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Site for high-level nuclear waste dump under AUKUS deal must be in national interest, SA premier says

South Australia has been chosen to build submarines under the AUKUS deal, but its premier says that doesn't necessarily mean the state is the best location for the required nuclear waste dump.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2023

AUKUS submarine deal tipped to create more than 8,000 SA jobs, first local vessel by early 2040s

South Australia is set to become the "home of Australian nuclear-powered submarine construction", with an estimated workforce of at least 8,000 needed to build AUKUS subs and shipbuilding facilities over 30 years, according to the federal government.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2023

What will next week's AUKUS talks mean for South Australia's shipbuilding industry?

SA's shipbuilders are on tenterhooks ahead of next week's AUKUS discussions, which will finalise an agreement around the future of Australia's submarine fleet. Here's why that deal is so important for South Australia.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Labor's Lucy Hood welcomes brother Ben Hood to parliament as Liberal MP in historic first

A new Liberal MP has been sworn in to South Australia's Legislative Council but Ben Hood's first day of parliament has been a bit different to most, with his sister Lucy, who is a Labor MP welcoming him to the house.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023

South Australian Liberal Party task force aimed at engaging more women rejects enforceable quotas

The South Australian Liberal Party has rejected enforceable quotas, and will instead adopt targets in its attempts to increase the number of women in the state's parliament.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

Cancelling anti-Zelenskyy speaker at Writers' Week would be 'step towards Putin's Russia', Peter Malinauskas says

Peter Malinauskas says he strongly considered cancelling funding to Adelaide Writers' Week amid controversy over an author's views on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but his overriding consideration was to "ensure freedom of speech isn't compromised by cancel culture".

ABC News · Mar 3, 2023

Supercars finale claims $51 million benefit

The Supercars season-ending Adelaide 500 has announced a record-breaking economic benefit of over $51 million.

Motorsport · Mar 2, 2023

SA is on the right road to becoming super-charged

The Royal Automobile Association has started to roll out the first of 140 new charging stations for electric vehicles in Adelaide and across regional SA.

AAP · Mar 2, 2023

Anthony Albanese, Peter Malinauskas fast track hospital beds for Flinders Medical Centre, as patient shares photos of storeroom stay

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier Peter Malinauskas announce more beds for Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide's south, as a patient posts photos online of their stay in a storeroom.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

Retail workers' union renews calls for Easter Sunday to be made public holiday in SA

South Australia is the only mainland state where Easter Sunday is not a public holiday, something the retail workers' union is pushing to change. The state's premier says a review is already underway, but no changes will be made in time for this Easter.

ABC News · Feb 19, 2023