Helping South Australians Conserve Sustain and Prosper

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Foamy yellow-brown algae bloom covering rocks and sand along a coastal shoreline, with waves breaking in the background under a blue sky

Biodiversity Act Western Pygmy Possum credit Martin Stokes

Environment SA News

Tougher penalties for dog attacks take effect

24 Nov. 2025

Some of the nation’s toughest dog attack penalties are now in force in South Australia under changes that came into effect on 17 November 2025.

GoodLiving blog

20 facts for 20 years of the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary

28 Nov. 2025

We talked to Marine Parks rangers Jon Emmett and Dr Nikki Zanardo about the importance of the Sanctuary, how we can all help the dolphins, and what’s happened in 20 years.

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A person in PPE lighting up bushland with fire behind them.

Fire management

Parks and places

Native vegetation

Animals and plants

Water and River Murray

Climate Change

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.