A hiker walks beside a still rock pool in Alligator Gorge, surrounded by towering red sandstone cliffs in Mount Remarkable National Park, South Australia. Native gum trees and green vegetation grow along the narrow gorge, with reflections of the cliffs and trees mirrored in the water below.
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South Australia’s first ever Biodiversity Act introduced to State Parliament
15 May 2025
South Australia’s first ever Biodiversity Act has been introduced to State Parliament including new provisions to better protect our state’s native animals and plants, build resilience to the effects of climate change, and to reduce red tape for development.

Forty years of volunteer hosts in SA’s national parks
15 May 2025
A long-running National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) volunteer initiative is celebrating a significant anniversary.

Rare flood event transforms spectacular Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre into outback oasis
14 May 2025
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is starting to fill up for just the fourth time in the past 160 years, creating one of our country’s rarest ecological and tourism events.

Water wait times easing as extra water carters service off-grid homes
12 May 2025
An increase in registered water carters has improved access to domestic water deliveries in the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula, easing pressure on off-grid residents whose homes are not connected to mains supply.

Expanded national parks a win for tourism, biodiversity and threatened species
08 May 2025
Land is being added to three popular South Australia’s parks, providing more access and better protection to our state’s natural attractions for local, interstate and international visitors.

Nominations open for South Australian Citizen Science Awards
05 May 2025
Calling all citizen scientists. The 2025 South Australian Citizen Science Award nominations are now open, celebrating community efforts to better understand our natural world.

More Koala State number plate grants available for wildlife carers
03 May 2025
Grants of up to $5000 are available under the second round of the South Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Grants pilot program.

Water to South Australia from recent interstate flooding
02 May 2025
Over the past few weeks, Western Queensland has experienced substantial rainfall and flooding as a result of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. The floodwaters are making their way across two significant water catchments - the Murray-Darling Basin and the Lake Eyre Basin.

SA Industry Climate Change Conference helping businesses benefit from net zero
01 May 2025
South Australia’s second Industry Climate Change Conference will showcase the economic benefits of addressing climate risks to the state’s business community.

Explore the mighty Murraylands
01 May 2025
May’s National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Park of the Month is the Murraylands. With close to 30 parks in the region, you could spend every day of May in a different park and only scrape the surface of what there is to see and do.

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Acknowledgement of Country

Acknowledgement of Country

The state government acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and support their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.