Law Society of South Australia

Dear Australia: Postcards from a pandemic

South Australian writers and actors have lent their talents to a national project that will see the simultaneous livestreaming this week of 50 ‘fearless and inspiring’ short works capturing the COVID zeitgeist.

How your views will affect abortion law change

Amendments to abortion law reform, informed by more than 3,000 public submissions, will be presented to the State Government this parliamentary session.

Aboriginal lives matter most on Australia Day

Over an hour-long interview, AGSA curator Nici Cumpston gently and eloquently debunks our publisher’s prejudices and preconceptions about the John Mawurndjul exhibition and the great many things we have to celebrate about Aboriginal culture.

Top 5 South Australian firsts

People in Adelaide have been doing things for a long time, and sometimes they were the first people to do these things. Here are a variety of semi-humorous descriptions of some of those times, delivered to you the reader in highly-readable list form.

Abortion has been decriminalised in SA

After months of debate in the Upper and Lower House, SA Parliament this week supported a bill making abortion a healthcare issue rather than criminal law issue, and allowing later-term procedures and greater access.

Witchy whimsy and communi-tea at Myer Centre coven

Tea, treats and tarot - oh my! Three of Cups, a teahouse that will transport you to your literary witchy dreams, is opening off Rundle Mall this weekend.

Fifty more years of fighting for queer rights

Pride Adelaide will host a panel this week discussing the history of queer rights in South Australia to inspire the emerging generation of Adelaide's LGBTQIA+ community.

There goes the neighbourhood

An 18-storey retirement-living apartment set for construction on Gunson Street will force out a creative warehouse full of artists, photographers and fashion designers. We speak to current and former residents of the city laneway about what is lost when young people are moved on.