Regional Showcase

Yorke Peninsula's first micro-distillery bottles from scratch

The Yorke Peninsula’s first micro-distillery has opened its doors to curious locals and tourists looking to try its distinctive blend of vodka, which embraces the region’s grain industry.

Local

SA jobless rate jumps to nation's highest

South Australia’s unemployment rate is now the nation’s highest after leaping from 6.0 per cent to 6.9 per cent in July, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force figures released today.

Opinion

SA's electoral fairness under threat

South Australia’s state election results in 2018 finally reflected the electorate’s will, but that new-found fairness is already under threat, writes legal commentator and Liberal Party legal adviser Morry Bailes.

Local

Spinning South Australia: how colonial 'marketing' was undermined by reality

Landholders in the new colony of South Australia spruiked its delights to entice more immigrants from England, but disillusioned labourers who’d already made the long journey sent their own letters home – telling friends and relatives not to bother, new research has discovered.

News

Coalition defends Palmer "least worst" SA preference deal

Labor has blasted a Coalition preference deal to place Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party in second position on its Senate how-to-vote cards in South Australia at the May 18 election.