Long-term renters in South Australia are a step closer to homeownership, with construction nearing completion on the first family and southern suburbs homes delivered under the Malinauskas Government's Rent-To-Own scheme in Seaford.
Former South Australian Minister and Speaker of the House of Assembly Leon Bignell has been appointed as South Australia's next Agent-General in London. Mr Bignell will officially begin the four-year appointment on 27 May, succeeding David Ridgway, who has served in the role since July 2021 and chose not to seek another term.
A major new tourism and hospitality project in the Barossa Valley has secured planning approval, clearing the way for a luxury five-star resort and winery development in one of South Australia's premier wine regions. Strategic Alliance and Commercial Pty Ltd has received approval to build the InterContinental Barossa Resort & Spa on Hoffnungsthal Road at Williamstown.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Turkey is back in the World Cup for the first time since 2002 and, despite the long absence, captain Hakan Calhanoglu has made some bulletin-board worthy comments about his team’s first opponent.
BEIRUT (AP) – The Lebanese army on Saturday withdrew its troops from a base in a southern Lebanese village after Israeli troops advanced in an area nearby, a military official said. Israel’s military appears to be trying to make as many gains as possible in case a U.S.-Iran agreement is reached to end the war in the region, which is likely to include Lebanon.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – British-born Australian champion race horse Makybe Diva, who won the Melbourne Cup three times between 2003 and 2005, has died. Owner Tony Santic said in a statement Saturday that the mare who amassed 14 million Australian dollars ($10 million) in prize money, died at the age of 26 after a brief bout of colic.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew over the scrapping of an appearance by an Australian-Palestinian writer and academic.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Riley Allen, a 15-year-old schoolboy living on an Outback sheep ranch, doesn’t know how he’ll keep in touch with his circle of far-flung friends once Australia’s world-first social media ban takes effect on Wednesday. Riley’s family lives 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wudinna, a community of just over 1,000 in South Australia state.
After Labor targeted the threat of One Nation in a recent appeal to supporters for donations, the insurgents played tit for tat. One Nation on Wednesday launched its own fund-raising campaign around the slogan "Fire the Liar". By evening it claimed to have raised well over $1 million, rising fast.
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