Australian man sentenced to rehabilitation in Indonesia after possessing drugs in Bali
Troy Smith, who was arrested in April after police found methamphetamine in his hotel room in Bali, is sentenced to six-month drug rehabilitation by an Indonesian court.
A businessman, migrant and ex-wife face court. Here’s what happens inside SA's dedicated family violence court
Courtroom 17 is like any other in the busy Angas Street building, in Adelaide's Victoria Square — here people from all walks of life can be the accused or the victim of family violence. The ABC has been granted access to spend one day in the specialist Family Violence Court.
SA Health staff suspended for accessing medical records
SA Health is investigating allegations staff "inappropriately" accessed the hospital records of a patient.
Teen involved in shopping centre fight given home detention bail
A teenage boy who allegedly wielded a machete during a brawl that sent the Westfield Marion shopping centre into lockdown last month has been granted home detention bail.
Government opens up chequebook to offer water buybacks for Murray-Darling Basin farmers
The federal government will go to tender next month seeking the rights to up to 70 gigalitres of water from farmers in the southern Murray-Darling Basin, through the first major water entitlements buyback program since new laws were introduced last year.
Will and Michael have found a full life in country Australia. Can other millennials follow in their footsteps?
After swapping life in the city for sheep and a vegetable garden, the couple is running a thriving gin distillery. Demographers believe more people in their age bracket could make the move to country areas as lower property prices offer more opportunities.
How the discovery of a 509-million-year-old fossil flipped palaeontology on its head
Scientists were taught that they would never find fossils in volcanic rock but a recent discovery shows the complete opposite.
Derek Bromley released on parole after four decades behind bars for murder of Stephen Docoza
An Adelaide man who has spent four decades in jail for a murder he maintains he never committed has been released on parole.
Frosty weather sends minimum temperatures below zero across parts of southern Australia
Residents across South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania woke up to freezing temperatures and frost this morning. The conditions have sent weather records tumbling across suburbs and towns across southern Australia.
Adelaide man involved in CBD nightclub stabbing brawl given two-year suspended sentence
Henry Laduma has avoided an immediate jail term for his role in stabbing a man to the lower chest during a gang-related nightclub brawl at the Nairobi Affair Lounge in March 2022.
Adelaide records coldest morning in years with homelessness services on standby
Adelaide shivers through its coldest morning in years according to the BOM, with temperatures dropping below zero degrees Celsius in some parts of the city overnight.
Adelaide shivers though coldest minimum temperature since 2021
Adelaide recorded its coldest morning since August 27, 2021, with the city reaching a minimum temperature of 2.6 degrees at 5:50am.
Helicopters, oyster boats and barges called in to save rare raptors from extinction
Artificial nesting platforms are installed at key coastal sites across South Australia to help the eastern osprey breed after the population dropped to just 50 pairs of birds.
How we made two hours of TV about an ancient true crime mystery
From filming in some of the most remote and inhospitable areas of Australia, to working with an A-list Hollywood actor, this is how the ABC Science team investigated what killed our ancient megafauna.
Former South Australian premier remembered as man of 'integrity' and 'courage'
The life and legacy of Steele Hall — who led the state for two years from 1968 — has been honoured at a state funeral service at Adelaide's Festival Centre after his death, aged 95, last month.
Natasha Stott Despoja starts role as SA domestic, family violence and sexual violence royal commissioner
Natasha Stott Despoja begins as royal commissioner into domestic, family and sexual violence in South Australia as the premier reveals about half of all assault reports in the 12 months to April were domestic violence related.
'I did not expect the outcome': Former Liberal MP found guilty of four charges of deception
South Australian Independent MP Fraser Ellis has been found guilty of four counts of deception over his misuse of the Country Members Accommodation Allowance.
Bilby DNA blueprint may help save iconic Australian animal from extinction
A genetic map of the bilby could help us understand how many of the elusive species are still alive and how to combat inbreeding.
'This job is gonna kill me': Why one of Australia's most popular playwrights keeps writing
Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith has written about the lives of famous women including Julia Gillard and Germaine Greer. But what's driving her to tell these stories?
This ex-cop was on the run for two decades after 11 heists. He was finally sentenced this week — now, he's dead
Two days after being sentenced, the man dubbed the "bicycle bandit" died. Kym Allen Parsons robbed 10 banks and attempted to rob an 11th. Who was he and how did he remain on the run for so long?
Businesses 'on stand-by to switch off' in fallout from gas crisis gripping Australia's east
There's more bill pain underway for households, but it's businesses that will bear the brunt of the latest gas crisis rippling through Australia's south-eastern states in the dead of winter.
Death of 11-week-old in squalor followed 'significant missed opportunity' for intervention
A baby who died in squalid conditions on a fold-out couch at a home in regional SA would have been removed from the property days earlier if child protection authorities had responded to an early warning, a coronial inquest concludes.
SA Health reveals it may have miscalculated due dates
South Australia's health department may have "miscalculated" the due dates of more than 1,700 pregnant women, prompting concerns some could have been induced too early.
Due dates of more than 1,700 pregnant women may have been 'miscalculated', SA Health says
South Australia's health department may have "miscalculated" the due dates of hundreds of pregnant women, prompting concerns some could have been induced too early, ABC News can reveal.
22-year-old man dies in light plane crash in South Australia's far north, another seriously injured in separate crash
Police have confirmed that a 22-year-old man has died in a light plane crash in South Australia's far north. The man was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft.