Kathryn Bermingham

South Australia's Education Minister believes there is more work to be done to boost safeguards within the childcare sector. He says well-trained staff would be the key to preventing "shocking things happening to kids".

A renewed push to change South Australia's pregnancy termination laws is set to be introduced to the state's parliament, with an independent MP proposing to place significant new restrictions on abortion access.

Two energy companies that were set to benefit from a more than $5 billion desalination plant and water pipeline have pulled out, prompting questions over the project's final cost and feasibility. 

Troy Bell has announced he will step down as the Mount Gambier MP after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against a jury's verdict which previously found him guilty of theft and fraud charges.

The South Australian government says it will appoint administrators to run the remote APY Lands in the state's Far North amid concerns over governance. 

The APY Lands board has been ordered to remove general manager Richard King after a review commissioned by the state government concluded his reappointment was "a failure of proper accountable administration".

Advocates and people with lived experience have welcomed the findings of South Australia's Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, but say it's now up to the state government to reform the system.

The findings from South Australia's landmark Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence have been released nine months after the first public hearings were held, and amid expectations of sweeping changes to address abuse.

Auditors have raised questions about the future of a prominent South Australian mental health charity — responsible for delivering a new eating disorder service — after a deficit in equity of almost $2 million was reported.

A three-year review finds SkyCity Adelaide should be allowed to keep its licence, despite significant management failures and doubt over whether a cultural overhaul will be completed on time. 

A South Australian court did not find former MP Annabel Digance and her husband guilty of blackmailing Premier Peter Malinauskas, despite a previous claim by the premier's lawyer in court, a leaked email obtained by ABC News reveals.

The controversial reappointment of APY Lands general manager Richard King is under a South Australian government-commissioned review following claims of a flawed recruitment process.

Australian Tax Office whistleblower Richard Boyle has argued he should be spared convictions because he was motivated by public interest, and his actions led to change within the federal agency.

A truck convoy that brought more than 6,000 bales of hay from WA to drought-stricken SA has begun making drop-offs and deliveries — and while farmers remain in need of more rain, the mood on their properties is being boosted.

With a number of health unions undergoing wage bargaining with a state government elected on a promise to fix the ramping crisis, several unions are getting louder when it comes to challenges continuing to face the healthcare system, writes Kathryn Bermingham.

Reforms that would standardise Working with Children Checks across the country "can't happen soon enough", the federal education minister says, in the wake of allegations of child sexual abuse at a Victorian childcare centre.

A driver involved in a CBD car crash with a SA Police sergeant has called for greater oversight of cases where police are under investigation.

With a state election only nine months away, the Malinauskas government is keen to use this budget to spruik its law and order credentials.

SA fashion entrepreneur Carol Foord turned to alternative treatments before her death. A year on her family is still seeking answers about how her final hours played out.

Storms earlier this week could have broken up an algal bloom that has led to a huge number of marine wildlife deaths off South Australia.

The Coalition's election pledge for nuclear reactors caused deep divisions within the community of Port Augusta — now that it's been taken off the agenda, locals are looking towards different futures.

A new section of Port Augusta Prison had barriers that were constructed wide enough that a prisoner could slip through. The design flaw was fixed before the unit opened. 

Firefighters are having to wear clothing contaminated by carcinogens because their equipment is being stored alongside trucks emitting diesel exhaust, according to their union. 

Port Augusta is one of seven locations across the country earmarked to host nuclear power plants if the Coalition wins the federal election, but the community has mixed views on the proposal.

It's been two years since South Australia's Parliament passed historic legislation establishing a First Nations Voice. How is it working?