Adelaide, Australia News

ELEANOR HALL: To South Australia now, where charities and local councils say they're preparing to deal with a deluge of requests from Holden workers and their families, as the car manufacturer prepares to cut costs.

Australia's auto industry troubles may flow on to the next generation of job seekers, as the South Australian town of Elizabeth already knows, with the country's second highest youth unemployment rate and deep pockets of disadvantage.

ADELAIDE is awash with crepes, pastries and other sweet and savoury creations, as a flurry of French cafes open their doors across the city.

Shane Cook, who spent five months in hospital after a bottle of burning petrol was thrown at him, with sister Bianca.

DEPUTY Premier John Rau has accused the Opposition of jeopardising plans for a major expansion of Adelaide Casino by carving up new gambling legislation negotiated between the State Government and industry.

Christians and atheists are ramping up their messages in the battle for hearts and minds in the City of Churches Street preachers in Adelaide's Rundle Mall have been silenced by the high court upholding a council by-law.

ACTU secretary Dave Oliver won't say whether trade unions continue to back Julia Gillard's leadership of federal Labor.

The adopted son of Maurice John Bade wants a piece of the $650,000 bequest to the Royal Zoological Society, the organization behind the Adelaide and Monarto Zoos in South Australia.

A leap and bound over a small section of the Southern Ocean, Kangaroo Island awaits for a distinctive adventure just south of Adelaide, Australia .

DEVELOPERS have earmarked more than $2.5 billion of major city projects since the State Government relaxed planning regulations in March last year.

PUBLIC servants say they remain unclear about how many jobs Opposition Leader Steven Marshall plans to shed despite his Budget reply speech promise that there would be no "massive cuts" to the sector.

A grand 105-year-old sandstone Medindie house has hosted weddings, parties and many sporting competitions and now vendor David Sharpe says it's ready for a new family.

HOLDEN factory workers at Elizabeth, in South Australia, have been called to a staff meeting at 1.30pm today, Adelaide radio is reporting.

The ALP in South Australia is factoring an expected federal election wipeout into its planning for next year's state poll.

THE "feel-good" factor of the Adelaide Festival has been given a dollar value for the first time, with research showing this year's event was worth almost $85 million - far greater than its strict economic benefit.

The automotive industry is undergoing a fundamental change from producer to service provider but it is far from dead, writes Nicholas Hudson.

Stephen Pahl and Sutasinee Anantanawat from the SARDI Food Safety and Innovation team, with the pipis packaging unit at Waite research precinct, Adelaide.

VETERAN: South Australia's oldest scout leader Stan Breynard, 89, at Mitcham 2nd Adelaide Scout group with Joeys Ari and Henrietta.

LEND Lease, which owns two building and engineering industry contractors with major projects in SA, will cut jobs and restructure the businesses to "be more competitive in a softening market".

A plan has been unveiled for two multi-storey medical research and training facilities in North Terrace, alongside the new Royal Adelaide Hospital.