The Latest Breaking News from Susan Close

Renewables are covering the bulk of South Australia's energy needs, new data shows, with the government saying the goal of carbon neutrality is within reach.

South Australia's parliament has passed legislation banning jumps racing in a move welcomed by animal welfare advocates.

Targets to reduce airborne lead emissions from Nyrstar's smelter in Port Pirie are set in its operating licence, which is renewed for 12 months.

The South Australian government says irrigators along the Murray River will get their full water allocations from July.

The state government has denied accusations that it is breaking an election promise to offer free preschool for three-year-olds from 2026.

The South Australian parliament has passed a motion declaring a climate emergency, reaffirming an urgent need to decarbonise the state's economy.

South Australia and the Northern Territory should seek inspiration from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and seek to reunify after more than 110 years as separate jurisdictions, former SA deputy premier Vickie Chapman tells parliament in her farewell speech.

Water stakeholders in South Australia say they will stand their ground to ensure water for the environment is delivered in full, as NSW Water Minister Kevin Anderson sparks debate with comments on radio.

The theft of six-week-old pit bull puppies during a break-in in Adelaide's south left the dogs' owners "devastated" — but police have since recovered two of the animals and charged a 37-year-old man.