Politics

One of Australia's most acclaimed artists brought humour and frustration to a council meeting weighing commerce against culture.

Labor says the opposition's promises will cost $2.4 billion more than they say, as both parties target the public sector as a way to save money on the budget ahead of the state election.

Benchmark power prices across parts of the country will ease as renewables reduce wholesale costs for electricity, but the regulator warns its modelling does not account for the war in the Middle East.

Locals, industry groups promised input into a support package for communities struggling to cope with the ongoing closure of the Great Western Highway. 

Kangaroo Island Council is considering banning the introduction of all cats to the island, in a move the mayor is calling the "last cat policy". If successful, the ban would make the South Australian island one of the world's biggest inhabited islands to be free of cats.