Algal Bloom impacts could turn the tide on a school of coastal seats in Saturday’s election with pundits also watching the impact of disruptive contenders fighting to ride a wave of discontent. See if your area is one to watch on election night.

Petrol prices are smashing way past the $2 a litre mark as Adelaide servos react to fuel shortages. The Premier is convening an emergency roundtable with industry leaders today as calls grow to slash fuel taxes.

The Liberals say the new $2.4bn Royal Adelaide Hospital is already too small and Labor commits to dementia support and a new gymnastics headquarters. Read the weekend’s promises as the state election campaign hits its final week.

As billions of dollars in promises are thrown around and election day is a week away, Conservation SA CEO Kirsty Bevan says major parties have been woefully lacking in addressing South Australia’s most urgent challenges.

A former Liberal Party leader is trying to put a humiliating drug scandal behind him and win back the seat he held for a decade.

New state election polling reveals the Liberals’ battle to clutch onto the Opposition bench will be fought in the regions where some surprise players are fighting to upend the party.

The ratings are in for party leaders with some unexpected results – including for one seasoned pollie at the helm of Labor’s most public broken promise. Results also back the Lib decision to switch leaders. See who tops the pollies’ popularity contest. 

Exclusive state election polling reveals just how many seats One Nation is likely to pick up in the upper house, and a shock finding for one major party. See who is polling best.

One of the state’s top politicians could lose his seat at the upcoming state election. Exclusive polling also reveals the biggest issues keeping South Australians awake at night and some surprise hurdles for the Labor government.

New national polling from DemosAU reveals Australia’s most popular premier – and what eastern state leader is on the nose with voters. And the winner is …

More than 20 independent candidates are throwing their hats into the state election ring in the lead up to March polling day. One is taking on the Premier’s seat while others warn of a government taking their electorates “for granted”. Meet some of the hopefuls.

As billions of dollars in promises are thrown around and election day is a week away, Conservation SA CEO Kirsty Bevan says major parties have been woefully lacking in addressing South Australia’s most urgent challenges.

Voters acting like dazed extras in a zombie movie risk saddling the state with a “ridgy-didge zombie democracy”, political commentator Matthew Abraham argues. He says all it needs is “an ‘elected leader’ who is an autocrat”.

A gay couple violently bashed in front of the malls balls. The regional burlesque performer told she’d be “taken out to the bush and done away with”. Varo Lee asks why the SA government hasn’t made laws to protect the LGBTIQA+ community from comments like One Nation’s.

A “golden asset” leader taking the Liberal reins and a “horribly wrong” move by the state Labor team. One of the state’s most experienced political reporters Mike Smithson recalculates how he thinks seats will fall in the looming state election.

Less than two weeks from state election day, DemosAU head of research George Hasanakos says Labor is looking strong, but the Libs are in with a chance of winning back three seats.

Disgraced former Liberal leader David Speirs says his going it alone will be a big bonus for the voters in Black, but Mike Smithson is not so sure.

Words of warning from Mike Smithson as he tells Ashton Hurn to throw some pizza dough or climb Mount Lofty if she wants to catch the premier’s picture perfect campaign.

Aged housing is suddenly a red-hot state election issue with the North Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital landing in party sights. But Mike Smithson says it has clearly been an impending issue since the baby boom in 1946.

Despite polls showing a one-horse race, Labor is still reaching for the state election whip. Mike Smithson reveals the surprise seats being targeted by the Premier in a bid to crush a Liberal comeback over the next decade.

Besieged federal Liberal Leader Sussan Ley’s quiet SA appearance has Mike Smithson warning locals can fight Labor on their point-of-difference female leader. But only if their national counterparts stay away.

Does the Premier’s stance on Writers’ Week risk him being “labelled a hypocrite” as the next Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament looms? Mike Smithson warns freedom of speech issues could be back to bite.

As the Premier deals with a ‘public relations disaster’ over Writers’ Week, Mike Smithson ponders potential tensions with Labor’s frontline MPs who marched at last October’s pro-Palestine rally.

Spare a thought for those remaining journalists left to report on this year’s state election campaign after Labor and Liberal continue to lure top names into the spin doctor fold, says Mike Smithson.

Opposition Leader Ashton Hurn made a big promise, while the Premier pushed on costings. See who was crowned winner and the latest campaign kick. 

Controversial Liberal Carston Woodhouse – who described homosexuality and feminism as “demonic” – will no longer be the party’s candidate. Now Hurn wants Labor to deal with its own controversies.

More “extreme views” of homophobia from a Liberal candidate emerged today, with Labor minister Blair Boyer calling on the Libs to take a stand. Labor faced its own questions over Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis preferencing conservative parties over The Greens.

Updated: Sarah Game’s star former football recruit has spoken out on why he quit her party just over a week before the state election. He said there were “many straws to break the camel’s back” in the duo’s relationship.

Cars vandalised and comment sections filled with homophobic, sexist language are marring the state election, parties turning on each other for perpetrating extreme views. As polling opens, some candidates fear for their safety.

Despite building a new $1 million clinic and offering medicos free homes in a bid to attract a desperately needed doctor, one SA town is still struggling to get a resident GP.

A second incident where the state government shared private medical information – this time without a Barossa woman’s consent – has emerged, the Liberal Party claims. The announcement following a damning email blunder over the weekend.

A commitment to South Australia’s only mental health service for mothers and their babies comes alongside a close to $50 million promise for IVF support funding, the SA Liberals announced today.

A re-elected Malinauskas government would triple funding for real-time fuel pricing compliance, the party announced today.

Labor will spend $3.5 million to trial public transport tech in an Australian-first, while One Nation has made a call on how it will preference the major parties. Read all of today’s state election news.

Sarah Game’s mother is throwing her hat into the ring in one of the state’s most talked about state election seats, one opponent saying “the more candidates the better”.

Construction continues to be at the centre of Labor’s election promises, the party today unveiling new policy to develop a plan for employment land in Adelaide’s north and a pattern book to fast-track housing construction.

A prisoner caught with cocaine and assaults on prison officers have triggered renewed calls to stop Adelaide Remand Centre from being privately managed.

An Aboriginal Elder is surprised that One Nation’s star SA candidate doesn’t understand a common Kaurna greeting, after derogatory comments Cory Bernardi made on social media about an Adelaide Uni sign.

Latest election promises: A re-elected Malinauskas Labor government will expand access to Seniors Cards, while the Liberals are promising to support SA businesses entering foreign markets.

One of the SA Liberal Party’s top executives has quit as vice president and last month left the party after being a member for more than 20 years, just ahead of the state election.

Liberal and Labor are pledging millions of dollars to expand a vital construction program, one claiming SA building sites are relying on Victorians to fill gaps. While a shark attack victim shares his apprenticeship story.

The Premier has announced a plan to abolish public school fees if Labor is re-elected. The Greens say the major party is copying their homework. Meanwhile, the Liberals set a target of zero litter in SA coastlines by 2035.

The former leader of the SA Liberal party, who was convicted in 2025 of supplying cocaine to two people, has announced he will run as an independent in the state election. The SA Liberal Party say they will preference him last.

The SA Liberals would look to curb the influence of unions on building sites if elected, while Premier Peter Malinaskas today announced a “landmark” opera is coming to town.

Aged care, health and education sector leaders have gathered to tackle a growing workforce shortage facing the aged care sector. Meanwhile, the government has announced more money for ADHD treatment.

Labor has made a new pledge to tackle homelessness, but the sector’s peak body says more needs to be done statewide to combat the growing challenge.

Exclusive: South Australian Greens leader Robert Simms said the Labor party has “swapped the pink shorts for footy shorts” when announcing an arts policy led by calls for a living wage for artists.

Critics have blasted Labor’s latest announcement on northern suburbs public transport. Meanwhile, the new leader of the Federal Liberal party is in town supporting Ashton Hurn’s defence policy.

The Deputy Premier has “no doubt” bills over sex work decriminalisation will return in a new parliament, while SA Best says anti-immigration lines are “the worst lie” voters are being told, at a panel today.

A One Nation candidate previously pictured wearing a shirt emblazoned with the logo of a far-right extremist group is following pages like “Ban the BURKA” on social media.

The leader of the state’s Liberal Party has made clear her party’s position on migration after one of her Liberal federal counterparts was snapped enjoying a beer with a One Nation figurehead.

More than 50 social services have joined forces to voice fears for their futures after a damning report showed SA is the second worst in the nation for funding the needy.

Which pollies will hold the state’s balance of power and be most committed to protecting the state’s vulnerable? Find out who will be quizzed at a SACOSS, InDaily and Uniting Communities state election event.

“Gone does not mean fixed.” An outspoken scientist clarifies controversial claims she made to a parliamentary committee on algal blooms, questioning the effectiveness of government testing.

Housing announcements defined Labor’s first weekend of formal election campaigning, on the heels of the Liberal Party’s own incentive payment plan for downsizers moving out of big family homes.

The scientist whose bombshell claim that the government is holding off on investigating the cause of the harmful algal bloom until after the election is fighting for a spot in state parliament.

An independent upper house candidate has stepped into the fray as beach sand carting emerges as a coastal battle ground in the state election.

SA needs an extra 2000 migrants a year to deliver major plans to turn the state into a high-wage economy, the Premier said today, lambasting One Nation’s immigration policies.

The Premier says a city pub that’s been a long-time target for development will reopen with hundreds of neighbouring homes. While the Liberals make a million-dollar pledge for health in the Barossa.

Ashton Hurn’s first commitment as leader was to repeal the Voice to Parliament. Today her party revealed what it would spend the money on instead after accusing Labor of having “secret plans” for a Treaty.

SA MP Nick McBride, who is facing multiple charges of allegedly assaulting his wife, has officially resigned as chair of one of the nation’s largest pastoralist and grazier companies.

Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis says a high-ranking Liberal must answer for “secretly” dumping an election promise for lower water bills. But the Liberals blame the government for its decision in another tit-for-tat drama.

The state government is being criticised for failing to fund a crucial element of mental health support in its term, despite a report calling for investment more than two years ago. The Liberal Opposition labelled the lack of funding “a disgrace”.

A Hurn Liberal government would introduce new laws to “crack down” on people who attack and injure police officers on duty if elected, as Labor insists that crime rates are falling in SA.

SA’s peak medical body says building new “SA-first” mental health units at three of the state’s busiest hospitals is a good move, but the government must work harder to keep patients out of the system.

As midwives and nurses descend on parliament house for the second time in six months over pay claims, the Liberal party condemns children’s elective surgery wait times.

A man who posted a sexist comment on state Liberal leader Ashton Hurn’s social media feed has been publicly called out.

A former Liberal, Australian Conservative and Oyster HQ owner has pushed aside a long-time foot soldier to claim One Nation’s top state election spot. Senior Liberals now forced to quell speculation another high-profile name will follow.

SA Labor delved into its party coffers and used government staff to create a glossy document listing the cost of all SA Liberal Party election pledges, with figures the Opposition disputes.

A South Australian Hall of Fame footballer is being handballed the top billing for ‘Fair Go’ – as Labor picks its replacement for Arts Minister in the seat of Enfield.

The South Australian Arts Minister at the centre of the Writers’ Week storm is leaving politics, the third minister to quit the government ahead of the state election.

As turmoil continues amongst their federal team, The Nationals in SA are pushing on to reveal candidates for the state election. Among them a farmer and a Port Lincoln councillor, one vowing to push back against stronger gun laws.

As students head back to the classroom today, the state election campaign is seeing parties announce new education promises on building upgrades, trade support and a bid to make public education free.

A prominent seafood industry executive is taking on a traditional Liberal seat, telling InDaily why he’s thrown his catch in with SA Best in the state election battle.

The co-founder of the Little Heroes Foundation and an AFL hall of famer has joined Sarah Game’s political party for the upcoming state election.

A pro-Palestine campaigner, who was arrested under the Malinauskus government’s tough anti-protest laws last year, is taking on the Premier at the state election.

An Art Deco theatre will get a $7.5 million makeover if the Liberals win the state election – one parliamentary hopeful saying the party wants to make the “eastern suburbs the heart of the arts in Adelaide”.

South Australian Liberals will keep the current Women’s and Children’s Hospital in North Adelaide as a health precinct if they win power at the state election in March. Here’s how Opposition Leader Ashton Hurn says it would work.

A delighted Mount Barker mayor and Labor candidate welcomed Premier Malinauskas’s commitment to a comprehensive infrastructure plan for the region if his party wins this year’s election.

Labor Leader Peter Malinauskas says a defamation notice, an embattled steelworks and record ramping won’t derail him, as polling launches Labor toward an election win. Watch the video interview. 

Another day, another polling body blow for the state Liberals. But SA Liberal Leader Ashton Hurn is keeping her cool in an exclusive sit-down interview with InDaily. Watch the video interview.

The pressure is on the SA Greens to prove their relevance at the 2026 state election as minor parties and independents come at leader Robert Simms from the left and the right. Watch the exclusive video interview.

More than 20 independent candidates are throwing their hats into the state election ring in the lead up to March polling day. One is taking on the Premier’s seat while others warn of a government taking their electorates “for granted”. Meet some of the hopefuls.