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.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump marks turning 80 on Sunday with a birthday celebration that once would have seemed unfathomable: a cage-fighting show on the storied South Lawn of the White House. This week, the hard realities of the office have threatened to overshadow the ostentatious UFC mixed martial arts extravaganza.
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.