Malcolm Sutton

South Australia

Features Reporter at ABC News (Australia)

Features Reporter at ABC Radio Australia

Journalist, drummer, author of Twitchers (Puncher & Wattmann) + The Fake Jesus (https://t.co/dZtteOnmmr). Opinions are my own and not my employer's.

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Nearly 200,000 litres of water stolen from Adelaide Hills tanks, residents say

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

Neighbours in an Adelaide Hills cul-de-sac say they have been robbed of nearly 200,000 litres of water overnight. They say water trucks were used to drain their rainwater tanks in the early hours of Tuesday. South Australian police are investigating. The rainwater tanks of two neighbours in the Adelaide Hills have been drained by thieves overnight, with nearly 200,000 litres worth more than $5,000 stolen.
Rise in micro-cinema subculture as streaming reduces traditional audience

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Malcolm Sutton

At one of the most celebrated and respected film festivals in the United States in January, director Quentin Tarantino mourned the fate of movies. Known for delivering critical and commercial hits like Pulp Fiction, Tarantino was less than positive. "Well, what the f*** is a movie now?" he put to the audience at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
SA transport minister rules out returning two-section fare three years after election

2 months 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.
Using satire to engage 'ripped off' Australians

2 months 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.
Will streaming end surprise box office hits by independent filmmakers?

2 months 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.
South Australian tourism campaign showcases state's 'simple pleasures'

2 months 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.
No fix in sight for broken Bureau of Meteorology wave buoy

Mar 18, 2025 | 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.
Adelaide athlete Aaron Crook wins 6633 Arctic Ultra in gruelling conditions

Mar 18, 2025 | abc.net.au | Malcolm Sutton

He has no feeling in some of his fingers and repeatedly wakes in a cold sweat believing he's still on the Arctic ice, but Adelaide's Aaron Crook is buzzing after winning one of the world's hardest ultra-marathons. The 41-year-old entered Canada's 6633 Arctic Ultra in late February hoping just to finish the gruelling 620-kilometre trek in which self-sufficient competitors must cart their own supplies.
Study links fitness apps to disordered eating and obsessive behaviour - ABC News

Mar 15, 2025 | abc.net.au | Malcolm Sutton

Flinders University researchers say young adults who use diet and fitness apps are more likely to obsess over diet than those who don't use them.
State leagues to fill gap as AFL cuts free Saturday footy TV broadcasts

Mar 13, 2025 | abc.net.au | Malcolm Sutton

The AFL's gamble to hide Saturday games behind a paywall through Foxtel and Kayo this year has handed state leagues a big opportunity to fill the gap, a media analyst says, as the high cost of living continues to bite. One match a week is already televised free-to-air for each state league by Channel 7 and will continue under its State League Saturdays format.