ABC North and West

02/09/2025

Two years after the federal government scrapped plans to turn a South Australian farm into a nuclear waste dump, the previous owners have bought it back for $1.27 million.

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A family that sold SA land to the federal government for a nuclear waste dump has bought it back.

02/09/2025

Service clubs long been the beating hearts of their communities, but volunteer numbers are dwindling.

The clubs are losing their ability to support their communities to the extent they did in the past.

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Volunteer numbers have continued to drop in regional areas and service clubs are feeling the impacts as the average age of their members continues to rise.

01/09/2025

It's showtime! 🎡

Our talented breakfast presenters from the Riverland and North and West have hit the road to bring you Regional Mornings from the Royal Adelaide Show!

Tom Mann and Matt Stephens will be on your airwaves from 9:00am until 11:00am today and tomorrow. 🎙

If you are at the show, come down and say g'day to the team who are at the southern end of the Jubilee Pavilion near the food stalls. 🍓🧀

Listen to the show live: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/live/northandwest

01/09/2025

A medical centre in outback South Australia has launched an internal review after a man suffering from a suspected heart attack was refused entry and had to be treated at the local pub instead.

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The 85-year-old was driven to hospital in the back of a ute after the emergency unfolded in a remote South Australian town.

01/09/2025

Police are "actively" searching for a man who was seen at an anti-immigration rally in Adelaide holding a sign depicting alleged killer and wanted man Dezi Freeman.

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Police and the SA Premier are urging a man who was seen at Adelaide's March for Australia holding an "offensive" and "outrageous" sign depicting alleged killer and wanted man Dezi Freeman to hand himself in.

31/08/2025

In the remote town of Andamooka, even native plants struggle to survive. Scientists are trying to find a solution to food security, a problem shared by outback residents and future space travellers.

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In the remote town of Andamooka, even native plants struggle to survive. Scientists are trying to find a solution to food security, a problem shared by outback residents and future space travellers.

30/08/2025

"Tourists will still go there [to Snowtown] to see the bank where the bodies were recovered," forensic anthropologist and criminologist Xanthe Mallet said.

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In the aftermath of two police officers' deaths, the tiny Victorian town of Porepunkah finds itself grappling with an unwelcome transformation: from peaceful mountain gateway to the epicentre of a manhunt that has gripped the nation.

30/08/2025

Farmers have turned out in droves to compete at South Australia's largest agricultural event after a challenging year facing drought conditions.

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Farmers have turned out in droves to compete at South Australia's largest agricultural event after a challenging year facing drought conditions.

30/08/2025

WARNING: This story contains a reference to su***de.

At 33, house painter Jeff Morgan broke his hand and suffered a strange injury that unravelled his life. It was at the kitchen table, where his children were painting with watercolours, that he found his calling.

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At 33, house painter Jeff Morgan broke his hand and suffered a strange injury that unravelled his life. It was at the kitchen table, where his children were painting with watercolours, that he found his calling.

29/08/2025

Wild weather about today! 🌧

The Metropolitan Fire Service, State Emergency Service (SES) and the Port Pirie Regional Council have been out in full force, helping get rid of fallen trees around town. 🌳

The SES has responded to more than 200 call-outs across the state. ☎️

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28/08/2025

Destructive winds and a cold front are sweeping across South Australia as a "rare" tornado warning was issued on Friday morning.

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Destructive winds and a cold front are sweeping across South Australia as a "rare" tornado warning was issued on Friday morning.

28/08/2025

A highly experimental, nearly $700,000 "bubble curtain" will be installed next week hoping to protect cuttlefish and their eggs in the Upper Spencer Gulf from South Australia's toxic algal bloom.

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A highly experimental, nearly $700,000 "bubble curtain" will be installed next week hoping to protect cuttlefish and their eggs in the Upper Spencer Gulf from South Australia's toxic algal bloom.