Sara Garcia
Sara Garcia is a digital producer and journalist with ABC News based in Adelaide, South Australia.
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SA government announces cash grants for live music scene, but will it help an industry on its knees?
By Sara Garcia
The South Australian government is offering some live music venues the opportunity to apply for $60,000 grants to help revive the industry that was "decimated" during COVID. But one venue owner says it might not be enough to save the live music scene.
Adelaide Hills music festival postponed weeks out due to 'economic pressures'
By Sara Garcia
Promoters of a two-day South Australian music festival say they have been forced to postpone the event just weeks before it was scheduled to take place because of "economic pressures".
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Woman co-accused of killing top Adelaide doctor has murder charge against her dropped
By Leah MacLennan and Sara Garcia
Jacinta Davila, who had been co-accused of murdering prominent Adelaide doctor Michael Yung during an alleged home invasion, has been granted home-detention bail.
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Six former immigration detainees living in SA include child sex offenders, police say
By Jessica Warriner and Sara Garcia
Two former immigration detainees released into South Australia after a High Court ruling are registered child sex offenders — and a third person is in custody over an alleged indecent assault, police have revealed.
'Extraordinary sacrifice' of SA police officer killed in line of duty commemorated at public funeral
By Jessica Warriner and Sara Garcia
Slain SA Police officer Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig has been remembered as kind, caring and a "much loved" member of his community, in a public funeral at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
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It looks like an oasis, but the Riverlea development has been harbouring a secret
On the one hand, is a $3 billion development to accommodate thousands of families. On the other, is a burial site that is of immeasurable cultural significance. The problem? They are both on the same ground.
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What is the exotic pest threatening Australia's plantation industry?
By Sara Garcia
This suburban park in Adelaide's north-east used to resemble a small forest, filled with hundreds of well-established pine trees — but it has been left decimated thanks to an exotic pest.
Mother's plea for meningococcal B vaccine to be made more accessible as cases continue to rise
By Josephine Lim and Sara Garcia
After seeing how quickly her son Khye succumbed to the disease, Nicole Hammat wants young people to be more aware of meningococcal and is pleading for the B strain vaccine to be made accessible to more people.
Barbershop applies for exemption from Equal Opportunity Act so it can continue ban on women
By Sara Garcia
An Adelaide barbershop that bans women from entering its premises in order to provide its clients with a "male sanctuary" has applied for an exemption to the Equal Opportunity Act.
RSV cases skyrocket across the country compared to same time last year
By Sara Garcia and Imogen Hayne
The number of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases have jumped close to 10 times higher in some states across Australia when compared to last year. Experts say COVID complacency and higher testing rates could be why.
'We believe both were murdered': Police open major crime investigation into deaths of elderly couple
By Sara Garcia and Stacey Pestrin
SA Police suspect two elderly people, who died one year apart, may have been murdered by the same person after abnormalities in both of their toxicology reports were found.
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Are you a winner or loser in Labor's South Australian budget?
By Sara Garcia
The state government will pour billions of dollars into fixing its troubled health system and abolish stamp duty for some first-home buyers — but it comes at a cost.
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Australian who learned to walk again dies on Mount Everest fundraising climb
By Sara Garcia and Chris McLoughlin
Australian man Jason Kennison dies while descending Mount Everest, a climb he had undertaken to raise money for Spinal Cord Injuries Australia.
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'It shouldn't have escalated to this': Man shot in police incident had known mental health issues, neighbour says
By Sara Garcia and Daniel Keane
A neighbour who was with Sean Ferris minutes before he stabbed two police officers and was then shot dead says the incident should never has escalated to this — as homemade weapons and a Samurai sword are removed from the property.
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South Australia's power poles are different from anywhere else in the world
By Sara Garcia
Unless you've lived in South Australia you probably have no idea what Stobie poles are, or why they are so iconic to their home state. Here's a look.
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South Australia's Indigenous Voice to Parliament has passed, but what happens now?
By Rebecca Opie and Sara Garcia
South Australia's Premier Peter Malinauskas has conceded he does not expect the state's First Nations Voice to Parliament to lead to sudden improvements but hopes that "over years and decades to come, there is some positive change".
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Thousands without power as wild winds lash Adelaide
By Sara Garcia
Thousands of people are without power across Adelaide as wild winds continue to lash the city.
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Bodies of missing men found days after light plane crash at Philippines volcano
By Sara Garcia
Two men from Adelaide who were declared missing after a light plane crash in the Philippines have now been confirmed dead, days after the incident.
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Highly venomous snake hides out in SA's largest shopping centre for two days
By Sara Garcia
A highly venomous snake that hitched a ride in the car of an unsuspecting driver and then entered the roof of Adelaide's largest shopping centre has been caught, after being on the loose for two days.
Union calls for more security at high-risk locations after video of 'brazen theft' at Adelaide liquor store
By Sara Garcia
The retail workers union has renewed its calls for added security at high-risk locations after a video showing a "brazen robbery" at a northern Adelaide liquor store was posted online.
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Second-generation corpse flower, grown from leaf cutting, blooms at Adelaide Botanic Gardens
By Sara Garcia
The Adelaide Botanic Gardens is being inundated with visitors with some reporting an hour-and-a-half wait to catch a glimpse — or rather a whiff, of a corpse flower that bloomed at the weekend.
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Work to repair more than 50 levee banks underway as burst impacts Murraylands town
By Sara Garcia
South Australia's State Emergency Service (SES) says engineers are working to repair more than 50 levee banks along the River Murray ahead of the flood peak which is now expected from Boxing Day in Renmark.
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Woman builds her own levee only to find she's entitled to no flood assistance
By Sara Garcia and Isabel Dayman
Cathy's home in South Australia usually sits 1 kilometre from the River Murray, but as daily flows across the border reach 1974 flood levels, the water is now lapping up to her property.
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Daily River Murray flows crossing SA border reach levels not seen since 1970s
By Sara Garcia
South Australia's latest River Murray forecast shows the peak is likely to reach Renmark later than previously predicted, with the community already experiencing daily flows not seen since 1975.
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'It is a lot of water': River Murray daily flows could match city's yearly water usage
By Sara Garcia
Those in Greater Adelaide consume about 200 gigalitres of water a year, but now the state faces the prospect of that much water coming across the border into the River Murray every day, Premier Peter Malinauskas says.
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