Jan 17: Alliance Resources announces that it will begin a uranium mining trial at the Four Mile
uranium project near
Arkaroola by the middle of the year, which could make South Australia home to four of Australia's five uranium mines. More...
Jan 14: A fall in university and
TAFE applications for 2008, with young South Australians opting for unskilled positions instead, raises warnings that the state's greatest problem over the next decade could be an under-educated workforce. More
Jan 4:
BoM releases its annual climate statement, showing that 2007 has been
Adelaide's hottest year since records began in 1887, stressing the need to tackle climate change; total
fire bans continue in much of the state for fear of
bushfires (pictured). More
Dec 22: Heavy
rains fall on much of the state, including inland regions like
Tarcoola, bringing relief to areas crippled with drought and stringent water restrictions.
Dec 21: Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd appoints South Australian politicians
Penny Wong and Warren McCann as co-chairs of a national working group on climate change and water, whose major objective is to ease negotiations between South Australia and
Victoria regarding the Murray River.
Jan 17: Alliance Resources announces that it will begin a uranium mining trial at the Four Mile
uranium project near
Arkaroola by the middle of the year, which could make South Australia home to four of Australia's five uranium mines. More...
Jan 14: A fall in university and
TAFE applications for 2008, with young South Australians opting for unskilled positions instead, raises warnings that the state's greatest problem over the next decade could be an under-educated workforce. More
Jan 4:
BoM releases its annual climate statement, showing that 2007 has been
Adelaide's hottest year since records began in 1887, stressing the need to tackle climate change; total
fire bans continue in much of the state for fear of
bushfires (pictured). More
Dec 22: Heavy
rains fall on much of the state, including inland regions like
Tarcoola, bringing relief to areas crippled with drought and stringent water restrictions.
Dec 21: Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd appoints South Australian politicians
Penny Wong and Warren McCann as co-chairs of a national working group on climate change and water, whose major objective is to ease negotiations between South Australia and
Victoria regarding the Murray River.