The Latest Breaking News from SA

A woman who worked at the Port Augusta Prison before she was assaulted by a former colleague speaks out, slamming the Department for Correctional Services for their part in her experience.

South Australian emergency services are on high alert with catastrophic bushfire conditions forecast for two districts on Saturday.

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has empathised with rising anxiety levels among Riverland communities over rising flood waters.

A social worker has told an inquest in Adelaide into the death of a baby who had been living in squalor that there was no information to raise alarm bells about the situation, despite multiple prior notifications about poor living conditions.

Riverland residents impacted by River Murray flooding need more help, the South Australian opposition says.

The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are to merge, with the new institution to be the biggest in Australia for domestic students.

A caravan park at Renmark in South Australia has been evacuated as floodwaters continue to surge down the Murray River.

Six people were door knocked and moved to safer locations after an evacuation order from the SA SES last night.

Disposable nappies are convenient but come at a huge cost to the environment. Efforts are underway near Adelaide to recycle some of the hundreds of millions that end up in Australian landfill every year.

WARNING: Readers may find details in this story distressing. The opening day of an inquest hears SA child protection authorities did not intervene in the 10 days before an 11-week-old boy died in "disgusting squalor" because one of its regional offices "had no capacity to deal with the notification".

River Murray flood victims will have access to more funds for emergency accommodation, SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has announced.