Sandra Morello

The Limestone Coast in regional South Australia is well known for its magic-like ghost mushrooms, but massive fungi are sparking the curiosity of locals.

A prominent figure within SA's timber industry has been tasked with helping border communities that had their cross-border issues exascerbated by the pandemic.

Residents of a Victorian hamlet —  and their pooches — have been enjoying an outdoor bubble bath after heavy rain, powerful winds and fierce surf hit the coast.

Water from the swollen Murray River is due to arrive at SA's Coorong and Lower Lakes in weeks, bringing a much-needed boost for wildlife and helping to reduce salinity.

A South Australian teenager involved in a crash that claimed the lives of three family members has been given a 12-month good behaviour bond and a driving ban. Family members say they are devastated by the outcome of the trial.

Australia's recycling sector tries to ride out tough market conditions as it battles ballooning energy and transport costs and contaminated material.

Empty buildings should be used to house homeless people in regional South Australia, a service provider says, as temperatures plummet and tent sales soar.

Beach Energy will spend up to 18 months interpreting geological survey data to determine the Limestone Coast's potential for future gas extraction.

A major South Australian potato grower says demand for the humble spud is high as fresh vegetable prices surge.

The Australian Red Cross says people are "beating a path" to their door for humanitarian help as families struggle to pay for basics including dog food for their beloved pets.

A regional South Australian family say they are heartbroken after their much-loved family pet was shot and butchered. They are calling on hunters targeting feral deer to follow the rules. 

UAP leader Craig Kelly says it is "insane" people cram into cities when there's a vast land mass in regional areas, and unveiled a taxation plan that would see regional residents pay less.

One of Australia's largest timber-producing regions will explore using low-value wood fibre to produce engineered products to address the nation's growing structural timber deficit crisis.

SA Premier says regional forestry sector key in addressing the nation's wood shortage

Rural residents are again on high alert as fire burns in pine plantations near Mount Gambier, while a forestry company faces "big loss" from pine plantation blaze.

A golf course operator thanks fireys on the ground and in the air as a blaze tore through Mount Gambier's heritage Crater Lakes precinct.

More than 165 firefighters will continue to tackle a forest fire near Lucindale in the south-east of South Australia today amid soaring temperatures and potentially dangerous weather conditions. 

A mass walk-out of prison guards over food, pay and conditions leaves a skeleton crew at one of South Australia’s largest prisons.

The catch is that you need to pick it up, but the post-lockdown demand for live Christmas trees is so high that this South Australian company has customers driving from Sydney and Melbourne to collect them.

A testing site will be established in the township of Robe in South Australia after a pub, cafes, and a petrol station were identified as exposure sites.

A Dartmoor man urges residents in southern Victoria and South Australia to be vigilant after his cat found a deadly snake hiding among shopping bags in his kitchen.

Homeless people are forced to sleep in tents and public toilets in Mount Gambier, despite almost 50 social housing properties sitting empty across the region, a Labor MP says.

Concerned Mount Gambier GPs are calling for greater communication about the management of COVID-19 cases ahead of the reopening of the South Australian border. 

Premier Steven Marshall has warned the Limestone Coast community that borders will open by Christmas and COVID-19 will cross state lines.

A mobile vaccination van will be used to entice people to get the COVID-19 jab in regional South Australia, which has some of the lowest vaccinations figures in the nation.