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NEW VESSELS: SeaLink plans an estimated $50 million in new larger drive-through ferries delivering a faster service and upgraded infrastructure. Image supplied

SeaLink secures Kangaroo Island ferry contract for next 25 years

Stan Gorton

VISION: Energy and Mines Minister and Stuart MP Dan van Holst Pellekaan, left, and Nyrstar smelter chief Dale Webb share the vision for a green hydrogen plant in Port Pirie.

Smelter-bration!

Greg Mayfield

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison. Picture: Keegan Carroll

DIGESTChina-Australia relationship still on rough seas

Kayla Osborne

Tatiara District Council Mayor, Graham Excell in front of Hawke House 2019. Photo: Taylor Harvey

Honouring Bob Hawke

Sophie Conlon

The cause of the fire is unknown and CFS volunteers quickly got it under control. Photo: Sophie Conlon

Paddock fire on the outskirts of Bordertown

Sophie Conlon

Law: John Dawkins MLC, President of the Legislative Council, with the Suicide Prevention Bill which has been passed in South Australian Parliament. Picture: Supplied

OUR FUTURESA Parliament passes Australia-first suicide prevention Bill

Sarah Falson

Big returns for Christmas prawn catch

OUR BUSINESSBig returns for Christmas prawn catch

Jarrad Delaney

NEW VESSELS: SeaLink plans an estimated $50 million in new larger drive-through ferries delivering a faster service and upgraded infrastructure. Image supplied

SeaLink secures Kangaroo Island ferry contract for next 25 years

Stan Gorton

VISION: Energy and Mines Minister and Stuart MP Dan van Holst Pellekaan, left, and Nyrstar smelter chief Dale Webb share the vision for a green hydrogen plant in Port Pirie.

Smelter-bration!

Greg Mayfield

Sixteen nominees have been shortlisted for South Australia's 2021 Australian of the Year Awards. The event will be live-streamed on ACM websites on Monday.

WATCHReplay SA's 2021 Australian of the Year awards ceremony

Mice bait rebates to be extended into 2022

Mice bait rebates to be extended into 2022

Warning for race fans after COVID-positive case attends Bathurst 1000

Warning for race fans after COVID-positive case attends Bathurst 1000

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison. Picture: Keegan Carroll

DIGESTChina-Australia relationship still on rough seas

Department of Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Pandemic 'stress test' result sat on for years before COVID-19

Paul Kelly says more information on the Omicron variant's ability to evade vaccines will be availalbe soon. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Data detailing vaccine's effect on Omicron due soon, Kelly says

Finn McHugh

Feeling lonely, depressed or anxious around the holidays is more common than you think. Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTNot feeling so festive? Remember you aren't alone

Kayla Osborne

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

DIGESTTime to turn up the music and turn down the dysfunction

Kayla Osborne

Health Minister Greg Hunt said the vaccine rollout for school-age children was one step closer after the TGA's approval. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Peace of mind for parents': COVID vaccines for kids set to start in January

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Mark Cavendish has been assaulted and his wife threatened in an armed burglary of their home.

Mark Cavendish attacked by armed burglars

Sam Russell

FORTUNATE: Howard Kotton believes bowler Mitchell Starc was lucky to secure a spot in the Australian Test team. Photo: Matt Roberts/Getty Images

OPINIONHead, Starc lucky to be given Australian Test caps

Howard Kotton

Goalie Manuel Neuer and Thomas Muller hail Robert Lewandowski after Bayern's win at Dortmund.

Debatable pen gives Bayern win at Dortmund

Mark Meadows

Mark Cavendish has been assaulted and his wife threatened in an armed burglary of their home.

Mark Cavendish attacked by armed burglars

Samoan Tim Lafai will bring quality and experience to Super League side Salford Red Devils.

Super League Salford snap up Tim Lafai

Ian Laybourn

Patty Mills holds up an Olympic bronze medal that means so much to Australia's men's basketballers.

Boomers star Mills wins The Don Award

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Wally Stewart, applicant for the South Coast native title claim, says cultural fisherman are being harassed. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENWhen culture is a crime: Fishing on the South Coast

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

Marki the wombat was treated for mange in captivity. This is very rare. Picture: Supplied.

LISTENWombats are rotting to death, meet the people trying to save them

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

K'gari was named for the Butchulla spirit who helped create the land and sea and then never wanted to leave. Photo: Shutterstock

LISTENRestoring Aboriginal place names to acknowledge identity and history

Three out of four ain't bad: Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis have returned for the reboot, minus Kim Cattrall. Picture: Foxtel

WATCHAnd just like that, Sex and the City gals are in their 50s and Succession reaches sink or swim moment

B.R. Doherty
1hr ago

Essie Davis is among eight AACTA Awards winners for her role in the film Nitram.

Gongs for film about massacre gunman

The pond[er] installation is the winner of the NGV's 2021 Architecture Commission.

Melbourne asked to pond[er] in pink

Melissa Meehan

Three out of four ain't bad: Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis have returned for the reboot, minus Kim Cattrall. Picture: Foxtel

WATCHAnd just like that, Sex and the City gals are in their 50s and Succession reaches sink or swim moment

1hr ago

Rolling Stone names Australia's 200 greatest albums of all time

Rolling Stone names Australia's 200 greatest albums of all time

Matt Carr

Discover what's on around the district

WHAT'S ONDiscover what's on around the district

Ways to prevent accidents and injuries at work

Ways to prevent accidents and injuries at work

CLICK HERE: Click on the image above to view the Out &About SA magazine.

Out and about in South Australia

Elle Moss

You can turn your shed into an extension of your garden and home while keeping equipment and tools safe and out of the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Why this shed is your new best friend

Linda Lambrechts

Ways to prevent accidents and injuries at work

Ways to prevent accidents and injuries at work

What happens when you put two city slickers in a vineyard

What happens when you put two city slickers in a vineyard

Linda Lambrechts

Want a natural skin-care product that nourishes and hydrates?

Want a natural skin-care product that nourishes and hydrates?

Linda Lambrechts

Commercial property: An unmissable opportunity

Commercial property: An unmissable opportunity

Commercial property: An unmissable opportunity

Commercial property: An unmissable opportunity

The block at 160 Kanangra Drive, Gwandalan. Picture: Supplied

They expected $5 million, they got more than double that

The block at 160 Kanangra Drive, Gwandalan. Picture: Supplied

They expected $5 million, they got more than double that

A deposit of less than $100,000 could score you a cute cottage in Launceston's suburbs. Picture: Supplied

Six regional locations where you can buy with a $100k deposit or less

Jack Needham

Upcycling is super easy now with a host of products that take out a lot of the grunt work. Picture: Shutterstock.

From drab to fab, change the look of your home with furniture upcycling

Reality Reno with Mitch and Mark

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Celebrity sheep promised bag of chips when owner's 'wacky' house sells

Hamish Geale

Photo: Shutterstock

Nominate for State Citizen of the Year awards

Sharon Hansen

Community of care: There are now 171 McGrath Breast Care Nurses across Australia, but more are needed to ensure no one misses out on care. Photo: Supplied

Pink power pushes us 100,000 steps of the way

Hugh's tractor run around NSW in 2015 raised $384,000 for the McGrath Breast Care Nurses who provide their care to patients and families for free. Photos: Supplied

There is something you can do about breast cancer

Photo: Shutterstock

Nominate for State Citizen of the Year awards

Chester, of Penneshaw.

Celebrating International Dog Day 2021 | YOUR PHOTOS

Dani Brown

At home: A pride of lions is just one of more than 50 species in residence at the Monarto Safari Park. Photo: Shutterstock

Win a family pass to Monarto Safari Park

Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Marianne Gale said 13 of the cases were from overseas travellers while 29 are locally acquired, five of whom attended a party boat cruise on Sydney Harbour on December 3.

WATCHNSW Omicron cases grow to 42 as state records 420 COVID-19 infections

1hr ago

Three out of four ain't bad: Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis have returned for the reboot, minus Kim Cattrall. Picture: Foxtel

WATCHAnd just like that, Sex and the City gals are in their 50s and Succession reaches sink or swim moment

1hr ago

ABLAZE: Fire visible from Caves Road south of Redgate in the Margaret River region of WA. Picture: Jesse Noakes

WATCHPopular tourist attractions evacuated as bushfire spreads

2hrs ago

ARRIVED: Queensland has declared a "world-first" new mutation of the Omicron variant, but testing will still need to be done to confirm the sub-lineage. Picture: FILE

WATCH'World-first' new Omicron variant may be detected in Qld

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

UPDATED'Political posturing': China responds to PM's Winter Olympics boycott

Harley Dennett

Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said NSW Health is "urgently contacting" around 140 people who attended the party boat cruise (pictured) on Sydney Harbour on the evening of Friday, December 3.

WATCHSydney boat party could be Omicron transmission event after two people test positive

Shivé Prema

PLENTY: Curtis Stone has appeared in several Coles Christmas commercials, seemingly dining with a new "family" every time.

REAL AUSTRALIACurtis & Coles: A welcome reminder of the untouchable Christmas lunch

Ashley Walmsley

Residents were treated to a spectacular display of bioluminescence on Monday night at Shell Cove Marina. Picture: Sally Sopniewski

WATCH'Magical' bioluminescence display wows onlookers

Ashleigh Tullis

Businesses need to be more resilient to cyber crime

OPINIONBusinesses need to be more resilient to cyber crime

Nigel Phair

Changing appalling behaviour starts at top

OPINIONChanging appalling behaviour starts at top

Patty Kinnersly

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison. Picture: Keegan Carroll

DIGESTChina-Australia relationship still on rough seas

Kayla Osborne

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Want to be the best grandparent you can?

Guests toast being aboard Coral Geographer. Photo: Jeurgen Freund

Cruising set to make comeback

Sue Preston

TRAILBLAZER: Bill Onus in Fitzroy (1946). Still from Ablaze. Photo: Eric Onus

Film a key to leader's hidden history

Rowan Cowley

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has tested positive for COVID-19 while in the US.

Barnaby Joyce tests positive for COVID-19

10m ago

The timber industry says an analysis about ending all native forest logging in NSW is "flawed".

Timber industry slams analysis on forests

23m ago

People in a national park area in WA's south have been told to leave as a bushfire approaches.

Bushfire prompts evacuation south of Perth

23m ago

The institute will focus on training in big data, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

New NSW tech institute backed by Microsoft

27m ago

The scheme helps first home buyers and single-parent families get into their own home sooner.

Further help for home buyers: Morrison

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent
32m ago

New Zealand firefighter Ian Pullen whose body was found in the NSW Hunter region three years ago.

Four in court over NZ firefighter's death

Margaret Scheikowski
36m ago

Invasive strip-searching in NSW prisons is likely to be a "massive issue", human rights' lawyers say

NSW fails to log strip searches of women

Hannah Ryan
40m ago

BHP has told a climate summit that it is not guilty of so-called "greenwashing".

BHP says not 'greenwashing' on emissions

Marion Rae
45m ago

NEW VESSELS: SeaLink plans an estimated $50 million in new larger drive-through ferries delivering a faster service and upgraded infrastructure. Image supplied

SeaLink secures KI contract for next 25 years

Stan Gorton
33m ago

MOVEMENT NEEDED: Livestock SA president Joe Keynes, with SA Pastoral board member Mark Fennell, was disappointed that progress to finalise the draft Pastoral Lands bill had "virtually stopped".

Progress slow on Pastoral Act

Claire Harris
2hrs ago

HAPPY VENDOR: Cooranga's Henry Kroemer, Nathan James, Alex and Meg Ross and Wendy James-Ross with the Speckle Park offering, which made to $2620 at the Naracoorte weaner steer sale.

'Mind-boggling' market rises

Vanessa Binks

A look at the success rates of IVF by age

A look at the success rates of IVF by age

Deborah Devis
1hr ago

TWIRL: Inside the Asteroid belt seen against the sun in deep space. Picture: Shutterstock

How the asteroid belt formed in space

Lauren Fuge

And the awards for the best and worst in the financial world of 2021 go to...

OPINIONWho conned and who contributed to the world of money in 2021

Noel Whittaker