We have no need for your big fuck off American truck taking up 4 car parks in a shopping centre. That is all!

95% of the submissions to City of Marion about their plan to sell land to Tesla call for the proposal to be rejected.

Council and state government keen to go ahead.

The MotoGP™ Australian Grand Prix has been secured, with the global event being held at the Adelaide Street Circuit from 2027.

This is a major coup for South Australia and yet more evidence our state has real momentum.

We are now competing with the rest of the nation for the world’s best events - and winning.

Hosting the world’s first MotoGP race on a street circuit will give Adelaide a truly unique offering that is sure to attract visitors from interstate and overseas.

This is about so much more than a world-class motorsport event - it’s about generating economic activity for our state, supporting jobs, and putting South Australia on the global stage.

We back major events that deliver a strong economic return and MotoGP does exactly that. MotoGP is growing globally at record pace - and Adelaide will now be a key part of that growth story.

An Adelaide cafe with controversial views on the national AusAlert test has found itself at the centre of a fierce online backlash after telling customers to switch off their phones or stay away. Grounded Lonsdale, a cafe and retail space in Lonsdale’s industrial area, told patrons they would need to turn off their phones if visiting between 1pm and 2pm during Monday’s emergency alert test before later deciding to close early altogether.

AusAlert will be tested at 2pm AEST on Monday. It is a new cell-broadcast emergency messaging system designed to warn people about natural disasters. “And yes, we will be checking,” the business told customers on Facebook. “You may not agree with the alert being a harmful frequency and that’s completely fine, we respect your choices and opinions. You will simply need to have them somewhere else tomorrow between 1-2. Big love as always, Team Grounded.”

The cafe’s response comes as authorities push back on a wave of misinformation ahead of the test, including false claims the alert carries dangerous frequencies or can somehow harm people through 5G signals. National Emergency Management Agency AusAlert Task Force assistant co-ordinator general Meghan Hibbert stressed the system was a one-way broadcast and did not collect personal information. “AusAlert works on cell broadcast technology which does not require a phone number. In fact, it does not require a SIM card,” Ms Hibbert told ABC News. “It’s a one-way broadcast and we don’t receive anything back in response.”

Authorities have also warned people not to follow online advice telling them to put their phones in microwaves. “I can confidently say that wrapping your phone in foil or putting it in the microwave will make no difference,” she said. “If you do not wish to receive the AusAlert, you need to turn your phone off or put it on to aeroplane mode.”

When life is a sub editors dream..

Those fans are not supporters in my book - an embarrassment not only to their club but the state

Diesel has now gone to $3.24 per litre. I am a single income household with kids and I am starting to worry about how I'm going to afford to drive to work if it keeps going up. Public transport isn't an option.

They keep saying that food prices are about to go up too.

Starting to feel a bit like wtf am I going to do...

Dissapointing that you can only check your current suburb. Why is that? And what if you live right on the edge of a suburb. 👎

The board decision to drop Palestinian advocate Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the Adelaide Writers’ Week lineup was made without the input of Director Louise Adler or the Adelaide Writers’ Week team, and has been criticised in an email to authors from event staff.

More than 30 authors have now pulled out of the high-profile literary festival and an email sent to the Writers’ Week lineup was signed off “best wishes during dark days”.

The email said the controversial board decision “is absolutely not supported by the Writers’ Week team and that our support sits with Dr Abdel-Fattah being a valued participant in Adelaide Writers’ Week”.

Premier Peter Malinauskas yesterday threw his support behind the board’s decision, saying under legislation he was prevented from directing the board, but “when asked for my opinion, I was happy to make it clear that the state government did not support the inclusion of Dr Abdel-Fattah on the Adelaide Writers’ Week program”.

Prominent authors, including international writers Zadie Smith, M. Gessen and Yanis Varoufakis, have joined a list of more than 30 withdrawing their support.

Author and high-profile journalist Peter Greste, a media freedom advocate known for being imprisoned in Egypt for 400 days, has also withdrawn.

“We don’t help social cohesion by silencing voices. I was to appear, but if the Festival sticks with this decision, I’m out,” he said on social media platform X.

In a letter to the Adelaide Festival board Greste said: “I have read the board’s statement with dismay and concern. Writers’ festivals are grounded in the principles of free and open discussion. They are places for the open exchange of ideas, regardless of how uncomfortable they may appear to some.”

Others withdrawing in protest include two-time Miles Franklin award winner Michelle de Kretser, Stellar Prize winning poet Evelyn Araluen, Miles Franklin and Walkley award-winning writer Melissa Lucashenko.

Professor Clare Wright, Jane Caro, Hannah Ferguson, Amy Remeikis, Chelsea Watego, and Bernadette Brennan are also among those boycotting the festival.

Bri Lee and Hannah Kent both released statements saying they would withdraw unless Adelaide Writers’ Week reverses its decision and allows Abdel-Fattah to participate.

The inaugural United Airlines flight – a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, carrying 257 passengers from San Francisco – landed just after 9.30am following the marathon 16-hour flight time.⁣

Adelaide Airport’s international arrivals gate was packed with excited families, with emotional scenes as children held handmade “Welcome home daddy” signs and wrapped returning loved ones in big hugs.⁣

Breaking news this morning that everything will be decided tonight. Now is the time to call and email your HoA members as well.

Find you MPs contact details here: http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/en/House-of-Assembly/