Conor Burke

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Sam Bradbrook |Conor Burke

Images posted to social media show ambulances queued outside the Mount Gambier Hospital. SA Premier Peter Malinauskas says the images do not depict ramping. Health worker unions say ramping is a real issue at the hospital and needs to be addressed. South Australia's salaried doctors and paramedics unions say reports of potential "ramping" and staff shortages at the Mount Gambier Hospital need to be taken seriously.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Conor Burke |Josh Brine

State MP Nick McBride plans to run at next March's SA election, while facing court charged with assaulting his wife. Mr McBride says he is fit to continue in parliament while the matter is before the courts. Mr McBride says he believes the court process will extend into the middle of next year, beyond the state election. An independent South Australian MP accused of assaulting his wife says he intends to run for his seat again at the March state election.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Amelia Walters |Conor Burke

Driving 450 kilometres multiple times a month to access gynaecological care is the reality for many women living with chronic health conditions in regional Australia. It's something 18-year-old Mount Gambier woman Lucy Savage has done every two weeks since being diagnosed with endometriosis, adenomyosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) last year. She says the frequent travel for care is unsustainable and has impacted her family and future.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert |Conor Burke

The drought and recent cooler weather are causing ladybirds to gather in huge numbers around Mount Gambier, in South Australia's south-east, but an ecologist says it is a good thing. Photographer Darren Archibald was out last weekend and snapped photos of thousands, if not millions, of the insects aggregating on Stobie poles, fences and plants along Wandilo Forest Road in Dismal Swamp. "There are so many of them that the ground is covered," Mr Archibald told ABC South East SA.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Josh Brine |Conor Burke

Tickets for flights out of the biggest city in regional South Australia will rise by an "unsustainable" $90 if the council is not able to get assistance to pay for installing security screening. Mount Gambier airport, in the state's south-east, is currently exempt from security screening, but has been told it is nearing passenger number thresholds that would trigger mandatory screening.