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Thursday, May 28

Kangaroo Island gourmet producers look to the future

Boutique food and drink producers on Kangaroo Island are finding their feet again as the missing ingredient – customers – begin trickling back to the fire-ravaged island.

Minister snuffs out council push to name at-risk flammable buildings

Planning Minister Stephan Knoll has rejected a call from the Adelaide City Council to allow it to publicly release details of buildings covered in flammable cladding, branding the move a “publicity stunt”.

Smoke billows from the fire that engulfed London's 24-storey Grenfell Tower in 2017. Photo: PA

Adelaide buildings at "extreme risk" from flammable cladding

A major new report has found seven Adelaide buildings at “extreme risk” of fire from flammable cladding – but the State Government won’t identify them, and says there’s no need to evacuate residents or tenants.

Thomas Foods rises from the ashes with multi-million dollar abattoir, 2000 jobs for Murray Bridge

Thomas Foods International will invest several hundred million dollars in a new state-of-the-art abattoir at Murray Bridge, almost 18 months since its previous plant was destroyed by fire.

Tears and prayers as Notre-Dame burns in Paris

Distraught Parisians and stunned tourists have gazed in disbelief as a monstrous inferno tore through Notre-Dame Cathedral, one of the world’s best-loved monuments.