Cattle station owners face charges over alleged illegal dams
By Leah MacLennan
The owners of Anna Creek Station, the biggest cattle station in the world, have been charged over allegedly building illegal dams on inland rivers and waterholes in outback South Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-30/sa-anna-creek-station-illegal-dams-charge/105947060
#Water #DamsandReservoirs #LivestockFarming #WaterSupply #BeefCattleFarming #Courts #LeahMacLennan
Has the SA government learned from the Oakden aged care scandal?
By Leah MacLennan and Angelique Donnellan
An audit has revealed an Adelaide aged care facility was inappropriately using restraints on patients, raising the question of whether the state government has learned from the Oakden aged care scandal in 2017.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/sa-northgate-analysis/105867062
#AgedCare #RoyalCommissions #LeahMacLennan #AngeliqueDonnellan
The sea is sick and has entered uncharted waters
By Daniel Keane, Leah MacLennan, and Che Chorley
The disastrous algal bloom that has been, for at least six months, lapping at South Australia's shores has turned a coastline into a frontline, and has left many swimmers, surfers and seaside business operators wondering what the upcoming summer will look like.
#Oceans #MarineBiology #EnvironmentalHealth #EnvironmentalImpact #DanielKeane #LeahMacLennan # #CheChorley
AI 'admin error' puts SA Liberals' star recruit in spotlight
By Leah MacLennan
When Frank Pangallo announced he was joining the Liberal party, he vowed to put the blowtorch on a first-term government riding high in the polls. But barely four weeks later, the blowtorch is firmly on Pangallo instead, writes Leah MacLennan.
#PoliticalCandidates #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #LeahMacLennan
