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'Voice of speaking clock' Peach dies, aged 59

Posted December 4, 2008 12:22:00 | Updated December 4, 2008 12:43:00

Former ABC broadcaster Richard Peach, the voice behind the speaking clock, has died at the age of 59.

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, radio, television, information-and-communication, broadcasting, abc, australia, sa, adelaide-5000, indonesia

More SA trainees find work: report Photo

Posted December 4, 2008 12:07:00

South Australians who graduate in vocational education training have recorded the highest success rate in getting jobs of any state.

Tags: careers, apprenticeships, vocational, work, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Water costs to rise 18 per cent Photo

Posted December 4, 2008 12:00:00 | Updated December 4, 2008 12:10:00

The SA Govt says the average household will pay almost $50 more per year for water from July 2009.

Tags: states-and-territories, water, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341

Redbacks admit one-day hopes over

Posted December 4, 2008 10:36:00 | Updated December 4, 2008 10:34:00

South Australian coach Mark Sorell says the Redbacks are out of the domestic one-day competition after losing to Queensland at the Gabba.

Tags: sport, cricket, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, sa, adelaide-5000

Temporary water prices drop

Posted December 4, 2008 09:38:00 | Updated December 4, 2008 09:37:00

Waterfind says the market price for temporary water has dropped about 10 per cent since changes to water allocations were made interstate on Monday.

Tags: irrigation, water, sa, adelaide-5000, renmark-5341

Higher priority for lower lakes urged Photo

Posted December 4, 2008 09:25:00

A lower lakes action group is calling for the lower lakes region to be rated as high a priority as Lake Bonney in the Riverland.

Tags: salinity, rivers, water, murraydarling-basin, sa, barmera-5345, clayton-5256, goolwa-5214

Outrage over Classic Adelaide turnaround Audio Photo

Posted December 4, 2008 09:11:00 | Updated December 4, 2008 11:38:00

NSW driver Bill Pye is outraged he was not informed about an appeal process against the result of the Classic Adelaide Rally.

Tags: motor-sports, nsw, sa, adelaide-5000

Summit to discuss SA climate change Photo

Posted December 4, 2008 08:32:00 | Updated December 4, 2008 08:42:00

The Conservation Council will hold a summit today to deliver its coast and marine report card for SA.

Tags: climate-change, oceans-and-reefs, fish, sa, adelaide-5000

Two arrested over mall thefts

Posted December 4, 2008 08:23:00

A 40-year-old man and a 20-year-old man have been arrested for stealing large quantities of cigarettes and tobacco from 10 supermarkets over the past few weeks.

Tags: burglary, sa, elizabeth-north-5113

AMA urges audit review after cancer bungle Audio Photo

Posted December 4, 2008 08:00:00 | Updated December 4, 2008 11:00:00

The AMS is calling for an hospital audit review after yesterday's admission of another cancer bungle in SA.

Tags: states-and-territories, cancer, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, sa, adelaide-5000, north-adelaide-5006

Toben flies home to 'freedom'

Posted December 3, 2008 20:29:00 | Updated December 3, 2008 20:41:00

South Australian man Frederick Toben has returned to Adelaide after avoiding a recent German attempt to extradite him from the United Kingdom.

Tags: unrest-conflict-and-war, 20th-century, world-war-2, sa, adelaide-5000, germany, united-kingdom

Another bungle prompts cancer treatment review Video Photo

Posted December 3, 2008 19:40:00 | Updated December 3, 2008 19:55:00

Another cancer treatment bungle in SA prompts a review of all public and private hospitals.

Tags: states-and-territories, cancer, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, sa, adelaide-5000, north-adelaide-5006

Film festival investing in new works Photo

Posted December 3, 2008 18:25:00

The program has been released for next year's Adelaide Film Festival, which will showcase some of the nation's best filmmakers.

Tags: carnivals-and-festivals, feature-films, film-industry, sa, adelaide-5000

Suspect dead in SA murder case Photo

Posted December 3, 2008 17:28:00 | Updated December 3, 2008 17:51:00

SA police say their suspect in a teenage murder case has died just before an arrest.

Tags: crime, sa, adelaide-5000

Defamation accused denies fax knowledge

Posted December 3, 2008 17:08:00

A woman involved in a Supreme Court defamation trial has denied knowledge of a plan to fax child sex allegations to the media.

Tags: courts-and-trials, sa, adelaide-5000

Mallala blaze near gas pipeline

Posted December 3, 2008 16:46:00

Fire crews have tackled a grass fire at Mallala on Adelaide's northern outskirts.

Tags: emergency-incidents, bushfire, sa, adelaide-5000, mallala-5502

Owner sought over blinded dog's tumour Photo

Posted December 3, 2008 15:40:00 | Updated December 3, 2008 15:44:00

The RSPCA is keen to find the owner of a dog found in distress in Adelaide with a facial tumour the size of a grapefruit.

Tags: animals, animal-welfare, sa, adelaide-5000, pooraka-5095

Another cancer bungle at SA hospital Video Photo

Posted December 3, 2008 14:25:00 | Updated December 3, 2008 19:48:00

Another cancer treatment error affects 11 patients at an Adelaide hospital.

Tags: states-and-territories, cancer, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, sa, adelaide-5000, north-adelaide-5006

Ferry change to cope with drought Photo

Posted December 3, 2008 13:34:00

Another ferry on the Murray will be modified to help it operate while the river level is low.

Tags: drought, rivers, sa, kingstononmurray-5331, murray-bridge-5253, renmark-5341, swan-reach-5354

Coroner calls for Asperger's accommodation

Posted December 3, 2008 13:29:00

The South Australian Coroner has called for permanent accommodation to be set up for children with Asperger's Syndrome, based on the death of a teenager two years ago.

Tags: courts-and-trials, sa, adelaide-5000, christies-beach-5165

Councils boss backs tougher audits

Posted December 3, 2008 13:28:00

The head of the Local Government Association has told a South Australian parliamentary inquiry that councils should have the same level of auditing as government departments.

Tags: local-government, state-parliament, sa, adelaide-5000

Penalise Victoria on Murray delay: Rann Video Photo

Posted December 3, 2008 12:35:00 | Updated December 3, 2008 15:26:00

SA Premier Mike Rann wants the Federal Govt to penalise Victoria if it does not relinquish control of the Murray soon.

Tags: federal-government, federal-state-issues, water, murraydarling-basin, sa, adelaide-5000

Former doctor jailed for sex with 16yo girl Photo

Posted December 3, 2008 11:35:00 | Updated December 3, 2008 12:26:00

A former doctor has been jailed for at least 13 months for having sex with a 16-year-old girl almost 20 years ago.

Tags: courts-and-trials, sa, adelaide-5000

Breakaway Tour cap lifted Photo

Posted December 3, 2008 11:28:00

Tour Down Under organisers have lifted the cap on the number of people who can race in the public event.

Tags: cycling, sa, adelaide-5000

Arrest made over abduction, rape

Posted December 3, 2008 11:23:00

Police have arrested a 39-year-old man from the western suburbs for for the abduction and rape of a woman at Modbury in August.

Tags: sexual-offences, sa, modbury-5092