Unions have applauded South Australia’s big spending budget, but the business sector has lamented the lack of support for local companies and traders amid a cost-of-living crisis. SA Treasurer Stephen Mullighan described the Labor government’s budget delivered on Thursday as “the largest package of cost-of-living relief measures ever deployed in South Australia”. The budget focused…

South Australia has announced a partnership with the international biotech enterprise, BioCina, to become home to the first mRNA development and production facility in Australia and make homegrown mRNA vaccines a reality. Last year, U.S. biotech giant Moderna and the Australian government agreed to build the first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility outside North America. Construction…

South Australia has announced a partnership with the international biotech enterprise, BioCina, to become home to the first mRNA development and production facility in Australia and make homegrown mRNA vaccines a reality. Last year, U.S. biotech giant Moderna and the Australian government agreed to build the first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility outside North America. Construction…

Senator Jacinta Price will now spearhead the Liberal-National Coalition’s opposition to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament after being elevated to the shadow Indigenous Minister portfolio. Price steps in for MP Julian Leeser, who moved to the shadow Cabinet backbench a week earlier because he would not support the Coalition’s position. Price’s accession comes amid a…

The South Australian parliament will be asked to legislate ambulance response times and require the government to report against those targets under a bill proposed by the South Australian Greens. The legislation will be introduced this week amid ongoing ramping issues outside Adelaide’s major hospitals. “Ending the ramping crisis was the centrepiece of Labor’s election…

South Australia is the first Australian State to introduce the First Nations Voice Bill, which will likely be legislated by the state’s parliament by Easter. The state’s Attorney-General and Indigenous Australians Minister Kyam Maher, who introduced the First Nations Voice Bill 2023 (pdf) on Feb. 9, said the Bill was an “historic change” following months…

South Australia (SA) will forge ahead with its own Indigenous Voice to Parliament, legislated through the SA Parliament, in a move that will likely add a major layer of red tape to government decision-making. The announcement by the SA Labor Premier Peter Malinauskas comes as his federal counterparts look set to push forward a national…

Major searches are underway for an elderly man believed to have gone missing in floodwaters in South Australia’s (SA) deluged Riverland region. Police were told the man went missing at about 1.30 p.m. on Monday in floodwaters near Casson Ave at Loxton North on the Murray River, south of Berri. “The search is expected to…

South Australia’s (SA) public holidays are being reviewed as a major union pushes for Easter Sunday to join the list. The SA government on Monday called for residents to express their views on public holidays through a new survey as it moves to make Christmas Day one regardless of when it falls. When a public…

Leaving some Murray properties and businesses in South Australia at the mercy of the rising river are “tough calls”, Premier Peter Malinauskas says. But the premier believes the state government has done as much as it can to protect as many properties as possible and to provide financial and other assistance as flood waters continue…