Alana Calvert
Regional SA Digital Content Producer and Reporter at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
ABC regional SA/Broken Hill reporter and producer. Via @PA’s Oz bureau and a bunch of community newspapers which no longer exist. SA based, Western Vic born.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Alana Calvert
Distraction, driving dangerously and speeding were the leading causes of the 847 serious crashes on South Australia's roads in 2024, according to South Australia Police (SAPOL). With 17 lives already lost on SA's roads this year — compared to 13 this time last year — police have issued an urgent plea for safer road behaviours.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Sara Garcia |Alana Calvert
After months of speculation over the future of Whyalla's steelworks, the South Australian government has forced the industrial plant into administration, putting an end to GFG Alliance's almost eight-years of ownership. The steelworks, which is Whyalla's largest employer, have been in crisis for months, after GFG failed to pay tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments to the state government, and millions of dollars to creditors and contractors.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Isabella Carbone |Alana Calvert
A privately-funded search has begun at a former factory site in Adelaide's south-west in the hope of providing fresh information in a nearly 60-year-old cold case. Excavation began at the old Castalloy property in North Plympton on Saturday morning in an effort to search for the remains of the three Beaumont children, who disappeared in 1966. Independent state MP Frank Pangallo, who organised the private dig, said it was likely the last chance to conduct another search before the land was sold.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Alana Calvert
An Adelaide RSL is searching for the mystery owner of what is believed to be a 121-year-old diary that includes entries from World War I after it was left on its doorstep. Semaphore RSL manager Kylie Flack initially thought the small shopping bag carefully placed at the front door contained junk mail until she looked inside. "I was like, 'What the hell is this? This looks really old'," she said. "It was kind of just slid under the gate ... in front of the front door, so obviously it was left for us.
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abc.net.au | Alana Calvert |Sophie Landau
More than 700 "Marilyns" have braved 39 degree Celsius temperatures to raise funds for Cancer Council SA during its iconic Marilyn Jetty Swim. Now in its 12th year, there were indications Sunday's event at Brighton in Adelaide would be the biggest one so far after registrations were exhausted several weeks in advance at 765 people. Event founder Sarah Tinney, who was recently received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), said she was "blown away by it all".
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