James Wakelin

Growers in South Australia's Riverland will gather at a crisis meeting as warm inland wine regions are pushed to breaking point by 1970s prices for their grapes.

Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon could be out of prison within weeks if a long-standing parole bid is approved.

As a journalist who covered the shocking murders, it is hard to fathom how one of the men who helped give Adelaide the moniker 'the murder capital of Australia' can be allowed out of jail, writes James Wakelin.

In the outer suburbs of Adelaide in the 1990s, unimaginable horrors were taking place. Eleven people died in what were described as the worst serial murders in Australia. Accomplice Mark Ray Haydon will soon be released but victims' advocates say loved ones still face a life sentence of trauma and pain.

The first of four men convicted over South Australia's "bodies-in-the-barrels murders" could be freed from jail — with no restrictions or supervision — within months.

A magistrate said the then 15-year-old had not intended to cause harm when he shook or forcibly threw his baby, but had been reckless.

South Australian MP Fraser Ellis has gone on trial in the Adelaide Magistrates Court accused of making more than $18,000 in fraudulent expenses claims. 

In the wake of the collapse of three South Australian builders, the industry and the state government are reassuring a brighter future is ahead. But for those looking to find a builder, objective information is hard to come by.

Barely two months ago, Spencer Barton was an active and energetic five-year-old — but a shock diagnosis has turned the lives of him and his parents upside down, and left them battling not only his condition but the health system.

A woman who collided with a kangaroo while cycling through the Adelaide Hills is still recovering three months after the incident.

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) launched Federal Court action against SkyCity in December, alleging systemic non-compliance with anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws.

A woman accused of murdering her elderly parents by giving them insulin has been granted bail in the Supreme Court.

The High Court of Australia ruled the land at Ponde was invalidly prescribed, and the pair were denied procedural fairness and should have been given notice of the declaration.

Ten interest rate rises in a row are biting hard into household budgets in South Australia, stretching many people's ability to pay their mortgage or rent and even basic necessities such as food.

Daniel Woodward only had time to collect his dogs before his house was destroyed by a bushfire that broke out near the SA town of Port Lincoln yesterday. Nearby, Rohan Freeman's family watched as the fire reached their back door.

Floodwaters from NSW and Victoria are inundating South Australia's Riverland region. Here is a look at what is expected in the coming weeks.

No action will be taken against the South Australian Cricket Association or the SANFL following the arrest of an umpire last month for allegedly possessing or controlling child abuse material.

The SA government has moved to reassure solar households that their systems won't need to be shut down because of fears of instability in the state's electricity system. James Wakelin reports.