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A Mount Gambier man incarcerated for drug trafficking has been fined $6,500 for flying a drone near people and at night in one of the largest penalties for an unmanned aircraft.

A study finds local sporting clubs are taking steps to improve their members' mental health, but some need support to implement "best practice" initiatives.

Avian influenza is causing chaos for poultry fanciers interstate, and now South Australian agricultural shows are barring interstate entrants or cancelling events to keep the disease out.

Pole dancing has a raunchy reputation, but fitness instructor Stacey Windsor says its physical and mental health benefits can transform lives — and she's starting with her small home town. 

The lengthy closure of a South Australian cottage museum honouring bush poet and politician Adam Lindsay Gordon has fans fighting to prevent his legacy from fading into the past.

Can trains help fix South Australia's long-term housing crisis? Labor is looking at a major rail revamp to improve services and get people out of their cars and onto the train network.

The South Australian RSPCA receives an influx of livestock welfare reports, with some animals starving to death.

The Umpherston Sinkhole is one of the most popular attractions in Mount Gambier but nearby, behind a tall fence, a similar one remains inaccessible to the public.

The defence lawyer for Independent MP Troy Bell says the politician denies allegations he stole funds intended to support students who had disengaged from mainstream schools.

Troy Stephen Bell stands trial accused of using his position of power to "syphon" money meant for a program to keep "at-risk" youth who had disengaged from mainstream education in training programs.

South Australian farmers are banking on late winter rain to save their season but optimism is flagging as dry conditions continue.

Recent training exercises involving aerial firefighting aircraft with the CFS.

Australia's aerial firefighting fleet is being expanded to include planes that can respond to other disasters such as floods and major storms. It comes as longer and overlapping fire seasons place greater pressure on the existing fleet.

A man standing trial for the alleged murder of a Millicent mother of three instead pleads guilty to manslaughter. The victim's sisters criticised the prosecution's acceptance of the plea outside court. 

For three decades, hundreds of notebooks filled with detailed descriptions of sacred Indigenous practices were locked away in a museum's archives. Now, Ngadjuri man Vincent Copley Junior hopes to finally have access to his great-grandfather's history.

Some of the most popular places for tourists to visit in South Australia's south-east have been closed for years. Now, the local council is taking over the leases on two of the city's biggest attractions, upsetting the current operators.

A Melbourne couple had just moved to the small border town of Apsley to take over the town's pub when a car crashed through their bar. After extensive repairs, the inn reopened for the long weekend.

Fungi enthusiasts in SA's South East say there's a lot of interest in this year's season, despite recent cases of suspected mushroom poisonings.

The lawyer for a South Australian man accused of killing his partner in 2022 says it was done in self-defence, with a witness saying she was told the pair had taken drugs before the woman was repeatedly struck in the head with a metal weapon.

With Australian households spending an increasingly large chunk of their incomes on housing, it's no wonder some of us are looking for more affordable alternatives. 

Once a rare sight in a shearing shed, women are now working alongside men in one of the toughest jobs in the country. Here's why that's very good news for the industry. 

Australian Wagyu steak, served in a golden briefcase, is fetching $AU1,500 at a high end US restaurant with outlets in Miami and Las Vegas.

After years of focusing on the Asian and domestic market, Australia's Wagyu beef producers are turning their attention to the US, where diners can have a steak delivered in a rhinestone-studded briefcase with a laser light show.

South Australian hunters have released a video of an injured animal they say lived for days after an aerial cull. But the program's manager says an examination showed the fawn was not wounded by its contractors. 

Caleb Murray was exhilarated catching a giant southern bluefin tuna in rough seas off South Australia's south-east.