District Council of Coober Pedy bumps up CEO salary to $274,000 in search for new boss

District Council of Coober Pedy bumps up CEO salary to 4,000 in search for new boss

Would $274,000 be enough to lure you to the remote “opal capital of the world”? South Australia’s District Council of Coober Pedy has upped the ante in its search for a qualified executive to take the reins, offering an extra $40,000 to fill the top job. The outback town of Coober Pedy has struggled to … Read more

Popular paint and sip studios Pinot & Picasso go into voluntary administration

Popular paint and sip studios Pinot & Picasso go into voluntary administration

A number of Pinot & Picasso studios face an uncertain future after their parent companies entered voluntary administration. There are currently more than 40 Pinot & Picasso studios around Australia, allowing people to book a group painting session where they’re guided on how to recreate a piece of art while enjoying a few drinks. Salea … Read more

TikTok ‘fitspo’ videos of diet tricks, workouts being shared by unqualified influencers, study finds

TikTok ‘fitspo’ videos of diet tricks, workouts being shared by unqualified influencers, study finds

From influencers promising you can lose weight fast with a certain drink to people sharing their non-negotiable gym StairMaster routine, social media is filled with beautiful bodies. So-called “fitspiration” videos can be difficult to avoid and are what some impressionable young people are turning to for guidance on effective diet and exercise behaviours. WATCH THE … Read more

Die-hard Port Adelaide fans going to extreme lengths to get to Friday’s game against the Sydney Swans

Die-hard Port Adelaide fans going to extreme lengths to get to Friday’s game against the Sydney Swans

A pair of die-hard Port Adelaide fans are not letting the fact they have been priced out of airfares stop them from travelling to the preliminary AFL final in Sydney on Friday. Lee McEwan and her mother, Alice Lyall, 76, have been members of the South Australian football club for 25 years and were determined … Read more

Urgent call out to find mystery South Australian millionaire: ‘Time is running out’

Urgent call out to find mystery South Australian millionaire: ‘Time is running out’

Officials are urgently hunting a mystery millionaire after warning they have less than two weeks left to claim their winnings. The call-out is to the South Australian resident or visitor who has one of the winning $1 million Monday and Wednesday X Lotto tickets drawn on Wednesday 27 September 2023. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Time … Read more

Sepsis Australia urges greater awareness of the condition which kills more Australians than road accidents

Sepsis Australia urges greater awareness of the condition which kills more Australians than road accidents

Lyn Whiteway thought she had the flu but she had actually developed a life-threatening condition known as sepsis, which many Australians know little about. Thankfully she went back to hospital where doctors finally diagnosed the condition just in time — 24 hours later she would have been dead. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Australians film tongue twister … Read more

South Australia to strengthen infant and toddler food standards if federal government doesn’t deliver

South Australia to strengthen infant and toddler food standards if federal government doesn’t deliver

Like most parents, mother-of-three, Kydonia* wants to make the best decisions to help her young children thrive. But the Adelaide mum was shocked to find out the extent of misleading marketing around toddler foods and the lack of laws to prevent it. “I ended up downloading an app that tells you if there’s additives and … Read more

Ex-South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs takes leave after ‘deepfake’ video

Ex-South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs takes leave after ‘deepfake’ video

Former South Australian opposition leader David Speirs is taking medical leave, after declaring a video allegedly showing him snorting a powder is a “deepfake” or an elaborate hoax. The Adelaide Advertiser on Monday published a video on its website showing a man who appeared to be Speirs sniffing an unidentified substance on a grey plate … Read more

Powder snorting ‘deepfake’ of David Speirs should be reported to authorities, SA Opposition Leader says

Powder snorting ‘deepfake’ of David Speirs should be reported to authorities, SA Opposition Leader says

A video showing former South Australian opposition leader David Speirs snorting a substance from a plate should be reported to “the appropriate authorities” if it is a deepfake, Liberal leader Vincent Tarzia says. Speirs, who quit the leadership a month ago, denies he’s the person in a video and a picture published by News Corp. … Read more

Warning issued for pregnant women and children as SA whooping cough infections skyrocket

Warning issued for pregnant women and children as SA whooping cough infections skyrocket

The number of whooping cough cases are the highest they’ve been in six years, prompting South Australian health officials to urge pregnant women and children to get immunised. SA Health said whooping cough cases are currently 10 times the number they were this time last year. The infection, also known as pertussis, can be serious … Read more