Stephanie Richards

Cloud and questions over CBD Aboriginal cultural centre

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Labor’s March 2022 state election victory on Sunday, Premier Peter Malinauskas sat down with Stephanie Richards to discuss progress on promises to fix ramping, the politics of heritage protection, his views on jailing 10-year-olds and the challenges of a second year in office.

The state government is set to quash proposed new laws to establish a gender equality commission in South Australia – despite supporting the legislation while in opposition – prompting SA Best to accuse it of “pathetic hypocrisy”.

An Adelaide charity that provides second-hand beds and mattresses to people moving out of homelessness into housing has appealed for more donations, as supplies dwindle and it resorts to buying camping mattresses to keep up with demand.

The University of Adelaide says its finances are better than expected after the pandemic with international student applications up 30 per cent - as it prepares to consult on a potential merger that its Vice-Chancellor admits could cause a “dip” in global rankings.

EXCLUSIVE | The state government will need to invest a “big capital cost” to create an internationally-significant Aboriginal cultural centre at Lot Fourteen, but the end result could be a building that rivals the Sydney Opera House, the team reviewing the suspended project says.

The state government has released more details about a $220 million new hospital at Mt Barker, as the Opposition warns of a “hospital log jam” and increasing ambulance ramping.

UPDATED: Deputy Premier Susan Close says Flinders University is likely to financially benefit from a proposed merger of the universities of Adelaide and South Australia, but acknowledges there will be some “implications” for the Bedford Park-based institution.

The state government will hand up to $3 million to low-income residents of River Murray communities forced to spend more on fuel to travel around the inundated region, as rising floodwaters prompt the imminent closure of the Tailem Bend ferry.

An estimated 35,000 South Australians can expect to contract Long COVID and more than 600 patients are already seeking specialist support for the chronic illness, SA Health says.