Property owners downstream of a dam at risk of failing in the Adelaide Hills fear a potential cascade effect, with another dam directly in the firing line if the top one gives way.

Kudos to the Crows for really taking the game to the Magpies in the 3rd quarter, just a shame that they couldn't quite get there in the end.

The free kicks continue to not go Adelaide's way :-\

The state government says SA Water prices will rise by 4.8 per cent in 2023-24, below the inflation rate of 7.9 per cent.

I had no idea this was on anyone's mind.

AGL took advantage of its market power for the substantial purpose of deterring or preventing competing generators from engaging in competitive conduct

This does affect SA to some extent, but personally I am still struck by how much SA Power Networks charges on top of the wholesale price. Well, the wholesale price has contributed to the bulk of the gains over the past year, so maybe that's not entirely fair.

If you want to have a look at wholesale power markets, here's a good place to have a look https://opennem.org.au/energy/sa1. Just be mindful that this is not the retail price, retail price also has GST, a transmission efficiency scaling factor, and the SAPN charges on top.

Also be mindful that people tend to use the most power at around 5pm, which is usually when the price is highest. Your retail pricing takes this into account, because by and large, power meters are not sensitive to what time power is actually used.

I suppose it might be a bit much to expect government accounts to go find a Lemmy instance to post this, so I'm copying this from Reddit. Yep.

For the first time in South Australia, tenants will have the right to own a pet under further rental reforms proposed by the Malinauskas Labor Government.

As part of the reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act, the Government will consult on a bill that includes a presumption that a tenant who applies to keep a pet in a rental property cannot have their request unreasonably refused, provided the tenant agrees to comply with any reasonable conditions imposed by the landlord.

For many of us, our pets are family and it is heartbreaking that some South Australians have been in a position where they have had to choose between having a roof over their head and giving up a beloved pet.

That’s why our Government is acting decisively to make housing more accessible for all South Australians including those with pets.

My Government is supporting tenants while balancing the interests of landlords.

We have already taken steps to ban rent bidding, raise the bond threshold – saving South Australian tenants $1.3 million in the first month alone – and get private rental assistance in the hands of more people.

And now we are ensuring people aren’t having to sacrifice their dearly loved pets to avoid being homeless.

So the question for me is, will this effectively become a walk in bulk bill clinic? Because a lot of other ones have gone to mixed and private billing.

I will sacrifice myself for mod in Adelaide - and will work with existing /r/Adelaide mods if they pop up and want to be over here as well!

Will uphold the rules of this server!

Someone find a suitable community icon please. Something that is recognisably Adelaide -y.

Post it here and I'll set it for the community for all to see.

Any fellow Adelaide residents here?