South Australia, Australia News

ADELAIDE, Australia - William May, an Australian-based entertainment producer who co-created the top-selling theatrical tour "Walking With Dinosaurs," has died.

COUNTRY Fire Service crews have responded to a fire near Port Lincoln, less than a week after 13 houses were lost in a blaze on the outskirts of the city.

Share + Comments Jan 2, 2010 7:00 am US/Central ADELAIDE, Australia 1 of 1 Remains of the first airplane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced Saturday.

Joerg Berger was an 11-year-old in Leipzig, Germany, when the adventure film Storm Boy put the idea of living in the Australian Outback into his head.

South Australian police are asking New Year's Eve revellers to take extra care with sparklers and other risky party fun as the state swelters in tinderbox conditions.

In this undated handout picture supplied by Queensland Tourism, Ben Southall is seen on Daydream Island in Queensland, Australia.

A teenager found slumped in the driveway of a burning house in Australia Tuesday was reportedly tied up before his dramatic rescue by neighbors.

SYDNEY: Australian holidaymakers were evacuated on Thursday from a campsite in the path of raging wildfires, a day after an inferno destroyed 13 homes in the country's southeast, officials said.

Three youths who joined in an eight-hour crime rampage across Adelaide two years ago have been sentenced as adults by the District Court.

A SOUTH Australian policeman has been arrested for drink-driving after allegedly blowing three times over the legal limit.

Catastrophic fire danger ratings have been issued for eight South Australian districts on Wednesday, with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius and strong winds forecast around much of the state.

The Country Fire Service says it will use thermal imaging to continue monitoring hotspots from yesterday's bushfire at Port Lincoln.

Firefighters are breathing easier in South Australia with two major blazes now under control and temperatures dropping by at least 10 degrees on Thursday.

Wildfires that razed more than a dozen homes and caused electricity blackouts to thousands of families in an Australian Outback city were under control, fire officials said.

RESIDENTS were 'fleeing for their lives' on Wednesday as wildfires burned out of control in South Australia, a witness said, as the state endured catastrophic fire conditions.

AN "extremely dangerous" fire has destroyed homes on the outskirts of Port Lincoln in South Australia, while another blaze is burning out of control in the southeast.

Eight districts in SA will be on alert tomorrow under a catastrophic fire danger rating.

ADELAIDE, Australia, DEC. 20, 2009 .- At a time when heroes are hard to come by, Blessed Mary MacKillop -- who is soon to become Australia's first saint -- is a "true inspiration," says the president of the country's episcopal conference.

A total of 53 nominations were received for the 2010 South Australia harness racing yearling sale to be conducted by Davidson Cameron Board & Simmons at the Magic Millions Complex, Morphettville on Sunday, January 31.

March against fluoridation Posted on December 19, 2009, 1:01pm People opposed to the fluouridation of Mount Gambiera s water supply will protest with a march and rally on Saturday, January 16.