No jobs will be lost in the privatisation of Adelaide's trains, the South Australian Government says, after awarding the $2.14 billion contract to a Downer Group venture despite the criticism it drew over fabricated political quotes last year.

A real estate agent who tried to blackmail one of Australia's biggest banks into paying a $25,000 ransom for reams of confidential documents it left behind in a defunct branch narrowly avoids jail.

It has been revealed that a blast set off a series of seismic events and a large underground rock fall at the Gwalia mine in WA, just weeks after a $100 million project to extend the life of the mine was completed.

Colin Barnett says he's "not trying to dodge blame" over the destruction of a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site, but says "Canberra politicians" shouldn't be the ones investigating it.

Glasses chain Oscar Wylee has been fined $3.5 million for misleading consumers about the extent of its charitable activities.