What are you really paying when using a card this Christmas?
By Malcolm Sutton
Cashless payments make up about three-quarters of all transactions in Australia but come at a cost to both merchants and consumers, leaving some asking if it is time to consider it essential infrastructure.
Is Adelaide due for another big earthquake?
By Malcolm Sutton
Adelaide sits on the most active seismic zone in Australia and has more than its fair share of tremors below magnitude-4, but it's been 71 years since it was rocked by a serious earthquake. Now, it's a matter of if, not when, it gets another one.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-14/is-adelaide-due-for-another-big-earthquake/106126974
Adelaide residents 'in the dark' over Gilbert Street development proposal
By Malcolm Sutton
Residents of Gilbert Street who originally opposed a development proposal say a deal was struck behind closed doors to proceed with planning.
#UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MalcolmSutton
How Peter Weir captured a 'golden glow' in Picnic at Hanging Rock
By Malcolm Sutton
Renowned Australian director Peter Weir gives a rare behind-the-scenes insight into what made Picnic at Hanging Rock such a memorable and enduring film.
Heather Croall reflects on 11 years leading Australia's biggest arts festival
By Malcolm Sutton
After returning from the UK to direct the Adelaide Fringe in 2015, Heather Croall has seen the festival's ticket sales pass the 3-million mark and box office sales reach nearly $30 million.
Is Adelaide's stormwater contributing to the algal bloom crisis?
By Malcolm Sutton
Adelaide's stormwater network has been discharging high loads of sediment into the Gulf of St Vincent for decades, killing off seagrasses that are a key defence against blooms of the kind wreaking havoc in South Australia.
#WaterPollution #EnvironmentalManagement #EnvironmentalPolicy #MalcolmSutton
Rival and traditional Adelaide sporting clubs under threat by university merger
By Malcolm Sutton
Sporting clubs from the University of Adelaide and UniSA face an uncertain future in an amalgamation process that has pitted some clubs against each other in the race to be a part of the new institute.
#Sport #HigherEducation #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MalcolmSutton
Calls for regulation as motorised hydrofoils create a splash
By Malcolm Sutton
Emerging battery technologies has given rise to electric surfboards and motorised foil boards, but as the SA government considers exclusion zones to keep them away from traditional water users, proponents say better education is needed.
BOM wave buoy goes 'adrift' in SA five months after lengthy repairs
By Malcolm Sutton
Despite a new "specialist mooring" part that took nearly a year to import and install, the Cape du Couedic wave buoy is offline again.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-05/bureau-of-meteorology-wave-buoy-in-sa-offline-again/105971410
#Weather #Government #FederalGovernment #FishingandAquacultureIndustry #MalcolmSutton
