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The red and white obelisk is a must-see for visitors to the South Australian tourist town of Robe, but it's at risk of plunging into the water below.

The Robe councillor had a conflict of interest when he tabled motions which led to the council's chief executive being investigated and later resigning, an ombudsman's report has found.  

Residents and property owners in a town in South Australia's south-east are growing increasingly frustrated at services being reduced in what they had hoped would be an idyllic place to retire.

More Surf Life Saving volunteers will be trained up to operate shark-spotting drones over patrol popular beaches this summer, to help protect swimmers after recent attacks.

A South Australian recycling business says it has a world-first solution to transform the waste from powder coating production into plastic used in construction.

Councils along South Australian coastlines will meet in a bid for planning consistency to mitigate sea level rise and effects of a warming climate.

After an earlier recommendation was widely rejected, a new proposal to restructure football in South East SA has been put forward. 

Dredging is halted at a South Australian marina after the discovery of wakame seaweed, regarded as one of the country's worst marine pests.

When farmer Pao Ling Tsai set a trap to catch the predator that had been killing his chooks, he expected to catch a feral cat or fox. Instead, he caught a species that was thought extinct in South Australia more than 130 years ago. 

South Australian lobster farmers are entering a new season, hoping the return of the lucrative China market could be on the horizon. 

Fishers are eyeing a promising season and the federal government is continuing in its efforts to improve relations with China, which is still refusing to import Australia's catch.

More than 500 people were admitted to SA hospitals for dog bites in the past 12 months, but it's hoped a new public safety campaign will bring that number down.

A subdivision in a South Australian town with a severe housing shortage is stopped by the Native Vegetation Council because of the diversity of plant species on the property. Three rare animals may also live there.

Amid rising rents and house prices, the SA premier has announced more public and government worker housing in Mount Gambier, but others say smaller towns also need help.

More than 80 years ago, two naval officers were killed by a German mine in Beachport, South Australia, but it's not a well-known part of history.

High levels of erosion and massive mounds of seaweed are affecting kilometres of beaches along the south-east coastline, with Flinders University researchers blaming frequent storms.

A wet winter in South Australia's south-east has seen 2,500km of drains and natural waterways come alive — allowing this once waterlogged region to flourish as an agricultural engine room.

Lobsters fetch a pretty price for their tasty meat, and now researchers say their shells could provide an untapped source of calcium for human health needs.

Several lakes between Robe and Beachport would be covered by conservation parks under a new state government plan which has upset hunters because it would ban their sport in an area renowned for its birdlife.

Long-awaited changes to football in South East South Australia have been released, with consultation with clubs to start soon. 

Blue whales are beginning their migration north to breed, but skinnier than usual animals spotted off Australia's coast are leaving researchers worried about their food source. 

Robe's historic Karatta House sold for $2.6 million in January and a month later another home fetched an even higher price. But agents say the region's real estate is still comparatively affordable.

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report has a dire forecast for the world's fisheries yields — and Australia isn't immune. 

Between 1857 and 1863, more than 17,000 Chinese migrants walked from the seaside town of Robe, home to about 200 residents, to Ballarat.

Fishers off the coast of Robe were surprised to see a great white shark circling their boat.