New e-scooter laws being introduced into South Australian parliament will leave victims of crashes without protection, legal experts have warned. The state government will introduce the laws this week, making it legal to ride a privately owned e-scooter on public roads and paths. But the current proposal doesn’t require owners to register or insure the … Read more
South Australian concession card holders will receive a $243.90 cost-of-living payment into their bank accounts by the end of the week. More than 210,000 South Australians will receive the payment announced under the state budget if they are a low-income earner, have a concession card or receive some Centrelink payments. The money will be paid … Read more
A group of homeless men living in tents behind a Salvation Army office in Adelaide’s northeast are being forced to move on — but there is nowhere else for them to go, with homeless shelters full across the city. Peter Woodforde is one of the four men living in a gazebo behind the office on … Read more
South Australia’s Labor government says it wants money out of politics, and will introduce legislation to ban electoral donations. The Electoral (Accountability and Integrity) Amendment Bill 2024 would prohibit the giving and receiving of electoral donations and gifts to registered political parties, members of parliament and candidates. Loans to registered political parties, MPs, groups, or … Read more
Former South Australian Premier Steele Hall is being remembered as a “legend” of politics following his death on Monday, aged 95. Hall became the state’s leader from 1968 to 1970, before leading the Liberal opposition until he resigned from state politics in 1972. A few years later, Hall switched to federal politics, becoming senator and … Read more
Small business owners in South Australia say they will struggle to keep afloat without assistance from the state government. Simone Douglas owns four businesses in South Australia, including The Duke of Brunswick Hotel in Adelaide and The Port Admiral Hotel in the city’s west, but she was recently forced to sell one. Douglas’s accountant told … Read more
The South Australian opposition has taken aim at the government over the state’s buckling health system, sharing a photo of an 84-year-old woman forced to wait for 10 hours in the Lyell McEwin Hospital emergency department after falling severely ill. The woman was suffering severe flu symptoms and reported “coughing to the point of almost … Read more
Urgent action is needed to address a growing crisis in the removal of Aboriginal children from their families which are “approaching levels akin to the Stolen Generations”, an inquiry has warned. Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, April Lawrie, has released Holding On To Our Future, the final report of the inquiry into the … Read more
It’s about to become a little easier for some South Australians to buy a home. Ahead of the state budget being handed down on Thursday, the government says it has abolished eligibility caps for both stamp duty exemptions and the First Home Owners Grant. Stamp duty will be removed for the purchase of all new … Read more
South Australians will soon be paying more for traffic fines, bus trips and driver’s licences when a raft of new state government charges are increased in just over a month. Various state government charges will increase by an average of 3 per cent from next financial year, meaning a five-year driver’s licence renewal will increase … Read more
