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09/08/2025

Ambulance ramping hours in South Austalia in July is the worst on record at 5,866.

Health Minister Chris Picton has blamed the worsening ramping on an influx of flu cases and more patients waiting for a federal aged care bed.

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As South Australia records its worst ambulance ramping, one of the ways the government is tackling the problem is by moving patients from hospitals to a hotel.

07/08/2025

LET’S GO PIONEERS!🏀

The Mount Gambier Pioneers will face off against the Sandringham Sabres tomorrow for a chance to get into the NBL1 South grand final.

The men’s team missed out on the grand final last year, so redemption is on the cards.

Pioneers coach Richard Hill and Captain Kane de Wit joined ABC South East SA brekky presenter Conor Burke in the Mount Gambier studios this morning to chat about the preliminary final.⛹

A big and vocal crowd is expected to flock to the Wulanda Recreation and Convention Centre tomorrow night for the massive game.

Best of luck to the team!❤

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07/08/2025

Longer fire seasons pose a challenge for countries in different hemispheres that traditionally lend each other a hand during disasters.

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Longer fire seasons pose a challenge for countries in different hemispheres that traditionally lend each other a hand during disasters.

07/08/2025

In the past, much of the grape production in South Australia's Coonawarra region was used for making brandy.

Now, a local winery is producing it again.

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In the past, much of the grape production in South Australia's Coonawarra region was used for making brandy. Now, a local winery is producing it again.

06/08/2025

Domestic violence support advocates say reaching isolated towns to help victim-survivors can be a challenge, following a murder-suicide at Bordertown in the state's south-east.

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Domestic violence support advocates say reaching isolated towns to help victim-survivors can be a challenge, following a murder-suicide at Bordertown.

04/08/2025

UPDATE: Police believe a man killed his partner and then took his own life in Bordertown yesterday.

If you or anyone you know needs help, family and domestic violence support is available on 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). Lifeline is available on 13 11 14.

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Police believe a man murdered his partner and then took his own life in South Australia's south-east.

03/08/2025

Riley Turnbull was a healthy teenager, but when his kidneys started failing, his world changed.

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Riley Turnbull was a healthy teenager, but when his kidneys started failing, his world changed.

03/08/2025

A Mount Gambier man has run into the record books by reaching a rare milestone.

Scott Sawyer finished his 500th parkrun when he completed the 5-kilometre loop around the Blue Lake on Saturday morning.

Scott’s been part of the Mount Gambier parkrun since it started more than a decade ago, even participating in the trial run before the town’s first official event.

“When you get to 400 or 450, it seems forever to get to 500,” he said.

“But now I’ve done it, 1000 is the next mark.”

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02/08/2025

Matthew Hutchinson says a school scholarship "fundamentally changed his life". He is now trekking across the US to give underprivileged kids the same opportunity.

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Matthew Hutchinson says a school scholarship "fundamentally changed his life". He is now trekking across the US to give underprivileged kids the same opportunity.

01/08/2025

Could this town be underwater by the next century? 🌊

Residents of the South East town of Pelican Point have installed seawalls outside their homes despite legal ambiguity about them.

A draft version of the District Council of Grant's coastal adaptation strategy predicts a 50 per cent chance the town will be under water by 2100.

But locals are sceptical about whether the predicted sea levels will become a reality.

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01/08/2025

Volunteer-run branches of the conservation charity, responsible for maintaining some of SA's most well-known landmarks, protest a new "service fee" on their earnings.

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Volunteer-run branches of the conservation charity, responsible for maintaining some of SA's most well-known landmarks, protest a new "service fee" on their earnings.

31/07/2025

About 20 per cent of calls to South Australia's domestic violence crisis line are going unanswered, despite a recent boost in government funding to address demand, the state's peak body for domestic violence services says.

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About 20 per cent of calls to South Australia's domestic violence crisis line are going unanswered, despite a recent boost in government funding to address demand, the state's peak body for domestic violence services says.