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Malcolm Sutton

ABC.net.au

South Australia, Australia

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Gratte Ciel returns to Womadelaide with 'famous feather storm' despite concerns

Gratte Ciel director Stéphane Girard says the company is used to generating headlines about the duck feathers it uses in its aerial ballet, and welcomes discussion about animal products. → Read More

Why are the dolphins dying?

A mysterious condition is killing Port Adelaide's dolphins, known worldwide for their tricks and aerial flips. Without answers, a passionate community of followers is worried the pod may be lost altogether. → Read More

Adelaide's own Batman on a crusade to bring fun and laughter to the roads

After retiring from competitive bodybuilding in 2009, Phil Peake bought a dark blue Corvette and a Batman mask to bring random acts of fun to Adelaide's roads. → Read More

New Shoots on Kangaroo Island as bushfire recovery is given leg-up through music festival

The festival, which includes headline acts Something for Kate, Jebediah and South Australia's own Bad Dreems, will be held in April after two previous attempts were postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions. → Read More

Womadelaide and a gum tree celebrate 30 years of music, art, dance

Womadelaide has grown in 30 years from small beginnings in Adelaide's Botanic Park, but so too have the trees its musical notes have bounced about, with one particular tree having a lot to say. → Read More

Charlie's Rainbow raises more than $55,000 for cancer research through physical challenges

A colourful fundraiser that has seen people push their physical limits or twirl hula hoops while upside down raises more than $55,000 for cancer research in the name of Charlie Stevens, who died at three. → Read More

Celebrating a decade of MUD Literary Club support for 'rank and file' writers at Adelaide Writers' Week

A philanthropic arts organisation that has supported famed writers like Hannah Kent, Tim Winton and Trent Dalton is celebrating its 10-year anniversary at Adelaide Writers' Week. → Read More

Tributes paid for Australian roller derby pioneer Sarah Strong-Law

The founder of the Adelaide Roller Derby league, Sarah Strong-Law — aka Barrelhouse Bessy — died in a car accident on Kangaroo Island last week. → Read More

Clean Up Australia tackling the scourge of face mask pollution through citizen science

Concerns about disposable masks littering the environment and creating hazards for marine life and birds promotes Clean Up Australia to launch a citizen science project. → Read More

Balloon ban in Adelaide parks and facilities floated by eastern suburbs council

A council wants the state government to ban balloons as a part of a growing list of single-use plastic products getting phased out in South Australia. → Read More

Crab cam reveals a 'hectic' underwater world off Adelaide's metropolitan beaches

A fisher's camera lowered with bait from his kayak off Adelaide's coast is revealing some "hectic" marine scenes that are snagging tens of thousands of online viewers. → Read More

Australians left with bigger thirst for alcohol as pandemic drinking habits stick

Australians who drank more during the height of the pandemic are being left with a nasty hangover, the Alcohol and Drug Foundation says, and some risk entrenching it as a way of life. → Read More

Another Gawler Line blow-out with city train network to close for Adelaide Fringe opening

The entire metropolitan train network will be closed for the Adelaide Fringe opening weekend as the completion date for the maligned Gawler Line electrification project is delayed again. → Read More

From nervous beginnings to accomplished presenter, Spence Denny looks back on a varied ABC career

Radio presenter Spence Denny was so nervous when he started his career that he almost failed to queue the song from a Cold Chisel record, nerves that returned during a farewell interview after 33 years with the ABC. → Read More

Victor Harbor's new causeway opens as demolition date nears for heritage-listed original

Victor Harbor's new causeway officially opens in a ceremony alongside the existing heritage structure, which is flagged for demolition from February. → Read More

Hung parliament a 'real possibility' as South Australian election shapes up to be a COVID corker

State Governments so far have been rewarded for their efforts to keep COVID-19 at bay, but in SA, where borders have been reopened to the Eastern states, pundits are predicting no such niceties. → Read More

'He changed the landscape': Garry Stewart's swan song arrives for the Australian Dance Theatre

Garry Stewart reflects on his glittering career with the Australian Dance Theatre as his final show gets underway in Adelaide. → Read More

Foodbank charity feeding 74,000 hungry South Australian children every month

Some 135,000 South Australians are relying on the Foodbank charity for groceries every month as rising living costs continue to eat away at household food budgets. → Read More

Another Port River dolphin found dead as interim report struggles to identify a cause

A third dolphin is found dead inside the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary with all showing similar symptoms of illness before they died, but an interim investigation is no closer to finding the cause. → Read More

'Phenomenal' roadkill numbers in South Australia prompts pleas for drivers to slow down

A massive increase in roadkill this spring is littering South Australian highways, with one wildlife rescuer finding 13 wombats and 10 kangaroos dead on a single road in the Murraylands. → Read More