Senior Liberals have opened a  new personal front to criticise Steven Marshall, urging him to curb late-night functions and a perceived growing arrogance fuelled by high public approval for his pandemic performance.

Plans for a $200m gas import project at Outer Harbor would require almost two million cubic metres of material dredged from the Port River bed.

Children as young as five could get access to the Covid-19 vaccine in weeks after Health Minister Greg Hunt said he was “very confident” the Pfizer jab would be approved soon.

And in sport, new Crow Jordan Dawson says his desire to return home grew stronger during the year as Sydney’s Covid situation forced the Swans to play out of New South Wales.

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Freshly-minted speaker Dan Cregan has been grilled in state parliament by his former Liberal colleagues over whether he conspired with Labor and the crossbench to snag the top job.

Mounting concern about the loss of historic buildings in the cosmopolitan suburb of Norwood  has sparked moves to strengthen heritage protections in the inner-east. 

An interstate father permitted to enter South Australia and quarantine privately had a mental health incident and breached Covid-19 rules after being sent to a medi-hotel instead, a court has heard. 

And in sport, Adelaide list manager Justin Reid has defended what the club has given Sydney for Jordan Dawson, saying it is “fair and reasonable” for both parties.

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The newly-inflated crossbench has flexed its muscles to get an inquiry into whether Vickie Chapman had a conflict in rejecting an application to build a deepwater port on KI. 

The Australian Labor Party has placed blue-collar workers front and centre of its repositioning on climate change and says focus needs to shift from “esoteric” international politics to local jobs and the Australian national interest.

Australia is going to the moon for the first time in history, sending a rover on a NASA mission to investigate the lunar surface and research how humans could survive on Mars. 

And in sport, Adelaide has told Sydney it will not improve upon its offer of Melbourne’s future first-rounder for wingman Jordan Dawson as the two clubs are locked in a game of trade bluff.

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A former insurance broker who dodged jail for stealing more than $155,000 after a court found he suffered dementia, suddenly recovered from the “irreversible impairment”.

Adelaide should brace itself for large earthquakes in the future, with experts forecasting seismic events of around magnitude 6.5.

Christmas confusion reigns as Premier Steven Marshall’s hope for a quarantine-free pass for double vaccinated interstate visitors in time for festivities was slapped down by SA Health boss Dr Chris McGowan.

And in sport, Sydney will have to stump up more than just pick 31 if the Swans are to secure Peter Ladhams from the Power.

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Teenagers will be jabbed in marquees on school ovals. The Supreme Court has heard a “terrible accident” causing two experienced fishermen to disappear off the coast of Kangaroo Island. Calls for medical practitioners who commit professional misconduct display signs in their waiting rooms to alert patients. The state predicted to record the equal-fastest economic growth in the country this financial year. A racial slur cast at a player of African-descent at a local soccer finals match on Saturday was caught on camera.

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More than 1200 extra nurses will be employed from next month and three metropolitan vaccination centres will accept walk-ins. Almost 50 public school teachers have been suspended over allegations of misconduct in the past three years. Lisa Wilkinson has revealed how she was sexually assaulted by her friend’s father when in high school. Both Adelaide and North Melbourne keen on South Adelaide midfielder/forward Jason Horne-Francis.

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The Adelaide Crows’ quest for a new headquarters is again at risk of being thwarted. The consortium behind the Expressway’s southern gateway denies the site had a drug culture. The state government considers criminalising stealthing. Premier Steven Marshall’s government plunged further into minority by the shock defection of first-term backbencher Dan Cregan.

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A judge says night workers building the Southern Expressway had a “culture of drug use”. Farmers set to reap the state’s most valuable crop on record. Cruise industry bosses say a return to the high seas is looking less and less likely in 2021. Brisbane will have a second NRL club in 2023.

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Adelaide Oval’s Ashes cricket Test has been saved. A seaweed research and production facility at West Beach will be built. Interstate visitors will be able to come to South Australia for Christmas without needing to quarantine. Higher-than-necessary fees are ­slicing hundreds of thousands of dollars from retirement nest eggs.

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Aussies flying overseas with Qantas will undergo a minimum of four Covid tests and be required to carry digital proof of vaccination. Frustration and confusion for residents in the South-East as they come to terms with strict new Covid-19 rules. Women outnumber men in the state’s public sector more than two to one overall. AFL legend Eddie Betts has outlined his three-point plan to improve achievements for Indigenous Australians.

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