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The South Australian Government is currently contributing to the Australian Collaborative Rangeland Information System (ACRIS) through information collected at pastoral monitoring sites, biological monitoring surveys and other data sources as available. There are numerous challenges involved in distilling a cohesive report on the state of Australia's rangelands from available, but often disparate, data sets. South Australia has approached these challenges by adopting components of other jurisdictions' reporting procedures to facilitate standardisation and is testing methods aimed at extracting more information from existing data sources. The range of data types used for reporting has also been expanded with the inclusion of land cover change information derived from satellite data using the grazing gradient method. In this poster presentation we will highlight recent changes in the Gawler Ranges bioregion revealed during pilot ACRIS reporting activity. We will also demonstrate how the South Australian Government is contributing to current work by ACRIS to build a more comprehensive picture of change in the rangelands.