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Bushfires have closed the Eyre Highway for the second time this summer, with no confirmation of when the critical road route will reopen.

The scrapped Cashless Debit Card has left a divisive legacy in the South Australian coastal town of Ceduna, which is facing a rise in crime and antisocial behaviour.

The Tumby Bay community rallies to save the historic heart of town, 52 years after a tractor driver led a charge to block workmen from demolishing a jetty that provides teenagers with fun activities, habitat for marine species, and a place for everyone to unwind.

The small population of Ceduna may be located on the edge of the Nullarbor and be eight hours drive from the nearest capital city, but it offers the second most affordable beachside suburb in the country and those seeking a sea change aren't hesitating.

A relative's fatal drug overdose sparked a second chance at life for Josh Calliss, who now shares his story in group therapy in an "amazing place" to help others beat addiction.

Increasingly priced out of the locum GP market, Streaky Bay's community-run medical clinic often has no doctor, which leaves nursing staff and volunteer ambulance members facing greater workloads.

South Australia ranks worst in the country in a national tradie shortage that's keeping critical state housing empty, as vulnerable people face a bleak Christmas with no home to call their own.

Heavy rain comes to the aid of firefighters battling a bushfire that has already burned more than 18,000 hectares in WA and has been threatening the main sealed road in and out of the state. 

More leopard seals have been recorded on SA beaches annually in the past five years compared to the previous 30 years, but no one knows why.

While a treasured ocean pool on the Eyre Peninsula's far west coast is back up and running, to the delight of locals and tourists, some regional South Australian communities await access to their jetties.

In 2021, Telstra faced court for its treatment of First Nations customers. New figures obtained by the ABC show the scale of the problem is much worse than first thought.

Final touches are being made to a leafy sea dragon sculpture made entirely from marine debris by Ceduna artists to feature at the Tarnanthi Art Fair in Adelaide later this month.

The CFS is urging South Australians to check their bushfire survival plan following worryingly hot and dry conditions over spring.

Temperatures are expected to be 10 to 15 degrees above average across the state as the first of the season's significant fire weather arrives.

A record spell of September heat is baking southern states, with temperatures as much as 18 degrees Celsius above average.

A family who spent three years clearing a now popular desert track is celebrating 50 years since the project kicked off with a Fordson tractor and a dream.

Matt Turner has a job and perfect tenancy references, but the housing crisis has left him at his lowest point.

With only 18 per cent of graduates choosing to be GPs, and even fewer moving to work in regional Australia, replacing retiring country doctors is only getting harder.

Families are lining up to receive food at South Australia's 12 Foodbank outlets with rising rents, mortgages and electricity bills leaving some with little money to put food on the table.

A retired farmer says his 1,000-strong rare-coin collection has been stolen along with its heavy safe, which would have needed "four people to lift".

More than 2,000 people came together in SA this week to celebrate community and culture through music.

Cameras are fitted to endangered Australian sea lions in a bid to document their foraging habitats, but the results have revealed so much more to excited researchers, including a snappy encounter with a shark.

Police say the man, who is yet to be formally identified, died inside the Mount Gambier house.

Education Minister Blair Boyer says it is essential that students learn to use AI safely before they graduate. The trial is set to run for two months, after which a decision about a broader rollout will be made.

Like everyone, Foodbank is struggling to source food due to increasing costs of living, but a budget boost will help deliver more food to people doing it tough.