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Authorities are investigating whether a mass wash-up of dead cockles at a popular holiday destination south of Adelaide is linked to an algal bloom that recently caused widespread fish deaths.

Rates of child removal in South Australia are among the highest in the country and experts say prohibitive checks conducted by the Department for Child Protection are barring family members from becoming kinship carers.

In South Australia, a public inquiry has found the number of Aboriginal children being removed from their families is approaching levels equivalent to the Stolen Generations. One in every ten First Nations children is in state care, and that figure is expected to increase to 14 in every 100 within…

In the remote South Australian Aboriginal community Yalata employment is a challenge. The community is located ten hours north-west of Adelaide on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain. It’s striving to become financially self-sufficient with community owned enterprises and it's found a way to create…

It's NAIDOC Week – a time to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of First Nations people. Artists from Kokatha, Mirning, Wirangoo and other coastal nations are exhibiting their works and using their art and culture to speak up about the environment at Ceduna on the shores of Murat Bay…

The Fair Work Commission has decided to increase the national minimum wage by 3.75 per cent, effective from July.

South Australia is going ahead with a Voice to Parliament despite the failure of the federal referendum. Could the model be adopted by other states and territories?

Female prisoners are some of the most vulnerable and voiceless. Barkindji song woman Nancy Bates is working to change that through her music. Now some of the women she mentored in jail will have their voices heard by tens of thousands of people at an Australia Day event in Adelaide singing a song…

Penong was the only town in Australia to vote No in the historic 1967 referendum. Ahead of the Voice to Parliament referendum, these local Elders feel let down by the Yes campaign's efforts.

An Indigenous burial ground unearthed on South Australia's largest housing development on Kaurna land is believed to be among the largest and most significant sites in the state. Work was brought to a halt in July at the Riverlea development after the discovery of ancestral remains was reported to the police. The palm-lined estate promising ‘a whole new way of living' will eventually be home to 40,000 residents under a 15-year plan to build 12000 homes, 30 km north of Adelaide.…

Elite navy clearance divers involved in the rescue of a colleague who was attacked by a shark in Sydney Harbour say there’s an unacceptable rate of suicide in their unit. Providing evidence at the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide in Adelaide on Thursday, three former divers highlighted a failure of the navy to implement safety measures and provide psychological support following a near “catastrophic” shark attack. Three clearance divers died by suicide in t…

The High Court has heard the prosecution’s case for Derek Bromley to remain in prison for a murder in Adelaide he has always said he didn’t commit.

Derek Bromley has spent almost 40 years in a South Australian prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. He’s making one last bid for freedom this week.

Multinational energy company ElectraNet was last year told to engage with the Traditional Owners of a site in South Australia after destroying it to build a powerline. They say they've heard nothing since.

Richard Boyle thought he was doing the right thing when he spoke up about his employer, but it ended his career.

How an Australian Punjabi filmmaker's frustration with discrimination led him to create a new film festival focusing on diversity and inclusion.

Barefoot in her Adelaide kitchen, Ramilla remembered some important advice she’d learnt at an English class when she came face-to-face with one of Australia's most dangerous animals.

Staff at an abattoir in South Australia say they were made to stay on site after returning positive COVID-19 tests. At least 140 people - many of them migrant workers - are now believed to have contracted the virus.

A special project in Adelaide is helping Indigenous children connect to Country through personalised lullabies written and sung by their parents and carers.

In a remote Aboriginal community near Coober Pedy in the South Australian desert, a decades-long dream of an art centre is finally being realised.