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2nd December 2024

100-room, four-star hotel in huge Hills cinema overhaul

The owners of Mount Barker’s cinema have revealed massive plans for a hotel, rooftop function centre and huge entertainment options for local kids. See the plans.

Huge windfall for RAA in deal with major insurer

RAA will receive a large windfall after striking a 20 year deal with Allianz Australia over its insurance business.

Energy illiterate politicians have built a green power disaster

Leading journalist Chris Uhlmann explains how our political leaders are delivering a breathtakingly expensive and unreliable energy grid that will make Australia poorer and weaker.

15,000 homes for northern Adelaide under new plan

Dry Creek’s salt fields will be turned into a master-planned community with a “minimum” of 15,000 homes under a push by the state government.

Listed: The SA schools that will be bursting at the seams in 2025

Some of the state’s largest public schools will be well over capacity next year, but thousands of desks will sit empty at others. Search schools near you.

‘We sincerely regret that’: Hospo company sorry for Australia Day ban

Australian Venue Co has apologised for its plan to cancel acknowledgements or celebrations of the national day at its pubs, saying “it is not for us to tell anyone whether or how t...

‘No cap, being a cop is bussin’: Police target schoolies in new ad

Have you seen the new SAPOL recruitment advertisement targeted at school leavers. Cringe or bussin’? Have your say in our poll.

Top ranking Brisbane bikie charged over Australia’s biggest coke bust

A Brisbane bikie boss is among 13 people arrested over what police say is the largest cocaine haul in Australia’s history after their second dodgy boat broke down. See inside the v...

‘No great divide’: Head refutes split talk

Batsman Travis Head has put to bed any speculation of a ‘divide’ between the Australian batters and bowlers on the back of Josh Hazlewood’s ambiguous comments.

Track Watch: Draper dazzles, round 1 bolter emerges

After a controlled first week, Sid Draper was unleashed during the Crows’ match simulation – and everyone was left stunned. Plus, new roles and the untried young gun making his cas...

Pub group apologises for Australia Day ban

The decision by Australia’s second-largest pub group to ban Australia Day celebrations in 2025 has ignited a wave of public outrage, with thousands calling for boycotts of the affe...

Shocking soldier suicides can no longer be ignored

With a permanent independent body to oversee the cultural and systemic changes needed to address the suicide rate among Defence personnel, the issue can never be ignored again.

‘Yes, yes’: Hotel manager’s killer cheers in court at release

More than two decades ago, this man affected by mental illness killed a hotel manager for refusing his request for a cigarette. Now he’s been freed – with several big conditions.

Power 20 revealed: Who is SA’s most influential in business?

They are the brains behind $100m ideas and the leaders backing critical South Australia projects with their own capital. See the 2024 business power rankings.

Truckie with appalling driving record jailed for family smash

A distracted truck driver with an appalling record behind the wheel has been jailed after he ran a red light and crashed into a family car. Watch the dashcam.

Blackout warning forces urgent bid to restart diesel generators

Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis is warning of electricity load shedding unless mothballed diesel generators are revived.

See inside Adelaide’s new $70m data centre

A new $70m data centre in Adelaide’s west has opened its doors as AI and cloud computing fuel a surge in new hi-tech storage facilities. See inside.

‘I know where I came from and I don’t want to go back’

Sport has been a “form of therapy” for this South Australian teen who had a rough start in life. Now she has her sights on Brisbane in 2032.

Port plucks suburban footballer from nowhere

No Coates League? No VFL? No worries! A 19-year-old with just 12 games of senior footy under his belt has been invited to train with Port Adelaide for a spot on its list.

Two dead after Rye shooting, intruder beat resident with baton

Two intruders armed with a rifle broke into a Mornington Peninsula home before a scuffle broke out and a man and woman were shot dead.