Thomas Kelsall

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Thomas Kelsall

With a floodwater levee wrapped around their town, residents in the remote South Australian community of Innamincka say they are stocked up and ready for weeks in isolation. The township of less than two dozen people in South Australia’s far north-east has been cut off by road by significant floodwaters flowing through from Queensland.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Thomas Kelsall

"It's a little bit heartbreaking when you have an international artist that comes to Australia and just announces three concert dates — and none of them are Adelaide."That's Matthews Architects managing director, Gerald Matthews, articulating a common frustration among Adelaide music lovers who have had to weigh up a trip to the eastern states to catch their favourite artist. "It's a big financial decision [for an artist] to contemplate coming all the way to Adelaide," he said.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Thomas Kelsall

"We are drowning.""The level of stress is horrendous.""Really, really bad."That's what staff working in the Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) emergency department reportedly told doctors union chief Bernadette Mulholland when she paid a visit on March 17. Ms Mulholland was inspecting workplace safety at the southern suburbs hospital and said when she arrived, she was told it had been "a week from hell".

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Thomas Kelsall |Kathryn Bermingham

It's been two years since the SA government held a special ceremony outside Parliament House to mark the passage of legislation establishing the nation's first state-based Voice. Speaking to a crowd gathered on North Terrace, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kyam Maher said the SA Voice would help decision-makers enact “enduring, positive change for the future”.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Thomas Kelsall

The owner of the Port Pirie and Hobart smelters has put its hand out for government assistance, casting doubt over the future of the major employers if taxpayer-funded help isn't forthcoming. Nyrstar, which employs more than 1,000 people across its Tasmanian and South Australian operations, said it was talking to the federal and state governments about the "severity of the challenges it faces". The company owns the Port Pirie lead smelter and Hobart zinc smelter.