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Wednesday, July 17

Why it's a bad idea to ramp up Adelaide's desalination plant

Ramping up South Australia’s desalination plant in response to the upstream drought would be an expensive mistake, argues Sarah Ann Wheeler.

Premier slaps down SafeWork SA over secrecy on killed workers

Premier Jay Weatherill has made a stunning intervention in a dispute between SafeWork SA and the grieving families of several construction workers killed on worksites over the past seven years, ordering the agency to release a report into why it failed to hold companies to account over the deaths of their loved ones.

A power plant using the GE TM2500 hybrid turbine generators that the State Government will install by summer. Image: supplied

Back-up "hybrid" power plants to be ready before summer

The State Government will have two new back-up power plants up and running – one at Holden’s Elizabeth plant and the other at the Adelaide desalination plant – before summer, Premier Jay Weatherill says.

How SA's power plan could resurrect the desal plant

South Australia needs new thinking to make the most of its assets, writes developer Jamie McClurg.