South East SA local news briefing, Tuesday, September 29, 2026 - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Here's what's making news in the South East SA region today.

Two men have been charged with drug trafficking after police say they located 12.5 kilograms of cannabis during a car search in the state's South East last week.

Police said they searched a hire car stopped on the Dukes Highway at Bordertown, where they seized the drugs, including 250 grams of methamphetamine.

Two Victorian men, aged 24 and 39, were arrested and charged with trafficking a large commercial quantity of a controlled substance.

They were refused bail and were remanded in custody until June next year.

A pilot program offering free sexual health clinics is aiming to increase knowledge and awareness among young people in the Limestone Coast.

Headspace and the Limestone Coast Local Health Network are operating the clinics, with the final session to be held in Kingston in early October.

The program is for people aged 12 to 25 and includes screenings and information on sexual health, safe practices and emotional wellbeing.

Headspace Mount Gambier's Tasja Barelds said stigma could make it harder for young people to get support.

A forestry expert says the sector is actively monitoring for Giant Pine Scale in local forests, amid renewed detections in Adelaide.

The exotic pest was first detected at the Hope Valley Reservoir in Adelaide three years ago, and further detections were announced yesterday.

It has also been established in Melbourne since 2014.

Adelaide University Forestry Centre of Excellence expert, Nari Williams, said containment efforts in Adelaide had pleased the industry, but the pest remained a threat to the Green Triangle.

"So we are looking for it but it's really important that we don't have that spread from Adelaide," she said.

"But we also need to be aware that it's a pest that's become established in the Melbourne metropolitan area as well so we've really got a risk on two fronts."

The Invasive Species Council is calling on the Victorian government to increase funding for deer eradication, in line with a South Australian program being rolled out in western Victoria.

The South Australian government is funding a 14-month pilot program to control deer in western Victoria, including an on-ground coordinator to help landholders, Landcare groups and government agencies coordinate pest surveillance and control.

Invasive Species Council conservation advocate John Kelly said the trial showed what Victoria could be doing.

"Its a ridiculous situation where we're having to get other people in other jurisdictions to fund our deer control because of the way we've set up the situation in Victoria," he said.

The Victorian government has been contacted for comment.