Leah MacLennan

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Daniel Keane |Leah MacLennan

The scale of South Australia's toxic algal bloom has previously been likened to the size of Kangaroo Island. On the island, tourism operators and fishers are among those who fear potentially heavy impacts on their businesses. While some have raised the prospect of financial assistance, the government says it is monitoring the situation. The shallows that follow the shoreline might not seem the likeliest setting for the contemplation of drought.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Jessica Haynes |Leah MacLennan |Che Chorley

A mysterious, brown foam appeared on a beach an hour south of Adelaide. It was just the beginning of a toxic algal bloom that has now grown to thousands of square kilometres in size, killing precious sea life in its wake. Experts say it could be a sign of things to come. The breathtaking coastline of Waitpinga Beach — known as "Waits" to locals — is famed for its strong swells and rugged hills.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Leah MacLennan

On Saturday night at the Robin Hood Hotel in Adelaide's eastern suburbs, Liberal MP James Stevens took to the stage to concede that he had lost the seat of Sturt. He apologised for being the man in the seat when it slipped from his party's hands for the first time in more than five decades. As he descended from the stage, there to comfort the now-former MP were party faithful and elders, chief among them the recently-retired Senator Simon Birmingham.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Leah MacLennan

Former foreign minister and opposition leader Alexander Downer has labelled factionalism as "fatal" for the South Australian Liberal Party, as major players dissect the election loss. On ABC Radio Adelaide, Mr Downer slammed the Liberal campaign as having no framework.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Leah MacLennan

The federal Liberals' last bastion in metropolitan Adelaide has toppled, with the electorate of Sturt now firmly in Labor's hands. It's a seat that by many measures should be Liberal heartland, sitting in Adelaide's leafy eastern suburbs. But less than three hours after polls closed, at the Robin Hood Hotel  — a location now infamous for Liberal concession speeches — sitting MP James Stevens followed in that tradition.