Stephanie Richards

South Australia's public health department suspends 10 staff over allegations they "inappropriately" accessed the medical records of a patient ABC News understands to be the SA police commissioner's son. 

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.

Average SA household water bills will increase by $80 each year to help pay for $1.5 billion worth of new mains water and sewerage connections to rapidly growing Adelaide suburbs.

Health experts have criticised a new campaign aimed at easing pressures on the state’s hospital system. The ad depicts a range of injury and illness scenarios, accompanied by the dramatic opening of Beethoven's fifth symphony.

Two South Australian Aboriginal health clinics have temporarily closed due to a nationwide Telstra data outage, which has also left three regional councils unable to perform critical services.

The South Australian government plans to introduce what it describes as "world-leading" laws to ban political parties from receiving electoral donations at a state level but concedes the proposed reforms could be subject to a High Court challenge.

Billions of dollars are being spent on early childhood education, skills and training, and infrastructure projects, but for many voters, current challenges like the rising cost of living and the housing shortage are likely to be at the forefront of their minds. So, has the latest budget done enough to address the state's problems?

South Australia's Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People says First Nations children's rights are being "trampled on" by what she describes as a "institutionally racist" child protection system.

Media personality and Port Adelaide Football Club chairman David Koch has been appointed as the next South Australian Tourism Commission chair.

The latest monthly crime statistics released by SA Police show 22 murders were reported across the state in the past year – a 69 per cent increase from the 13 murders reported in the year prior.

South Australia's largest women's soccer club is searching for a permanent home as the "Matildas effect" drives more women and girls to the game. But some clubs are having to turn people away because of a lack of pitches, coaches and equipment.

Many new home owners in Adelaide's north are currently relying on vacuum trucks to empty sewage tanks. The government has blamed the former Liberal government for the shortfall in infrastructure.

Adelaide's planned Tarrkarri Centre for First Nations Cultures is dealt a further blow, with a request for more federal government funding expected to be knocked back.

The South Australian government is considering introducing laws against the "unscrupulous" practice, which involves contacting a survivor of abuse or personal injury without their permission to encourage them to make a claim for compensation.

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.

Train drivers have called off a strike during next week's AFL Showdown between Port Adelaide and the Adelaide Crows after reaching an "in principle" agreement over a pay dispute.

The operator of the Adelaide Casino could soon face heftier penalties of up to $75 million if it is found to engage in misconduct, under a proposed overhaul of South Australia's gambling laws.

Childhood dementia kills as many Australian children as cancer but the former receives much less funding. The South Australian government has stepped in to help families like Renee Staska whose three children are living with the illness.

Damning claims by an SA government whistleblower have been levelled against the way child protection authorities are removing newborns from their mothers at public hospitals, sometimes just minutes after giving birth. 

More than 24 hours after polling booths closed in the Dunstan by-election, voters are yet to officially find out who will succeed the state's former premier, Steven Marshall, in the state's most marginal seat.

As a heated by-election campaign wrapped up for former South Australian Premier Steven Marshall's former seat, the SA Liberals converged on their scene of defeat at the last state election.

South Australia's Department for Child Protection (DCP) has apologised over claims of "indefensible" practices of removing newborns from First Nations mothers shortly after birth, causing trauma to the mothers, families and health staff.

Voting has closed across South Australia for the state's inaugural First Nations Voice to Parliament election, with a result not expected until the end of March.

New arrivals in SA from war-torn countries will receive additional support from the state government as part of a new humanitarian package.