The Australian Football League has confirmed the Adelaide Crows will be granted a licence in the inaugural national women’s competition in a huge boost for female football in South Australia and an historic day for women’s sport.
 
Adelaide was one of thirteen AFL clubs which lodged bids for a licence in the eight team, 2017 women’s national competition which will start in February.

Today’s ABS data has revealed that South Australia has recorded its worst March merchandisable export values in six years, with the State’s overall trade to March 2016 dropping by $37 million compared to the previous 12 months.
 
South Australia’s slip down the national export ladder is further highlighted in the Federal Government’s ‘Trade by State and Territory’ report showing SA recorded the biggest decline in export volumes of any state or territory across Australia in 2014-15.

The State Liberals are deeply concerned that South Australian irrigators will start the 2016-17 water year on July 1 with just 36 per cent of their water allocation– the lowest opening allocation announcement since 2010-11.

Acting Shadow Minister for Water and River Murray Tim Whetstone said the minimum opening allocation for holders of irrigation entitlements was lower than expected and will impact heavily on communities all along the river.

The constant flow of South Australians migrating interstate is severely hurting the economy, with the state losing more than 3,000 people on average annually over the past decade.

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show that between 2005-06 and 2014-15, South Australia lost an annual average of 3,316 people in net interstate migration.

The State Liberals have expressed their disappointment that the Weatherill Government has failed to include the northern suburbs in its consultation process regarding its highly controversial recreational fishing review.
 
“The public consultation process ends tonight with a meeting at Port Noarlunga but without a meeting in the northern suburbs,” said Shadow Minister for Recreation and Sport Tim Whetstone.

As the Premier and Minister for Trade embark on a trade mission to China, statistics released by the ABS today show the value of South Australian merchandisable exports to China have decreased by more than $500 million in the 12 months to February 2016.
 
South Australia’s merchandisable export values with China for the month of February 2016 were the lowest since 2010.

A 25 per cent drop in expiations for fishers caught doing the wrong thing highlights the failed approach of the State Government to protecting fish stocks.

Freedom of Information documents show that inspectors from Fisheries SA fined or issued just 290 expiation notices in 2014/15 compared with 390 in 2013/14. The amount in fines dropped from nearly $86,000 to $69,000 in the same period.

Trade figures released today show the Weatherill Labor Government is in need of a modern miracle to achieve its promise of lifting South Australia’s exports to $18 billion by 2017.
 
Australian Bureau of Statistics data released today show the value of merchandise exports in South Australia dropped by $31 million to $11.7 billion in the 12 months to January 2016.

South Australian irrigators and river communities are missing out on more than $90 million of vital funding due to inaction by the Weatherill Labor Government.

The State Liberals are urging recreational fishers to attend the only meeting in metropolitan Adelaide tonight to have their voices heard on a range of proposed measures, including changes to size, bag and boat limits.
 
The State Government has put forward a proposed reduction in bag limits for several species including Garfish, Blue Swimmer Crabs, Tommy Ruff and major changes to the way King George Whiting can be fished.