Puddles in the bed of the Darling River are a sign of an ecosystem in crisis. Jeremy Buckingham/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Opinion

The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought

Mass fish deaths are a blaring warning signal for the heath of the Murray Darling Basin, but just as worrying is the sight of dry areas in the Darling, writes Fran Sheldon.

Analysis

Analysis: The SA Government has set the high price we pay for water

Economist and former Essential Services Commissioner Richard Blandy dissects Lew Owens’ bombshell interim report – concluding that a robust democracy needs more rigorous independent oversight of government monopoly business investments.

Analysis

The verdict is in: renewables reduce energy prices (yes, even in SA)

South Australia’s energy prices have gone up as more renewables entered the market – but prices would have gone up even more without them, according to Bruce Mountain and Steven Percy.

Opinion

No clutch: SA's economy needs to be driven by courage

The local economy is looking up but we won’t take the next steps without Adelaide’s bright new business stars being backed to take risks, writes Stephen Mabbs.

Opinion

Richardson: U-turns and bridges burned, but a new political consensus

There seems something uniquely, and humiliatingly, South Australian about a fracas over a tram track that can’t turn right.