Harvey Biggs

The South Australian government is urgently seeking to restart two mothballed diesel-powered generators as it warns the state is at risk of blackouts this summer.

The South Australian parliament has backed laws to strip money out of politics – essentially, out of their own pockets. So how did the bill attract broad political support?

Just before midnight on Wednesday, the South Australian parliament passed a raft of changes to how politics runs in the state. Here's a look at what has changed. 

The company says it will use some of the funds to fix the Whyalla steelwork's blast furnace which has been offline since August.

As Sanjeev Gupta’s global empire lurches from one crisis to the next, the metals tycoon has told ABC News he’s committed to returning Whyalla’s steelworks to profitability, again promising a $1 billion transition to making green steel at the plant.

Whyalla steelworks owner Sanjeev Gupta is facing another major challenge, with rail company Aurizon suspending some of its services for GFG Alliance over unpaid debts.

Up to 116 jobs are set to be cut at mining operations connected to GFG Alliance in regional SA in the latest wave of redundancies across mining and steelworks operations in the area.

A former steelworks employee says he fears someone will “get hurt” because not enough preventative maintenance work was being done at the Whyalla plant, but the company says it is committed to safety and its green iron and steel plans.

Former South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs has not held back in his assessment both of his successor's fledgling leadership and his party's chances at the next state election, saying there is a "level of shambolic-ness about what's going on".

Former Paralympic champion turned Liberal MP, Matt Cowdrey, is accusing the SA government of failing to adequately support a pre-games appeal, labelling the situation "bitterly disappointing" and urging the premier to "have a heart" — but the government says it has made a "very strong contribution".