Malcolm Sutton

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Malcolm Sutton

Adelaide public transport users will continue paying maximum fares for short trips after Transport Minister Tom Koutsantonis ruled out reintroducing two-section fares. This is despite his party slamming the decision to axe the provision in 2019 as a "blatant cash-grab" by the former Liberal government. The two-section fare enabled a reduction of up to $2 for short trips, but users have since had to pay full fares regardless of distance travelled.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Malcolm Sutton |Zachary Bruce

In 2017, former high school teacher Konrad Benjamin encouraged his students to write to their local MP asking why Australia was going backwards according to several sustainable development metrics. When his students were disappointed with the generic responses they got, it helped motivate Konrad to start making political satire videos. Story by Malcolm Sutton, with additional production by Zachary Bruce.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Malcolm Sutton

Western cinema is littered with rags-to-riches stories of independent films making millions, but in an age of streaming where box offices are bypassed altogether, are windfalls becoming a thing of the past? George Miller's Mad Max of 1979, for example, was made with a budget of $350,000 and went on to make nearly $100 million in box office gross earnings. In the United States, Jared Hess's Napoleon Dynamite of 2004 cost about $400,000 and grossed more than $46 million.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Malcolm Sutton

Barossa imagery may be spearheading South Australia's latest tourism drive to capitalise on the AFL's Gather Round, but Adelaide's festivals and convenience will get a guernsey too in an episodic campaign for "sophisticated travellers". Adelaide's Frame Creative, in partnership with the SA Tourism Commission (SATC), this week started rolling out imagery and adverts that showcase the produce and "simple pleasures" of the Barossa and Fleurieu Peninsula.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Malcolm Sutton

The Cape du Couedic wave buoy has been out of commission since September. Delays in replacing it with a spare have been blamed on a supply issue in Canada. Water users can access alternative wave buoy data through a Flinders University project. A Bureau of Meteorology wave buoy has now been out of commission for seven months, leaving South Australian divers and fishers who rely on its data to seek alternatives.