Stephanie Richards

South Australia’s health department may have “miscalculated” the due dates of hundreds of pregnant women, prompting concerns some could have been induced too early, ABC News can reveal.

Work on the $200 million Tarrkarri building has been on hold since October 2022, following a $50 million cost blowout and state government concerns the design was “sub-standard”.

SA’s child protection minister orders a review of cases involving the removal of newborn babies from their mothers at public birthing hospitals, following damning whistleblower claims of “inhumane” practices.

A South Australian woman suffering a potentially fatal heart condition lodges a complaint with Adelaide’s biggest public hospital after it postponed her open-heart surgery amid mounting pressure on the state’s health system.

A former detainee who allegedly indecently assaulted an Adelaide motel guest three weeks after he was released from Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre, has been further remanded in custody until February, after he appeared agitated in court.

The 75-year-old Queensland man charged over Sunday’s outback rail crash at a crossing on the Barrier Highway that killed two freight train drivers is granted bail, on the condition that he report daily to police.

The SA Salaried Medical Officers Association says there were 115 patients in the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s emergency department on Tuesday afternoon, with dozens more left “shoulder to shoulder” in the waiting room.

The 16-year-old South Australian boy has been sentenced as an adult to three years in prison, but is now eligible to apply for parole after his time served in youth detention was taken into account.

Almost two dozen South Australian teenagers in state care who are at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse have been unable to get the help they need from a specialist public health service that has reached capacity, according to the state’s child protection watchdog

Michael Purse was picked up from the Adelaide Casino before being stabbed, punched and kicked at a Kilburn unit in 2019. His body has never been found.