Last Top Stories: Monster blackout in Adelaide leaves 45000 SA properties without power

Monster blackout in Adelaide leaves 45000 SA properties without power

Power was cut to more than 45,000 properties across South Australia late on Sunday after the failure of an interconnector linking SA to Victoria. The monster blackout hit homes and businesses from Sellicks Beach, south of Adelaide, across the ... >> view original

Adelaide's hottest October on record: Temperature 5 degrees hotter than the ...

A hotter than average month has shattered Adelaide's all-time October record by more than five degrees Celsius. Last month's series of daytime temperatures of more than 30C — and spikes of up to 35C — have rewritten the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)'s ... >> view original

Man stabbed in the back in Adelaide home

The attacker was known to his victim, who was hospitalised with minor stab wounds, police said. The man was refused bail appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday charged with aggravated assault to cause harm and giving police false information. >> view original

Adelaide rapist John William Knight has 'difficulty facing up to crime' 20 ...

An Adelaide man who broke into a woman's home and raped her more than 20 years ago still finds it difficult to "face up" to the fact he is a rapist, the District Court has heard. John William Knight, now 51, broke into the victim's home in Adelaide's ... >> view original

Substation issue caused SA blackout

Properties were affected from Sellicks Beach, south of Adelaide, across the metropolitan area and north into the Barossa Valley with services in some areas out for more than two hours. Transmission company ElectraNet said the incident at the substation ... >> view original

Meet Adelaide's tenants from hell: 9NEWS goes into some of South Australia's ...

Tenants with bad rental histories should be named and shamed, according to South Australian landlords who say they are sick of cleaning up after Australia's worst renters. 9NEWS was exclusively invited to see the trail of destruction left by several ... >> view original

Teys can lift 36ers for NZ

Teys had sprained his ankle nine days earlier as the Sixers beat these same Taipans 88-79 at Adelaide Arena and his relentless attitude sorely was missed, given the effort of some of his indolent teammates. “I'll be travelling with the team to New ... >> view original

Borrello brilliant as Brisbane Roar beat plucky Adelaide United - SBS

Borrello scored early in a first half which was dominated by the home side, but it was Adelaide who had the better of the second 45 minutes. But Brisbane, who were under the pump, put the game to bed courtesy of Maclaren's third goal of the season. >> view original

Russian plane 'broke up in the air'

A RUSSIAN plane that crashed in Egypt broke up “in the air” strewing fragments across a wide area, an expert says, as investigators probed the disaster that killed all 224 people on board. President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi urged patience to determine the ... >> view original

NGOs cry foul over Taib RM1.2m donation to Adelaide Uni

Several NGOs have demanded Australia's Adelaide University to fully disclose its fundraising efforts with former Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud following revelations of the Taib's past donations totalling A$400,000 (RM1.2 million). Swiss NGO ... >> view original