WOMEN are helping combat a serious skills shortage by entering the traditionally male-dominated shearing industry as men are lured away to the mines.

ick or injured prisoners will be treated in public hospitals because of "widespread" doctor shortages in the prison system, the Public Service Association warns.

THE chronic shortage of doctors servicing 450,000 rural residents is set to worsen dramatically unless the annual recruitment of GPs to regional areas doubles.

A SHORTAGE of mature-age drivers has prompted a campaign by the state's taxi industry, which is aiming to boost its numbers with experienced staff.

BRENTON Westell goes to work every day not knowing who he will see, or what challenges he will face.

A SHORTAGE of 24,600 homes is projected for SA by 2020 and Tea Tree Gully, Mitcham and Salisbury will be worst affected.

THERE has been no shortage of football history on the hallowed turf of Adelaide Oval.

WOMEN in science and engineering are like the "canary in the coal mine" , the first to go when the climate is bad, a visiting scientist says.

THE MasterChef phenomenon has failed to ease the state's shortage of chefs and cooks.

FARMERS facing the worst mouse plague for nearly two decades are struggling to combat it because of a shortage of chemicals.

A PRINCIPAL shortage is looming in South Australia because top teachers are paid more, reducing the pay incentive to take on leadership roles, representatives say.

AMBULANCE officers have been forced to serve as frontline doctors at Millicent Hospital because of a chronic shortage of GPs in the region.

TAFE applicants are answering the call of industry demand with electrical and plumbing courses among the most popular for 2011.

AUSTRALIA is heading for a medical crisis as doctors-to-be face an internship shortage.

A "CRITICAL" shortage of engineers has sparked calls for a more exciting maths and science curriculum.

SOUTH Australian schools may be forced to share principals to address the looming shortage of school leaders, educators say.

THE median price of Adelaide homes has broken through the $400,000 mark for the first time, as a shortage of homes for sale fuels a price boom.

PERCEPTIONS of a statewide housing shortage are a myth, according housing industry analysis of demand eand supply.

WOMEN will need to step into jobs traditionally dominated by men to help solve the state's looming skills shortage, industry leaders say.

WOMEN will need to step into jobs traditionally dominated by men to help solve the state's looming skills shortage, industry leaders say.