtake China as the largest consumer of air conditioning around 2045. Photo: Reuters
Tourism

As naturists intended: 8 of the world’s best nudist beaches

Public nudity is generally taboo in Asia, but for those who wish to sunbathe in their birthday suit, here are 8 of the world’s best nudist beaches, from Haulover Beach, Miami to Mar Bella, Barcelona.

China-Australia relations

Australian wine returns to China, but ‘good old days’ gone and adversity remains

After Beijing’s recent lifting of crippling wine tariffs that had been in effect since early in the pandemic, Chinese customers will need to be convinced to buy new stocks of Australian wine.

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Australia

Singapore-born vet fined, sanctioned for obscene acts with animals in Australia

Marcus Tan Wei Sheng was fined US$3,289 and ordered to work under strict supervision for five years.

A Singapore-born veterinary surgeon working in Australia has been fined for a series of inappropriate acts involving animals. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong racing

Chung completes apprenticeship with explosive Valley win on Colourful Emperor

The 27-year-old graduates to the senior jockey ranks after triumphing at the city circuit for boss Tony Cruz

Angus Chung graduates from his apprenticeship after booting home Colourful Emperor at Happy Valley. Photo: Kenneth Chan
LIV Golf

Norman sees success of Adelaide formula as blueprint for all LIV Golf events

The growing promise of the fledgling tour is no better illustrated than by the success of the Australian stop, says the tour boss.

Wellness

If exercise helps depression more than counselling, this woman is living proof

A study finds that physical activity is more effective than counselling or leading medications for improving depression, anxiety and distress symptoms – as shown by a runner who says it saved her life.

Australia

Australia insists Aukus subs ‘going to happen’ despite risk of Trump’s return

Australian defence minister Richard Marles said Canberra, London and Washington are ‘working at pace to make this happen’.

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A US navy Virginia-class submarine docked at the HMAS Stirling port in Rockingham, Australia. Photo: AFP
Australia

UK’s BAE to build fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, Australia says

The subs – a key step in the Aukus security pact – will be quieter and stealthier than Australia’s existing fleet and will not carry nuclear weapons.

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US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Aukus partnership in San Diego, California on. March 13, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Wellness

How a stroke raises the risk of having dementia months, even decades, later

A stroke increases the short-term risk of dementia, which is no surprise, but new research shows the increased risk can last for 20 years after a stroke, even after recovering some abilities post-stroke.

Food and Drinks

Why wine producers around the world are ripping out vines

Winemakers around the world are ripping out vines in the face of higher production costs, reduced demand and falling prices, and replacing them with alternative crops.

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