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The body of a woman, in her 50s, has been found inside a Sydney home with injuries so horrific that senior police officers described it as one of the worst crime scenes they had seen in years.
Energy Minister Mick de Brenni has refused to take responsibility for the Callide Power Plant explosion, sensationally accusing CS Energy bosses of lying to him about maintenance and safety at the facility.
Port Lincoln father Troy Smith will likely avoid prison after being allegedly caught with more than 3g of meth inside his Bali hotel room, with prosecutors recommending he serve his sentence in a rehab facility.Chilling GoPro footage has emerged of a teen charged with terror offences armed with knives and tactical equipment before allegedly walking into a Labor MP’s office.
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Julian Assange will today start his new life as a free man with his wife and two young sons in Australia.
The cost of dying is set to skyrocket in Victoria, with the Allan government considering introducing what has been panned as a “death tax by stealth”.
CS Energy issued warnings that maintenance was being neglected at its plants just two years before a major explosion tore through Callide Power Station.
A wealthy Adelaide college has raked in more than a quarter of a billion dollars in recent years.
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The widow of slain camper Russell Hill says she feared Greg Lynn would walk free, saying “an innocent person doesn’t get rid of the bodies”.
Vape legalisation advocates say the Coalition could raise $510 million a year in tax revenue under its plan to regulate the sale of nicotine products through retailers like supermarkets or convenience stores.
A minibus carrying farm workers is believed to have been trying to overtake another car when it crashed into a tree in Victoria’s northwest.
Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne will not face a fourth trial after he successfully appealed his convictions over the alleged rape of a woman in 2018.
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Vapes will be made available at pharmacies without a prescription after the Albanese government struck a deal with the Greens that will soften a proposed retail ban on e-cigarettes.
The boss of Australia’s anti-doping agency has warned that the AFL – and Australian sport more widely – is at a “crossroad” as a damning report identified “key issues” around players buying cocaine, ice and ecstasy from criminals.
The notorious Bicycle Bandit who plundered 11 banks in a terrifying crime spree has received one of the longest sentences in SA history – but a judge acknowledged the “air of artificiality” about his penalty, given that he’s about to die.
New data has revealed Queensland patients waited up to 14 hours in the state’s emergency departments as choked hospitals struggled to cope with soaring demand.
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A young girl who witnessed her mother’s alleged shooting murder is struggling to process the terrible tragedy, according to those close to the Mackay family.
The Bicycle Bandit’s sentencing has been expedited after he expressed an intent to access his voluntary assisted dying kit – but one of his victims, who also has terminal cancer, says he deserves neither empathy nor sympathy.
With a little help after years of trying, purple Wiggle John Pearce is to become a father for the first time.
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An eight-year-old boy took an illegal replica assault rifle to a Sydney school, forcing a class into lockdown and sparking a police investigation into how it ended up in the boy’s hands.
Elite private schools are exempting poorly performing students from national NAPALN tests in a bid to improve their overall scores, a scathing academic report has revealed.
Queensland’s political leaders are bitterly divided over the state’s nuclear future, with all levels of government at odds over the safety and economic viability of the controversial energy plan.
Cameras to catch Adelaide drivers distracted by mobile phones have been switched on, with hefty fines for those caught breaking the law.
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Dozens of rounds of live ammunition, police uniforms and bulletproof vests are in the hands of criminals after being stolen from cop cars during the Wakeley riot two months ago.
Queensland homeowners missing mortgage repayments are at their highest level since the early pandemic, with hundreds of families at risk as $223m worth of home loans go into the red.
An offshore wind farm proposed for NSW’s south coast has divided the tight-knit Illawarra community.
Millionaire John Singleton has lavished Erin Molan with a share in a $700,000 prize filly he’s named after her.
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Former premiership-winning South Australian greyhound trainer Tony Rasmussen has been banned for life and fined a record $220,000 after being found guilty of a string of welfare and integrity charges.
The Reserve Bank is set to pave the way for an upcoming interest rate rise when it concludes its board meeting on Tuesday afternoon amid a robust jobs market and concerns that fresh stimulus will heighten already elevated levels of inflation.
The notorious, terminally ill “Bicycle Bandit” who terrorised the state for a decade will spend what remains of his life in jail, after a court rejected his final plea for mercy.
An extra $720 million has been injected into the Queensland economy since the end of trade blocks imposed by the Chinese Government on Australian products like beef, barley and cotton.
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Opposition Leader John Pesutto has taken another swipe at the Allan government for failing to condemn union heavyweight John Setka’s savage attack on the AFL.
Taxpayers were slugged more than $100,000 for an Australian delegation to attend the funeral of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has boldly declared Brisbane’s Olympic and Paralympic Games “mess” would be fixed within 100 days of an LNP government surging to power, salvaging Queensland’s reputation on the world stage.
A teenager allegedly tried to steal a police car after a violent failed carjacking but was tasered and capsicum-sprayed, a court has heard.
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A menacing attack by John Setka on AFL umpiring boss Stephen McBurney that included his image on a spoof “Wanted: Dead or Alive” poster has been slammed by anti-violence campaigners and the state opposition.
Youth offenders have injured 137 people in six years by crashing cars they have stolen in aggravated burglaries.
A NSW Police officer faked a breath test when he caught the son of his senior colleague drink driving on a country road in the state’s southwest.
Hundreds of people rallied at Tyndale Christian School in Salisbury East on Wednesday night, in opposition to proposed changes to discrimination laws for faith-based schools.
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CFMEU boss John Setka has demanded the AFL sack its umpire boss, former building watchdog Stephen McBurney, or face delays on its league-related projects nationwide.
In NSW, Disruption to Sydney’s light rail network for 24-hours on Wednesday could soon extend to the city’s trains and buses, the sector’s union has warned.
Taxes on Queenslanders will help plug the state’s revenue hole as the golden era of coal royalties comes to an end.
Two former Adelaide coaches have questioned the team’s mentality on the back of a string of narrow defeats that has left its season in free fall.
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A former Labor minister has sided with families of Covid victims who feel outraged that Daniel Andrews was given the nation’s highest King’s Birthday honour – as polling shows 95 per cent of people don’t think he deserves it.
Premier Steven Miles says today’s state budget will be the “best ever” despite it containing the second-largest deficit in a decade to help fund a major pre-election cash splash.
South Australia’s richest private schools have prime real estate holdings estimated to be worth more than $12bn, with one located on a vast holding near the CBD valued at nearly $3bn.
A 12-year-old repeat offender with a record of more than 80 charges is back at home after being caught breaking and entering just three days after he had been freed on bail by the NSW Supreme Court.
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Nine chairman Peter Costello has been captured on video pushing a journalist to the ground at Canberra Airport, after the former federal treasurer refused to answer the reporter’s questions relating to the rolling harassment scandal at the under-siege media company.
Four years on from the deaths of Russell Hill and Carol Clay, the couple’s loved ones sat metres away from the man accused of murdering them.
The price tag of the Miles government’s centrepiece “Big Build” has ballooned to $107bn over the next four years – almost the same cost, per minute, of the Apollo Project that landed men on the moon.
Port Adelaide has brushed off scepticism about its early-season form, believing it has set a really good platform to attack the second half of the campaign as it chases a flag.
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An encampment of rough sleepers has sprung up outside the Reserve Bank’s Martin Place offices as hundreds of people sleep on the street in the City of Sydney every night.
Taxpayers are forking out $2 million a year to look after a intellectually disabled boy, but his care is still failing so catastrophically he has been the subject of more than 500 critical incidents in less than two years.
A court has heard two Queensland owned electricity generators allegedly manipulated the price bracket of their wholesale power packages to create massive artificial spikes in energy market prices for their own profit.
Alleged Bicycle Bandit, armed robber and terminal cancer patient Kym Allen Parsons has been approved for voluntary assisted dying and has the means to end his life, eight months before his trial.
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Devastated cruise passengers have reacted furiously to the closure of the iconic P&O Australia brand after a 92-year history and the loss of Aussie jobs.
Victoria Police is being forced to fund daily operations with more than $100m saved from hundreds of staff vacancies.
This is Queensland’s tactical blueprint for Selwyn Cobbo to shock the Blues.
Adelaide has won planning approval for its move to Thebarton Oval, as the Crows’ long search for a new home reaches its conclusion.
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Foreign citizens including New Zealanders and permanent residents from the UK, US, Canada and Pacific island nations will be able to join the Australian Defence Force in a move to tackle the nation’s military recruitment crisis.
QLD Treasurer Cameron Dick has left the door open for tax changes on business and industry in next week’s state budget, but reiterated a “promise” that everyday Queenslanders will not suffer.
Supermum Jess Stenson says her two young children helped her deal with the drama surrounding an appeal over her marathon selection for the Paris Olympics.
Dramatic footage of Sydney hitman Hamad Assad being killed has been obtained by DTTV, nearly eight years after the man known as “The Executioner” was himself executed.
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A teenage boy who made the call for emergency services to help an unresponsive young girl in Adelaide who later died has recalled the incident in harrowing detail.
Queensland monthly building approvals have dropped to 25 per cent below their 10-year average, with struggling families turning to measures such as “instant” homes to cope with the housing crisis.
Councils and the construction industry have slammed the NSW Government’s new housing targets as “numbers on a piece of paper”, raising fears a building industry on its knees will be unable to hit the state’s goals.
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Investigators have uncovered a phone while searching a dam for the body of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy.
Killer bus driver Brett Button was behaving oddly in the hours leading up to the Hunter crash which left 10 dead and 25 injured, boasting to wedding guests he could perform “donuts” and telling them “this bit’s going to be fun” as he took the Greta roundabout 25km/h faster than recommended.
Brisbane 2032 chief executive Cindy Hook has urged concerned Queenslanders to “speak up” and demand an Olympic Games stadium a growing city needs.
An “inexperienced, immature” driver whose “reckless and dangerous” choices caused the death of a beloved friend, daughter and granddaughter will spend at least two years behind bars.
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There was still no sign of a mother and baby more than 24 hours after a human placenta and umbilical cord were found on a Sydney riverbank as officials plead for the woman to take herself and her newborn to hospital.
Heat sensors have been installed in the homes of teachers in a remote Queensland community – and the government has now also urged them to sleep with duress alarms.
A rogue food delivery rider who clocked up 240 demerit points since the start of the year is allegedly still on the road driving dangerously – and authorities are struggling to stop him.West Adelaide footballer Sam May has been dubbed a ‘miracle man’ after making a remarkable recovery from serious injuries from a fall at a Port Lincoln hotel last month.
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Facebook has become a thriving marketplace for black market merchants hawking everything from counterfeit cash, cloned credit cards and illegal firearms.
A sexual harassment scandal has engulfed one of the country’s biggest retailers, implicating its CEO, and forcing the resignation of a senior executive.
QLD Premier Steven Miles’ sensational call to slash immigration amid unprecedented growth has been questioned, with documents revealing that the state’s population is on par with what was predicted when Labor came to power nine years ago.
Students have moved into the new, $98m expansion of an Adelaide CBD school after construction delays meant they had to learn elsewhere on campus for the start of the year.
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Black market merchants peddling methamphetamine, ice and heroin are using Facebook posts promoting illegal vapes to funnel customers to websites and Telegram chats selling hard drugs.
A new diabetes drug thought to be “better than Ozempic” will be trialled in Melbourne in a move researchers hope can help end global shortages.
An Adelaide man has shared how a “fantastic holiday” with his wife came to a horrific end when their Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence, sending them into freefall and leaving his wife with a serious spinal injury.
Multimillion-dollar sobering-up centres are sitting largely empty, with just 417 people checking in over their first five months of operation.
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SA Premier Peter Malinauskas’s push to ban children under 14 from social media has been bolstered by the US’s top doctor, who urged government action to tackle “a medical emergency among young people”.
Aviation experts have begun an investigation into how a Singapore Airlines flight dropped more than a kilometre in less than a minute, leaving one man dead and other passengers “doing somersaults” as the plane plunged.
One of Channel 9’s on-air stars has revealed her former boss Darren Wick sexually harassed her in public, groping her and breathing heavily down her neck.
Shocking allegations of gender selection within QLD’s embattled fertility industry are being investigated by the health ombudsman.
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Anthony Albanese has declared he will not go to the polls until he has broken the back of the cost-of-living crisis, saying he is committed to going the distance in his first term of government.
A staggering 70 per cent of Queensland’s public hospital staff have been assaulted or witnessed violence at work a damning new survey has revealed, with warnings patients are also at risk.
The cost of building a new home in Victoria went up about $25,000 overnight earlier this month.
Adelaide commuters purchasing single trips to travel short distances on public transport are paying the highest fares in the country.
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More than 60,000 of 80,000 failed asylum seekers still in the country have been allowed to remain here with full work and study rights.
Patient prescriptions and private GP and healthcare provider information was among the data leaked in the major medical breach involving MediSecure.
Victoria Police has rejected a recommendation to introduce nine-hour shifts for frontline cops in a move that pits Chief Commissioner Shane Patton against the Allan government.
AFL Brownlow Medallist Ollie Wines has been cleared by his cardiologist to train and play against North Melbourne this week, after he was subbed out of Port Adelaide’s thrilling win over Hawthorn with heart palpitations.
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Almost 320,000 Australians have been unemployed for between two years and a decade despite living through the biggest jobs booms in Australia’s history.
The University of Melbourne has warned pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a major building on campus that it will send in police to break up their encampment because its “patience is now at an end”.
A frightened mother from regional SA says her child’s school was forced into lockdown after a seven-year-old boy with a history of behavioural issues produced a knife and threatened to kill classmates.
The Queensland government’s alternative plan for the Gabba could cost $1.1bn and cut its capacity by 4000 seats.
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The daughter of missing camper Carol Clay has told a jury she was concerned her mother’s affair with Russell Hill would become public after their disappearance.
Apartments could become more affordable in Brisbane under Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner’s plan to remove outdated minimum carparking requirements for new developments in high-density areas.
Australia’s peak soccer body is refusing to say how it plans to vote if a motion to expel Israel from the World Cup goes ahead in Bangkok later this week.
A tenant in one of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s investment properties has been given an eviction notice but is pleading with the leader of the country not to kick him out.
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Police will be able to use metal-detecting “wands” in major public spaces where knife crimes have been committed in the past year, in a key change to proposed new powers driven by concerns about the safety of yearly events like the Easter Show.
Accused High Country killer Gregory Lynn murdered campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay, probably after a dispute over a drone, prosecutors allege.
An Uber driver allegedly raped a young woman after she had finished work in the early hours of the morning in Sydney’s Inner West.
An Adelaide pilot who was working in the US has died in a motor vehicle accident.
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Social media giants are being urged to work with the South Australian government as it seeks to legislate a ban on children under the age of 14 from the platforms.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will today sell a budget Labor claims will help struggling households, but a growing chorus of experts warn the plan will also keep crippling mortgage repayments higher for longer.
NSW Police have joined the NRL integrity unit in investigating allegations that Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker were the targets of racial abuse during their game against St George Illawarra at the weekend.
A long-anticipated fall in international airfares has finally arrived, with Flight Centre data showing overseas economy fares in the second half of 2024 are down an average of 13 per cent on the same time last year.
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Social media giants such as Meta and TikTok have been put on notice, with the federal government announcing a wide-ranging probe into online platforms’ potential harm to Australians.
Confronting footage has emerged of pro-Palestinian students at Queensland’s largest university admitting they would be terrorists if involved in the overseas conflict.
Troubled former North Melbourne footballer Tarryn Thomas is again being investigated by police for allegedly harassing a former partner.
A Port Lincoln father allegedly caught with methamphetamine in Bali was sent an unsolicited package, purportedly holding lubricant but actually containing drugs, while in the Indonesian party capital.
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A repeat domestic violence offender with an apprehended violence order banning him going near his former girlfriend ambushed her outside a Sydney gym and stabbed her in the throat with a kitchen knife.
Jewish students and staff at Queensland’s top university fear for their safety after a suspected antisemitic attack on the office of a Jewish academic.
The governnment will pump an extra $3.25 billion into the North East Link – the biggest single investment it has made in Victoria since being elected.
Twenty scholarships will soon be available for students wanting to work in artificial intelligence research at Lot Fourteen, with significant investment aimed at boosting SA as a global competitor in the sector.
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Accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has formally entered not guilty pleas to three charges of murder and five of attempted murder as her case will be fast-tracked for trial to the Supreme Court.
Premier Steven Miles’ $1000 election sweetener, spruiked as helping Queenslanders with their power bills, could be cashed out and spent on anything in a $2.5bn billing loophole.
Medical experts are sounding the alarm as a predicted epidemic of cancer in under 50s threatens to overwhelm the country’s GPs and blow out hospital wait times.
Sydney’s iconic Darling Harbour has been given a multimillion-dollar facelift, with a new playground, sound shell and a bamboo forest at the Chinese Garden of Friendship to be officially opened to the public Wednesday.
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Under-18s will be banned from buying knives, raising the age limit from 16 while NSW Police will get new powers to search people for blades in response to the alleged stabbing of an Assyrian bishop in Wakeley and the Bondi Junction massacre.
A new $400 bonus for an estimated 700,000 Victorian students will be unveiled as the key cost of living measure in today’s state budget.
The state government has spent more than $111m buying properties and doing technical studies for a renewable energy project that has no business case, is not backed by the Opposition and is vehemently opposed by locals.
A third of primary school students and almost half of high schoolers have sought, or are planning to start, treatment for mental health concerns.
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Parents will be able to see social media through the eyes of their teenage children using a new tool exposing how young people can be surrounded by misogynistic content that promotes harmful attitudes toward women.
Staff shortages, lenient consequences for poor behaviour and the false perception educators get 12 weeks off a year are some of the systematic issues driving disrespect in the classroom.
Queenslanders won’t pay “a single cent” for electricity from July, with Premier Steven Miles doubling the state’s power rebate to $1000 in a major $2.5bn pre-election cash splash.
South Australian mums and dads are less likely to yell at their kids or feel guilty about how much time they spend together than parents elsewhere in the country.
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Coward-punch killer Kieran Loveridge, whose unprovoked attack on a young man on a Kings Cross street 12 years ago shocked Sydney, is now out of jail and on a crusade to educate young men about the dangers of alcohol and violence, saying if anyone knows the horror consequences, it’s him.
The union for prison officers has accused the Victorian government of recklessly endangering their lives amid what it brands an “epidemic of assaults”.
Queensland Premier Steven Miles has buckled to pressure and will remove the detention as a last resort clause amid poor electoral prospects and mounting criticism the government is soft on crime.
AstraZeneca has acknowledged that its Covid-19 vaccine can cause a rare and potentially deadly blood-clotting condition, according to court documents.
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Child experts are calling for a national blanket ban on mobile phones in schools as they warn kids are struggling with basic skills in the classroom like reading for long periods of time, critical thinking and recognising emotions on faces.
The father of accused Melbourne footballer Joel Smith says he fears his son is being “scapegoated” to cover up rampant illicit drug use in the AFL.
CFMEU workers on Brisbane’s $6.2bn Cross River Rail project are expected to walk off the job on Tuesday following unmet demands for huge pay rises that would mean an entry-level construction worker earning $240,000.
Rory Sloane thought he might be able to pull just one more “out of the hat” and yet again come back from a serious injury.
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Anzac Day - unspoiled by commericalism or activism - is fast becoming our nation’s seminal day.
Labor is on track for a savage electoral defeat as voters desert QLD Premier Steven Miles and the LNP extends its two-party lead just six months before the state election.
Victorian homeowners could be forced to fork out thousands of dollars to upgrade old appliances with energy efficient models as the statewide crackdown on fossil fuels intensifies.
Virgin Australia has suspended direct flights from Adelaide to Bali due to the delayed delivery of new Boeing MAX aircraft.
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War heroes and army veterans have slammed a group of pro-Palestine protesters who are set to rally at several city locations on Anzac Day.
Police swooped on what they claim was a teen terror cell in Sydney’s southwest yesterday, arresting seven youths allegedly linked to the Wakeley church stabber.
Queensland teachers are being stabbed with pencils and having desks thrown at them by students, as compensation payouts top half a billion dollars over the past decade.
And an Adelaide Inquest has heard a woman who died while being ramped told a paramedic she couldn’t breathe shortly before going into cardiac arrest.
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Elon Musk could afford to personally pay the fine for his social media platform X’s refusal to remove footage of a violent stabbing attack in Sydney for centuries, as the billionaire is accused of putting his “ego” ahead of “common decency”.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has admitted the government “needs to do more” to grapple with the growing domestic violence crisis in Australia.
The West Adelaide Football Club has shed new light on the moments leading up to the discovery of a seriously injured footballer Sam May at a Port Lincoln hotel on the weekend.
Crown Resorts has finally been given the all clear to hold a casino license at Sydney’s Barangaroo by NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC), ending years of uncertainty over a vision outlined more than a decade ago by James Packer
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Five young Victorian children – including two known to child protection – died from malnutrition and neglect in just 17 months during the pandemic.
A NSW woman has allegedly been murdered by her ex-partner just over a fortnight after he was granted bail after being accused of raping her three times.
Queensland’s youth crime epidemic has been laid bare as a new report reveals the number of young criminals jumped 5.2 per cent to more than 11,000 offenders, with 11 of those charged with murder.
A West Adelaide footballer is in a serious condition in Royal Adelaide Hospital after an incident at a Port Lincoln hotel on Sunday morning.
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Pro-Palestine activists are turning up at University of Melbourne classrooms and photographing students after asking for a show of hands to indicate who agrees with their views on the Israel-Gaza war.
A teenager has been charged after allegedly attacking an Assyrian Christian bishop during a livestreamed service at a church in Sydney’s southwest after days in hospital.
Police say the Australian boss of a transnational organised crime syndicate was living in Brisbane’s suburbia as he masterminded a series of huge drug shipments including a “botched” 900kg cocaine import where bricks of the drugs washed ashore.
Owners of short-term accommodation, such as Airbnb and Stayz properties, will be slugged hundreds more in rates, under a proposal by Adelaide City Council.
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Brittany Higgins will keep the $2.4m compensation payment she received from the government despite Justice Michael Lee finding the basis for her claim, that there had been a political cover up of her assault, was “untrue.”
The family of schoolboy accused of the Sydney church stabbing say the teen was “religious but not a radical” and he is “extremely remorseful”.
Ongoing protest action that continues to plague Victoria has forced at least 10,000 Victoria Police officers off the beat with more than 560 protests staged in Melbourne’s CBD in the past six months alone.
A federal inquiry has failed to find any evidence of the QLD government having completed any real work in preparation for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to key senators leading the probe.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hinted that a brave Frenchman who faced off with a rampaging knifeman, who stabbed six people to death in Bondi Junction, on Saturday may jump the queue to become an Australian citizen.
Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci has been threatened with jail time after refusing to answer questions about the supermarket chain’s profitability in a two hour-long standoff with furious senators.
More than half of Queenslanders have witnessed an accident on the Bruce Highway and a whopping one in three people are dissatisfied or extremely dissatisfied with the nation’s longest route.
Embattled former player agent Ricky Nixon is facing a slew of fresh criminal charges as he stares down the threat of imminent bankruptcy.
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After one aborted, then abandoned, criminal trial and two successful out of court settlements Bruce Lehrmann was on Monday found to have raped Brittany Higgins.
The Victorian government is pushing for a “substantial increase” for workers on minimum and award wages, well ahead of the “economically responsible” lift other states want amid warnings too big a rise may drive up inflation.
A new housing “super portfolio” has been created to focus on fixing the South Australia’s housing crisis – and several other key portfolio responsibilities have been switched – as part of Premier Peter Malinauskas’ first cabinet reshuffle.
Queensland Education Minister Di Farmer has bowed to pressure from the teachers’ unions and home education bodies, announcing homeschooling reforms and proposed changes to student suspensions and expulsions are officially on hold.
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Drug dealing would be virtually impossible for criminals without social media and apps like Meta-owned WhatsApp, with a new study finding 70 per cent of Australians use them to buy illicit substances.
NSW households face paying at least $20 a year extra on their electricity bills after a blowout in the already massive cost of a new privately owned transmission line to the troubled Snowy Hydro 2.0 project.
A young man who was brutally stabbed to death in a suspected drug deal gone wrong in an industrial street was “polite” and “well mannered” when he sought information from residents less than 12 hours before his unsolved murder.
More than half of Queensland’s most hardcore youth offenders are roaming free on the streets – but the minister says more young criminals are locked up than ever.
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In a devastating on-air moment, a Channel Seven veteran has announced the tragic death of Sunrise reporter Nathan Templeton.
A $1 billion money laundering and tax evasion syndicate has been busted by the Australian Federal Police, who claim 1200 business were cashing in on the scheme.
Security footage has captured the moments after a 21-year-old Adelaide man was stabbed to death in a “senseless” attack in a quiet industrial street, with police now launching a major murder probe.
Queensland’s construction sector has the lowest rate of female participation of any industry, with insiders saying “toxic masculinity” is locking women out of the sector.
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The state government is looking at charging foreigners more to buy property in NSW, with Treasurer Daniel Mookhey declaring money from overseas investors should be directed to help “build new homes”.
A large group of Hells Angels bikies charged over a joy ride have appeared in court, prompting a heavy police presence in Adelaide’s CBD.
Double time when it rains, a full month of rostered days off each year, and an extra $1000 a week when working away from home are just some of the sweetheart conditions the Queensland government has struck with the construction unions under its controversial Best Practice Industry Conditions policy.
Melbourne’s world class major sporting events are encouraging workers to take sickies.
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The man charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend, who was found dead in a burnt-out car near Ballarat, posted a tribute after her death saying he would “forever love you” and allegedly messaged friends claiming she had taken her own life.
The owner of an e-scooter that allegedly set fire to a hotel room, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage, had taped over the room’s smoke alarm because her vaping had been setting it off too much.
Queensland’s critical housing shortage is being exacerbated by the Miles’ government centrepiece $92bn Big Build pipeline.
Sydney petrol prices have hit their highest levels this year just in time for the school holidays, with economists warning further increases could fuel inflation and impact the potential for interest rate cuts.
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Students were shown pictures of adults who had undergone transgender transformation surgery, and incest and bestiality were discussed in an unsupervised sex-ed session in an Adelaide school.
Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach says that Bruce Lehrmann was reimbursed by the network for drugs and prostitutes during a night out which prompted him to tell his boss the former political staffer was on the “warpath”.
Indian community leaders and Life Saving Victoria say the state government must urgently invest in multilingual water safety education and swimming lessons to “help save lives” after a series of tragic drownings.
The peak medical body has set in motion crisis talks with surgeons to find solutions to exploding elective surgery lists in regional Queensland.
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Australia’s next Governor-General will be a female corporate high-flyer with a long history of advocacy on gender, climate and Indigenous issues.
A Queensland pumped hydroelectricity project slated to cut through the world’s platypus capital and furiously opposed by locals could balloon to $18bn – the state’s most expensive project ever.
Bosses at the Seven Network are holding crisis talks on the future of Spotlight as allegations of payments for drugs and prostitutes engulf the current affairs program.
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has declared this year’s Gather Round sequel will be better than the original as the AFL’s festival of football returns to Adelaide today.
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Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against Network Ten and presenter Lisa Wilkinson has been reopened at the 11th hour after sensational new evidence was presented to the Federal Court.
Parents in Sydney’s booming northwest are being forced to make 90 minute round trips to pick up their children from their catchment primary school after the state failed to deliver any of its promises for education in the area.
An expert says the three people who died after ingesting beef wellington allegedly laced with poisonous fungi may have spent their last moments writhing in pain as the toxins from the death cap mushrooms worked through their bodies.
Organised groups stealing bulk quantities of items to sell on the black market at discounted prices or to exchange for drugs are behind a rise in retail thefts in South Australia.
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A motorcycle rider was killed in a crash during a police chase in Sydney’s inner west yesterday afternoon.
A Caboolture mother claims Queensland Health failed her toddler, who is now brain-damaged and fighting for life in intensive care after contracting the usually harmless hand, foot and mouth disease.
The Victorian Premier’s office is fighting to keep hundreds of documents from Daniel Andrews’ time in office secret in a legal case with ramifications for government transparency.
Adelaide City Council member Jing Li helped enrol 500 new voters in the hotly contested 2020 local government election, according to Freedom of Information documents.
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About 100 current AFL players have been granted secret immunity from the AFL’s three-strike drugs policy. More than 90,000 new homes are stuck in the planning system, as young people are forced to flee NSW because they can’t find a place to live. South Australia's average wages have suffered cuts of more than seven per cent in past three years. A turbulent 12 months has wiped $384m off the value of Qantas’s brand.
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An IT worker at a Sydney high school has allegedy been busted with child abuse material after hacking the school’s computers in order to steal his colleagues’ credit card details.
A former Melbourne Football Club doctor has sensationally admitted to conducting “off the books” illicit drug tests – allegedly authorised by the AFL – to help players evade detection on match days.
A bridge collapsed in the US last night after it was struck by a cargo ship, sparking fears of a “mass casualty event” as rescuers desperately searched for people who were on the huge structure when it crashed into a river.
Three people have been confirmed dead after a freak wave capsized a fishing vessel near Spilsby Island, South Australia.
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A Facebook whistleblower has warned about unregulated access to Meta platforms by Aussie kids. The family of a woman raped and killed by Jonathon Bakewell has called for an urgent inquiry as the killer is released again. Australian schools are facing a chronic shortage of qualified maths teachers. A legal fight over a cancelled Australian Grand Prix concert by Robbie Williams is set for a court showdown within weeks.
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Accused triple murderer mushroom cook Erin Patterson has been forced into a protected unit at a women’s maximum security prison alongside pedophile rapist school principal Malka Leifer, as fears mount for the mother of two’s safety.
Video footage of protesters chanting anti-Israeli slogans with loudspeakers at a publicly-funded night markets in Sydney’s southwest have been forwarded to the NSW Police’s Engagement and Hate Crime Unit.
Significant native forest home to endangered koalas would be bulldozed to make way for the QLD government’s controversial Olympic athletics stadium.
The debilitating condition endometriosis which affects up to one in seven women will be investigated by an SA parliament committee.
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Millions in compensation will be paid to the Indigenous owners of a disused bowling club due to the Western Harbour Tunnel being built underneath it – while thousands of neighbouring property owners won’t receive a cent.
A court has heard that a man accused of repeatedly raping his daughter while she was a pre-teen is the son of a veteran Sydney police officer.
Iconic Australian vacuuming company Godfreys will be closed for good, after no viable offers to buy the struggling business were made.
Pandas are set to remain a star attraction at Adelaide Zoo after a breakthrough during top-level talks between Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
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The Reserve Bank has abandoned talk of more rate hikes, as it `kept the official cash rate steady at a 12-year high of 4.35 per cent.
Harrowing new details have emerged of allegations convicted wife killer Brian Earl Johnston repeatedly raped Kelly Wilkinson just weeks before her murder in Queensland.
Electricity prices for South Australian customers will start to fall from July.
Straight from her Las Vegas residency, Kylie Minogue has touched down in Sydney for a well earnt break.
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Population growth fuelled by soaring migration is set to cut the amount of GST revenue coming to NSW by $80 per person next financial year, heaping pressure on the state government to fund hospitals, schools and roads with a decreasing share of Commonwealth cash.
A beloved special forces soldier described by his squad mates as a loyal friend with an “infectious sense of humour” has been farewelled in a heartfelt ceremony.
In Victoria, organised crime figures who use their profits to lash out on yachts, penthouse living and sex workers will pay the price under new Allan Government laws.
And Adelaide’s most famous madam, Stormy Summers, has died, three days short of her 78th birthday.
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Baby Boomers are happily spending during the cost-of-living crisis, while younger generations tighten their purse strings. Regional townships in NSW have been rebranded by the Bureau of Statistics, causing an uproar over the GST carve up. David Speirs has denied a threat to quit as SA Liberal leader if former cabinet minister Anne Ruston lost the top Senate ticket spot. The Victorian government is being urged to set up special tax havens across Melbourne and regional areas to solve the housing crisis.
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Australia’s migration intake hit record numbers in January despite the Albanese government’s plan to slow the surge. A union boss is pushing for manslaughter charges to be brought against the owner of the Ballarat Gold Mine. A Chinese tourist has been found guilty of manslaughter over a botched boob job during which a Sydney beauty clinic manager died of an anaesthetic overdose. Plans to transform South Australia into a plant protein powerhouse have collapsed.
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All workers would have the right to request to work from home under a union push to provide more flexibility for carers of children and elderly parents. Kelly Wilkinson’s devastated loved ones called her killer Brian Earl Johnston “pure evil” as he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday. Violent incidents at regional NSW schools have increased to their highest level in five years. One of South Australia’s most senior firefighters has called in police over a fake email scam.
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More than eight in 10 voters think that nicotine vapes should be sold in the same way as alcohol and tobacco. China issues an interim recommendation to abolish crippling tariffs on bottled wine. Malaysia looks poised to swoop on the 2026 Commonwealth Games.Queensland Premier Steven Miles and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli have gone head-to-head for the first time ahead of the October 26 election. The Matildas have sold out their 13th straight home game – in record time.
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The son of an ex-AFL player had been under scrutiny over the murder of Samantha Murphy for more than a fortnight before police made their move.
Former Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon has told of his “heartbreak” at the death of his son who died after a parachute mishap during a 14,000ft training jump in Sydney’s west.
Not one of the 111 frontline domestic violence workers promised to Queensland by the Albanese government are on the ground more than two years after it was spruiked as an election commitment.
An Adelaide vet clinic has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack, with two men still on the run.
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All community footballers could be forced to wear helmets in the near future, with a head protection trial being launched this season.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has revealed it is going to look at whether Compare the Market should have to change its name because so many of the insurance products it compares are sold by its parent company.
The South Australian international education sector has bounced back and even grown since a Covid slump when border closures prevented students from coming to the state.
A prominent Sydney architect, who couldn’t resist the lure of her neighbour’s beautiful hydrangeas, has been convicted of being a flower thief.
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Hours after Sam Kerr revelled in scoring a historic FA Cup hat trick, the soccer superstar became entangled in an argument over a taxi fare that allegedly led to her “racially aggravated” abuse of a London police officer.
More than 30 drivers fleeing bushfires were caught speeding after a camera was left operating in an emergency zone in Victoria’s west.
Kids as young as 10 are getting away with violent crimes across regional NSW because courts rule they do not know right from wrong, even after bragging that “police will never catch me”.
Approval has been granted for South Australia’s first institutional build-to-rent project, which will bring 240 new units to the western suburbs in a boon for the fledgling market.
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The fight to replace former Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the seat of Cook got underway last night. A tent city’s emerged in QLD Premier Steven Miles’ electorate. Shocking footage of thugs armed with military rifles documents the escalation in Melbourne’s gangland violence. Tens of thousands of Adelaide homes are in the pipeline but the necessary infrastructure will come at an enormous cost.
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Mobile phone tower data identifying the movements of people in the area Samantha Murphy disappeared is expected to be key to the probe.
New documents have revealed at least a dozen of the Queensland’s government’s signature major health projects have been delayed by up to 2½ years or been hit with cost blowouts.
A regional South Australian council has voted to replace its Acknowledgement of Country speech at the start of meetings with a more “inclusive” statement that doesn’t mention Aboriginal people, while also scrapping its prayer.
Meta’s announcement that it will not renew its commercial agreements with Australian media will have a devastating impact on all Aussies, News Corp Australasia’s executive chairman Michael Miller says.
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Brisbane house prices have soared by more than 60 per cent since the pandemic began – almost double the growth in Sydney – and the median price is now just over $200,000 less than Australia’s most expensive real estate market.
Victorians punters will no longer be able to place bets on some of the rising stars of Aussie sport, with tough new gambling restrictions introduced on sports betting.
A popular birthing unit in northern Sydney has been scrapped by the Minns government, in a move labelled by local families as a “disgrace”.
And in South Australia, Smoking and vaping in popular outdoor public spaces including jetties, parts of beaches and outside shops will be banned from today, with new fines to help enforce the law.
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ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys has revealed the NRL’s $420 million war chest to drive expansion as he plots the next offshore project to match the code’s Vegas venture - a second team in New Zealand.
It’s been revealed Gold Coast cop Arron Ottaway, who was stood down for defying an order to stop chasing a car containing allegedly armed teen offenders, was told by his superior to abandon the chase because overtime was not approved.
Victoria Police have successfully fought to suppress key details of the kidnappers and torturers in a shocking alleged hate crime.
Prince William pulled out of a church service at the last minute due to a “personal matter” as the Palace confirmed Princess Catherine is “doing well”.
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Queensland public servants who were stood down or sacked after refusing to comply with Covid-19 vaccine mandates could be back to work and seek compensation following a landmark legal win by a group of police officers and paramedics.
Victorian firefighters and communities are bracing for “one of the most dangerous fire days” in recent years, with the mercury set to soar into the mid-40s in some parts of the state today.
SA Police are continuing to hunt a person who opened fire on a female disability care worker and a man in an underground carpark in Wayville as they arrived for work on Monday.
A tiny critically endangered dragon lizard has stalled tens of homes being built in Melbourne’s west, with property developers paying more than $1m.
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The Albanese government has been urged to intervene to stop a Palestinian activist who took part in a series of aeroplane hijackings in 1969 and 1970 from speaking at a Perth conference on “ecosocialism” in June.
A man and a woman have been shot at in an underground carpark in Adelaide’s inner south, sparking a police hunt for the suspect.
A drug boss has allegedly assaulted a maximum-security prison officer.
Vapes are wrecking the teeth and jaws of young people in a similar way to illicit drugs including cocaine and methamphetamine.
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The “bodies in the barrels” serial murders accomplice will be able to eat at cafes, shop, travel on public transport and access Centrelink now he has parole – but will be tracked at all times.
Spin king Shane Warne has been credited with giving the gift of life in the wake of his shock fatal heart attack.
A father has admitted shooting a defenceless man in his shed and burying his body – but insists his crime was manslaughter, not murder.
Queensland real estate agents should have to undergo yearly training to keep their licence on safety and legal responsibilities under the state’s new code of conduct, says head of the industry’s peak body.
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Queensland’s more than 600,000 landlords have been warned they could face criminal charges if they ignore tough smoke alarm laws after the owner of the Russell Island home that burnt to the ground killing six people was charged.
Sydney Police allege a man strangled a woman and child to death inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta before he drove the woman’s white BMW to Baulkham Hills and fatally stabbed her husband on Monday night.
More than a dozen detectives from specialist Melbourne-based units have been assigned to the Samantha Murphy mystery as it emerges as the state’s top priority police inquiry.
Two brothers have saved the lives of a mother and daughter who became distressed while swimming off an Adelaide beach.
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Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll will walk away with about $216,000 in lieu of serving out the remaining four months of her contract after she was forced to sensationally resign early as the state’s top cop to “clear the air” after mounting pressure over Queensland’s youth crime crisis.
A mother and her little boy were stabbed to death inside a martial arts studio in Sydney’s west shortly before her estranged husband was killed in what police suspect was a bitter love triangle.
Anti-doping investigators have accused Melbourne footballer Joel Smith of cocaine trafficking in a dramatic escalation of his failed drugs test probe.
A man has been jailed for over five years after a night of drinking led him to commit multiple home invasions across Adelaide.
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Sydney’s gang war is on track to eclipse the infamous Melbourne conflict involving Carl Williams and the Morans, according to one of the men behind the original Underbelly TV series.
In Victoria, Mornington Peninsula ratepayers who don’t install new solar power would be forced to fund a generous discount for households that make the switch under a new council proposal.
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has revealed ahead of a meeting today with Minister Mark Ryan to discuss her future that she “may not” continue on as the state’s top cop.
South Australian first-homebuyers purchasing a home-and-land package are, from today, eligible for a home loan with a deposit of just 2 per cent.
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The Coalition claims people smugglers are “testing” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, following the arrival of more than 40 asylum-seekers in remote Western Australia. A young SA man is fighting for life after he was struck by a car while changing a tyre on the side of the Port River Expressway. The sole survivor of the deadly mushroom lunch has broken his silence the day after his 45th wedding anniversary. More than half of all regional Queenslanders feel unsafe in their homes. The cost of building townhouses and apartments in NSW has soared in a single year.
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At least 40 guards will be deployed to protect NRL players in Las Vegas, with players warned over “sex” traps and extortion scams. Linesmen crucial to reconnecting electricity have been accused of downing tools as thousands of Victorian homes are left without power. South Australian criminals are flouting home detention conditions amid claims authorities are failing to properly respond to overnight alerts. A motorist with custom number plates seemingly glorifying the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel now claims he’s lost them after being ordered to turn them in. Almost 1500 excited Taylor Swift fans monitored the superstar’s journey to Australia with plane tracking technology.
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Dozens of people have fallen ill at a popular Adelaide sporting arena, sparking a major public health emergency and a safety review.
More young offenders could be fitted with GPS trackers and police given expanded powers to randomly search people for knives, as the Queensland government scrambles to crack down on youth crime.
A new study has found pregnant women are too reliant on multivitamins instead of eating a balanced diet in their second trimesters, a new study has found.
It is official – the NFL has landed in the heart of Sydney.
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Bosses who unreasonably contact their staff after hours face fines and jail time after the Greens snuck criminal penalties into a new “right to disconnect”, leaving Labor scrambling to fix its own law.
Melbourne’s Catholic Church has lost a major legal fight to block the parents, siblings, friends and families of abuse victims from suing for damages.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has asked the government to revisit the trial of GPS trackers for teen criminals on bail, saying only 33 devices had been issued, with five now in use.
Police are targeting “gang” ringleaders luring vulnerable children into committing crime in exchange for cash, drugs and alcohol and fuelling a youth crime spike across Adelaide, it can be revealed.
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Crucial crossbenchers are urging the Albanese government to stop a yearly hike to student debt set to hit almost three million Australians amid a crushing cost of living crisis.
A complaint regarding a “hateful” customised licence plate seemingly glorifying the October 7 Hamas terror attacks was not acted upon – despite being made last month.
Brisbane’s controversial $2.7bn Gabba rebuild is dead, with powerbroker John Coates declaring the project is damaging the Olympic brand and “just doesn’t stack up”.
The owner of one of 10 small businesses raided by thieves during an overnight crime spree says she might “never feel safe again” after her bakery was broken into.
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Doctors across NSW could be forced to jack up their fees by $12 in six months time to combat a state government “tax grab” which could also result in the closure of many GP clinics.
King Charles’s cancer diagnosis will force Prince Harry into a potentially tense reunion with his father, stepmother and brother, with the rogue royal expected to fly to London immediately.
Two vile predators are now behind bars after an intoxicated 15-year-old was repeatedly raped at an Adelaide party.
Queensland will aim to halve the number of children in residential care within five years, after a wide-ranging review sparked by The Courier-Mail found evidence of systemic issues across the sector.
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The Albanese government will reap billions of dollars from extra tax on fuel, beer and spirits, including a 1.8 per cent hike this week, while sparing Tesla owners and wine drinkers.
Tobacconists across Sydney peddling black market vapes have been swept up in the largest raid blitz so far, with more than 30,000 illegal vapes at a street value of $1.1 million seized over five days last week.
Victorian doctors will have to increase patient fees by a whopping 30 per cent to combat a state government “tax grab”.
Thousands of employees at one of South Australia’s biggest companies are now working nine-day fortnights without reduced pay – and have become more productive than ever.
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Distilleries and brewers are warning of a hit to Australia’s hospitality sector and local tourism unless the federal government freezes the twice-yearly tax hike on beer and spirits.
It comes after The Daily Telegraph revealed the Western Parkland City Authority (WPCA) was sitting on $500 million in unspent grants and had only managed to start work on a visitors’ centre that has been dismissed as a “shed with a fancy pergola’’.
Victorian GPs in training can apply for $40,000 in incentives from today, putting the South Australian government under pressure to match it or risk a brain drain of young doctors.
It is an unusually busy time in the medical room at West Lakes with more Crows players suffering injuries.
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Margot Robbie has spoken out one week after being overlooked for a nomination at the 2024 Oscars.
Risk of being unable to field a team if players are benched for three weeks under new concussion protocols, a Victorian Nationals MP has warned.
The number of babies dying within a month of birth has almost doubled since 2018, the year the state’s biggest ever review into maternity services was launched by then health minister Steven Miles.
Gaming group SkyCity Entertainment says it faces up to $73m in penalties and legal costs after admitting to serious breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
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One of the biggest changes to Australian recreational sport in history is being urged by the country’s peak sporting institute in the fight against concussion and long term brain injuries.
Education Minister Prue Car has slammed her federal counterparts, accusing the Albanese government of trying to “short-change” NSW school kids.
South Australian public hospitals had five catastrophic “sentinel” events resulting in serious injury or death in 2021-22, the latest Productivity Commission figures show.
Bystanders chased down a man who was seen to stab a woman in the head during a daylight attack on a busy eastern suburbs street yesterday.
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Godfreys Group, the iconic retailer of vacuums that has been selling cleaners for almost 100 years, has collapsed into administration, with cost of living pressures and the challenging economic environment sucking out its profitability and causing its demise.
Extra prevention measures protecting swimmers from sharks will not be installed around Sydney Harbour despite Monday’s brutal bull shark attack with the Minns government and local council passing the buck over who is responsible.
Queensland communities are and facing a mammoth clean-up after torrential downpours of up to 350mm inundated homes and forced residents to swim for their lives.
King Charles has left a London hospital, three days after treatment for an enlarged prostate.
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Australia will remain loyal to its top six for next month’s tour of New Zealand despite the worrying form slump that has resulted in No.3 Marnus Labuschagne’s Test average dropping by 10 in little over a year.
Sydney tradies have offered scathing feedback on the industry’s next generation of workers, describing them as “lazy” and “not willing to put in the hard yards”.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift has a wild week of crisscrossing the globe coming up after her boyfriend Travis Kelce qualified for the Super Bowl.
A large group of disgruntled homeowners are pleading for state government help after their new-build townhouses in Modbury have been unfinished and abandoned.
A new technical college in Adelaide’s west has opened and is fully enrolled for its first day, but only after the government changed eligibility to drive up numbers and splashed $1.2m on an advertising blitz.
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The Federal Government is facing calls to match its fee-free TAFE commitment. A flood watch has been issued for Southeast QLD. The Victorian Government has ignored the parliamentary inquiry recommendation to outlaw recreational duck hunting. NSW caseworkers are failing to visit up to 76 per cent of young people reported as vulnerable. South Australia has overtaken Victoria as the best-performing economy in the nation by CommSec.
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Two medical researchers helping to cure melanoma have both been recognised as the 2024 Australian of the Year. North Queenslanders could face three-day power outages and life-threatening flash flooding with Tropical Cyclone Kirrily making landfall. Infectious disease experts have queried official Covid advice sent to Victorian public schools this week. In South Australia, fewer teenage boys are pursuing teaching degrees.
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Anthony Albanese will almost halve the tax cut going to some Australians in order to deliver savings to low and middle income earners. Former South Australian premier Steven Marshall retire from state parliament. A young boy is fighting for life after being kicked in the head by a horse in Centennial Park. In Victoria, three people are dead in a drowning tragedy at Phillip Island. A 400mm deluge is expected for parts of Queensland, along with wind gusts of 165km/h, when Tropical Cyclone Kirrily crosses the coast.
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Anthony Albanese is poised to abandon his promise to leave Stage 3 tax cuts alone. Laws to indefinitely lock up or permanently monitor repeat child sex offenders in South Australia would be the toughest in the country. Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is forecast to start lashing the Queensland coast this afternoon. Rugby league players like Reece Walsh and Latrell Mitchell could potentially face visa hurdles ahead of the NRL’s Las Vegas premiership-opener.
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More than 25,000 properties across Queensland’s southeast were without power overnight - as storms hit the region after a scorching day. Undercover cop Mick Drury claims Roger Rogerson and other senior police attempted to set him up to be killed after two previously failed attempts. Victoria Police officers clashed with pro-Palestine protesters at the Port of Melbourne on Monday. Up to 5000 new homes would be built within 10km of Adelaide’s CBD under a plan by the construction industry.
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Cricket Australia will walk a delicate tightrope this week when it gently acknowledges the polarities of emotion around Australia Day during the Gabba Test.
A multi-millionaire conman has been found dead in a Sydney hotel, on the same day he was due to be sentenced for a Ponzi scheme which has left up to $24 million unaccounted for.
A South Australian man missing since being caught in a rip has been hailed an “absolute hero” after he risked his life to save his and his best mate’s children.
Tropical Cyclone Kirrily is predicted to make landfall along the Queensland coast as severe category three system in just two days time.
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Australian basketball star Josh Giddey is reportedly set to avoid criminal charges over his alleged relationship with a minor.
Runaway Brittany Higgins has shared the first update from her new life in France.
In a Wuhan-esque study, Chinese scientists are experimenting with a mutant Covid strain that is 100 per cent lethal to “humanised” mice.
The first luxury hotel in Adelaide’s northern suburbs is set to open its doors this year as the developers announce a premium rebrand.
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The driver who allegedly caused the crash that killed an Adelaide family is an Italian honeymooner and part-time international travel blogger whose new wife was also injured on impact.
Former NRL star Sonny Bill Williams has been cautioned by Channel Nine management over a series of controversial personal social media posts he made claiming horrific atrocities committed by Hamas against Israelis were “proven to be untrue”.
A popular Australian YouTuber has decided to leave the country over a government ban on vapes, launching a fundraiser to help cover the cost of the move.
The morning after a victorious night at the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump was back in a New York courtroom for the selection of a jury that must decide how much he owes a woman who accused him of rape.
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The Albanese government rejected a request to fast-track a nationwide review of supermarket conduct, it can be revealed despite the Prime Minister vowing to do “whatever is necessary” to bring down the price of essentials.
Queensland’s domestic violence scourge is now a state of emergency, as shocking new data shows increases in almost every offence in just a year, and more than 20 people killed, allegedly by a partner or relative.
An 83-year-old man has died and an 81-year-old woman has been rushed to hospital after a fire at a retirement village in Adelaide on Monday night.
Donald Trump has claimed a convincing victory in the Republican Party’s first contest to nominate its presidential candidate, kickstarting his bid to reclaim the White House this year.
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Victorian developers face delays of up to 18 months due to Indigenous cultural heritage requirements that are creating another roadblock to the government’s ambitious plan to build 80,000 homes a year.
New shocking videos of violence between South Australian schoolchildren have emerged on social media – including a boy waving a knife in the face of another child as he performs what appears to be a TikTok-style dance.
An Adelaide man accused of the daylight rape of a 12-year-old girl on a train and following her off the train has appeared in court for the first time – and asked his identity be suppressed
An arrest warrant has been issued for controversial football identity Ricky Nixon.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has delivered a fresh warning to supermarket giants, telling them the current voluntary grocery code of conduct could become mandated if they do not do the right thing.
Aldi has joined Woolworths in its decision to axe Australia Day merchandise this year.
Deadly skin cancer diagnoses are expected to rise by up to 69 per cent in Victoria over the next decade, with experts urging the community to stop underestimating the sun’s deadly UV rays.
Hundreds of young Queenslanders are languishing in desperately needed hospital beds across the state as a lack of federal NDIS funding prevents them leaving.
Parts of South Australia are being warned to brace for searing weather as an extreme heatwave arrives after a cool, wet summer.
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Interest rates could be slashed as early as June, as smaller petrol and food price hikes helped slow inflation to its lowest growth in almost two years.
Iconic Australian supermarket brand Woolworths has been condemned for ditching its ties to Australia Day after announcing it would no longer sell any merchandise related to the public holiday.
Melbourne footballer Joel Smith is facing a suspension of two years – and possibly longer – for taking cocaine.
Hundreds of Queenslanders are in hospital with Covid-19 as the wave that began in October has unexpectedly persisted, leading to a double whammy of two subvariants crossing paths.
In Adelaide, the mother of a teenage boy shot in the leg in his suburban home has told of how the horror ordeal unfolded.
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Labor has been accused of an “outrageous cover up” after refusing to reveal if more convicted criminals have been released from immigration detention over the summer.
A Sydney council has been slammed for spending thousands of dollars removing a wooden bench from a north shore naturestrip after the seat sparked a two-year battle between warring neighbours.
The Victorian government has quietly dumped a promise to put electronic monitoring devices on dangerous young thugs, insisting the measure is now not needed because there are fewer youth offenders.
More than 50,000 offences were committed every month in Queensland last year – the highest rate this century – with assaults, break-ins and car thefts among the crimes on the rise.
A man was flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a stable condition after he was bitten by a shark at Elliston on Tuesday afternoon.
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Police have been called to schools across NSW almost 20,000 times in the past year, including for serious sexual incidents and violence involving pistols and swords.
Almost 100 Queensland state schools have been damaged amid the state’s dual disasters, with authorities now racing to repair facilities in time for the first day of school in two weeks.
Rents for Adelaide houses are about $60 a week higher than they were a year ago – making them more expensive than those in Melbourne and Hobart.
Looks like The Golden Globes might be going hostless next year, after last minute replacement host Jo Koy was slammed for his performance.
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More than eight products a month have been recalled over button battery issues since new standards became mandatory. Queensland’s Corrective Services Minister is yet to be briefed on a major review of the parole board. Hundreds of pages of documents shed new light on the relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and the rich and powerful.
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Twelve Australians made a miraculous escape from a Japan Airlines jet that burst into flames. Four sightseers in NSW have been rushed to hospital after they were struck by lightning in the Blue Mountains. A Victorian councillor whose home was raided by corruption investigators as part of a sports rorts inquiry will face court on drug charges. A major inquiry’s underway after an intimate image of a woman exposing herself while under arrest at an Adelaide police station. A record number of asylum seekers are arriving by plane, with many seeking refuge from conflict-free nations.
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An Australian has died while fighting with the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza. A new report into the Sea World helicopter crash has revealed the pilot who died in the disaster had traces of cocaine in his system. Nearly 300 people were killed on Victorian roads in 2023.More than $3.5m has been paid out to settle civil claims against SA Police for misconduct. David Warner’s taken to Instagram with a desperate plea for the return of his backpack and his two baggy green caps.
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Usman Khawaja will be allowed to wear a dove sticker in the BBL should he line up again for the Heat. Wet conditions continue across Queensland with access to the Pacific Motorway cut in two places. Investigations are underway following an apartment blaze in Sydney’s northwest. Rollout of the SA’s first mobile phone detection cameras will target drivers on the South Road corridor. Victorian authorities report a surge in scalpers trying to rip off Taylor Swift fans.
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A Seaford boy has been killed in a shark attack at a popular tourist location on the Yorke Peninsula in SA on Thursday.
In Victoria, a man and a woman are expected to be charged after allegedly breaking into accused triple murderer Erin Patterson’s Leongatha property on Christmas Eve.
Almost one year on from the devastating Sea World chopper crash on the gold coast that claimed the lives of four people, Winnie de Silva said she would forever be haunted by memories of the mid-air disaster.
Million dollar views of Sydney’s iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks don’t have to cost you a dime. However you will need to rise and shine, with more than one million people expected to gather in the parks and streets.
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Authorities believe speed and alcohol were factors in the motorcycle crash that killed rugby league player Troy Dargan in the Cook Islands.
Households are set to be slugged almost $2400 upfront and businesses up to $31,000 to connect to the gas network from 2025, as part of a growing push to wean Victoria off the popular fuel source.
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas is attacking the “disgraceful” scheduling of Adelaide’s annual cricket Test – starting on a Wednesday in mid-January against the lowly West Indies
So-called healthy zero-alcohol drinks could be a dangerous gateway to the real thing for children and teens, according to Flinders University researchers.
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Golf ball-sized hail battered parts of NSW’s Central Coast yesterday, with severe storms threatening Sydney, the Gold Coast and parts of Victoria in a third consecutive day of wild Christmas weather.
There was high drama on a gloomy harbour at the start of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart, with the official start of the 78th race kicking off with a near-collision.
To Victoria now where an area 24 times the size of Docklands will be put under state control to allow high-rise development as part of the first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop project.
Thunderbirds legend Emily Beaton is flying high in her new role as summer weekend weather presenter for 7NEWS Adelaide
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Children aged between 10 and 13 wanting flashy items – and notoriety – are behind a worrying spike in robberies and thefts, police say.
Politicians from across Australia’s major parties have been accused of recklessly spending taxpayer dollars on chauffeur-driven cars with some MPs clocking $20,000 in just three months.
Australian Open tennis action will blast into life almost a full week early in Melbourne with fans for the first time able to snap up bargain tickets to see the world’s best tennis stars go head-to-head in charity matches.
The full scale of major road and rail project cost blowouts will be revealed to Queenslanders twice a year, in a dramatic repudiation of former transport minister Mark Bailey’s penchant for hiding billions of dollars in overruns.
A man accused of a horror stabbing attack on two women he did not know, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, has flagged a potential mental health defence to the charges in his first court appearance.
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Queensland remains Australia’s favourite holiday playground, with new data showing the Sunshine State is the country’s tourism capital for the third year in a row.
A traumatised mother and father hid their frightened children in a wardrobe as their southwest Sydney home was invaded by three masked men with a gun.
His life was a rags-to-riches western suburbs tale that turned Franco Cozzo into a household name with his catchcrys imitated across Victoria.
A federal government scheme established to keep a lid on North Queensland insurance premiums has spectacularly failed its first test in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Jasper.
It was a bittersweet moment for Nicole Kidman as she premiered her latest screen effort in Sydney.
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One of Australia’s most notorious terrorists Abdul Nacer Benbrika was cleared to be released from jail yesterday despite still needing to undergo deradicalisation and being considered a potentially “moderate” risk of committing a terrorist act.
A lip-reading expert claims Brittany Higgins was “plied” with alcohol and Bruce Lehrmann encouraged her to “drink that all now” at a Canberra bar on the night she alleges she was sexually assaulted, a court has heard.
The owner of Atet – the controversial floating club in Docklands – is suing the City of Melbourne over the alleged wrongful termination of its licence and is seeking damages to recoup millions of dollars in losses.
Queensland police could be granted new powers to randomly breath-test scooter riders and cyclists under a new crackdown aimed at curbing bad behaviour.
Dozens of South Australian country towns will offer new GPs a $10,000 welcome under a new pay deal with the state government.
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Solidarity among Queenslanders has been on full display in Queensland’s record-breaking flood, with residents mobilising in choppers, tinnies and jet skis to rescue neighbours and strangers, and townsfolk sheltering at the pub.
It’s been revealed one of Melbourne’s worst teen offenders stole vehicles valued at $1m in a four-week crime spree during which he was caught and released on bail three times.
A fifth man has been charged over the murder of bikie boss Alen Moradian, who was shot in broad daylight in Sydney earlier this year, as CCTV emerges of two men fleeing the scene carrying a firearm.
And Adelaide’s fickle and hectic weather will continue into the Christmas holidays bringing in both sunny and rainy days.
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The federal government says it is not fighting to keep notorious terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika locked up in prison because he is not a significant enough danger to warrant it.
Jimmy Barnes is making a brave recovery after undergoing serious heart surgery.
A toddler died in front of horrified family members after being struck by a car on a busy road in Melbourne’s southeast on Sunday.
Former Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s obsession with the Olympic and Paralympic Games has been rejected by Steven Miles, who will axe three portfolios and not name a dedicated minister for the role.
Christmas travellers are bracing for more turbulence as one of the nation’s leading carriers was forced to apologise to customers amid escalating delays and cancellations.
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Kathleen Folbigg is set to seek a record compensation payout from the NSW government. Disaster recovery funding has been made available for North Queenslanders and regional councils. Victorians could soon be forced to switch to electric cooktops. Two new budget vehicles have scored zero-star safety ratings. King Charles will lead a megastar line-up honouring Barry Humphries at a state memorial today in Sydney.
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Cyclone Jasper’s expected to bring a storm tide along the north Queensland coast this morning as the weather system weakens while moving inland. The duo charged with the murder of South Australian pediatrician Michael Yung have been identified as a young Adelaide couple. The NSW government has announced a wages deal for paramedics. A Royal Commission into domestic, sexual and family violence will probe how to better protect women and children in South Australia. The federal government has shunned additional cost-of-living relief measures to improve the Budget bottom line.
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Cyclone Jasper has intensified to a Category 2 and is expected to make landfall this afternoon. A young boy and a man have perished in a light plane crash northwest of Grafton in northern NSW. Victoria Police are expected to arrest a man wanted interstate weeks after the High Court ruled he could not be kept in immigration detention indefinitely. SA Police are investigating whether a series of crimes are linked to a prominent doctor being attacked in his home. Barbie has topped the newly revamped Golden Globes film nominations.
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Builders and construction industry leaders have expressed “shock” and “disappointment” over the Albanese government’s migration changes. Shock shift in who MPs believe should become Queensland’s next Premier. A court has heard the driver of a BMW that ploughed into the beer garden of a rural Victorian pub last month received nine alarms to treat his low blood sugar. NSW Police are investigating if a man’s been the target of two firebombings in three months. One of South Australia’s most eminent doctors is fighting for life after being attacked during a home invasion.
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Brittany Higgins’ former boyfriend says she told him in a phone call the morning after her alleged rape that “we brought the party back to Parliament House”, the Federal Court was told yesterday.
Sweltering heat and dry conditions predicted for this summer could see Victoria’s most bushfire prone areas spend more than $140bn in rebuilding costs.
A second top private school in South Australia will charge parents tuition fees of more than $30,000 for its senior students next year.
Police have not hired any of the 114 new specialist domestic violence officers budgeted for, a year on from a damning inquiry which recommended they increase the number of cops in their vulnerable persons unit.
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FBI agents have arrested a man in the US in connection to the Wieambilla police shooting, alleging he incited violence and sent “Christian end of days ideology” to extremists before the tragedy.
A hotel on one of North Adelaide’s best-known strips was quietly used to house “high risk” immigrant detainees for more than 18 months before one smashed a window and escaped – sending a nearby private school into lockdown.
Victoria’s public service has been sabotaged by a culture of fear and secrecy under Daniel Andrews, an alarming Ombudsman report has found.
Fast food giant McDonald’s has been hit with a $100m class action from current and former employees alleging they were forced to work before and after their rostered shifts for free.
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The areas of Sydney that will be targeted for higher density housing and deliver tens of thousands of new homes can finally be revealed, after the Department of Planning accidentally published the full housing blueprint online.
An elderly man who suffered a catastrophic fall in his Hervey Bay home has died after an ambulance failed to show up in time to help him despite multiple frantic calls
South Australian Police say a joint operation with federal authorities responsible for monitoring former immigration detainees is “working well”
King Charles and Queen Camilla’s long awaited visit to Australia will take place in late October next year.
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An emotional Anthony Albanese yesterday announced his good friend, Labor MP Peta Murphy, had died after a lengthy battle with cancer, aged 50.
Destination NSW was dealt a $125m budget blow in Labor’s September budget, further fuelling fears that Sydney could be set to lose major events such as the Australian Open golf tournament.
After more than three months of deadlocked negotiations and two rounds of strike action, the SA teacher’s union is set to agree to the state government’s latest pay offer.
Gold Logie nominated actor Mark Coles Smith was told to “mind your own business” after disturbing a group of offenders carrying out an arson attack on a Collingwood convenience store.
Queensland is bracing for its first cyclone of the season as the Bureau of Meteorology keeps a close eye on a tropical low that is expected to develop into a category 3 tropical cyclone by Thursday.
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The Australian Open Golf in Sydney attracted almost 60,000 people over the weekend and showcased the city to the world – but there are fears a lack of funding means it will be moved to Melbourne next year.
Seafood Industry Australia CEO Veronica Papacosta said “strong availability” and limited supply chain issues unlike previous years would keep festive price hikes at bay, including for the nation’s beloved Christmas favourite, prawns.
Upgrading the RNA Showgrounds to give the Brisbane Lions and Queensland Cricket a home during the Gabba rebuild isn’t the state government’s responsibility, Sport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe has sensationally declared.
In Adelaide, a physical altercation had broken out at a northern suburbs wedding, spilling onto a residential street, before a car reversed into the crowd, CCTV footage reveals.
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Labor is under pressure to justify the release of 142 immigration detainees after a High Court ruling on one test case involving a convicted child sex offender, as the Coalition argues there was no need to let so many people out.
Athletics Australia has lambasted Daniel Andrews for dumping the Commonwealth Games, saying it will cause “immeasurable harm”.
A tourism industry leader is calling on the government to help Adelaide leapfrog Melbourne as southern Australia’s premier cruise ship home port or risk losing a significant portion of the $215m cruising made for the South Australian economy last year.
A boutique 20,000-seat stadium will be constructed at Brisbane’s inner-city RNA Showgrounds under a state government plan to host AFL and cricket fixtures while the Gabba is redeveloped to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Lobster lovers may have to shell out $150 a kilo this Christmas as wild weather off Victoria and Tasmania triggers possible shortages.
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Hands visibly shaking, a tearful Brittany Higgins held up a diagram showing the exact location of the couch in Parliament House where she was allegedly raped.
Dumped radio host Lauren Phillips has questioned whether a Sydney-based show will work in her beloved Melbourne hometown.
Playford has become the second council this month to stop reading out an Acknowledgment of Country following a lengthy “culture wars” debate between councillors.
One of Australia’s top international music exports has slipped quietly into Sydney undetected.
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Brittany Higgins will give “graphic and distressing” evidence about allegations she was sexually assaulted in Parliament House by Bruce Lehrmann, a court has heard.
Unions and developers have joined forces to push for urgent reforms that would give nurses, ambos and other essential workers a fighting chance of being able to afford to live in Sydney.
Australia’s largest cruise operator will pull several of its ships from Melbourne in protest against the Victorian government’s decision to increase its ports tax from next year.
Shocking footage, that will be vital at the inquest into Queensland’s deadliest police massacre, details the moment Good Samaritan Alan Dare arrives to help his neighbours only to be fatally shot by a camouflaged gunman lying in wait seconds later, his devastated widow has revealed.
A three-month-old baby girl was taken to hospital after being showered with glass when a wall at a neighbouring construction site collapsed in the wake of the wild storm in Adelaide overnight on Monday.
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Bruce Lehrmann has admitted to taking cocaine on the night he learned he was the subject of sexual assault allegations, telling a court he “spiralled” after watching Brittany Higgins’ The Project interview.
Training for venue bouncers is “not fit for purpose” and needs to be urgently overhauled as part of a broader move to turbocharge Sydney’s night-time economy.
A released immigration detainee who refused a mandatory electronic tracker was uncontactable to police and at large in the community as Labor refused to reveal any details about the case.
The worst of the storm missed Adelaide, but Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Jamestown, Melrose, Peterborough and Olary were affected.
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Police and border agents monitoring convicted criminals released from immigration detention will get $255m to bolster tracking efforts and prosecute any individuals who breach sweeping emergency laws.
Over 80 climate activists were arrested in the waters off the Port of Newcastle last night for overstaying their welcome just days after the NSW Police Minister was accused of encouraging the group to go ahead with the protest action.
The growing demand for affordable housing in Queensland has pushed a not-for-profit organisation to sell two of its inner-city properties so it can try and buy multiple new homes for those in need further out of town.
Abusive parents who attack educators online will be banned from South Australian schools for the first time, while aggressive families face longer sin bin penalties, under an official crackdown on surging bad behaviour.
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Colleagues of an Adelaide mother allegedly murdered by her estranged husband inside their family home have revealed heartbreaking details about her final weeks as a fundraiser is set up in her honour.
Melbourne hospitals workers faced an onslaught of abuse last financial year – equivalent to more than one attack every hour – as staff warn aggression from patients and their families has spiked in recent years.
An ex-Adelaide woman accused of twice attempting to kill her former partner – then plotting to kill him and his mother after those attempts failed – has arrived back in Australia after being extradited from a Pacific island.
A Victorian Labor MP has warned the “body positivity movement” is normalising weight gain, leading to a surge in overweight women with “cascading” health problems.
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Hamas will release dozens of hostages from Gaza in an agreed prisoner swap and ceasefire deal with Israel – but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed the war will go on.
The woman seated alongside alleged killer teenager driver Dhirren Singh Randhawa has told police the son of SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens “ran across the road, into the path” of the vehicle moments before the fatal impact.
US band The Brian Jonestown Massacre cancelled a Victorian show on Wednesday after their Melbourne gig degenerated into abuse and fist fights on stage.
Australia’s richest person has called on the federal government to give the nation a “Christmas bonus” in the form of a petrol excise tax cut to deal with spiralling costs.
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Violent men who are charged by police for choking women will be regarded as serious violent offenders and could be forcibly detained even after their sentence has been served under new laws to be introduced today.
The teenage driver accused of killing Charlie Stevens has been banned from contacting the four eyewitnesses to the alleged hit and run crash – whose conflicting accounts underpin the case against him.
Tens of thousands of Queensland public servants are set to receive a one-off cash boost in time for Christmas in a generous wage deal set to cost the state government $350m a year.
New schools for booming Western Sydney suburbs risk being overcrowded from the day they open, with existing primary schools already enrolling more kids than the maximum capacity of the proposed high schools nearby.
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The parents of murdered water polo coach Lilie James will seek to sue St Andrew’s Cathedral School for gross negligence and a breach in its duty of care to her as an employee.
Prince Edward has arrived in Sydney on a four-day visit during which he is expected to officially open a mock Scottish castle in the grounds of prestigious The Scots College at Bellevue Hill.
Two thirds of aged care homes received at least one complaint in the past year, with inadequate pain management being one of the top concerns.
Court documents have revealed the driver charged with killing the son of SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens did a U-turn, sped up and was on the wrong side of the road at the moment of impact.
It’s been revealed Victorians out on bail are being charged with more than 500 jailable crimes a week.
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The only mass public transport to and from Brisbane Airport during the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the Airtrain, due to an exclusive deal with operators.
The rapidly-worsening drought has spurred the NSW Government into rolling out a $250 million package of low-interest loans in a bid to help battered farmers weather a forecast dry summer.
A judge has released a Sydney man accused by police of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, her daughter and her mother in separate incidents.
Australian opener David Warner is set to withdraw from the money-spinning T20 series against India and return home immediately after the World Cup final due to burnout.
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Taxpayers will fork out about $180,000 a month to electronically track 84 convicted criminals released from immigration detention as Labor scrambles to ensure community safety.
An Israeli supporter has been charged and a group of flag-waving Palestinian teens dealt with as youth offenders after a concerning clash on the streets of North Bondi.
Queensland Transport Minister Mark Bailey has again been exposed hiding billions of dollars in project blowouts just months after he almost lost his job for trying to hide a major overrun.
School swimming lessons are back on in South Australia, after the Education Department reversed a snap ban prompted by a spate of shark attacks.
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NRL boss Andrew Abdo has revealed plans for an NFL-style Combine to lure American athletes to rugby league as part of the code’s historic 2024 season kick-off in Las Vegas.
NSW Premier Chris Minns is today being urged to be “as bold as Bradfield” in his vision for the future of Sydney.
MP’s have been warned Victoria’s ailing state school system has suicidal principals, depressed teachers, entitled parents and violent, narcissistic students.
Hundreds of patients needing lifesaving medical treatment within minutes have been wrongly turning up to the Queensland government’s satellite hospitals – fuelling fears that labelling the medical centres “hospitals” could be putting people at risk.
A ban on Adelaide public school swimming lessons in the ocean after a spate of shark attacks could quickly be overturned.
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A western Sydney business has come under fire for refusing to lease a jumping castle to a well-known Jewish school, with the owner then boasting about her decision on social media.
The AFL will begin its season in Sydney next year, as part of a bold plan to steal the spotlight in a special ‘Opening Round’ across the northern markets.
Adelaide schools might revoke their decision to ban kids from ocean-based surfing and swimming sessions, as shark patrols are set to return before summer.
A Victorian-led study has pinpointed the ideal time adults should sleep for good health.
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Former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce and chairman Richard Goyder are expected to be top of the list of people the senate aviation inquiry will decide it wants to summon when it meets for the first time on Thursday.
Taxpayers are paying councils tens of millions of dollars for the privilege of having their garbage bins collected once a fortnight as weekly pick-ups are being scrapped.
Victorians are being warned to be on high alert of bushfire risks with warmer and drier conditions predicted, but the state won’t face the same catastrophic scenes experienced in Hawaii, Canada and Greece.
Corruption investigations into politicians and public servants will be kept secret from Queenslanders unless laws are urgently changed in light of a landmark High Court decision, the state’s powerful watchdog has warned.
South Australian taxpayers will likely shell out at least $70m for a late swoop on one of Adelaide’s premier pieces of land for housing in a move amid a developer backlash.
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Australia has warned there will be “consequences” for any country that aids Russia in its illegal war against Ukraine – ahead of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.
A woman claims one of Australia’s most reviled gang rapists harassed her for months with messages of sexual fantasies and emails saying “I want you all to myself” which she took to police, but they refused to protect her.
Victorian businesses will be slugged almost $18bn extra over the next decade as a result of the government’s changes to WorkCover premiums.
Queensland’s major hospitals hit breaking point and couldn’t adequately service patient needs at least 156 times in a three-month period, bombshell new data has revealed for the first time.
A 19-year-old father has faced court after police allegedly found him and a 13-year-old with firearms at the weekend.
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An extra billion dollars to build public and community homes has won Labor desperately needed support for its signature housing fund, but the end of a bitter nine-month political stoush will bring little relief to renters at the coalface of Australia’s housing crisis.
Sydney’s bus network is facing fresh scrutiny amid an alarming number of services being cancelled and bus drivers calling in sick, with an average of 134 trips being abandoned on one network each day.
Damning videos show top doctors alerted the state government in the lead-up to the 2022 election that serious emergency department failings were driving a rise in child deaths in hospitals.
Nearly 40 per cent of investors surveyed by a peak industry body have sold their Queensland rental properties in the past year – more than anywhere else in the country.
More than 4500 illegal vapes have been seized and 12 Adelaide businesses fined during a blitz on unlawful nicotine sales.
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Partner of detained journalist Cheng Lei says Anthony Albanese’s China visit is the perfect opportunity for Beijing to set her free. Slain gangland figure Gavin Preston had been at war over stolen trucks with a feared Melbourne underworld gang. About 1000 unqualified university students will have taught in Queensland classrooms by the end of the year. Police in NSW are threatening to stop attending emergency calls relating to mental health incidents. A furious Adelaide Hills resident has hijacked a press conference to confront the Premier over a plan she says will cost lives.
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Tinder and other online dating apps are driving a spike in requests for paternity tests. Fourteen siblings have been rescued from a Sydney “house of horrors”. Warning for Queenslanders over scammers using social media platforms to stalk and rob them. Police fear the shooting death of Melbourne underworld figure Gavin Preston could set off a wave of revenge attacks. South Australian teachers could soon have the right to ignore calls and emails from their boss or parents outside work hours.
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Australian troops will patrol the South China Sea alongside the Philippines, as the two nations step up their partnership with a new agreement. One person has died and five people injured after a driver collided with pedestrians and two vehicles in the Melbourne CBD. More than 280 teenagers have been nabbed in the last 18 months for breaking into Sydney homes and stealing high-powered cars. More than 700 people have now been screened as part of the SA government’s efforts to fight a tuberculosis outbreak in the APY Lands. QLD Motorists wrongly suspended from driving due to a major traffic camera system flaw will know early next week how they can get their licences back.
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The Qantas frequent flyer program will now become part of the senate aviation inquiry looking into the blocking of flights by Qatar Airways. South Australian police have found skeletal remains they suspect are those of murder victim Robert Atkins. Anthony Albanese will visit President Xi Jinping this year to make a personal appeal for the release of Australians detained in China. A baby girl has died just hours after being sent home from a Queensland hospital.
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Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce and his successor Vanessa Hudson will be called before a senate inquiry probing the government’s Qatar Airways decision. Police build intelligence as another tobacconist is firebombed in Melbourne. An investigation into one of Queensland’s biggest child safety failures was called off by Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath on the eve of the last state election. Covert recordings continued to be heard in the court case against William Tyrrel’s foster mother. SA launches brazen campaign to poach Victorian businesses.
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Australia’s trade with Southeast Asia would grow to more than half a trillion dollars by 2040 under a new strategy by the federal government. A court has heard William Tyrrell’s foster parents were caught on secret police recordings smacking another child with a wooden spoon. Cricket is set to be included in the Brisbane 2032 Olympics. The Reserve Bank holds rates steady for the third consecutive month. Tom Jonas’s retirement at the end of Port Adelaide’s season sparks debate over his captaincy successor.
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International airfares out of Australia continued to climb in the first eight-months of the year. Melbourne train commuters may face major disruption across the network with the rail union threatening strike action. South Australia’s average cost to build a new house set a record in July. Around $1.5bn earmarked for projects across regional NSW was used to pay for infrastructure projects in Sydney. The Reserve Bank is predicted to hold interest rates today.
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Australia is set to bid for the basketball world cup in the wake of last month’s record breaking FIFA Women’s soccer World Cup.
An elite child-rescuing police team is investigating three new cases every week, warning that exploitation has “exploded” in the past decade and perpetrators are “literally anyone and everyone walking among us”.
Acting Queensland Premier Steven Miles has still not spoken with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk more than a week after she jetted off on a surprise holiday to Italy, saying it would take only “an emergency” for him to contact her.
Four of Melbourne’s worst teen offenders have stolen a total of 90 cars, mostly taken in their combined 170 home burglaries.
Taylor Swift fans have been left frustrated after her official Australian tour ticket resale was delayed, but thousands of new seats will become available before the end of the year.
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Yes campaigners will declare,“You’re The Voice” in a new ad campaign partnering with singer John Farnham to promote the referendum for an Indigenous Voice.
In NSW, a sickening video taken of two young victims lying dead, or dying, after the crash has been widely shared on social media.
The $10bn Melbourne Airport Rail Link project is set to be mothballed for years following a review of federally funded infrastructure projects.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has warned of a looming political dogfight with China over the loyalty of Pacific island nations if the state government turns its back on his bold bid to resurrect the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The mother of a young Adelaide Hills footballer who died after an on-field collision will take legal action against the state’s peak football body over its handling of concussions in the lead up to her son’s death.
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Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has been awarded a swag of extraordinary bonuses of up to $10 million, the same day the consumer watchdog revealed it will target a $250m payout over allegations the airline lied to customers about cancelled flights.
Union officials will be able to enter workplaces without notice and inspect payroll records when they suspect wage underpayments under proposed changes to the nation’s IR laws to be unveiled next week.
Parents have unloaded on the culture at a Queensland state high school they say is at “breaking point”, plagued with bathroom brawls and students being bullied and bashed for “street cred”.
Four people have been killed and another seriously injured in a horror collision on a “notorious” stretch of road in Victoria’s north.
An Adelaide Footy League club has been hit with the biggest fine in SA sporting history for breaches of salary cap.
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Qantas is being taken to court by the consumer watchdog for allegedly selling tickets for thousands of cancelled “ghost” flights and hoarding takeoff and landing slots to drive up airfares.
Transport for NSW has for the first time confirmed that WestConnex will be sped up to 90km/h but the plans will require the motorway to be completely closed for safety checks.
A Gold Coast city councillor allegedly googled “If you kill someone in self-defence will you go to jail?” two days before he choked and killed his abusive and controlling stepdad.
A key member of the Victorian Liberal Party’s leadership team has resigned.
Nutbush will come to Adelaide’s city limits when smash stage production TINA – The Tina Turner Musical opens at the Festival Theatre in April next year.
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Australians will head to the polls on October 14 to decide if they want an Indigenous Voice enshrined in the constitution, as the Yes and No campaigns launch a six-week final push to the referendum.
Inflation rose by its smallest margin in more than a year following a fall in the cost of food and petrol, raising hopes the Reserve Bank will leave interest rates on hold for a third straight month.
The victims of crime advocates who marched on state parliament have still not had a response to their requests from anyone in the Palaszczuk Government a full week on, as the Premier declared from Europe there were simply no issues in Queensland.
In NRL, it’s been revealed the player who walked away from the Bulldogs over a training ground punishment was barely 10 minutes late for training.
Almost 320 South Australian schools will close or be forced to alter classes because of Friday’s planned teacher strike.
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Coles will reveal on Wednesday plans to slash the price of more than 500 products for the next three months as part of a new cost-of-living program.
Embattled NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen may refuse to appear before a parliamentary inquiry into why she hand-picked a former Labor staffer to be the state’s transport boss.
Next generation Tasers will be rolled out to 10,300 frontline Victoria Police officers from November with strict new rules about when the weapons can be deployed.
QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will have spent more days on holiday this year than sitting in state parliament, when she returns from her latest European jaunt next month.
Port Adelaide diehards heading to Brisbane for the Power’s first final are in for an expensive trip as the cheapest return flights are now close to $1000 per person.
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The Reserve Bank is under fire for spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on food and booze while the nation grappled with a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
Victoria’s total debt is predicted to hit a shocking $226bn by 2026-27, putting the state’s credit rating at greater risk.
Qantas boss Alan Joyce and his top executives have been forced to admit the airline owes at least $150 million more in flight credits to customers than previously estimated.
Three days of tense negotiations between the SA teachers union and the government are set to commence on Tuesday ahead of a planned strike.
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Three US Marines died and five more suffered serious injuries when a military aircraft carrying 23 people crashed in the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory coast. yesterday.
Random urine tests to screen the state’s trains workforce for drugs or alcohol will be axed in a backroom agreement between the rail union and the state government.
The AFL Grand Final Parade will return to city streets in a significant shift from last year’s Yarra River ceremony.
The respected mind Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk turns to for major legal reviews has pleaded with her to “abandon the madness” in youth justice and keep children out of watch houses.
Work will begin immediately to expand preschool and Out of School Hours Care in South Australia in line with the recommendations of the state’s royal commission into early childhood education.
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Of the 17 critical targets identified as part of Closing the Gap only four are being met, while the rates of Indigenous suicide, children in out-of-home care and adults in jail are going backwards.
The women who once quietly lived off the ill-gotten gains of their gangland men are now playing an active role in high-level crimes that are leading to bloodshed on the streets.
The Victorian Liberal Party has claimed an emphatic victory in the critical Warrandyte by-election with the party on track to record a near 20 per cent swing.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has flown to Europe for a two-week vacation amid threats and speculation over the future of her leadership.
South Australia could “run out of land” within 30 years unless drastic changes are made to meet housing demands, a landmark report has found.
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Glaring straight ahead, Donald Trump’s fury is unmistakable in his history-making mugshot, taken after he was charged and released from Fulton County Jail.
Zookeeper Jen Brown won’t hear a bad word said about the two male lions who mauled her and left her fighting for life.
Police will investigate whether former Crown staff and big punters banned from the venue were part of an alleged multimillion-dollar illegal casino.
Masked crusaders Kiss are set to be confirmed as special guest performers at the AFL Grand Final after two high profile cancellations left the league high and dry.
South Australia’s most senior federal Liberal, Simon Birmingham, is conceding a systemic failure to elect enough women as he produces a framework to revive the party’s flagging fortunes.
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Revelations that the Australian Electoral Commission will allow a tick to be recorded as a Yes vote in the upcoming Voice referendum – but a cross won’t be recorded as a No vote have been slammed as “unfair” and “favouritism”.
Rules requiring masks in NSW hospitals are set to be scrapped as early as next week, with the Minns government looking to end one of the last-remaining Covid measures for good.
Footy fans will be able to dine at a high-class Italian restaurant or pub, play mini golf and book a private function overlooking the oval any day of the week under a major revamp of Marvel Stadium.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has not met with her government’s own human rights commissioner for nearly five years, with the extraordinary cold shoulder revealed as laws stripping children of their rights were rammed through parliament.
A key person of interest in the investigation into the abduction of two girls at Adelaide Oval has been unmasked on the eve of 50 years on from their disappearance.
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The majority of parents give the wrong – and at times harmful – care to their sick child, with more than 80 per cent wrongly believing they should lower a high temperature.
Students in Western Sydney deserve to be on par with those on the north shore, federal Education Minister Jason Clare has declared, as his supremo Mark Scott said more traditional direct teaching techniques were needed to close the gap.
The capacity of Victorian meth labs is surging as organised crime gangs disguise the structure of drug-manufacturing chemicals to sneak huge shipments into Australia.
A Gold Coast city councillor on Wednesday night was assisting police with their inquiries into the death of his mother’s de facto partner.
A South Australian great-grandmother who lays claim to the title of Australia’s oldest living person is set to turn 111 this week.
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The date of the Voice referendum is expected to be October 14 — and will be officially announced next week in the must-win state of South Australia.
Laws requiring cruise ship passengers in NSW to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will be axed, with Premier Chris Minns yesterday declaring: “We need to move on and get life back to normal.’’
Premier Daniel Andrews has identified the MCG as a flagship stadium for a 2034 men’s World Cup hosted in Australia – a scenario which would likely force the AFL off the ground for at least two months.
Construction giant Multiplex’s legal battle with Star Entertainment over delays in the Brisbane Queen’s Wharf project includes a claim for almost $1m in lost production for giving workers a holiday to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
A former electorate officer has accused South Australian independent federal MP Rebekha Sharkie of bullying.
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Jailed cocaine kingpin and horse racing tycoon Damion Flower is under investigation by the corporate watchdog after it was revealed he stands to profit up to $1 million a year from champion sire Snitzel from behind bars.
Late-stage dementia patients will be able to vote in the upcoming Voice referendum unless their families and doctors have taken the step to have them struck off the electoral roll.
Queenslanders will be left in the dark about why Transport Minister Mark Bailey’s office covered up a $2.4bn cost blowout, with a narrow investigation only finding his office did not “direct” a public servant to do so.
A man has been charged with assaulting North Melbourne champion Jack Ziebell outside a South Yarra bar early on Sunday.
A trendy restaurant in Adelaide’s East is now full of black soot and debris, after a fire swept through the venue, owned by the brother of a former Love Island contestant.
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Australia’s navy is set to be armed with more than 200 Tomahawk missiles amid concerns over China’s growing military presence in the region. Ovarian cancer discovery is set to prevent women from unnecessarily having their ovaries removed and losing their fertility. Fed-up QLD Labor MPs will today demand answers from the Premier over the train manufacturing scandal. NSW Government will defy coastal council requests to scrap shark nets along their beaches. The AFL has apologised to a furious Adelaide and stood down the goal umpire at the centre of its video review storm.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent $4 million chartering RAAF jets around Australia and abroad since taking on the top job. Cover-up allegations filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria as part of a class action against Monash IVF Group that revolves around the destruction of embryos. The tiny Queensland town of Glenden has been saved in a stunning intervention by the State Government. Besieged property developer Jean Nassif has been given a slapdown from the NSW Fair Trading Minister.South Australia’s hospital emergency departments are jam-packed with people seeking treatment for minor ailments.
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The Matildas’ FIFA Women’s World Cup performance is expected to spark a surge in grassroots soccer participation across Australia. On-the-run developer Jean Nassif has launched a scathing attack from Lebanon at authorities seeking his arrest. South Australian teachers will consider strike action next month if the state government doesn’t improve its offer. QLD businesses will be lured to the bush under a new $80m state government investment. Victorian housing construction is forecast to plunge in 2024.
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Sam Kerr’s legendary goal couldn’t save the Matildas as Australia’s historic World Cup run was ended by England. States will compete for a share of $3bn offered by Anthony Albanese for building more homes. The family of a mother stabbed to death in Sydney’s west is begging to know why police downgraded a welfare check on her alleged killer. Victorian schoolchildren as young as 12 are conducting clandestine vape deals during lunch breaks. A lone goat who gazes upon busy highway traffic has attracted the fanfare of travellers from all around South Australia.
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An historic national agreement has been made by the federal, state and territory governments to stamp out domestic and family violence. Factional allies of Victorian minister Lily D’Ambrosio say she’s the victim of an internal ALP war. Small regional towns across NSW are facing an influx of temporary workers moving in to build wind and solar farms, creating concerns about where they’ll live. South Australians will not get a public holiday if the Matildas win the World Cup. Townsville is the only regional area in Queensland meeting or exceeding the national average for digital access.
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A passenger claiming he had a “bomb” in his bag on-board a Malaysia Airlines flight sparked nationwide airport chaos late on Monday. A drug dealer’s deathbed confession to the murder of Allan Ames in 2009 isn’t enough to grant the convicted killer a new trial. The Victorian woman who cooked a deadly beef Wellington lunch that killed three people has claimed she bought some of the mushrooms at an Asian grocery store. Victorian MPs would be subjected to random drug testing under a proposal to be put to parliament. The next generation of Matildas players would have dedicated female facilities at their local sporting clubs under a $250 million investment made by a future Coalition government led by Peter Dutton.
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AUSTRALIAN teacher education is a decade behind other countries, pumping out graduates unprepared for teaching and who cannot control students, a new report says.
COMPLAINTS about electricity price increases have skyrocketed by 66 per cent, the NSW Energy Ombudsman has revealed – and more people are being hit with unexpected bill shock after installing new smart meters.
UP to 40 emergency workers are allegedly being attacked every week as the police union warns assailants targeting officers are using loopholes to escape jail time.
BRISBANE football fans are set to have more places to watch the Matildas’ semi-final against England, after talks between the council, state government and FIFA.
THE SA government is being urged to open up Adelaide Oval on Wednesday night to allow thousands of fans to cheer on the Matildas in their World Cup semi-final against England.
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Australia remains in contention to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup on home soil, with the Matildas beating France 7-6 in a pulsating penalty shootout in front of almost 50,000 passionate fans at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night to claim a semi-final berth.
The family of a man whose aggressive brain tumour has returned four years after surgery say those who have robbed him of his choice to have Charlie Teo operate have “blood on their hands”.
Serial road pests are being let off the hook because of a fines loophole senior legal figures have warned is open to being routinely abused.
A group of accused ATM fraudsters linked to an international crime syndicate stealing money from Australian bank users has been arrested, with police catching two in the act on a busy Brisbane street.
Young criminals embroiled in Adelaide’s gang war involving people of African heritage are being investigated on allegations of tax fraud, authorities have revealed.
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A female student had a seizure and was rushed to hospital after using a vape while a male student who also used a vape at another school collapsed and “struggled to breathe”.
Hundreds of Brisbane homeowners were left stunned by mystery letters from Brisbane City Council warning their houses could be purchased and turned into parklands at a time the state grapples with a housing crisis.
The parents of a Gippsland footballer who took his own life last week say his mental health started to deteriorate after suffering a concussion in his teenage years.
A new cash bonus of $20,000 will be offered in 2024 to entice first-year teachers to the SA bush.
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Matildas superstar Sam Kerr will become the first female footballer in history to crash through the $500 million barrier after being dubbed a “female Cristiano Ronaldo.”
Drought-resistant crops, super soils and feed for cattle that can help farms stay “ahead of the curve” when the next big dry strikes will be funded under a $38 million investment unveiled at the Bush Summit.
E-scooters will be fitted with cameras that shout at riders who flout the law as part of a new trial to crack down on people illegally travelling on footpaths or tandem riding.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ordered a high-level review into Transport Minister Mark Bailey’s trains manufacturing costs blowout cover-up.
Cost of living pressures have forced a family of five from Findon to spend less money on food each week than the amount allocated for some of SA’s worst criminals in prison.
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Weight-loss drug Wegovy has been found to also slash heart attacks and strokes by 20 per cent in a large-scale trial that could help speed up its approval for subsidy in Australia.
The husband of the woman who cooked a deadly mushroom lunch that claimed the lives of three people alleges she had tried to poison him in the past.
A man’s body dressed in black shorts and blue sneakers found in a lake at one of Sydney’s most prestigious golf clubs had been in the water for days before it was discovered.
Queensland Health officials have been forced to clarify that mobile phone torch lights are not be used to examine pregnant women.
A popular Adelaide media personality has revealed he is related to an infamous murderer nicknamed the Poison Ivy Killer.
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The Matildas’ stunning victory in the Women’s World Cup has moved the dial forever in female sport with audience figures smashing those for the NRL and AFL grand finals as it became the most watched TV event in 2023.
Australians have paid $3bn in rental increases since July last year — with another almost $5bn in collective rent hikes expected in the next year alone.
The ex-husband of the woman who cooked a deadly mushroom lunch that claimed three lives battled a mystery gut illness.
The Palaszczuk government will walk away from a pledge to fully implement all recommendations in the Coaldrake Review, declaring opening a clearing house for complaints and corruption concerns is “unviable”.
An audacious plan to import what would have been Australia’s largest cocaine haul at the time was run by a global organised crime syndicate with its apex in Adelaide’s northern suburbs, a court has heard.
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A massive wave of girls will take up soccer over the next four years as the giant legacy of this FIFA Women’s World Cup and the rise of the Matildas becomes clear.
A human tsunami is set to pour over the Great Dividing Range into the state’s booming bush towns.
Victorian firefighters have been offered a whopping 12 per cent pay increase over four years and thousands of dollars in cash bonuses under a new wage deal.
Police will review their previous callouts to a house where a father and his five boys were killed in a fire, as homicide investigators join a team of detectives examining their deaths.
A man has denied he was at an Outer Harbor dock site the same time as a man who fell to his death from shipping containers, a court has heard.
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The bodies of a father and his five young boys were last night being uncovered from a devastating fire in Queensland that destroyed one home and badly damaged two others.
The mystery surrounding Sam Kerr’s calf injury deepens, with helicopter footage obtained by News Corp showing the superstar striker still sitting out the majority of training.
The ACT’s embattled Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold has quit over damning allegations of misconduct in the rape trial that rocked the nation.
Police were last night probing whether foul play was behind a fatal mushroom poisoning which left three people dead and a fourth fighting for life in Victoria’s South Gippsland region.
Tens of thousands of TAFE SA students would have greater course choice and study at potential new campuses as part of a new regional push to revolutionise vocation training and help solve the skills crisis.
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The Yes case for the Voice is “almost unsalvageable”, with a new poll finding it is now behind with a majority of voters in every state and territory.
Brisbane is bracing for one of its worst bushfire seasons yet, with council and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services ramping up their efforts to prepare the region amid the looming threat of El Nino.
Two sisters are dead and their husbands are in hospital after being poisoned by wild mushrooms at a private lunch in Victoria.
Court documents reveal Sports presenter Warren Tredrea was being paid more than $216,000 a year for under five hours’ work a day, leading his boss to consider the AFL great was “compensated too highly for his work”.
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It can be revealed three key suspects, who control a combined seven NDIS businesses, collectively own seven properties worth more than $8.3m that are now at risk of further action by the federal government’s Fusion Taskforce.
Essendon great Matthew Lloyd was stood down briefly by Haileybury College after attending a boozy bash with underage students celebrating a milestone win.
Former Port Adelaide player Jay Schulz suffered more than 20 concussions during his time at the club and played again the following week.
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The mother of a little girl allegedly raped by a childcare worker accused of 1600 child sex offences over 15 years has detailed how he would describe her daughter’s “great day” after inflicting terrible abuse on her.
Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has filed suit for defamation against Brittany Higgins over social media posts made in July and is understood to be seeking an injunction against the former staffer preventing any similar statements being made in the future.
The Queensland government will fund the meningococcal B vaccine in a landmark move being hailed by survivors of the deadly disease as “fantastic” and “long overdue”.
Daniel Andrews and his deputy Jacinta Allan are likely to dodge giving evidence at two probes into the Commonwealth Games fiasco.
Adelaide’s population will grow to two million people by 2051, according to latest official forecasts, in a stark contrast to controversial calls to hit that number within seven years.
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Scientists have developed a breakthrough drug that kills all solid cancer tumours while leaving other cells unharmed. Dumped NSW minister Tim Crakanthorp failed to disclose his wife and in-laws owned dozens of properties in the Hunter. Pressure is mounting on the SA government to fund completion of a road left unfinished by failed homebuilder Felmeri Group. Paramatta Eels members have purchased the third largest portion of NRL grand final tickets of any club, despite the high chance of not making the final. Cats superstar Jeremy Cameron was the victim of a headbutt attack in a Geelong pub on Saturday night.
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One of Australia’s worst accused child-sex offenders allegedly raped and abused 91 girls in childcare centres for 15 years without detection. Australian comedian Jim Jefferies reveals his nephew was among the four men feared dead after an army helicopter crash. Seven youths have been arrested after they allegedly drove a stolen car from Adelaide to Whyalla. The head of a Sydney maximum security prison has been suspended amid allegations he sexually harassed a female prison officer. Nearly 300 former students from 180 Victorian schools are pursuing historic child abuse claims.
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The Defence Minister faces pressure to produce safety documents relating to the military helicopter involved in the fatal crash. Sydney developers and businesses could be taxed more to recover costs of the Metro West project. Victoria Police will investigate whether the desecration of Meshlin Marrogi’s grave was a strike at her drug-boss brother George. You’re more likely to be robbed, have your home broken into or your car stolen in Queensland. And McCartneymania will ignite Adelaide when the Beatles legend opens his Got Back tour to Australia later this year.
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The search for four Diggers has broadened from the site where their Taipan helicopter crashed into the North Queensland ocean during military training exercises, as the identities of the men of the elite 6th Aviation regiment were revealed.
A relentless “Onya Sonia” campaign by new Logies host network Seven scored their prized host Sonia Kruger the 2023 Gold Logie.
Several people have been left with bullet wounds after three separate shootings just hours apart in Melbourne’s northwest on Saturday night.
Nurses wanting to live in proximity to Brisbane hospitals face the grim prospect of spending 70 per cent of a combined household income on their mortgage, according to analysis from the state government amid calls for greater density to respond to the affordability crisis.
And a former reality TV star and SANFL footballer, who was once described as one of the state’s most eligible bachelors, is behind bars on remand charged over a significant Adelaide drug bust.
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Four Australian Army aviators are feared dead after a horror chopper crash over the Whitsundays in what looms as the nation’s worst peacetime military disaster since 2005.
Covid-19 is killing on average 25 people in Australia every day, with more than half the nation not getting any form of booster shot in the past six months.
We are coming for your Lamborghinis – that’s the warning from the NSW government’s latest weapon in its crime-fighting arsenal targeting the criminals at the core of the shootout on Sydney’s streets.
Workers on the Queensland state government’s showpiece Cross River Rail project have been hit by falling objects and exposed to hazards posing “serious risk of injury or death”, a litany of official safety breaches reveals.
South Australia’s famous southern right whales look to have given the state a wide berth, with numbers right down along the coast.
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Kylie Minogue is poised to hit the jackpot in America as she joins the world’s biggest music superstars from Adele to U2 with a Las Vegas residency.
Criminals across Sydney caught up in the out-of-control gang wars have been warned their doors may be kicked open this weekend as the state’s new crack team swings into action.
The Andrews government is preparing to extinguish natural gas in Victorian homes after banning new residential builds from connecting to the gas network.
Kids at risk of committing crimes will be trained in business, retail and hospitality in a bid to keep them from being lured into the criminal world.
Adelaide’s median house price has hit a whopping $700,000, the latest Valuer-General’s quarterly figures show, prompting affordability concerns from industry experts in the midst of the state’s housing crisis.
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The ex-partner of Julia Gillard sucked a woman’s nipple without her consent while he was “drunk” in Melbourne’s inner-north just two weeks before it became public he’d split from the former Prime Minister.
A ROYAL Commission into how drugs are getting into our borders and fuelling Sydney’s underworld war has been called for, as the Premier conceded laws may need to change after the latest deadly shooting to rock the city.
Ferrari-driving developer John Woodman paid more than $1.5m to political figures and councillors in a bid to “improperly” influence planning decisions in Melbourne’s southeast suburbs.
The Queensland government is refusing to bring the state in line with the rest of the country and the world by restricting the sale of realistic toy guns criminals are using to rob homes and businesses.
Patients are waiting up to five years to see some public hospital specialists for routine or non-urgent appointments - then face going on a separate waiting list if they need elective surgery.
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“Seamless” travel between Australia and New Zealand will make hopping across the ditch faster – but don’t throw away your passport just yet.
A well-known criminal defence lawyer has narrowly survived the latest “targeted” shooting on Sydney’s streets, with the broad daylight attack rocking the city’s legal profession as police search for a motive.
Justice figures are demanding a review of the decision by Victoria’s top prosecutor not to pursue charges in the Lawyer X case amid revelations she once represented Simon Overland, the former police chief at the centre of the scandal.
Queenslanders could be living with undiagnosed cancer or life-threatening conditions, as more than 50,000 radiology scans sit unreported at one the state’s busiest hospitals.
Converting spaces above Adelaide CBD shops into homes will be investigated in a bid to ease the housing crisis.
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Artificial Intelligence may soon be used to detect declining heart failure by listening to how people speak on their smartphone.
Nearly 200 NSW public school teachers were sacked for not getting the Covid jab last year, amid crippling shortages of staff, new Freedom of Information documents reveal.
Decision-making powers for multi-million dollar suburban developments are set to be taken over by the state government to fasttrack housing in middle and inner Melbourne.
Some patients are waiting more than 10 hours on ambulance stretchers to get into the Queensland hospitals, new figures have revealed.
In a little more than a month the Royal Adelaide Show will open the gates, with organisers on the hunt for thousands of workers to help bring the magic together while making easy cash.
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International swimming bosses are preparing to take the plunge and push ahead with a world-first event for elite transgender competitors.
The Opera House will be lit up in honour of the Matildas if the Aussie women make it to the finals of the World Cup.
The first train inside the $14bn Metro tunnel was due to hit the tracks in the early hours of this morning, as the city-shaping project begins months of live testing.
The mothers of children allegedly indecently assaulted by a Whyalla school teacher have described the case as “every parent’s worst nightmare”.
Pink power has prevailed at the Australian box office over the weekend as audiences fell in love with the new Barbie movie.
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Many Australians living with chronic pain are continuing to put off dental care, eye checks and even cancer screenings, saying that the rising cost of treatments and medications has them neglecting other areas of their health.
A young couple have become the latest innocent victims of a shooting on Sydney’s streets, caught in the crossfire of gunfire which left a man on life support, as politicians became embroiled in a war of words over what can be done to stop the violence.
A Victorian man who plunged from a shipping container to his death in a mystery tragedy was searching for a huge haul of drugs, police believe.
A $1bn gas field expansion will power a major Queensland manufacturer, in a gas supply deal hailed as securing “long-term local manufacturing” jobs, but it hangs on environmental approvals and the Albanese government’s controversial gas price cap.
Port Adelaide star Willie Rioli is hurting after being subjected to racist abuse following Saturday’s two-point thriller against Collingwood, says the Power’s chief executive.
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Vicious trolls accusing him of betraying Indigenous Australians by advocating against the Voice to Parliament have pushed Warren Mundine to attempt to self harm.
NSW Liberal MP Taylor Martin has revealed he is the politician at the centre of a texting scandal, but has strongly denied any wrongdoing, while declaring there are “two-sides” to the story.
The Andrews government is considering a tourism levy on short-term stays in Victoria.
The sole survivor of a shocking triple fatal crash on the Bruce Highway was released from hospital just days before the tragedy unfolded despite pleas from his mother to keep him in hospital, his family has claimed.
Two in every three speeding drivers are caught by police officers on country roads rather than Adelaide, shocking new figures show.
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Australia’s worst-ever pedophile will serve a national record sentence for his hundreds of crimes, which a judge says were so “brazen, disturbing and heinous” as to warrant 457 years behind bars.
Channel 7 has launched a long-range $150 million attempt to pinch rugby league’s showpiece State of Origin series from Channel 9.
The Andrews government has gagged Commonwealth Games officials from publicly discussing the 2026 event’s axing, as negotiations over compensation heat up.
A major campaign in support of the Indigenous Voice to parliament is set to undertake a messaging blitz through Queensland in a bid to shore up support in the state amid flagging support.
An Adelaide lawyer is lobbying for urgent changes to correct a legal loophole that protects paedophiles from having to pay compensation to their victims.
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Sam Kerr can create the same iconic moment as Cathy Freeman’s Olympic gold medal run when she leads Australia at soccer’s Women’s World Cup starting today, and set herself up for multimillion-dollar sponsorship deals, industry experts say.
In a class action taken by businesses affected by Sydney’s light rail could cost the NSW Government tens of millions of dollars and has set a massive precedent for thousands of others impacted by major transport projects, legal experts say.
Daniel Andrews has been accused of blatantly spinning why Victoria took on the Commonwealth Games, as it can be revealed a secret state delegation pitched for the event in London in late 2021.
The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games must have an independent oversight body to avoid cost blowouts and transparency issues that ultimately led to the 2026 Victorian Commonwealth Games being scrapped, senior Coalition MPs say.
In Adelaide a woman accused of murdering her parents with unnecessary insulin injections is at risk of significant harm if left in prison because authorities are mismanaging her own diabetes, a court has heard.
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The Victorian parliament could examine the Commonwealth Games cancellation fiasco, as the Andrews government dug in for a third straight day refusing to explain the event’s multi-billion dollar blowout.
More than 85 per cent of Queensland’s most serious young criminals are reoffending within 12 months with soft juvenile justice and “opt in” rehab programs failing to turn around the state’s youth crime crisis.
A convicted conman who siphoned $25.6m by pretending to be the guitarist for rock legends Bon Jovi defrauded more than $500,000 just three years after his release from jail
The price of a humble gin and tonic or rum and coke is expected to spike within days amid a hefty tax hike.
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People in China are spending nearly $8m a day on Australian property – vastly more than buyers from anywhere else in the world – but the true levels of real estate purchases by foreigners are likely much higher, a leading expert claims.
Victorian taxpayers are facing potentially billions in damages and a massive hit to its title as the nation’s sporting capital after it sensationally cancelled the Commonwealth Games citing mounting cost blowouts.
Teal indpendent Zali Steggall is under pressure in her own electorate, according to internal Liberal party polling seen by The Daily Telegraph which suggests voters have been turned off by the federal MP’s anti-nuclear stance as well as her failure to deliver government investment to the area.
The Qld state government is being urged to make a minor change to its planning regulation to spare investors being slugged up to $80,000 in council fees and potentially blocking the creation of hundreds of affordable homes.
A SA government spokesman said that while the decision will be “deeply disappointing for athletes and supporters of the Commonwealth Games” the government will not put its hand up to host.
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The number of refugee claims made by people arriving in Australia by plane on visas allowing them to work, study or travel has nearly doubled in the past year, leading to accusations Labor is “all froth, no beer” on border protection.
Sydney’s housing crisis is being exacerbated by a flood of international students who are arriving far faster than new housing can be built to accommodate them.
Queenslanders who are set to be slugged tens of thousands of dollars to make their homes more energy-efficient and accessible should have access to government rebates, a peak construction body has said.
Blood tests and brain scans may soon replace memory tests for the earlier and more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, in a move set to also revolutionise treatment.
The state government is resisting renewed pressure to make flu vaccinations free for all South Australians, following the Queensland government’s decision to provide shots for all residents.
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Aussies phoning known scam lines will have their calls intercepted, thanks to Optus, the Australian Financial Crimes Exchange and banks. The mum of a rescued Aussie sailor who survived adrift with his dog for two months says she “can’t wait” to see her son. Queensland’s regional maternity centres will receive a $42m injection. A South Australian man is accused of gunning down his wife and daughter. Australian actor Luke Cook has revealed what working actors in the US are actually paid.
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Veterans are being preyed upon by fee-for-service agents promising shortcuts to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits and compensation. Grieving families of fatal stabbing victims want the QLD government to introduce new laws restricting the sale of knives to teens. Tenants in all but 15 South Australian suburbs and towns are experiencing severe rent stress. Unvaccinated firefighters in Victoria will remain off work indefinitely. Parents desperate to combat cost-of-living pressures are turning to night-time food delivery.
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Yes campaign strategists say they’ll target advertising spend around football finals in a bid to win over young men disengaged from politics. Victoria Police chief commissioner Shane Patton is seeking powers to detain children aged 10 to 13 once the age of criminal responsibility is lifted. Queensland Fertility Group is at the centre of a multimillion-dollar baby-swap scandal. South Australian Health inspectors conduct illegal vape blitz. Treasurer Jim Chalmers praises the RBA’s first female governor.
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Speculation about billionaire couple ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and his wife Nicola had been circulating for months before the split was confirmed. QLD renters booted from their homes after law changes to limit rent increases to once per year. Five teenage girls involved in alleged Adelaide carjacking and police chase. NSW’s Eraring coal-fired power station is set to stay open past 2025. Tunnel workers on Melbourne’s North East Link will be paid $320,000 a year under a workplace agreement.
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Homeowners could yet face another interest rate hike with RBA boss Philip Lowe leaving the door open on “further tightening”. An 11-year-old Queensland girl has died with the flu. Oodie founder cops backlash after showing off his new multi-million dollar Adelaide farm. South Australian workers can expect a national decision to ban caps on working from home days will flow on to state workplaces. Acting QLD Premier Steven Miles has defended the delay of some building code changes due to come in October.
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As the nation heads toward a dry summer the looming threat of bushfires will put new emergency response systems to the test. Dozens of SA pedestrian crossings were found to fail meeting safety standards. Two Queensland teenagers found guilty of murdering Angus Beaumont could walk free. FIFA officials were warned repeatedly that covering up the name plaques of Australian sporting legends at Allianz Stadium would provoke a storm of protest. Melbourne cocaine dealers have been warned not to cut their prices amid deadly underworld warfare interstate.
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Producers are concerned the phase out of caged eggs will be brought forward by 10 years, stoking fears the price of eggs could rise. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a defence export deal with Germany. A tax on petrol cars could be imposed in Sydney’s CBD. South Australian politicians and Parliament House staff have been issued new safety advice. Victorians will be slugged with a 43 per cent increase to Domestic Building Insurance.
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The young sailor rescued from treacherous conditions off the coast of Kangaroo Island says it wasn’t the wild weather that brought his attempt at a world record undone.
A bridge and a railway underpass will have to be demolished or bypassed – at a cost of upwards of $340 million – to give trucks transporting massive wind turbines access to new renewable energy zones (REZ) in country NSW.
Queensland is a national leader in road side births with hundreds of women a year having babies on highways in “pulled over” cars or ambulances.
Victorians are paying more property tax than anyone else in Australia – and it’s going to get worse.
A regional South Australian council was willing to issue warnings or expiation notices or even prosecute anyone older than four who entered public toilets of the opposite gender.
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A Gold Coast sailor stranded in wild seas in the Great Australian Bight is headed back to dry land after a dramatic rescue in heaving, 10m swells and cyclonic winds.
For the first time, Queensland drivers will be tested for cocaine in random roadside drug tests.
A secret report has laid bare the super-sized pay of Victoria’s leading public sector road and rail executives, including one who earned more than $814,000 last year.
Troublemakers face bans from Adelaide’s most popular areas, and random police searches, under an unprecedented legal bid to crush the CBD’s mounting crime wave crisis.
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Champion jockey Jamie Kah has been charged by racing stewards but is determined to get back in the saddle after images surfaced of her on social media with a white substance.
Restaurateurs say South Australia’s hospitality industry is at “rock bottom” and the Covid-19 pandemic was a “dream” compared to the current economical landscape.
The cowboy developers who illegally demolished a historic Melbourne pub seven years ago will be blocked by the local council from obtaining a planning permit to rebuild the site.
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The AFL nude photo scandal was sparked by an email sent to one club whose highest-profile player was among the explicit images.
A mother-of-three was allegedly bashed to death by her estranged husband when the pair met to discuss their divorce settlement, in a tragic domestic dispute.
A blanket ban on mobile phones and smartwatches from the first to last bell in all Queensland state schools will come into effect next year.
Huge demand for soap powder donated to a charity has triggered concerns homeless people may be using it for drug use.
A 12-year-old girl was prescribed the contraceptive pill by a doctor after being told the child was “sexually active” by her mother, who was secretly abusing the girl along with her partner.
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The AFL has launched an investigation into a shocking collection of nude and graphic images of more than 45 past and present players, which is being widely shared across social media.
Residents living near Allianz Stadium and the SCG could suffer mental health impacts from “increased exposure to noise” if an archaic concert cap is increased and should be given cheap or free tickets as compensation.
A Queensland magistrate has been slammed by a senior judge for her “total misunderstanding of the nature of domestic violence” after fining a man just $500 despite his repeated harassment of his ex-partner in shocking displays of coercive control.
A wannabe influencer and her girlfriends allegedly held a man at knifepoint and demanded $100,000 in a bizarre kidnapping.
Brave victims of a specialist breast surgeon who covertly recorded patients without permission – using a phone hidden in a tissue box with a corner cut off – have confronted him in court.
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The former World No 1 tennis star posted a pic of her little sleeping bundle of joy, Hayden, wrapped in a swaddle and wearing a grey beanie, on Tuesday night.
The Reserve Bank has offered millions of Australian mortgage holders a brief reprieve, deciding to leave the cash rate at 4.1 per cent for the time being, sparking warnings further hikes could be needed soon.
A magistrate has granted bail to set free a teenage boy who was part of a gang that allegedly stabbed and robbed three people in random attacks in the heart of Brisbane’s nightclub strip in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Melbourne rents are growing the fastest of any capital city in the nation and our most affordable homes are being hit the hardest.
A grandmother has told how she was left frightened after a crazed man on bail allegedly assaulted her in an unprovoked attack on one of Adelaide’s most popular shopping strips.
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The NRL is demanding Suncorp Stadium not be overlooked for funding ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, warning it will have passed its useful life by then.
A new study has found Aussie workers rank in the top five in the world for life-work balance.
The University of Melbourne claims it has been forced to pay more than $50,000 to comply with court orders as a defamation spat between two of its top scholars rages
Supervising youth workers in Adelaide have alleged girls as young as 11 in state care are selling their bodies for money, drugs, cigarettes and vapes.
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Regional mayors with some of the state’s highest Indigenous populations in their towns have described the Voice proposal as confusing and unclear – signalling a disconnect between the Commonwealth’s plan and sections of the community.
A new crime syndicate has declared war on the powerful Comanchero bikie gang by claiming they are going to take over running the NSW drug trade from them, potentially igniting more bloody conflict on Sydney’s streets.
The increased pressure on the private rental market has pushed the social housing crisis to the brink, according to Queensland’s peak body for the social sector.
An alleged serial bottom grabber who was granted bail two days before he is accused of carrying out a brazen sex attack in Melbourne has been released into the community, again.
A pregnant woman believed for seven weeks that her unborn child would be born with severe deformities and health problems – only to learn that there had been a mistake at the laborato
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The Yes team has dumped plans to put celebrities and sports stars at the centre of its campaign to win October’s referendum on the Voice to Parliament.
The number of serious young offenders in Queensland has surged in recent years, despite the government implementing new laws and programs to target hardcore teens.
In his typical braveheart manner, Allan Border will continue to commentate on Fox Cricket, despite battling Parkinson’s disease.
A long-vaunted merger of the universities of Adelaide and South Australia has the green light after being backed by both councils and almost $450m in state government funds.
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A Western Sydney woman is at the centre of a multimillion-dollar NDIS fraud sting after early morning raids on four service providers by the federal Government’s new crack team of investigators.
Police are investigating possible drug links to the brutal murder of a Gold Coast builder who was found beaten to death in the blood-spattered living room of his hinterland home.
Fathers working in SA public service could soon be paid to spend up to five months at home with their new babies, as the government considers extending parental leave entitlements.
The family of a McDonald’s worker spat on and punched during a harrowing rampage in Adelaide, has been left reeling after attacker Mia Miller was given just 75 hours community service.
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Friends, family and loved ones gathered to farewell 23-year-old Lily Thai, whose decision to end her life by voluntary euthanasia has left a lasting legacy.
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian said she tried to make her former lover “feel wanted” by calling him “the boss,” in private testimony to the Independent Commission Against Corruption that the former Premier tried to keep secret.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has waved away her own revelation that she failed to tell Health Minister Shannon Fentiman about the resignation of her department’s director-general as a “storm in a teacup”.
Childcare charges at some centres in Victoria will overtake the fees for a Year 12 student at the state’s most expensive private school, amid hikes of up to 11 per cent in July.
Medibank, Bupa, Woolworths and other leading brands have been banned from selling pet insurance products for at least 21 days after the corporate regulator found they may not have “properly considered the financial situation” of customers.
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Police suspect William Tyrrell’s foster mother dumped the little boy’s body near a riding school a short drive from his grandmother’s home where they believe he fell from a balcony and died.
More than 800,000 desperate Taylor Swift fans spent over three hours on edge waiting – most of them in vain – to get their hands on the popstar’s coveted concert tickets during a record-breaking pre-sale event on Wednesday.
A magistrate told Parramatta Eels star Dylan Brown to “get help” after he consumed 15-20 alcoholic drinks before groping a woman at a popular Sydney pub.
Leaked documents claim taxpayers will pay for new security at the epicentre of Adelaide’s anti-social crisis around Parliament House to stop it being constantly used as a toilet.
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Ethan Hoac and two friends were walking home on a quiet Melbourne suburban street when they were chased by a car and the “sweet” 14-year-old was mowed down and stabbed to death.
Queensland scientists are leading the world in the development of an oral drug that can not only treat debilitating long COVID but has the potential to stop reinfections of the virus even if new variants emerge.
Victoria Police says it is “looking into” claims some employees are describing themselves as gender neutral to scoop up higher clothing allowances.
Major Crime officers are investigating the death of a 17-month-old baby called Ronan, who was found unconscious and in a critical condition in South Australia earlier this month.
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A toddler just weeks from celebrating his first birthday has been killed in his Queensland driveway by a reversing car.
A Townsville woman has been ordered to pay almost $300,000 to her former neighbours for a post she made on social media amid a “dramatic uptick” in online-related defamation cases.
Corey Worthington, who made global headlines as a 16-year-old after throwing an out of control house party in Melbourne in 2008, fronted the Geelong Magistrates’ Court on Monday, charged with assaulting a man in a mobility scooter.
New data has revealed South Australia’s wealthiest inner-city colleges are raking in up to 100 times more than some small, cash-strapped rural schools.
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Young Aussies are not prepared to take a punt on starting their own enterprise, prompting fears about the next generation of entrepreneurs.A teenager charged over an alleged armed carjacking in a Brisbane suburb is back behind bars. Sydney’s Alameddine crime network is “fracturing”. A shortage of the diabetes and diet drug – best known as Ozempic – is about to end.
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President Vladimir Putin’s regime is in crisis as Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leads a coup against the Kremlin. Jamie Kah and her greyhound trainer mate are being investigated after a shocking video emerged online. Children as young as 12 are accessing dating apps. A backlash is growing among Victorian councils against the state government.Social media giants could be fined billions if they fail to crack down on the lies being spread on their platforms.
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Margot Robbie’s upcoming Barbie movie has seen a spike in demand for makeup and skincare which channels her look in the film. A gifted con-artist allegedly duped disgraced NRL star Jarryd Hayne in a Bitcoin sting. Police propose expanding special powers to crack down on violence in Adelaide’s CBD. New bill could give Victoria’s Lawyer X investigator the ability to lay charges. Hundreds of Queensland teachers have taken time off following vicious assaults in their schools.
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Australians are spending over $1500 more on groceries annually, with many flagging the cost of produce as their biggest financial burden. Business owners in Adelaide’s CBD have been left feeling “unsafe” after a violent incident. A Victorian grandmother held as a slave for almost a decade is suing her captors. A cyber attack shuts down the NSW cashless gaming trial. A “gutted” Justin Holbrook says he didn’t see his sacking coming at the Titans.
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Passengers and crew aboard the Titan tourist sub may be doomed to a watery grave with a rescue uncertain, even if the vessel’s found. An SA drunk driver who caused a fatal three-car crash is finally behind bars after driving while drunk again on bail. Big tech has been drafted into the fight to stop protesters causing havoc at NSW coal ports. Disgraced charity founder and domestic violence abuser Conan Visser has been caught bragging about using ChatGPT to save his driver’s licence – despite having already lost it. Daniel Ricciardo has opened up about his dream for a full-time return to Red Bull.
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Mortgage holders should prepare for more pain as RBA minutes reveal it’s worried that the inflation risks have increased. Victorian government weighs up whether to order MPs to vote against a law to kill Paul Denyer behind bars for life. PM Anthony Albanese says he’d be comfortable if David Van “never returned” to parliament. The price of South Australian cows has plummeted almost 40 per cent. Over half the population of Sydney flocked to this year’s Vivid festival.
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Young adults believe they are the nation’s most risk-averse investors, but they’re the biggest owners of cryptocurrency. Gympie man confirmed as a person of interest in an alleged fatal attack on an elderly man in Noosa Heads. Penalties for certain knife crimes will be doubled in NSW. Embattled Victorian senator David Van will be stripped of at least $12,000 of his taxpayer-funded salary. Adelaide 36ers forward Robert Franks is set to sign a deal in Europe.
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Influencers will be banned from spruiking free junk food and viral energy drinks on TikTok and Instagram under proposed laws to tighten food advertising on social media.
Sydney councils are being urged to ignore FIFA’s “mad” bureaucracy which is preventing them from organising live sites to watch the Women’s Football World Cup – and just do it anyway.
Queenslanders will have access to two psychedelic drugs for mental health treatment within weeks after the state government quietly changed medicines-related regulation.
Friends of Paul Denyer’s victims have called on the state government to end their torment after the serial killer sent them a chilling letter pleading to be released from jail.
South Australian tenants would have the right to own a pet under proposed reforms that would stop owners from having to surrender their animals or face homelessness.
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Drug cartels are plotting to flood Australia with a wave of super strength ice and a deadly new drug 50 times more powerful than heroin.
Organised crime gangs received payments from a multimillion-dollar state government grant scheme that was designed to support business and the community through the pandemic.
An Australian fugitive who has evaded authorities for more than a decade has emerged as an international drug kingpin, brokering billion dollar deals from his Mexican hideaway.
A leading girls college’s staff had their safety put at risk after being forced to direct traffic on one of Adelaide’s busiest roads when police failed to respond to calls for storm help because of an alleged “shift change”.
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EnergyAustralia will hike prices by more than 25 per cent, following in the footsteps of its two major competitors.
Two junior highway patrol officers had stopped for a coffee break at a petrol station near Greta NSW around 11.30pm on Sunday when they noticed a white bus flash past them.
It has been revealed children as young as eight are participating in wild crime sprees with older teens as disturbing data show areas with low school attendance have higher levels of criminal offending.
Advocates say two-time North Melbourne premiership player Barry Cable should be removed from the Australian Football Hall of Fame after a judge in Western Australia found he sexually abused a young girl.
A ABC Adelaide announcer has criticised the national broadcaster’s decision to abolish state-based Sunday night news bulletins as part of a major restructure.
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The Hunter Valley bus tragedy was a “very survivable crash” and passengers may not have died if better safety measures like safer window glass had been mandatory, electronic stability control installed and stricter seatbelt rules enforced.
A former Liberal Senator has accused her then-colleague David Van of “inappropriately” touching her “bottom twice’’ at a social gathering in parliament three years ago.
The cost of the stalled Airport Rail Link is set to soar up to $3 billion above business case estimates, stoking tensions between the Andrews and Albanese governments over funding.
South Australia was one of only three states to record positive interstate migration last year as people fled our two largest states of New South Wales and Victoria.
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Aussies feeling the pinch have been urged to go easy on the heating this winter, as a leading energy comparison organisation warns of rising energy bills to come ahead of the colder months.
A NSW school Covid cleaning program costing the state government more than $30m a term and labelled “questionable” by a disease expert has been scrapped after it was raised by The Daily Telegraph.
Brisbane residents can celebrate the lowest rate rise in the South East after Brisbane City Council announced a record $4.3bn budget focusing on cost-of-living relief and transport infrastructure.
Police stations are closing at night as officers are diverted to tackle youth crime, with more resources employed than those used to combat Melbourne’s infamous gangland war.
More than $130m will be in the SA budget for virtual health care in a bid to free up hospital beds, unclog emergency departments and ease ambulance ramping.
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A highly-emotional wedding bus driver Brett Button spent his night in police custody sobbing in a cell and repeatedly saying “I’m sorry, I’m sorry”.
After 1637 days in the head coaching wilderness, Shane Flanagan announced his return with a simple message to St George Illawarra: “Thank you’’.
Melbourne’s Federation Square will be transformed into a soccer celebration site when the FIFA Women’s World Cup in staged in Australia next month.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has spoken in parliament to reject allegations she misled the Senate over what she knew about Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape before the story broke.
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The number of Australians with more than one job has surged more than 10 per cent in a year as the cost of living crisis prompts people to seek extra income.
A bus driver charged over a horror Hunter Valley crash that claimed the lives of 10 passengers on their way home from a wedding allegedly made a chilling boast to those on board just seconds before tragedy struck.
The state government will end up with a $200m budget black hole by applying the payroll tax to only high-fee schools, new modelling shows.
A leading academic club is embroiled in a lease dispute after its university landlord evicted members from its clubrooms in an “act of hostility”, supporters say.
Richmond premiership star Marlen Pickett was allegedly involved in commercial burglaries that netted more than $380,000 during a summer crime spree that targeted the safes of businesses across Perth and neighbouring towns.
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Rejecting Labor Minister Katy Gallagher’s account of her prior knowledge of Brittany Higgins’ plans to go public about her alleged rape as “flimsy,” the Coalition has demanded a “complete explanation” from Anthony Albanese.
Teachers at one of Sydney’s most exclusive private schools are urging their public sector counterparts to embrace artificial intelligence and get their heads out of the sand, or risk leaving students behind.
Barry Humphries has had the last laugh on his haters, leading the list of great Australians recognised on the King’s Birthday Honours List.
A crackdown on “cowboy” cabbies and rideshare drivers that resulted in one in five being fined in a six-month block only netted 35 for charging maximum fares or refusing service.
Adelaide’s 10-goal hero Taylor Walker is about to head into contract talks with the Crows off the back of a “fairytale” performance that suggests he has plenty left to give.
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Australians are reluctant to ask questions about the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament for fear they will be branded as racist.
A man has sued the state government, claiming he turned to crime because the authorities ignored more than 50 reports of harm when he was a child.
State and federal green energy schemes will add $330m to Victorians’ home power bills in the coming year, government documents reveal.
Brisbane City Council will slash the entry rate to all public pools to a flat rate of $2 per person as part of a cost of living-focused budget due to be handed down on Wednesday.
Traditional a la carte dining for small groups is being thrown on the backburner in favour of fixed-price menus as restaurateurs grapple with escalating business costs and staff shortages.
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THE AFL has told clubs the tackle is not dead after sending out an email this week to highlight correct tackle technique.
Drivers have been urged to use their car lights even during daylight hours to better warn oncoming traffic, pedestrians and cyclists.
Regional Queenslanders are set to cop the highest power price hike in the country, as the Palaszczuk government promises “further, bigger relief” in next week’s budget.
More than one million Victorian households will be hit with power bill increases of up to $361 a year.
Steve Waugh reckons the Bazball blowtorch can be turned back in England’s face.
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Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has raised the possibility that Finance Minister Katy Gallagher misled parliament after revelations were aired suggesting Senator Gallagher was aware of Brittany Higgins’ allegations against Bruce Lehrmann four days before she claimed to have had no advance knowledge of them in the Senate.
Tobacconists in Sydney are peddling black market cigarettes with one in four tobacco products consumed in Australia coming from an illegal source, costing the Federal government $4.2 billion last year.
Queenslanders have been warned they could face even higher prices and more delays for new homes as the state government pushes forward with a proposal to regulate the development industry.
More than 5000 vehicles that service the Melbourne CBD every day could be hindered from making vital deliveries, collecting rubbish or attending work sites as a result of a council plan to limit vehicles in the Hoddle Grid.
MPs and staff working late at SA Parliament House have been told to leave in groups and avoid long waits for buses amid “the current prevalence of anti-social behaviour” on North Terrace.
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A tax increase to pay for Australia’s aged care system will be considered by Labor with an open mind in a move condemned as a “worrying sign” of a looming broken election promise.
A tiny airline co-owned by Queensland footy legend Johnathan Thurston could be the world’s first to achieve carbon neutrality thanks to the planned introduction of hydrogen electric-powered aircraft to its fleet.
Strikes are expected for Victoria’s train and tram network this year as the state’s public transport union seeks to cash in on the Big Build.
Controversial plans for a proposed cycleway on one of Sydney’s busiest roads will be reopened for debate following criticism from residents and business owners.
One hundred and twenty five South Australian aged care providers have been issued noncompliance orders in just ten months as the watchdog moves to protect the most vulnerable.
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The Fair Work Commission’s big increase to wages forced Philip Lowe to hike interest rates for a 12th time in 13 months, experts and employer groups say.
More than 55 cars are being stolen from hard-working Queenslanders every day as the worst spots for car theft can be revealed, with some suburbs recording more than two a day.
Families could fork out nearly $15 for a dozen eggs after a bill to ban caged hens in one year was introduced to the NSW parliament last week.
Melburnians have been warned to watch for potential flooding over the next couple of days.
About $100m will be included in next week’s state budget to upgrade and repair infrastructure at 66 schools and preschools across South Australia.
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Greedy property spruikers are profiteering from major flaws in a taxpayer-funded plan meant to rapidly increase the amount of NDIS “specialist disability accommodation”.
Just as Matt Shirvington represented Australia at the Olympics, the former athlete says he will bring the same commitment as the new host on top breakfast show, Sunrise.
A $100-per-child fee discount for the parents of children in the public school system will be extended in next week’s state budget.
Adam Reynolds wants to wipe out the emotional scars of losing his only State of Origin series seven years ago by leading NSW in a sudden-death match in Brisbane.
Kathleen Folbigg jumped out of a prison van and straight into the arms of her close friend and greatest ally Tracy Chapman, 20 years, two weeks and one day after being wrongfully imprisoned over the deaths of her four children.
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The federal government will today unveil details of its plan to prevent and punish migrant worker exploitation with tough new penalties. South Australian prisoners have been arriving at court from jail affected by home brewed alcohol. QLD Government gives LifeFlight Australia a huge funding boost. A shocking development in the mystery disappearance of 14-year-old Linden Malayta. Parramatta Eels star Dylan Brown’s immediate playing future is in limbo after he allegedly groped a woman several times at a popular Sydney.
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ARL Commission boss Peter V’landys has revealed plans for an expanded NRL competition with Papua New Guinea at the “top of the list”. QLD nursing and midwifery students will receive a cost of living bonus to do placements in regional areas. Armed with tougher new powers, an elite NSW police unit has seized drugs and cash worth more than more than $180m. SA Supreme Court reveals the reasons four men were found guilty of manslaughter, instead of murder, for killing Victor Codea. LNP picks its candidate for next month’s Fadden by-election.
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Australia’s open-door policy to New Zealanders will add an extra $543m to the cost of the NDIS over the next four years alone. The mother of a baby girl abandoned in Sydney was known to the family who discovered the newborn. Company behind the iconic Hills hoist goes into administration. The RACQ motoring body is threatening to ditch insurance cover for more than a million motorists across Queensland.Australia Post will lift its prices for a slew of mostly business delivery services.
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Decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith will appeal against a civil court judgment that found he murdered innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Police allege a Sydney father accused of stabbing his toddler son to death fatally attacked the child in a fit of rage. A shocking new study has found unstable housing can shave years off Australians’ lives. A second teacher in Adelaide's northeastern suburbs has been arrested and charged with aggravated indecent assault. Queensland’s new legislation to tackle youth crime is doing little to deter young offenders.
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The RBA governor says Australians will have to get a housemate or stay at home with mum and dad as rents continue to soar. Ominous social media post made by an SA man accused of killing his partner. The QLD government will look to cut ties with professional services and consultancy giant PwC. Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation judgement to be handed down. Record high indexation of university debt takes effect.
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Australia’s pension age will rise to 67 on July 1 but experts warn further increases should be gradual, spanning decades. The AFL’s independent investigation into the Hawthorn racism saga has wound up. Sky-high power prices are set to be pushed ever higher, with one of QLD’s biggest power generators remaining offline for longer. One of NSW’s greatest fullbacks says rookie Queensland No.1 Reece Walsh is an “all or nothing” player the Blues must go after.
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Experts say illiterate students will suffer under a new NAPLAN grading system, reported against four levels of achievement instead of 10. NSW state politicians and public sector executives will cop a two-year wage freeze. A Gold Coast man has opened up about his incredible tale of survival, forced to pry open the jaws of a crocodile to save himself. State of Origin fever has hit South Australia.
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The country’s biggest public health campaign to combat vaping will be launched in Victoria today.
A “crackdown” on taxi drivers breaking the law has failed to stop rampant fixed fare price gouging with Thursday nights the hot spot for Sydneysiders to get scammed.
Just one of Labor’s 66 election promises worth $140 million to Queensland sporting and community groups have reached a funding agreement, while only five are even being assessed.
Popular not-for-profit the YMCA has been caught underpaying staff with hundreds of employees left more than $1m out of pocket.
A teenage ute driver’s potentially dangerous decisions before a fatal crash on a major country highway are central to a police inquiry as tributes are paid to the popular former private schoolgirl victim.
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Anthony Albanese has sounded the alarm of the state of the nation’s early childhood, disability, veterans and aged care systems, signalling fixing them will be a major focus of his prime ministership.
Ex-NRL coach Daniel Anderson has no recollection of the shocking bodysurfing accident that almost killed him and has left him a quadriplegic.
Queensland children aged four and under will be given state-funded swimming lessons just weeks after the government finalised its audit into swim education in schools.
Four teenage school friends have died in a horrific road accident on a lonely country Victorian road.
An Adelaide mother has told of the horrific abuse her 10-year-old daughter suffered at the hands of primary school students who beat her up and threatened to “rape” her if she did not provide them explicit photos of herself.
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Police allege the encounter between an officer with a taser and a great-grandmother with a knife all played out within one minute.
A LAB analysis of “lolly” flavoured vapes widely sold in Queensland has revealed the devices are filled with a toxic cocktail of chemicals including arsenic, formaldehyde and lead.
Lawyers for the First Nations families at the centre of the Hawthorn racism scandal have recommended a settlement to the AFL which could end the long and damaging saga.
Fearful frontline health workers are urgently calling for help almost 30 times a day on average, amid escalating levels of violent and threatening incidents in the South Australia’s hospitals.
New SA Health data reveals clinicians and hospital staff made almost 80,000 “Code Black” calls to combat dangerous and abusive patients, families or supporters in seven years.
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From her powerhouse vocals and rise to popularity as a black female solo artist, she also became a symbol of resilience after leaving her abusive ex-husband Ike and clawing her way back to the top to becoming one of the best-selling artists of all time.
A heritage building in Sydney’s CBD has gone up in flames and dramatically collapsed, firefighters have dodged falling debris and a car was set alight in one of the biggest building fires in recent memory.
Victorian households on basic energy deals will see their bills soar by an average of $352 - or 25 per cent - next financial year.
A world-leading medical expert believes 80 per cent of cancers will be able to be cured within 30 years but Australians may needlessly die because the federal government “has its head in the sand”.
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Great-grandmother Clare Nowland passed away in hospital last night, one week after she was tasered by a NSW Police officer in her Cooma nursing home.
The former NSW multiculturalism minister has been forced into an apology after making a comment about a Vietnamese-Australian MP, which has been labelled “offensive” and “racist”.
A Centrelink worker stabbed in a bloody ambush in Melbourne is planning to launch legal action against the welfare agency for failing to protect her.
All parents at an Adelaide Hills school were only notified yesterday that a student who allegedly had a gun and a “kill list” of classmates was arrested and charged last week.
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The Australian sex offender, who enjoyed a decades-long career in showbiz until his arrest on indecent assault charges in 2013, died after a battle with neck cancer.
New data shows School-childrens’ lives are being put at risk by thousands of dangerous drivers who speed and run red lights at traffic intersections in school zones.
Firefighters are furious after their commissioner didn’t attend a state memorial service honouring Izabella “Izzy” Nash, who died in a fire earlier this month – the first such tragedy in nearly 30 years.
AN emotional Damien Hardwick walked away from Richmond having told the club “the tank is empty” as he revealed he had known this season would be his last coaching the Tigers.
An Adelaide teenager has been arrested and charged over alleged threats to kill some of his classmates.
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Sydney’s housing crisis is driving a wave of “working homeless” – residents who can’t find or afford a home despite holding a job – with the situation so bad an encampment of tents and car-sleepers has emerged in the heart of Anthony Albanese’s inner-west electorate.
A man has been shot dead in Sydney’s western suburbs and two burnt out cars have been found nearby, in the latest suspected gangland hit to rock the city’s streets.
A man who was shot dead by police in front of his family in an inner Brisbane suburb was released from hospital the day before, following a mental health incident.
Triple premiership coach Damien Hardwick has sensationally quit Richmond with one-and-a-half years remaining on his contract.
The family of a South Australian who died while hiking Mt Everest have shared an eerie photo of the 40-year-old posing victoriously on what appears to be the remote location.
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The No campaign against an Aboriginal Voice to parliament has warned Australians a successful vote will inevitably lead to a treaty that will ultimately “divide Australians and destroy reconciliation”.
Abbie Chatfield thought she had a good gauge on a player over someone genuinely looking for love … until she began shooting new reality show, FBoy Island.
Signing up to a “buy now pay later” account will require responsible lending financial checks under changes the federal government is making to protect consumers.
Some of the nation’s leading experts in child behaviour have joined forces to implore Queensland Education Minister Grace Grace to ban mobile phone use in schools.
Premier Peter Malinauskas will challenge the nation to realise the lucrative jobs and skills opportunities from Adelaide nuclear-powered submarine construction, declaring many people do not yet recognise the program’s wider benefits.
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The father of a young girl who swallowed a button battery has told of his daughter’s rocky road to recovery and the emotional toll it has taken on the family.
Kindergarten would be made free under a cost-of-living shake-up being considered by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, in a move that would save Queensland families thousands of dollars a year.
SEVERAL obstetricians at Cairns Hospital are considering leaving their positions especially if their workload spikes with the closure of the city’s private maternity unit, the country’s peak organisation for specialist obstetricians has warned.
Victorian small businesses may be short-changed twice on a bill relief scheme designed to ease the pressure of soaring power prices.
A new state government tax aimed at wealthy property developers is preventing local councils from freeing up surplus land for affordable housing.
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For mum-of-two Adriana Carmona, finding a lump in her breast was not unusual.
Next month’s state budget will not be in surplus for the 2022-23 financial year – despite the forecasts of last year’s state budget and mid-year review.
Household energy prices will rise even higher and widespread business viability will be threatened if the state government adopts aggressive new carbon-cut policies recommended in a report it commissioned, industry experts warn.
Opposition Leader John Pesutto is bracing for a hostile reception at a Liberal Party conference today.
Obstetricians have warned the Queensland government the maternity crisis that saw the collapse of services in Gladstone is about to be mirrored in an even bigger regional city and will pose a nightmare for the newly appointed Health Minister.
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The co-author of the Albanese government’s plan to transform the Australian Defence Force and combat China has sounded the alarm about the lack of lethality in the navy’s surface fleet, foreshadowing a major shift to smaller and more heavily armed vessels.
Hundreds of patients have been awarded a total of $140m in compensation because of state government medical bungles in the past 13 years, parliament has been told.
A teenager has died where he fell after a horrific knife attack at a western suburbs railway station.
The immediate future of Queensland’s only children’s hospice has been secured with a $900,000 eleventh hour payment, after The Courier-Mail revealed funding for the vital service had not been extended in the federal budget.
Police Commissioner Karen Webb has said she “shares the community’s concerns” about why officers used their tasers on a 95-year-old dementia patient with a knife at a southern NSW nursing home.
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Joe Biden’s last-minute decision to cancel his trip to Australia and Papua New Guinea is a major blow to America’s standing in the region, experts have warned, and has forced the cancellation of the Quad summit in Sydney.
THE truck driver charged over Monday’s horror school bus crash has said he saw a light “flicker” between the trees moments before the crash that caused “life-changing” injuries for multiple primary students.
An army of 400 helpers are on their way to save NSW’s most overworked public school teachers from their crippling paperwork duties in one of the most significant financial investments to reduce workloads in recent memory.
Fixing the spiralling housing and homelessness crisis engulfing Queensland has been handed to the youngest MP in cabinet, in a major frontbench shake-up that has thrown the Labor government into turmoil.
Fears of property damage at a new climate change protest on Thursday has put authorities on high alert in the wake of a chaotic – and universally condemned – city stunt.
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Former Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has warned a period of elevated interest rates is likely to persist as central banks around the world continue to tackle a “once-in-a generation” inflation crisis.
South Australian year 4 students are trailing their peers when it comes to literacy, according to a newly released global study.
Ten children on a bus packed with 45 students have suffered serious injuries in a horrific smash in Melbourne’s west.
Junior trainee doctors at Westmead Hospital’s intensive care unit have spoken out about concerns of bullying, harassment, “unsafe” rosters and they say the unit is in danger of again losing its training accreditation status.
Look out, Australia – Donald Trump Jr is coming to town.
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Calls for new house construction targets tied to population growth, speed up approval times and support more “build-to-rent” homes. Missing woman found in South Australia. Key recommendations from a landmark inquiry into how Queensland Police respond to domestic and family violence have not been enacted. Concerns raised over a national scheme to facilitate the formal transfer of community-based orders between states. Sydney fended its off its rainy reputation to keep its hold on the New Year’s cricket Test.
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Unsuspecting mum-and-dad investors are among those conned by a global “boiler room” scam – which netted more than $1bn. A man’s believed to have been killed in a shark attack near Elliston on the west coast of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. Peter Dutton wants tech giants to step up and tackle QLD’s youth crime crisis. Minimal enforcement of current vape laws is giving Victorian retailers confidence to continue the lucrative trade. Fourteen per cent of young Australians now identify as gay.
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With more than 970,000 migrants expected in the next three years, figures reveal only around half that number of new homes will be built. The family of convicted NCA bomber Domenic Perre is considering issuing a petition for mercy following his death. More funding offered to turn a dormant quarantine facility into an emergency shelter for Brisbane’s homeless. New guidelines recommend bowel cancer screening should start at the age of 45.Gillon McLachlan has urged all parties in the stalled Hawthorn racism investigation to sit down for mediation as soon as possible.
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Peter Dutton has made his second budget-in-reply speech overnight, with measures for female health, mental health and welfare. Calls to stop QLD poaching police officers from Victoria. Concerns over potential levies for developers building new housing in Sydney. SA country footballer farewelled following his death after his club’s season-opening match. Severe punishment considered for officials involved in a brawl at a Brisbane junior rugby league match.
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The Coalition and economists have warned that Labor’s cost-of-living relief increases the “risk” of higher interest rates for longer. The landmark Path to Treaty legislation passes in a special regional sitting of QLD parliament. Confusion over the future of Melbourne’s Airport Rail Link after Minister’s backflip. The SA Government launches an anti-vaping campaign for high schoolers. A Wiggle reveals his dream to bring back an iconic NRL side.
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Centrepiece of the federal government’s cost-of-living relief package is a $3.5bn investment to triple the bulk-billing incentive for GPs. A South Australian trade office will be opened in Germany to spearhead the state’s green hydrogen push. Violent and abusive behaviour at community sporting matches could see parents and spectators across NSW banned for life. Queensland’s Family and Child Commission is hamstrung by outdated legislation, preventing access to confidential files unless the child in question has died. AFL greats have declared it impossible to stop fans booing opposition players.
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Australia will have a budget surplus for the first time in 15 years with a $4bn surplus expected this financial year. An escort’s been charged over the death of a young tradie found in the stairwell of a Sydney apartment block. Members of the exclusive SA club that hosted LIV Golf don’t want the event back next year. The QLD Police Commissioner is warning that the rise of vigilantism across the state will lead to a death in the community. Victoria Police are hunting three men involved in a deadly confrontation in Taylors Hill.
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Single parents, pensioners, welfare recipients and low to middle-income households will be the big winners from a $14.6bn cost-of-living relief budget package, but Labor’s targeted cash splash will not ease the inflation pain for everyone.
An attempt to rename the proposed new “Gadigal” metro station in Sydney in honour of Indigenous war hero Reg Saunders has been rejected.
Victorian government schools have ramped up their education efforts to prevent another chroming tragedy in the wake of the death of 13-year-old Esra Haynes.
More than 2700 new homes are set to be built in regional South Australia with the population of one riverside country town expected to swell.
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Standing in the same church where, just 229 days earlier, the King bid his “darling Mama” an emotional farewell, the 74-year-old was officially crowned monarch to the cheers of “God Save the King”, from the congregation.
Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has accused Northern Territory Police of ignoring crucial evidence that shows a series of safety rules were broken in the lead up to a deadly flight.
The 2022 edition of the Working for Queensland survey is yet to be released, with the Public Sector Commission pointing to the need for “significant changes” in how the data will be “presented and publicly released” after a redesign.
Aboriginal Victorians would have a say over how taxpayer money is used under plans to expand the mandate of the state’s First Peoples’ Assembly.
It's the iconic sweet treat South Australians have been indulging in for more than a century.
But now a Melbourne-based lawyer wants to put an end to the jam and cream-filled Kitchener bun, at the least the name it has been known by since about 1915.
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The families of the remaining ISIS brides stuck in Syria are preparing to launch a landmark legal challenge to force the government to bring them back to Australia.
A young Sydney woman who tragically died after a horse riding accident has been described as an “angel” by friends and family.
A young Queensland woman suffering depression and pleading for help was repeatedly told to go home by staff at a Townsville hospital after self-harming – and took her own life just hours after being discharged yet again.
The AFL has banned nine fans for life this season after a crackdown on the racial abuse of players from the stands.
And South Australians face an almost $3bn bill to fix the state’s crumbling roads amid mounting concerns that motorists are being put at risk from a neglected maintenance backlog.
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Paying interest on Australia’s debt will cost $700 every second for the next five years as the federal government moves to target mega gas profits, high super balances, smokers and multinationals with tax hikes to raise budget revenue.
A man who turned up to television star Sophie Monk’s house holding a single rose claims he was duped by an online scammer into believing he was in a relationship with the Love Island host.
The Andrews government is set to hike the average WorkCover premium to 1.8 per cent and exclude stress and overwork from insurance claims in a major shake-up of the scheme.
A woman has told of the horrors of driving from Rockhampton Hospital to her home in Gladstone with her dead baby on her lap in a box she bought from Spotlight.
Glenelg footballer Brady Searle has failed in his bid to have a hefty six-match SANFL suspension reduced in an incident that has left his Norwood opponent with a fractured neck.
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The 15th season of MasterChef Australia will go to air with the blessing of late judge Jock Zonfrillo’s family.
As many as 95 major infrastructure projects across NSW including highway upgrades and road safety programs could face the chop after federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King announced a snap audit Monday as the government looks to rein in spending.
The teenager allegedly behind the wheel of a stolen car that killed three people in Queensland was known to police as a serial motor vehicle thief.
Victorian country footy leagues have been told to tell coaches and officials to stay seated
A man who stabbed two police officers who were responding to a “high risk incident” has been identified as Sean Scott Francis Ferris.
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Australian star boxer Harry Garside has been charged with domestic violence following a dramatic airport arrest.
An archaic cap restricting Allianz Stadium and the SCG precinct to just four concerts per year is set to be lifted in a win for residents of Greater Sydney.
Russell and Ann Field say the QLD government has “blood on its hands” and warn more innocent people will die if it doesn’t urgently intervene in the state’s youth crime crisis.
Mentone residents are using VCAT to further resist a move by a prestigious Victorian girls’ school to open its sporting facilities to external users.
It’s been revealed that more than half the members of the SA parliament – which will consider a number of rental reforms – own more than one property.
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Entertaining MasterChef judge and award-winning chef Jock Zonfrillo’s devastated wife and their two young children are understood to be making their way home from Rome where they were on a family holiday before his sudden death at 46.
Health workers will today walk off the job in a bid to get the NSW government to deliver on its pre-election promise to scrap the public sector wage cap.
Three women are dead and another is fighting for her life after a stolen car, allegedly driven by a teenager, caused a horrific chain reaction that has left a Queensland community in mourning.
Assistant treasurer Danny Pearson is facing a fourth conflict of interest claim, this time over the state government’s $10bn Victorian Future Fund.
The countdown is on for the first British coronation in 70 years – and with just four days to go, Adelaide is poised to put on a royal show in King Charles III’s honour.
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An artificial-intelligence breakthrough developed in Adelaide is set to free up hospital beds, ease ramping and put the city’s name at the centre of health systems around the world.
New data has revealed an ounce of cocaine costs as much as a mid-range second-hand car, while a kilogram of methamphetamine could wipe out a healthy housing deposit.
Land in Adelaide’s north and south will be released to fast-track the development of almost 2000 new homes.
The former school captain accused of murdering “defenceless” man Steven Murphy will ask the state’s highest court to release him on bail, saying he should not be behind bars.
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Secret city-wide bans on selling takeaway booze have been imposed to combat rising levels of alcohol-fuelled violence and anti-social behaviour blighting Adelaide’s most popular areas.
New direct flights from Adelaide to Kuala Lumpur will start from July as Batik Air Malaysia and Malaysian Airlines lock horns for passengers.
Friends, siblings, a parent and child and legal guardians like aunts, uncles and grandparents will be able to tap into government cash to help buy a home, under a major expansion of who qualifies for three housing schemes.
Older couples married two decades or more are increasingly opting for divorce in Australia, creating unique financial and emotional challenges.
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A Catholic schoolteacher accused of maintaining a year-long sexual relationship with a student at his Adelaide school has been released on bail despite concerns he could interfere with the continuing investigation.
Anthony Albanese has signed off on $2.2bn in funding to springboard a major Medicare overhaul as he agreed to almost halve the growth rate of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
South Australia’s property market continues its show of strength, with both the metropolitan and statewide median house value climbing to record highs at a time when housing markets are cooling around the country.
It's official: we’re no longer stopping to smell the roses, we’re stopping to smell the lavender – and our pooches are set to cash in on the same benefits as us.
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A parliamentary committee has recommended Councils should change their bylaws to allow transgender, intersex and gender-diverse people to choose which public toilet they use.
Online gambling using a credit card will be banned as the federal government moves to protect vulnerable people from the harms of betting.
It’s been revealed Australian families are paying hundreds of dollars a year in hidden taxes and charges on top of income tax and GST.
The Boston Tigers Football Club have finally sunk their teeth into the taste of victory after winning their first match in 1406 days.
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New rapid antigen tests (RATs) that can detect both Covid and influenza with one swab have started to hit pharmacy shelves, priced from $9 to $60.
Mortgage holders face more pain with economists split on whether the Reserve Bank will for the second consecutive month keep rates on hold amid moderating inflation.
Olympic Dam crash victim Nathan Scholz was supposed to be flying to Fiji next week with his high school sweetheart.
It's an ad millions of Aussies grew up with — and now Vegemite is on the hunt for kids to feature in a remake of its most iconic commercial.
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As Australians gathered across the world to honour the nation’s fallen on Anzac Day, royalty joined the commemorations in London with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester attending a Dawn Service in the British capital
An accused drug trafficker, who has been jailed twice in the past decade for manufacturing methamphetamine, has been refused bail despite claiming he was in pain because of a tooth infection.
Stargazers were treated to an amazing natural light show as the Aurora Australis lit up the sky.
Chronic flight staff shortages have been blamed for dramatic cuts by Rex Airlines to regional routes across South Australia.
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The brother of a young footballer who was declared brain-dead after an on-field collision has called for better concussion management after seeing his brother suffer several head knocks during his playing career.
The Mount Barker Football Club has been forced to move its Anzac Day clash.
New figures show young children have been worst affected by an early start to this year’s flu season in South Australia.
Scans have confirmed that young Port Adelaide key forward Mitch Georgiades has suffered an ACL injury, which will rule him out for the rest of the season.
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A great-grandmother made cannabis butter then allowed a young teenager visiting her home to bake muffins with it – which the child then took to school to share with friends, a court has heard.
A stunning hole in one at LIV Golf’s “watering hole” sparked wild celebrations among another huge crowd on the final day of the event.
Three acclaimed but distinctly different wineries have teamed up to launch the new Icons of McLaren Vale wine tour.
AND..ADELAIDE ice man Darcy Fogarty enhanced his reputation as one of the best set shots in the AFL with a pressure kick for the ages to rescue the Crows against Hawthorn on Sunday at UTAS Stadium.
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A city retail worker has referred to Adelaide CBD as “Gotham city”....after a string of knife-related crime.
Business leaders are warning South Australian bosses need to get “creative” about offering flexible work options, from early finish times to four-day weeks – or risk missing out on the best talent.
Umpires and players could be forgiven for seeing double this weekend with dozens of footy-playing twins among junior footballers taking to grounds across Adelaide at the start of the 2023 season.
New research from Finder has revealed the true cost of owning a home in SA, with the total bill for those buying a home for $1m or less closer to double the ticket price.
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Don Farrell is urging a united push to bring people back to an Adelaide CBD still reeling from hammer blows of Covid shutdowns and a work-from-home exodus.
Adelaide’s property market has experienced huge capital growth over the past decade, with house values in one Adelaide suburb increasing by almost $1 million in that time.
South Australia has the potential to reverse decades of economic decline and turn itself into a national powerhouse if it fully embraces the switch to renewable energy and net zero emissions, according to former competition boss Rod Sims.
AND.. Cashed-up golf fans are expected to inject tens of millions of dollars into the local economy during this weekend’s LIV Golf event, which has been dubbed “the biggest advertisement for Adelaide and South Australia in the world”.
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Interest rate decisions will be better explained to Australian households, occur less often and informed by a wider range of experts under changes to strengthen and rebuild public trust in the Reserve Bank.
South Australia’s historic Indigenous voice to parliament is at risk of being undermined by people falsely claiming to be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage, critics say.
Diehard Norwood Football Club supporter Jack “Digger” Dawson’s incredible life story reflects the club’s motto —strength in adversity.
And.. Amateur golfer Pieter de Wit was a bundle of nerves and excitement on Thursday morning when he teed off alongside one of the world’s best golfers, LIV Golf tour drawcard Cameron Smith, at the tournament’s pro-am event.
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A person is seriously assaulted, on average, nearly every day in the city or North Adelaide amid record numbers of attacks, shop thefts and property damage.
Opposition Leader David Speirs has been accused of hypocrisy after he billed taxpayers nearly $2000 for two nights at a five-star luxury hotel in Brisbane.
South Australian Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle has been thrust into the middle of a political storm over Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s repeated claims of widespread child sexual abuse in Alice Springs.
Adelaide Football Club has “arrived” and should have finals in its sights in 2023, according to Fox Footy pundits.
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The twin brother of a man accused of murdering missing northern suburbs man Geoffrey McLean – whose torso was found in a wheelie bin – was caught saying the dead man’s body was “living out in my backyard for two weeks”, a court has been told.
Accommodation is still available at the Bay for the LIV Golf weekend at the Grange course – at a price.
People seeking cosmetic surgery such as facelifts, nose jobs, breast work – and even Botox injections – may face being referred to a psychiatrist under tough new rules likely to further clog the beleaguered health system.
And.. South Australian international cricket star Travis Head married partner Jessica Davies in a picturesque ceremony in the Adelaide foothills on the weekend.
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South Australia has locked in the Gather Round for the next three years, with Premier Peter Malinauskas hailing it a victory for the state’s footy fans.
Ceduna will build a $4.5m permanent rocket launch facility with a space observatory under a new national funding scheme for Indigenous communities.
Four major streets in the heart of Adelaide need upgrading – but at an eye-watering cost to Adelaide City Council of $140m.
And the state government has come under fire once again for spending big on ritzy overseas hotels, as new details about Deputy Premier Susan Close’s whirlwind European trip emerge.
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The AFL’s inaugural Gather Round is set to deliver more than $85 million injection into the South Australian economy.
The crisis in bulk billing is deepening with new data showing less than 25 per cent of South Australian GP clinics now bulk bill for a standard 15 minute adult consultation.
In a state-first, heavyweights from all sectors of childcare and early education have joined forces to fight for key reforms
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National Disability Insurance Scheme providers have been caught rorting the system with price gouging and mark-ups across a range of industries to target participants with a disability.
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You’ve heard of model students – well, how about a model principal?
Meet Lauren Brooks, the future principal of Saint Ignatius’ College
If it has been six months since you had either the Covid virus or a Covid vaccine, the expert advice is to consider having the 2023 booster dose now.
Radical university research reforms should be an engine driving highly skilled jobs to arrest deep interstate wage gaps, says a top-level report commissioned
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Greg Norman, armed with a billion-dollar war chest to start his breakaway LIV Golf tour, had already lured major champions, including Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson as two of his headline acts.
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Premier Peter Malinauskas has offered to fund community football oval upgrades across the state to secure Gather Round for another four years
A mild case of Covid led to sudden deafness for a Univesity of South Australia nursing lecturer, who has used her experience in new research into the little-known side effect
The miner convicted of murdering a rival during a bitter dispute over stolen opals has revealed the harrowing incident left a trail of destruction
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The gentle but powerful presence of Aunty Shirley Peisley has been immortalised in the first portrait of an Aboriginal person on display in Adelaide City Council’s chambers
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The AFL has declared its new-look Gather Round has already topped the Magic Round concept t stole from the NRL
Adelaide’s biggest CBD development has begun, with the council selecting a $30m deal as the preferred tender at a secret meeting on Tuesday night.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has been dealt a second blow, as shadow cabinet minister Simon Birmingham announced he would not be campaigning alongside his boss ahead of the Voice referendum
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Smoking or vaping will be banned at more outdoor public areas, fines doubled for selling tobacco-related products to minors and venue cigarette vending machines outlawed, under an official crackdown.
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The great SA football invasion has begun, with AFL team mascots assembling at Bordertown ahead of this week’s inaugural Gather Round.
All South Australian prisons were placed in lockdown on Tuesday as part of an ongoing industrial campaign by the prison officers’ union
An Adelaide mother has received an official apology after the Women’s and Children’s Hospital wrongly diagnosed her son
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A new SA Police recruitment van will visit communities across the state, including schools and regional areas, to attract more applications.
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Gender-specific terms including he, she, him and her will be removed from state parliament’s rules of procedure, affecting Premier Peter Malinauskas and other MPs, the Governor and even King Charles.
Protecting a colony of rare butterflies is at the centre of a City Council plan to reduce spectator parking at the Valo Adelaide 500 Supercars race.
Obstructive sleep apnoea may cause early cognitive decline in middle-aged men, even those who are otherwise healthy and not obese, new research has found.
And in sport, Port Adelaide’s footy boss Chris Davies says he has never spoken to any of the Power’s assistant coaches regarding a plan to succeed Ken Hinkley as senior coach.
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Australian mortgage holders who’ve stuck with the same bank as interest rates soared are being hit with almost double the “loyalty tax”. Adelaide’s pubs and hotels are gearing up for the inaugural AFL Gather Round. Adelaide scientists delve into why large breed dogs have a lower lifespan. New book says Meghan Markle disregarded friendly advice from the Queen days before she married Prince Harry.
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Key targets in the investigation into the murders of three Adelaide men are in custody, charged with other serious offences. More than 350 workers have now accused a South Australian supermarket chain of underpaying themCharity causes Aussies are most likely to support depends on their generation. High out-of-pocket costs and mental health impacts reported by parents of children with serious eating disorders.
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A private schoolboy’s alleged role in the suspected murder of missing father Steven Murphy has shocked people close to him. Unit and house values rise in the majority of Adelaide suburbs. KPMG conducting a $1.6m review into SA’s health system. Thirteen members of the royal family will join King Charles and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their coronation.
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Indigenous leader and Uluru statement of the Heart architect Noel Pearson, says Peter Dutton has “betrayed” Australia. Grieving families are turning to cosmetically-trained morticians to farewell their loved ones. Clinicians describe South Australia’s crippled health system as a “war zone”. River Murray Football League club Jervois understood to be under investigation over a potential salary cap breach.
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Former US President Donald Trump is accused of orchestrating a hush money scheme to keep his affairs from voters. The OTR brand will be rolled out nationally from its Adelaide headquarters. The Reserve Bank of Australia warns a pause on interest rates doesn’t mean further hikes are off the cards. Police have dropped the charges against Guy Sebastian’s neighbour.
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The mysterious owner of Adelaide United can be revealed as Dutch businessman Cor Adriaanse, who says the club is not up for sale. Premier Peter Malinauskas will take advice before announcing whether to ban TikTok on state government phones. Property owners and buyers have a shrinking window of opportunity to get loans at interest rates below 5 per cent. South Australian identical twins have given birth to baby girls just a few days apart.
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Treasurer Stephen Mullighan would like to see The Reserve Bank hit the pause button on a further interest rate rise today. National workforce shortages have forced some of SA’s regional students to accept a revolving door of relief teachers. Port Adelaide fan-favourite Sam Powell-Pepper proposed to his “soulmate” in a romantic beach proposal. The Therapeutic Goods Administration is investigating a number of websites claiming to be selling a drug used for type 2 diabetes and weight loss.
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Elements of South Australia’s Labor ranks have descended into mutiny over the nation’s $368bn AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal.
The Eyre Peninsula community of Kimba has stepped up its campaign to attract a new GP – with the lure of a state-of-the-art medical centre.
South Australia’s controversial history of courtroom secrecy orders is being put on trial by our top legal minds – including a retired judge who once ran the District Court.
And.. Community leaders, life saving legends and locals gathered on Sunday morning for the Save Our Beaches rally at Henley Beach.
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INCREASING incidents of vet abuse is contributing to spiralling rates of suicide and driving burnt-out practitioners from the profession.
THE state’s health and safety watchdog has warned every South Australian school to audit playgrounds after a young girl was seriously injured in a schoolyard accident.
AN Adelaide expert in hypnosis has imagined a “virtual injection” to help people lose weight on the back of the growing awareness – and popularity of – actual weight control injections.
And.. ISAAC Humphries has “unfinished business” and could be set for a homecoming — if he decides to stay in the NBL — but the lure of the NBA remains strong for the Aussie giant.
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PSYCHIC healing, tarot cards, sound baths and crystal wand making are being offered to people on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
THE federal government must fund more medical students places at universities to help combat the growing crisis in general practice.
Despite almost a year of consecutive interest rate hikes, and the possibility of another one on Tuesday, South Australia’s property market continues to perform strongly, with Adelaide’s median house price rising to a record high, and Adelaide outperforming the national average for value growth.
And… SPECULATION is rife on who will be part of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here as the reality show heads back to the South African jungle for the first time since Covid.
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Convicted drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury, aka Cocaine Cassie, has opened up on her new life in Adelaide, admitting she doesn’t have any friends after her “surreal” imprisonment.
Hindley Street McDonald’s has been forced to put in place extra safety measures to protect its workers after a complaint by the Shoppies union.
A bitter 14-year legal battle between the heirs to one of Adelaide’s richest families, over their parents’ $250m estate, has ended – and a judge says each must bear their own hefty court costs.
And.. South Australia’s most popular campsites are already at 80 to 100 per cent capacity over the Easter long weekend, however receding flood waters along the Murray mean that there will still be opportunities for families hoping to spend the break in the great outdoors.
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Showdown fans are unhappy about fluctuating Adelaide Oval costs this week as Port Adelaide manipulates prices to take advantage of high demand.
AUSTRALIA’S lowest paid workers could soon be in line for a pay rise as the government indicates it will back a push for the minimum wage to increase in line with inflation.
One of South Australia’s most remote and iconic destination pubs has had its only water supply cut off by one of Australia’s largest landowners in a dispute over access to an artesian bore.
AND.. It was elation and later heartbreak for Australian Josh Giddey as a career-high 31 points was not enough for the Oklahoma City in a 137-134 defeat to Charlotte in a seesawing thriller on Wednesday.
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SA Police have begun a new search for the body of missing man Michael Purse – and its success or failure may determine the fate of his self-confessed killers.
On the brink of losing its first major vote in parliament, the Albanese government is staring down a Greens and crossbench revolt threatening to derail its proposed Housing Australia Future Fund because it does not go far enough.
THE AFL has officially acknowledged the link between head trauma and degenerative brain disease CTE in its submission to a Senate inquiry into concussions and head trauma in contact sport.
AND… Adelaide’s premier shopping strip will soon have a new night-life offering with the owners of Rundle Place announcing Holey Moley owner Funlab will be bringing bowling, arcade games and “Hijinx Hotel” to its site from October.
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SOUTH Australia’s most troublesome public schools were forced to seek police help every fortnight to address violent, anti-social or welfare incidents.
ACCUSED Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle – who raised concerns about heavy-handed debt collection tactics – will face a criminal trial and possible jail term after a judge ruled he was not immune from prosecution.
An Adelaide electrician who emigrated to Australia from Scotland a decade ago has been granted permanent residency after a bitter fight to stay in the country.
And.. IT’S a contentious subject: How many cuts are in a double-cut roll?
Two (double cut) or three (resulting in a double sandwich)?
Whichever way you roll, the SA food icon remains a nostalgic lunch favourite of deli-goers past.
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A VICTIM of horrific child abuse in a northern suburbs home dubbed the “House of Horrors” has been jailed after abusing a teen girl he pursued on Snapchat.
ROUSING applause erupted among a sea of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags after the First Nations Voice Bill was officially passed by both houses of parliament in SA on Sunday.
A LEADING US epidemiologist has labelled the AFL’s position on the dangers of head knocks as “unbelievably callous”.
Alleged criminals who have had hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cryptocurrency seized as potential illegal assets could sue the government for damages after their crypto wallets lost most of their value while frozen, according to legal experts.
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SPORTSWOMEN are nine times more likely to rupture an ACL than men, sparking new research to better understand how the menstrual cycle – and use of the contraceptive pill – impacts injury risk.
THE state government must quadruple funding support for struggling families to $275m a year to helpt “turn the tide” on the number of children ending up in care, says a major welfare boss.
SOUTH Australians need to drop the idea the River Murray is a summer playground and embrace the waterway as a year-round destination, say tourism operators who are encouraging visitors to return after the floods.
REDBACKS coach Jason Gillespie has described breakout quick Spencer Johnson as the “longest overnight sensation there’s ever been’’.
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A hanging tree branch obscuring traffic lights on Kensington Rd where two high school students were hit has finally been trimmed
A SOMERTON Park man is Australia’s newest multi-millionaire after taking out Thursday night’s $10.6m Powerball jackpot.
The state's growing rental crisis could last up to five years, a property expert has warned.
ADELAIDE 36ers captain Mitch McCarron will make his debut for West Adelaide Bearcats on Saturday night against Woodville Warriors as the 2023 NBL1 Central Division bursts into life.
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The shattered father of the 16-year-old girl hit by a truck on Wednesday morning at the front of her school says his daughter will survive.
THE Flinders Ranges region, in the state’s north, has been rocked by an earthquake that was felt 500km away in Adelaide.
Alarming footage has captured the moment a South Australian dad was forced to rescue his son from a vicious group of monkeys during a family trip to Thailand.
THE bump may be dead according to some AFL coaches but premiership winner Damien Hardwick says the “volatile” nature of the game will make bad collisions unavoidable no matter what law makers do to try to stop it.
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THE CBD has been branded “derelict and depressing” in an extraordinary attack by Lord Mayor Jane Lomax-Smith who blamed her own council for the shocking “decay”.
PRINCE Harry is facing questions over whether he lied to enter the US after admitting to illegal drug use in his memoir Spare; with a government oversight group launching a new legal challenge over his visa application.
Funding to continue the deployment of almost 200 Police Security Officers to free-up frontline officers, a new operational policing model should be introduced and a new recruiting campaign launched, according to the state’s police union.
The principal of Marryatville High School says a third student was involved in the horror truck crash that occurred in front of the campus and two students hospitalised – one in a critical condition.
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Up to 85 per cent of the 5500 workers building AUKUS submarines in Adelaide would require nuclear skills, says a Rolls-Royce executive
Nearly one in three drivers are being caught on their mobile phones by South Australia’s first-ever phone detection cameras.
Three heartbroken families are in mourning after a horrific 30 hours on the state’s roads, with SA Police urging young drivers to stay off social media
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A dramatic second-half transformation inspired by skipper Toby Greene and Tom Green led Greater Western Sydney to a memorable come-from-behind 16-point win over Adelaide
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Drug dealers are openly trading illicit substances in social media groups that are remaining active for months despite being in breach of the platform’s terms and conditions.
AFL legend Gary Ablett Sr has revealed a diagnosis of “significant structural and functional brain damage” from his storied 248-game career.
Australian Idol will boot three of its contestants tonight as the one-time ratings juggernaut has found itself finishing a distant third to its reality rivals in the ratings.
And in a revealing new interview, fashion entrepreneur Pip Edwards opens up about her experience with perimenopause.
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Peter Malinauskas has hit back at fellow Labor state leaders demanding nuclear waste from AUKUS submarines be dumped in SA
Suburban park and dense bushland have been used as “dead-drop zones” just like the movies, with cash couriers secretly delivering dirty funds in money laundering schemes.
A major milestone in the recovery for flood-ravaged South Australian communities was reached on Friday as the Murray Princess returned to the open waters of the River Murray.
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Port Adelaide chief executive Matthew Richardson says there are no excuses and expectations are high.
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Adelaide Oval’s new game day food offerings feature gourmet burgers, vegan options and gluten-free offerings – but footy fans will be forking out more for chips and beers.
Paul Keating may have slammed Foreign Minister Penny Wong for “running around the Pacific Islands with a lei around (her) neck” but it turns out the former PM never minded a bit of ceremonial dress-up in his time.
This year’s Adelaide Festival has sold more than 82,500 tickets worth $5.8 million, surpassing its box office target by $600,000.
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Collingwood recruit Billy Frampton received a curly question moments after his final outing as an Adelaide player.
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Power bills for South Australian households are set to jump by more than 20 per cent from July 1, adding to soaring cost-of-living pressures
The Australian Education Union will hold a crisis meeting today after CCTV captured SA branch secretary Leah York in an alleged shoplifting incident.
A new partnership of defence companies and hundreds of new university places for South Australia will be key to delivering the country’s future nuclear-powered submarine fleet.
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Football faces a second concussion class action linked to more than 100 former AFL players
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Adelaide has been ranked the methylamphetamine capital of Australia, according to the latest National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program.
The parents of Hannah Clarke, who was murdered with her children in a horrific domestic violence attack, say moves to criminalise coercive control in SA will save lives.
Raising the height of floors in new shacks on the River Murray is one option under consideration by the state government
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Dual Geelong premiership player Max Rooke is the lead plaintiff in a class action lodged against the AFL at the Supreme Court in Melbourne on Tuesday morning.
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Homeowners will be hit by a dramatic rise in council rates, with the first indicator estimates increases of up to 10 per cent.
The longtime partner and alleged murderer of missing man Geoff McLean was also responsible for his dousing with petrol and acid months before the killing, court documents allege.
The state of South Australia has paid $2.5m to a Port Augusta family after an 18-month-old boy was left with critical brain injuries due to medical negligence.
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Getting a good night’s sleep may be key to boosting the effectiveness of vaccines, especially for men, an international study has found.
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A former One Nation candidate, who was acquitted of assaulting a dentist, is suing South Australian Police for $30m, claiming officers and police prosecutors harassed and abused process during a trial for assault.
One of the state’s most troubled schools and others that have had to deal with violent incidents will ban mobile phones a term earlier than planned, as videos of schoolyard fights continue to circulate online.
Angry plant nursery owners have taken the drastic step of installing surveillance cameras and banning customers from taking photos to combat the theft of cactus plant leaves and segments.
It's been a whirlwind few months for South Australian apprentice Alana Livesey, who will enjoy the biggest moment of her fledgling career when she competes in today’s Adelaide Cup.
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A DISUSED portion of the south Parklands has been chosen as the preferred site for the new location of the police mounted operations unit.
ANTHONY Albanese arrives in the US on Sunday to seal a historic deal to arm Australia with nuclear submarines, undeterred by China’s campaign to block the move and France’s ongoing anger at being cut out.
ADELAIDE pubs and restaurants are readying for a “substantial” boost in trade of up to 60 per cent on weekends during the 2023 AFL season.
THE 2023 AFL season starts this week and the contrast between our two South Australian teams heading into round 1 could not be more stark.
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AUSTRALIA’S nuclear submarine program will require a major increase in defence spending, according to Anthony Albanese, but the Prime Minister says it is necessary to keep the country safe.
Are you as smart as a school kid? Because a third of adults who tried a sample NAPLAN quiz weren’t.
JIMMY Barnes is back in the swing after recent surgery, launching his much-speculated rockabilly global supergroup.
TIM Tszyu pulled up to the press conference in front of Sydney Opera House in a red Dodge Ram, hopped out in a tailored blue suit and strutted to the stage.
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All workers in Australia’s future nuclear submarine industry would obtain base-level qualifications in nuclear technology in a “pyramid” workforce system headed up by a group of top experts under official AUKUS plans.
A BRAVE dad was bitten by a deadly snake that lunged at his two-year-old daughter inside their Tailem Bend home.
STATE aged care homes will be at risk of closing down when the federal government enforces around-the-clock nursing requirements in July, industry leaders warn.
CALLS to ban a popular social media app from Australian government devices are gaining influence after the White House backed a similar push in the US.
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Space pioneer Katherine Bennell-Pegg is set to make history as the first Australian woman to be trained as an astronaut by an international space agency.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday confirmed he would travel to the US “for a bilateral meeting” with President Joe Biden, but did not reveal the exact timing of the trip, or if UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would be involved.
A LUCKY young fan has scored a T-shirt worn by British superstar Ed Sheeran at his Adelaide Oval concert on Tuesday night.
WINE industry bible Winestate magazine will no longer be published after a 45-year run, with founding editor Peter Simic saying competition from online outlets and the travails of the industry itself had made it unsustainable.
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Just one more hike – that’s the coded message of hope buried in the last paragraph of Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe’s statement on its latest 0.25 per cent interest rate increase.
LIFE-SAVING drugs such as blood thinner warfarin, adrenaline, antibiotics and cancer treatments are unavailable as Australia’s medicines’ shortage worsens.
FORMER foreign minister Julie Bishop will host two talks with former US President Barack Obama when he lands in Australia later this month.
Australian women could be $3 billion a week better off if the gender pay was abolished, new research has revealed.
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The AFL says South Australia has done everything possible so far to prove it is capable of hosting Gather Round in coming years
A grandmother suffered burns to 40 per cent of her body and inhaled flames, scorching her lungs, after being covered in petrol and set alight by her partner
Prince Harry has said he’s always felt different from his family and his wife gave him an escape route out of the “goldfish bowl” life of the royal institution
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Former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has backed Port Adelaide boss Ken Hinkley to stay at the helm beyond this season ahead of a vital 2023 for the Power.
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Media personality Andrew “Cosi” Cosgrove has shed 35kg in less than four months after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery.
A group of Eyre Peninsula traditional owners will take their fight against a nuclear waste dumping facility to the Federal Court, as debate over the controversial project continues.
Flood-affected residents have been urged not to “suffer in silence” as more than 3000 properties still wait for power to be restored.
And in sport, Port Adelaide has been urged to release the handbrake and go with a “fast brand of footy” to start the 2023 season as dual North Melbourne premiership star David King says the first six weeks will be vital for the Power and Ken Hinkley.
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Mark John Murphy has been charged with murder, attempted murder, assault, serious criminal trespass and intentionally causing serious harm to another person.
Surveillance equipment built by companies linked to the Chinese government are being ripped out of the ABC after they were uncovered across three sites.
Electric cars outsold hybrids for the first time in February as Australian motorists adopt green machines in growing numbers.
And…Port Adelaide’s unimpressive season hit-outs will provide the side with enough feedback to avoid another catastrophic start to the season.
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More than 40 children found to be living in “high-risk” situations by a top level child protection review were persistently absent from school.
Property owners living near major infrastructure projects, who say they have had hundreds of thousands of dollars wiped off the value of their homes, will not be compensated.
A merger of Adelaide’s universities can succeed if a world-leading research institution focused on South Australia’s strengths is created according to London-based academic and former federal Liberal leader Alexander Downer.
And.. Daniel Ricciardo is set to endure a hellish season on the F1 sidelines this year but the holy grail of a top seat in 2024 is on the table.
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Crimes are going unsolved or not being properly investigated, emergency calls are not answered on time while officers are resigning in droves from a “toxic” SA Police, a whistleblower claims.
A University of Adelaide student will face a jury accused of planning a terror attack in what will be the second terrorism trial in SA
The world’s biggest pop star has officially cancelled the Australian and New Zealand legs of his world tour, after postponing concert dates late last year due to illness.
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Adelaide has cleared all the debt it had to take on during the Covid-19 pandemic, two years ahead of schedule.
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A former SANFL and SACA umpire has pleaded guilty to three child sex abuse charges
An Adelaide-based radar manufacturer has developed technology capable of detecting objects like the Chinese spy balloon
Tax on superannuation for the nation’s wealthiest will be doubled from 2025, while the Albanese Government did not rule out targeting more tax breaks
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Football Australia is set to confirm on Wednesday that the Socceroos will meet Ecuador in two games during March’s FIFA international window
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South Australians will have the opportunity to nab vouchers valued at up to $200 for a Riverland adventure or stay, in a bid to boost tourism
The winemakers of McLaren Vale are pouring their own personal touch into the Victor Harbor Rd duplication in an unconventional way.
South Australians face paying more for their favourite pub schnitzel or steak as publicans battle huge insurance hikes, industry leaders fear
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The opening match of the AFL’s Gather Round in South Australia is sold out.
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Australia must train at least 600 nuclear engineers in the next five years to prepare the country for the mammoth task of operating nuclear-powered submarines.
South Australia’s most controversial building is at the centre of an official safety inquiry after a second dangerous site breach involving neighbouring Parliament House in four months.
A former Adelaide mother facing execution in the United States over her stepdaughter’s murder has told of her anxiety after her trial was delayed another 18 months.
And in sport, football icon Nicky Winmar says he is disappointed the AFL has sidelined the 30th anniversary of his defiant Victoria Park stance by scheduling it in Adelaide for its new-look Gather Round.
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The Advertiser and sister publication the Sunday Mail refute claims made by the CEO of the Fringe Heather Croall earlier this week. South Australia is in the midst of a “potentially life-threatening” medication shortage. South Australia will spearhead a national strategy to ensure more apprentices complete their training. International cricket helped deliver a $95million dollar economic boost to the state in November.
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Premier Peter Malinauskas has agreed to extend Grant Steven’s contract following discussions over his future. An Adelaide man has finally been put to rest after a complex legal battle between his partner and parents. Photoshopped Instagram images are behind a surge in plastic surgery. Revolution Roofing has been sold by receivers in a deal that secures the jobs of 170 workers in SA and WA.
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Childcare centre fees across Australia have risen but experts say there are a range of ways parents can save money if they shop around. An aspiring beautician’s been jailed for a brutal attack on her ex-boyfriend during a home invasion. South Australian taxpayers were billed cosmetics for former Premier Steven Marshall in the lead up to the state election. Researchers warn soaring inflation is being fed by corporate profits not wages.
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Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has vowed to develop a homegrown workforce for the domestic construction of nuclear-powered submarines. Adelaide Festival Writers Week has two respected Ukrainian authors pull out in protest. A charismatic cheerleading coach used her renown as a “pathway” to sexually abuse seven girls. Aussie consumers are now paying so-called “loyalty taxes” on an astonishing range of products and services.
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Several regional public schools with small enrolments have beaten Adelaide private schools in the latest NAPLAN results. Filipino soldiers gunned down by rebels while assisting in the search for two missing South Australian men. National law firm drops its major sponsor branding from the Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week. New Medicare Urgent Care Clinics will open in South Australia.
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Thousands of Australian children have started the new school year without qualified teachers in maths, science and English. Authorities are urging South Australians to prepare for scorching temperatures across the state. The Coalition hits out at the government’s proposed changes to superannuation. The Advertiser visited Alice Springs this month in the wake of talks between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles.
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Australia’s entire education system is in need of massive reform, with the federal government warning of a teaching “crisis” and launching the biggest overhaul of the sector in a decade.
Vowing to end the “super wars” Labor will move to strengthen protections for the retirement income system after more than $36 billion was withdrawn in early access schemes during the pandemic.
Classic children’s books by author Roald Dahl have been partly rewritten to remove language now deemed too offensive.
And in sport, Collingwood is adamant it does not have a widespread illicit drug problem, with the club claiming the Jack Ginnivan episode was an isolated incident.
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Insurance companies are slugging property owners in flood-affected areas more than $50,000 to renew their policies in the wake of South Australia’s worst natural disaster.
South Australian teachers are using AI chatbot ChatGPT to devise lesson plans and communicate with parents, encouraged by the state’s education boss to do so.
The state’s biggest and most influential union, previously headed by Premier Peter Malinauskas, is urging his government to declare Easter Sunday a public holiday, backed by opinion polling showing popular support.
And.. SOUTH Australian women are leading the way when it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship.
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A SERIAL sex offender that a psychiatrist and the Parole Board believe is at “significant risk’’ of reoffending if released without intensive supervision is set to be freed under the strictest conditions ever imposed by the Supreme Court.
A devastating blaze at Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula was sparked by failed infrastructure.
A BLACK market for sperm donation is operating unregulated on social media as women face a nine month wait for IVF procedures.
Adelaide Airport general manager Brenton Cox aims to have 37 international destinations more on his radar with the airport’s Network Vision 2050 plan
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An emergency fire warning was issued for an uncontrolled blaze threatening homes and assets near Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula.
A young woman charged over the importation of 850g of cocaine stashed inside a puzzle box has appeared in court in person for the first time, while a man also charged over the bust has asked for release on bail.
Australia will launch a green card-style visa ballot to bring 3000 Pacific workers and their families to the country every year.
For the first time since the pandemic hit our shores, Crows fans will be able to watch their heroes close up at the club’s internal trial and season launch.
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South Australia’s defence industry has entered a new era of spending which will provide employment to thousands.
Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe has hinted more interest rate rises are on the horizon despite struggling Australians personally sending him “disturbing letters” about their hardships.
THE patriarch of Haigh’s Chocolates, credited for crafting the taste of South Australia’s much-loved confectionery, has died, aged 93.
One of Adelaide’s most prestigious private schools is set to open the doors on a new $27m wellbeing centre, offering yoga, life coaching, meditation and a cafe with sweeping views over Adelaide.
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Senior police are revamping recruiting strategies as the resourcing crisis deepens, with attrition now double the number of new officers being employed.
AN Adelaide asbestos company has been slapped with a $150,000 fine after a worker plunged to his death from a residential veranda.
Military mop-ups after fires, floods and Covid has left the Australian Defence Force at its lowest state of readiness for decades, at a time when the nation faces its greatest challenges since Federation.
Rescue teams have begun winding down the search for survivors as the focus switches to tackling a dire humanitarian disaster caused by the earthquake that has left more than 35,000 dead in Turkey and Syria
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A local community has been rocked after a what’s understood to be a murder-suicide. On Monday morning Sally Davis stabbed her own mother to death in their Edwardstown home before setting it alight.
The head of the state’s biggest company, Santos, is warning governments against demonising the fossil fuel industry by caving in to campaigns waged by environmental activists.
A mother fears her special needs child is being put as risk by the HIGH school which is denying the admittance of an assistance dog.
Students will stand in the South Australian House of Assembly on Thursday to speak to their peers about creating a better future for the state at The Advertiser’s Teen Parliament.
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Fixing a chronic shortage of workers and housing across country South Australia will help turbocharge the state’s economy
Developers have applied to build 20 luxury villas in a multimillion-dollar project at a nationally-recognised Adelaide Hills winery.
The big four banks are being summoned to Canberra to be publicly grilled about whether customers are getting a fair deal as interest rates skyrocket
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The official cause of death of cricket legend Shane Warne has been shared after his death certificate was released for the first time.
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The biggest residential land release in state history will accommodate at least 23,700 houses for more than 50,000 people.
An escalation in online sperm donation online has led to calls for a national register to minimise the risks of a blood relationship.
The state government will introduce new police powers from Monday in a crackdown on dangerous driving.
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New Adelaide captain Jordan Dawson says he will bring a “hard edge” and hold “teammates accountable” as the Crows seek to jump up the ladder this season.
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Police are set to conduct intensive searches at several landfill sites north of Adelaide for the missing head and limbs of murder victim Geoffrey McLean
South Australian public hospital patients suffered catastrophic events causing severe harm or death ranging from multiple medication errors to foreign objects being left in bodies after surgery
Councillors stood down from their positions because they missed the deadline to declare donations claim they had technical difficulties and the process was difficult to navigate.
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He made the original Press* Food and Wine an Adelaide dining institution and was leading the charge at Osteria Oggi when it was awarded SA’s Best Italian Restaurant in 2016.
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South Australians can look forward to more jobs, industry growth and increased prosperity because of decisive leadership, says property billionaire Lang Walker.
The Women’s and Children’s Hospital faces the prospect of losing young doctors interstate following further accreditation concerns.
An escalation of schoolyard violence has prompted a plea by the principal for an end to the “unacceptable” student behaviour.
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Pop superstar and concert acrobat Pink will be literally soaring towards the stars when she brings her Summer Carnival tour to Australian stadiums next year.
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One in 10 babies in South Australia - or 2000 every year - are reported to child protection authorities before their 1st birthday.
Up to four million Australians are estimated to have been struck down with Covid-19 over the past four months.
After a cooler spell last week, South Australia will swelter through a string of hot and dry days that have prompted a heatwave warning from authorities
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Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says Matt Crouch is “smashing it at the moment” in the Crows’ pre-season.
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A man who abducted student nurse Jasmeen Kaur at North Plympton has changed his plea and admitted to murdering her in the Outback.
Rapid growth in Mt Barker has the Hills centre on track to become the second largest city in South Australia
Lymphatic vessels can make red and white blood cells, University of South Australia researchers have found in a landmark discovery
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Channel 10’s relaunched local news service got off to a slow start on Monday night.
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One of Australia’s most experienced and respected jurists, Brian Martin KC, has been hired to conduct the trial of alleged Hells Angels bikies accused of murder
The Reserve Bank of Australia is almost certain to lift the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points following its first board meeting of the year on Tuesday in Sydney.
A small Adelaide company has been thrust into the centre of a major manufacturing revolution in the US
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Velentina McGee-Champion’s third birthday party will be the biggest celebration she has ever known, with everything a little girl could want and it will also be her last
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Riverland residents have welcomed news that the road between Berri and Loxton will be open within a fortnight, as the state government announced a major road repair and tax relief package for flood-ravaged areas.
A woman who “misjudged” a step and tripped, smashing her face on a walkway at a well-known private school is seeking compensation, saying it “caused, permitted or allowed the step to be deceptive”.
A man who sliced his partner’s neck and finger with a machete has been jailed for the “extremely violent” attack.
Three-quarters of all hotel rooms in Adelaide are already booked for the Saturday night during the AFL Gather Round, two months ahead of the festival of footy.
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Kellie Gardener and her fiance, Port Adelaide star Jeremy Finlayson have opened up about Kellie’s health struggles, saying they thought they were through the worst of it.
Coober Pedy residents fear the town could regularly run out of cash when its only bank closes this month, causing major headaches for businesses and leaving Outback travellers without money.
The parents of murder victim Hannah Clarke will visit Adelaide to argue for new laws to better protect women from controlling and dangerous partners.
CJ Bruton's focus today will be finishing the regular season with a win against Melbourne United, but the Sixers coach will also be doing a little number-crunching on the sideline at John Cain Arena.
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Adelaide is pitching to host the New Year’s men’s cricket Test match for up to seven years in a bid backed by state government funding expected to be worth millions of dollars.
A man has been charged with demolishing an almost 100-year-old coastal clifftop shack at the centre of a battle between an Adelaide grandfather and a US celebrity realtor.
A woman who netted $40m in Thursday Powerball’s draw thought she was being scammed when officials first contacted her.
Australian home prices will plunge more than $100,000 this year as the Reserve Bank prepares to hike interest rates again on Tuesday.
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Organic farmers in the Upper Spencer Gulf have flagged concerns over the resumption of a uranium mining trial in their backyard.
Air conditioning costs are soaring due to hikes in electricity prices but Aussies are still wasting a combined $28m on blowing cool air into empty homes this summer.
Dirty linen is causing a bed shortage in South Australian hospitals, a union claims, with the ripple effect adding to long delays being seen in emergency departments and ambulance ramping.
The Matildas have been gagged from addressing FIFA’s decision to join forces with Saudi Arabia’s tourist authority for this year’s Women’s World Cup, which is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
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Pakistan-born Australian player Usman Khawaja was left behind when his teammates flew to India today after his visa was delayed by the Indian government.
A former DJ convicted of sending nude photos to girls, as young as 14, over Snapchat has been spotted on dating app Hinge after serving a 15 month jail term.
Some South Australian schools are charging more for classic tuck shop items than Adelaide Oval.
One of South Australia’s most esteemed former judges has been remembered for his dedication and service to the state’s judicial system — closely followed by his impressive barbecue skills.
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Australia and France will jointly produce thousands of artillery shells for Ukraine as the two nations symbolically declared they stood side-by-side against Russian aggression.
A 26-year-old mum has spoken of her anguish at being diagnosed with terminal cancer, just as she was beginning to settle into life with her little girl.
Flinders Medical Centre’s woes continue with it being named the third worst hospital in the nation for seeing “urgent” emergency department arrivals within target times.
Adelaides’s Hugh Sheridan claims he was drugged and held against his will for eight hours by a couple who secretly dosed him with a date rape medication.
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A former Adelaide private schoolboy has become one of the most prominent figures in Britain’s biggest far-right extremist organisations, which has been accused of spreading neo-Nazi views.
The removal of temporary inlet closures at Lake Bonney is a step toward normality as floodwaters continue to recede.
The Spice Girls could reunite for a blockbuster concert to mark the coronation of King Charles.
Port Adelaide small forward Orazio Fantasia could be involved in full drills at training on Wednesday for the Power.
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Patients are waiting years with painful, debilitating conditions to see public hospital specialists — then face a separate long queue if they need elective surgery.
The road network ravaged by River Murray floodwaters is unlikely to be fully repaired for at least 12 months, says former Infrastructure and Transport department chief Rod Hook.
Port Lincoln is now the undisputed shark-diving capital of the world after the Mexican government and hungry killer whales shut down its two main rivals.
And in sport, harness racing enthusiasts are in uproar over plans to sell large parts of the state’s main trots facility for development.
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A 17year-old boy has been allegedly forced into a car by two strangers as he walked home from a night out in a bizarre attempted abduction at Somerton Park.
A Greed-fuelled murderer who drowned his wife to claim her half of their combined estate is being sued from his prison cell – for failing to pay his $24,000 landscaping bill.
While property markets around the country are in decline, South Australian homes are bucking the national trend, with the latest Valuer-General’s quarterly report showing Adelaide home values increased by more than 2 per cent over 2022’s final quarter.
And .. Cosi is planning to take on Australia following his shock sacking from SAFM.
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South Australia’s cash-strapped trotting club wants to sell most of its prime land in Adelaide’s north to clear millions of dollars of debt.
Anthony Albanese has a simple message for those weighing up the need for a First Nations Voice to Parliament: “If not now, when?”
An eastern suburbs woman is locked in a battle with authorities after she was ordered to remove 60 rescue pigeons living in her home.
And in sport, Australia has underlined its status as favourite for the netball World Cup after defeating great rival New Zealand in the Quad Series final 56-50 to continue its 13-month unbeaten stretch.
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A teenager planned to “kill as many people as possible” by firebombing a city building, nightclub or shop, and stabbing those inside, to become more “notorious” than his idol, Columbine massacre murderer Eric Harris, a court has heard.
An elderly man charged with damaging Guy Sebastian’s fence claims he was trying to widen the access to his property so he could wheel in medical equipment for his terminally ill wife.
A state government-funded study has found roadside testing may not deter drug drivers, and they are now being hospitalised by crashes at a greater rate than drunk drivers.
And in sport, The Brownlow Medal has been rocked by fresh integrity concerns that umpires are using their mobile phones before casting votes.
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Bus disruptions caused by a global driver shortage will continue on Monday as school students return to the classroom and parents have been urged to check timetables.
One of the state’s largest regional housing projects, in Wallaroo, has been shelved but developers are promising to finish work on a first stage resort while looking for buyers to take over the rest of the $220m development.
A world-leading Australian study has confirmed for the first time that IVF children are the same as their naturally-conceived peers when it comes to early development and educational abilities.
And child sex dolls are being sold via Instagram, a disturbing investigation has revealed
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Almost 60 children who were removed from unsafe parents, or reported to authorities as at risk, have died in the past four years – prompting calls to track their deaths with a public toll.
Ambulance patients who thought they had a free ride during union industrial action before the state election face debt collectors if they fail to pay bills which are now being sent out – almost a year after patients were transported.
Nurses and paramedics would deliver more primary care to Australians under a plan Labor is considering to overhaul Medicare, as GPs warn they must retain control of patient care.
And the whopping debt that sunk Revolution Roofing and sister company Nexteel has been revealed for the first time in what is emerging as one of South Australia’s largest corporate insolvencies.
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The SA Ambulance Service has begun to claw back $4m lost when paramedics took industrial action before last March’s election and stopped billing patients for transport to hospital.
A construction sector boom and record low jobless rate have surged South Australia’s economy to third best-performing in the nation
Teen home shooting
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Anger at hockey club’s move to upmarket suburb
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A taskforce will be set up to help River Murray communities demolish and rebuild up to 4000 submerged houses and businesses
South Australia’s Attorney-General says changes will be made to the state-wide First Nations Voice to parliament to ensure it will not “impinge” on Native Title rights
Prince William's heartfelt message to flood victims
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One of South Australia’s firebrand politicians has launched legal action against a former political staffer from his own party over disparaging social media remarks
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Strict rules will be introduced into South Australian universities to allow students to use artificial intelligence to prepare assignments.
Dead rotting fish washed up from the swollen river are causing a stink at Murray Bridge, with a foul odour engulfing the town.
Almost 60 children who had been removed from unsafe parents, or reported as at risk, have died in the past four years - prompting calls to track such deaths with a public toll.
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Victa Damian is the most exciting greyhound South Australia has produced in years
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South Australia will become the first state in the country to have an Indigenous Voice to parliament, after the SA Greens confirmed that they would back the state-government’s proposal
Fresh off a flight from Colorado where she spent Christmas skiing, Jade Yarbrough ditched her winter clothes, grabbed a bikini and headed to Noosa with boyfriend Michael Clarke.
Students at a brand-new high school will be temporarily relocated due to construction delays caused by wet weather.
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Tour Down Under women riders will take on some of Adelaide’s best recreational cyclists in Friday’s Challenge
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The state government paid less than $500,000 to host British singer Sam Smith at McLaren Vale earlier this month
A Glenelg masseur allegedly preyed upon women he massaged by raping, indecently assaulting and filming them without their knowledge
Car park boss accused of more than $10m in fraud against his former employer has also been accused of cheating it over a property deal involving 11 car parking spaces in central Adelaide.
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His hopes of claiming the Tour Down Under could have been in tatters when he was forced from the road and almost into a parked car but Australian Michael Matthews is instead right in the hunt for the overall honours
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Minor members of one of the world’s richest families were paid to attend the rebooted Valo Adelaide 500 last year, but the state government is refusing to divulge how much taxpayer money was spent
Nearly 300 South Australian companies have registered to compete for contracts that will form part of the Hunter-class frigates supply chain
Slip slop slap is going global with the introduction of the new SunSmart Global UV app
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Perth-born Ben O’Connor says leading the French AG2r Citroen team under pressure to claim podium consistent finishes at the Tour de France is a rewarding challenge.
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Adelaide’s most expensive private schools have ramped up their fees this year, with costs for year 12 increasing by up to 6 per cent – far in excess of 2022’s rises.
A 20-YEAR-old Adelaide man has become the first person in South Australia to be charged with directly assisting a criminal group by distributing encrypted AN0M phones.
Nearly 300 South Australian companies have registered to compete for contracts that will form part of the Hunter-class frigates supply chain, in what will be a major boost to local industries.
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Santos Tour Down Under legend Richie Porte believes South Australia’s Rohan Dennis is a dark horse to win the event ahead of the efex Prologue on Tuesday night.
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Former SA Police assistant commissioner Paul White, the officer credited with launching the fight against the state’s bikie gangs, has been killed in a cycling collision at Glen Osmond.
Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley has called for a radical shake-up of Australian sports funding that would result in lottery finances used to bankroll our brightest athletes
Thousands of eager fans converged on a popular beachside street to see the women riders start in the Santos Tour Down Under’s debut UCI WorldTour race
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A mid North veterinary practice is closing due to relentless online bullying related to the lifetime ban of a rival vet – despite having nothing to do with the penalty imposed on him.
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She is one of Australia’s most recognised faces – an actor, author and a mother of six. But for more than three decades Madeleine West has harboured a dark secret.
An out-of-control and fast-moving bushfire has devastated a protected conservation park in the Adelaide Hills.
Adelaide researchers are working to develop a pill to replace “poo in the post” screening in a bid to detect bowel cancer early and save lives.
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It was Chris Lynn’s Big Bash farewell party at Adelaide Oval on Saturday but his old side the Brisbane Heat celebrated with a gritty 17-run win.
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Adelaide's Naval Shipbuilding College will close next month after the federal government decided not to extend its five-year contract, costing 35 jobs
A new state ministerial code of conduct has been delayed for months over a sticking point
The hospitality sector is bracing for a bumper time with the Santos Tour Down Under officially opening on Friday.
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The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has threatened further industrial action to take place next week following a breakdown in negotiations between bus drivers and their employer over conditions
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Cardinal George Pell was “on top of the world” hours before his sudden death, according to his devastated brother.
A worrying trend has emerged on social media in which South Australian drivers are filming themselves performing wild car stunts
Tourism Minister Zoe Bettison has blasted protesters targeting one of the world’s cleanest, greenest sporting events in an attempt to publicise their views on pollution
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Enzo Cornejo was doing the numbers after his chat with Adelaide legend Taylor Walker. The 11-year-old Enzo had just handed out his business cards for his YouTube channel,
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Welfare groups have called for action after an official report card revealed more than half of all South Australian children are living in disadvantaged socio-economic circumstances.
Adelaide rents are among the nation’s most affordable, despite surging faster than those in any other capital city over the past year
It smells like rotting flesh – but that didn’t stop thousands of people lining up for hours to catch a rare glimpse, or whiff, of the vile-smelling corpse flower as it bloomed for the first time.
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Melbourne Victory fans will be denied any allocated seating in away games, starting with its clash against Adelaide United on Saturday night
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The battle to get children into their local primary or high schools is intensifying, with 20 campuses hitting capacity within the next year.
Homeowners living kilometres from the River Murray, who are not at risk of having their properties flooded, have had their home insurance premiums jacked up or been barred from taking out new policies because of blanket restrictions imposed by providers.
Torrens Transit drivers have threatened to cause further disruption for commuters by striking again if their demands are not met.
And in sport, more than a year ago, Adelaide development boss Marco Bello called former Sandringham Dragons’ coach Josh Bourke about Fischer McAsey.
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Novak Djokovic has reclaimed his place as a dominant force in Australia’s summer of tennis after beating Sebastian Korda from the US to claim the week 1 final of the Adelaide International.
The financial transaction watchdog says an immediate family member of a prominent foreign politician used SkyCity Casino and its bank accounts to funnel millions of Hong Kong dollars out of China while gambling more than $61m in Adelaide
The murky water caused by floods meeting the ocean at the mouth of the River Murray has failed to deter swimmers from enjoying some of South Australia’s most popular beaches.
A bus strike that will cause major disruption to Adelaide’s public transport network will go ahead today as the union and company prepare to hold talks over the pay dispute on Tuesday.
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South Australia’s most senior female public servants are paid tens of thousands of dollars less than male bosses, sparking calls for change.
Parents are being urged to do more to protect their children’s personal data from being exploited by companies, hackers, foreign nations and paedophiles.
Public transport users have been urged to work from home as bus drivers plan to walk off the job amid a feud with their employer.
Bulk billing is on the skids in Adelaide as GPs facing rising costs not being matched by rising rebates.
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The British royal family on Friday faced a barrage of devastating and damaging revelations when the Duke of Sussex’s book, Spare, was accidentally released.
More than one in five South Australian parents have either pulled their primary school-aged children out of private school or are seriously considering switching them to the public system to save money.
Senior Opposition MP Tim Whetstone has stood down as road safety spokesman after revealing that he relinquished his driver’s licence in September for racking up too many speeding fines.
A bus driver from Morphett Vale has described how his battle against the COVID virus turned into a nightmare.
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The Australian War Memorial has changed the use of pronouns for fallen soldiers on social media to avoid mistaking the genders of servicemen and women.
The tax office is coming for Australia’s multimillion-dollar influencer industry with a promise to tax social media stars on gifts from companies, make them pay GST and stamp out bogus deductions.
Lower Murray communities have been warned to brace for rising water levels as burst levees turn Murray Bridge into a vast lake town.
Aussie and businesses illegally importing, selling and advertising nicotine vapes have been slapped with more than $700,000 worth of fines in the past year.
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Adelaide commuters face widespread disruption on Monday when bus drivers walk off the job, demanding a 24 per cent pay rise.
Boating operators have welcomed the state government’s plan to ease restrictions on the River Murray in stages, saying it will fast-track a safe return to recreational activities.
South Australia’s 99-year-old tennis player has played alongside some of the world’s best as he prepares to face off against his Ukrainian counterpart – 98-year-old Leonid Stanislavskyi – at Rod Laver Arena in a “Battle of the Centurions”.
An East End restaurateur is being praised for how he handled a disgruntled customer, who said his “waiter was allergic to fun” and he “wished the owner gets cancer”.
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River Murray communities will benefit from the largest disaster assistance package in South Australia’s history to help them recover from their biggest flood since 1956 – and the bill could get higher.
Health Minister Chris Picton will look at ways to fast-track disabled people through the hospital system after a social media exchange with a distraught mother became a catalyst for potential wider changes.
The man accused of shooting an Edwardstown father in the chest, and leaving him to die in the street, can now be identified.
Novak Djokovic says he holds no grudges over his deportation last summer but admits his journey to Australia this year felt “different” because of the circumstances surrounding his visa cancellation prior to the 2022 Australian Open.
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Four people were killed and three seriously injured after two helicopters on holiday joy rides from Sea World collided mid-air over the Gold Coast.
South Australian property prices have skyrocketed faster than any other state in the past year, earning homeowners tens of thousands of dollars.
Some of Australia’s biggest companies are exploring four-day weeks with no cuts to remuneration – heralding one of the biggest changes to office-based work.
Nine-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic is out in the first round of the Adelaide International – the doubles, that is.
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POlice have found a two-year-old girl – the daughter of Charlene Warrior, who was found dead in a tree in 2021 – after issuing a national alert.
Australia will introduce mandatory Covid testing for travellers from China amid a “rapidly developing situation”.
Tourism leaders and the opposition have called on the state government for clarity on when remaining restrictions on recreational River Murray activities will be eased.
The state government is making almost $1m a week from crime by taxing those who commit it – while short-changing the very victims that money is supposed to be helping.
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Almost 200 electrical contractors have put up their hands to help reconnect power to thousands of flooded Riverland properties in a looming operation described by the Premier as a “massive undertaking”
A court has heard a jealous man fired a bullet from a 100-year-old gun through his former partner’s couch while high on cocaine;
An alleged Adelaide master hacker with microchips embedded in his hands faces extradition to the US after being caught in an elaborate FBI sting.
Move over Novak Djokovic – there’s another big name making a grand return to the Australian stage at the Adelaide International.
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An interstate psychiatrist will be appointed to review the treatment of a suicidal teenage boy – but his family say they have not been given a new plan to keep him alive in the meantime.
Youths as young as 16 are taking photos of themselves armed to the teeth with modified firearms in a disturbing escalation of the northern suburbs gang war.
Dozens of Riverland residents have dug deep to help to protect a heritage 119-year-old Moorook house that rising floodwaters have turned into an island.
Families are facing New Year hip-pocket blows with energy bills, road tolls, passports and even the cost of the humble postage stamp rising.
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THE family of a distressed and suicidal teenage boy say he has been so failed by the health system that they are considering taking him overseas for treatment.
THERE is a light at the end of the tunnel for Riverland communities as floodwaters will rapidly drop to 60GL per day in early February.
CLAIMS by Anthony Albanese that the former Coalition government chose not to engage with China as diplomatic relations soured have been slammed as a false “rewrite of history”.
POLICE officers are helping to fill hundreds of non-crime-fighting jobs in their spare time, but some positions are deemed unacceptable by the top brass.
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The South Australian Premier says The peak has been reached in the flood for Renmark, said Premier Peter Malinauskas in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
A high ranking emergency physician has lashed SA Health in a four page resignation letter in which she says the current state of the RAH emergency department “offends the very humanity” of doctors working there.
US President Joe Biden departed for a US Virgin Islands holiday yesterday, exchanging a deadly snowstorm for a Caribbean vacation.
A mid-strength has topped the list of Australia’s highest selling beers for 2022.
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Employers are scrambling to immediately recruit more than 12,000 workers across several key industries.
Family and friends of Robert ‘Bob’ Eldridge, who was violently stabbed to death on Christmas Day at his Reynella East retirement village, have remembered him as a likeable “family man”.
Former Miss Universe Australia, Olivia Molly Rogers’s ex has been left on the cutting room floor after the beauty asked her wedding videographer to edit her former partner out of their wedding video.
The Crows enter year four of their rebuild under coach Matthew Nicks knowing they can be difficult to beat but their skill level has too often let them down. Last season, it was a key to why they finished 14th.
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It's been a rather sharky start to the holiday season, with the toothy creatures closing metro beaches on two occasions this week and big great whites being spotted near popular holiday spots.
Dramatic footage has captured the moment a 16-year-old girl was arrested by police over the stabbing of a 55 year old man, who was found with life-threatening wounds inside a house.
Another South Australian major public hospital has had a crucial department fail its teaching accreditation review.
Former Miss Universe Australia, Olivia Molly Rogers has revealed that it was she who left her husband of seven months, Justin McKeone.
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SHOPPERS are expected to spend a record $1.5bn in South Australian Boxing Day sales, with retailers offering massive discounts on a wide-range of products from homeware to cosmetics.
A YOUNG Adelaide Hills family has experienced a heartbreaking double blow – with the father suffering a severe back injury in a motorcycle accident while his son battles life with a brain tumour.
It’s a Christmas Day like no other for this married couple of 40 years, but they won’t let the threatening floodwaters dampen their festive spirit.
STAR spinner Nathan Lyon is bracing for an emotional Boxing Day Test as cricket farewells his childhood hero, Shane Warne.
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ADELAIDE Footy League is standing in the way of the Crows’ potential move to Thebarton Oval.
FLOOD peaks are set to hit River Murray communities across Christmas Day and Boxing Day – but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, with a clearer picture of when waters are set to subside.
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to have the CBD’s controversial late-night lockout scrapped.
HE was dubbed Adelaide’s Showdown-winning king – and now Jordan Dawson’s year has a new highlight, announcing his engagement to his beloved “first kiss”.
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THE ABC breached its own code of practice after a two-part Four Corners program about Fox News was found to have “omitted relevant information in a way that materially misled the audience.”
The South Australian government has approved new technology that will allow EV owners to use their car to power their house and potentially sell excess electricity back to the grid.
TOURISM is surging towards its pre-pandemic record levels with new data showing the value to the state is now 90 per cent of its pre-Covid value.
HAVING his back against the wall and with pressure building is exactly the scenario which could see out-for-form opener David Warner thrive as he heads to his 100th Test on Boxing Day, says Steve Smith.
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AUSTRALIA will not allow its grievances with China to be used as leverage during high level talks in Beijing, as Foreign Minister Penny Wong declares the “hard issues” will take time to resolve.
A former British fighter pilot living in the Adelaide Hills is under investigation for his alleged involvement in the training of Chinese fighter pilots.
Non-essential boating, swimming, fishing and other recreational aquatic activities have been banned on the River Murray between the South Australian border and Wellington.
TAHLIA McGrath says she was “strangely calm” after being thrust into the captaincy in just her 18th Twenty20 International when Alyssa Healy injured her calf while batting against India.
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TRACES of the illicit drug cocaine have been detected at parliament house on the last sitting day for the state’s politicians, a special investigation by The Advertiser can reveal.
Increased pressure on the road network and the integrity of the Lower Murray levees must be on the government‘s radar during the state’s flood crisis, according to the Mayor of Murray Bridge.
LIBERAL losses in two elections have spurred wholesale changes in ranking the state’s most powerful people, with former Premier Steven Marshall the most notable casualty.
TO help motorists, the RAA has revealed the cheapest fuel locations for the past three months.
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CLOSING Hindley and Rundle streets to vehicles to create a landmark 2.1km pedestrian strip spanning the length of the CBD will be considered as part of a major traffic review of the city centre.
MEDICATIONS including commonly prescribed antibiotics, diabetes medicines and a major treatment for urinary tract infections are in such short supply that GPs and pharmacists face looking for substitutes.
POLICE are warning hooligans who stormed the AAMI Park pitch and attacked an A-League player and referee they will be “knocking on doors” imminently.
IN a spending binge that will drain bank balances and ring up credit card bills, Australians are tipped to spend as much as $21bn in the 10 days before Christmas Day.
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THE ban on catching snapper will be extended by another three-and-a-half years as the state government invests millions to support sustainability and fishing sectors.
NEW allegations of bribery and illegal practices in the Adelaide City Council election have emerged, including the offer of a job and mass enrolment, according to court documents.
CHARITABLE organisations are facing high demand unlike anything they have ever seen this Christmas, leading to families being turned away.
AS school leavers prepare to receive their end-of-year results, educators and careers advisers are urging parents and students to remember “life doesn’t revolve around an ATAR score”.
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South Australian councils will be forced to increase rates or cut services to pay for electricity bills expected to increase by nearly 400 per cent.
The SES has warned people in low-lying areas between Mypolonga and Tailem Bend, including Murray Bridge, should prepare to evacuate as floodwaters rise.
The Albanese government will allow citizenship ceremonies to be held on a day other than Australia Day.
And the rider whose handlebars snapped at the Tokyo Olympics last year has retired from professional cycling at the age of 26 “to put my health first”.
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SOUTH Australian broadcast news veteran Jane Doyle signed off for the last time on Thursday night after three decades of dominating television ratings.
Australians are about to spend up a storm on Christmas feasts, with tonnes of holiday food to be purchased amid warnings to get in early, with particular products already selling fast.
Snake sightings are on the rise in flood-affected river communities, as experts warn highly-venomous reptiles are abandoning their habitats and seeking shelter in residential areas.
The Department for Child Protection was aware a 15-year-old mother was the victim of statutory rape as she was trying for a baby with her 17-year-old boyfriend, but did nothing.
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THE Brickworks Marketplace shopping centre has been spared from a blue snakelike structure soaring 12m immediately to the east as part of an elevated roadway.
A YOUNG woman has died after she reportedly fell from the Pacific Explorer cruise ship off the Limestone Coast in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
FOODS like ice cream and butter could be feeding some cancers “addicted” to the fats, Adelaide researchers say.
TALENTED sportsman “ruined the life” and abused the trust of a teenage girl after he sexually abused her in a small country town, a court was told.
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THE brothers who executed two police officers and their innocent neighbour in a cold-blooded ambush on the Darling Downs were fuelled by bizarre conspiracy theories.
THE Cold War between former Adelaide captain Taylor Walker and commentator Kane Cornes has erupted again.
A NEW personalised vaccine against melanoma has almost halved the rate of recurrence and death in a major turning point described as cancer’s “penicillin moment”.
Officers have arrested an Ascot Park man linked to the fatal shooting of Adelaide father, Glenn Holton.
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Police have arrested and charged a sixth person with rape over an alleged gang attack on two women in a Hindley St carpark earlier this month.
Glenn Holton, 41, was shot and left on the street to die just after 9.15pm last night.
Two men were stranded in the sea for almost 12 hours after their jetski broke down at Venus Bay on the Eyre Peninsula.
Crows winger Paul Seedsman and wife Alice have announced in an Instagram post they are expecting their first baby.
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YOUNG criminals have armed themselves with firearms in an escalation of Adelaide’s gang war involving people of African descent.
THE Adelaide Crows have a dream start to next year’s AFL season, with four of their first five games at Adelaide Oval.
SOUTH Australian country students are attending university at one third of the rate of their city cousins, and universities have been told to lift their game when encouraging regional students.
PARENTS are pushing kids as young as three into organised sport out of fear their child will be left behind if they don’t start early, new research finds.
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An expert paediatrician has told an inquest into the death of an 11-week-old baby living in squalid conditions that his death was preventable and likely occurred because he was co-sleeping on a filthy sofa bed.
Single and partnered Australian travellers headed for the Indonesian tourist island of Bali have been left in limbo as DFAT has not updated their advice to include warnings about new local laws banning unmarried couples from having sex.
A NEW $600 per head Chef’s Table series will allow diners to get up close and personal with food royalty at Tasting Australia 2023.
FOUR babies died waiting to be flown to Melbourne for cardiac surgery in 2020, while two infants had to be resuscitated at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital while waiting to be transported for heart surgery last year, a parliamentary committee has heard.
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Major Crime detectives were called in to investigate the death of an 11-week-old baby living with his teenage mother in a squalid property in a rural SA town, an inquest has heard.
A YEAR after he was exiled from Australia after a five-day stay in a detention centre, tennis superstar Novak Djokovic is returning down under – and Adelaide is his first stop.
There is no “systematic way” of deciding which reports about at-risk children should be investigated or closed, the state government has been warned, prompting criticism that vulnerable kids are “relying on a lucky-dip system” to keep them safe.
Australia wants to build at least eight nuclear-powered submarines in Adelaide to help forge peace, prosperity and stability in a region at the epicentre of competition between great powers, says Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong.
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The Department of Child Protection kept secret the death of an 11-week-old baby in the care of a “immature” teen mother for four years and has now, on the eve of an inquest into its failings, won a court battle to suppress critical details including the babies first name and image.
A domino effect from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital losing full teaching accreditation for its childrens' intensive care units could see “catastrophic repercussions” which threaten the hospital’s status as an obstetrics teaching centre,
UK megastar Robbie Williams has been announced as the headline act for next year’s Adelaide 500 after the roaring success of the revived race.
Discarded Crow Brett Turner has urged mid-season draft hopefuls to nominate 18-month contracts after lasting just 136 days on an AFL list.
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Premier Peter Malinauskas has opened the door to nuclear power, arguing Adelaide-based submarine construction will bust myths. The father of South Australian Socceroos star Craig Goodwin has spoken of the “surreal” moment his son took to the field. As Holden bade farewell to V8 Supercars in the return of the Adelaide 500, the Premier received a deafening cheer from motorsport fans while presenting the trophy.
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Sick children fighting for life in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital PICU are being left without a doctor in the unit. Alzheimer’s drug proven to slow the disease for the first time. The Adelaide 500 begins its farewell of the Holden Commodore. Adelaide’s experiencing its annual purple patch with the emergence of jacaranda trees around town.
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Careless drivers and boaties who kill or cause serious harm will face harsher jail terms and their licence immediately suspended. The Women’s and Children’s Hospital loses training centre accreditation for its Paediatric ICU. Two small government primary schools see the highest NAPLAN improvement. Pat Cummins has expressed disappointment at Justin Langer’s explosive podcast comments on the eve of the first Test.
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A principal credits a collaborative teaching approach for her public school achieving the highest NAPLAN score across all SA schools. Mannum residents are packing up and fleeing their homes as the state’s flood crisis continues. Matteas Phillipou is the first South Australian taken in the AFL’s national draft. Supercar driver Nick Percat is gearing up to farewell the Holden brand at this weekend’s Adelaide 500.
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MORE than 1000 foreign investors have snapped up homes across South Australia in the past two years, sparking a fresh call to scrap a tax imposed on overseas buyers.
A HUGE parcel of government-owned land at Gillman has been identified as the preferred site for a new prison to house the spiralling numbers of criminals in South Australia.
RESTAURATEURS and function managers are reporting bookings are back to pre-Covid levels or stronger, with key dates at some popular venues booked solid.
ADELAIDE hospitality venues are braced for a record festive season, with the first Christmas free of Covid-19 restrictions since 2019.
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MOBILE phones will be banned from public schools, with principals and teachers throwing their weight behind the move despite previously expressing opposition.
REVHEADS Zara and Mike Tindall will add a touch of royalty to this week’s VALO Adelaide 500.
ADELAIDE cabaret star Matt Gilbertson has returned to the stage for the first time since a horror fall while performing on a cruise ship more than three months ago.
AUTHORITIES will not say how many of the 500 at-risk children identified in a top-level report to government have so far received a welfare check.
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THE owner of the $330,000 sports car that crashed into and killed Sophia Naismith wants it back – so that he can settle his insurance policy and “sell it for scrap”.
THE AFL looks likely to knock back the Premier’s wish for a match next year in the Barossa Valley, identifying an Adelaide Hills ground as a more suitable location.
SOUTH Australia has had a fantastic year for auctions, agents say, but homeowners looking to sell their home under the hammer before Christmas must act now or risk missing out on getting the job done before Santa arrives.
SHOPPERS are back in Black Friday sales, with customers lining up for exclusives and visitors from interstate checking out bargains in the city.
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Children and Christmas enthusiasts alike have been turned away when trying to visit Santa Claus at the Magic Cave.
THE closure of South Australia’s largest thermal generator almost a decade earlier than expected will come at the cost of 100 jobs, a bill to taxpayers of almost $20m and increased threat to the reliability of the state’s power grid.
MANNUM’S kids are worried the embattled town will “not have a very nice Christmas” if rising waters inundate the riverside community.
Independent supermarket operator Foodland is launching its own liquor store chain, promising to showcase the state’s finest producers as it battles head-on with rival grocery retailers.
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ABOUT 150 homes in low-lying parts of Mannum will have their sewerage connections cut off over the next fortnight.
UP to 85,000 South Australian families will have access to cheaper childcare after Labor passed a flagship election promise to raise subsidies.
ORGANISERS of the state’s Schoolies Festival have responded to a disturbing checklist of “challenges” that encourage school leavers to take drugs and engage in sexually explicit activities.
A self-described German “techno marching band” and a Grammy Award-winning US blues artist, whose new album explores the illegal interracial romance of his forebears, are among 35 final acts announced for WOMADelaide.
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THE real fortunes of Sweat co-founders Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce have been revealed in documents detailing for the first time how much the duo earned from the sale of their online fitness empire.
FAMILIES displaced from their homes when the River Murray floods will be eligible for payments up to $1000 under a multimillion-dollar recovery package.
AGED pensioners who live in public housing in South Australia have seen a recent welfare support package eaten away by Housing SA rent increases due to their income going up.
ADELAIDE 36ers owner and prominent South Australian business leader Grant Kelley has denied allegations of inappropriate conduct, which shopping centre giant Vicinity Centres says fast-tracked his departure from the company.
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Irrgators fear the imminent River Murray flood could cost them $2bn as the state government prepares to fly in an extra 1.5 million sandbags to protect at-risk properties.
The alleged head of a multimillion-dollar national drug and money-laundering syndicate who is wanted by the FBI can be identified for the first time after a suppression order was lifted this week.
A new hybrid laser and drone show will help light up the night at this year’s New Year’s Eve celebrations in front of 8000 people at Rymill Park.
And the AFL national draft is just over a week away and clubs’ plans are firming. Fox Footy’s Mick Ablett – a former AFL national talent manager who was taken in the 1999 rookie draft by North Melbourne looks at what every club needs and who they could select.
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TRADITIONAL Owners of the Outback opal Mining town Mintabie say they are “frustrated” and “angry” at the lack of progress made with the town since its government-forced closure nearly three years ago.
A Police officer’s comments made during a hearing for a young Aboriginal mother have been labelled “blatantly racist” and rebuked by a court.
Up to 30 percent of this year’s wine grape harvest will be left on the vine in some regions this vintage, as the industry continues to absorb the impact of China’s effective blockade of Australian exports.
A River Murray expert has called on the government to provide daily updates on expected flows to reduce anxiety among riverside communities.
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Up to 4000 River Murray residents could be without power for weeks as the region braces for a record flood event.
Major aged-care provider Estia Health says residents at its Aldgate home are “safe and well” after concerns emerged some were forced to sleep in chairs and eat lukewarm food during SA’s major blackout.
Adelaide’s queen of news, Jane Doyle, has made headlines telling viewers she will step down next month after 33 years as Channel 7’s newsreader.
Guy Sebastian’s former manager has been jailed for embezzling more than $620,000 of the pop singer’s earnings.
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FAILED Lord Mayoral aspirant Rex Patrick is one of three candidates considering challenging the validity of the Adelaide City Council results in the Court of Disputed Returns.
A BEACHSIDE council has given itself a 20-day window to investigate whether a shopping trolley is lurking below the waters and posing a danger to swimmers at Henley Beach.
UNION workers have launched industrial action against a South Australian-based crane company, vowing to not “fold” until they receive better pay and conditions.
AUSTRALIA has joined the chorus of nations asking for “calm” as investigations into the origins of missiles which killed two Polish citizens begin.
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Premier Peter Malinauskas has doubled down in his defence of the LIV Golf Tour amid backlash over the event’s links to the Saudi Arabia government.
The SACE Board has defended a technical error that allowed senior students to access a literacy tool during exams, saying “spelling and punctuation is not as important”.
Australians will not be asked to roll up their sleeves for a fifth Covid-19 vaccine just yet, Health Minister Mark Butler says.
War veterans and those currently serving have been implored to reach out and support each other following the tragic death of Heather Anderson at aged 28.
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SA Power Networks has requested additional resources from interstate to repair infrastructure damaged in Saturday’s huge storm, which affected about 100,000 customers.
A GROUP of fishermen have been rescued off an Adelaide breakwater as the mammoth clean-up operation continues from the weekend’s wild storms.
ONE of Adelaide’s prized new parcels of land is as an early favourite to home occupants at the soon-to-be-razed city police barracks.
THE d’Arenberg Cube in McLaren Vale will be the stunning backdrop for an intimate outdoor show by British superstar Sam Smith in January.
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ICAC investigators took a taxpayer-funded “weekend off” in Germany while investigating claims ex-Renewal SA boss John Hanlon had improperly used public money for an overseas trip, court documents reveal.
BEIJING must lift $20bn in economic sanctions against Australia as a first step to stabilise relations says Anthony Albanese, declaring he will not “compromise” on values ahead of a potential meeting with his Chinese counterpart.
NEARLY 500 ballots in the Marion Council election are suspected of being false by the Electoral Commission of SA, which is now investigating three cases of voting irregularities.
ADELAIDE residents will be hit by almost an extra week of extreme temperatures by 2030, while the north of South Australia will suffer even longer bursts of intense heat, according to new climate change modelling released by the state government.
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A REVIEW of South Australia’s Child Protection Department which was sparked by a scathing coronial inquest has urged more “respect” and “trust” in a workforce under pressure - and rebuked media reporting of the system’s failings.
THREE bikies who were mourning the loss of a fellow member at his funeral say it can’t be a crime because they’re entitled to religious freedom, a court has heard.
THE malicious intent of the Medibank cyber hackers is evident after they exposed private sexual health details of some of the insurer’s female members.
JENNIFER Aniston has opened up for the first time about her failed IVF attempts, saying the “ship has sailed” when it comes to her becoming pregnant.
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SOUTH Australians are paying the highest electricity prices in the national grid, says a top-level report warning bill relief might not come even with a clean energy supply surge headlined by a risky $593m hydrogen power plant.
THE Minister Anthony Albanese said it would be a “positive thing” if he could meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his nine-day international jaunt to three major diplomatic meetings next week.
ABOUT 500 South Australian children are living in “high-risk” situations, a review into the deaths of two vulnerable kids has found.
A RETIRED teacher was described as a “vicious and scary monster” by the male student he repeatedly sexually abused over a 12-month period.
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STOREROOMS are being converted to emergency department treatment spaces as Flinders Medical Centre desperately tries to find extra beds when it becomes overwhelmed by ramped ambulances and a packed waiting room.
ONE of the state’s top cancer experts made an “error of judgment” when he was busted driving four times the legal limit earlier this year, a court has heard.
SOUTH Australian Liberal senator Alex Antic has accused the ABC of “grooming children” in deciding to air an episode of Play School in which a drag queen reads a children’s story about dress ups.
AN EXTENSIVE rap sheet of poor behaviour has left the Adelaide 36ers with no choice but to release gifted yet troubled import guard Craig Randall II.
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POLICE have been called hundreds of times in a year to South Australian state schools as the public education system records a surge of serious, violent and antisocial incidents.
FORMER prime minister Tony Abbott has pushed for a return of compulsory national service, saying high-school leavers should give back to their country.
A KAYAKER has had a terrifying encounter with a great white shark at Port Augusta.
A RARE lunar event that turns Earth’s moon blood red is set to grace Australian skies on Tuesday – and it may be the last time you can view the spectacular sight for another three years.
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The daily tradition of reciting the Lord’s Prayer would be banned from state parliament, under a controversial Greens proposal to ban a speech that “alienates” MPs from community opinion.
South Australia’s controversial change to Sunday trading hours has been well received by many shoppers across Adelaide.
A 60-year-old giant Santa has returned to the Adelaide Central Market following a rescue mission which saw him saved from being dumped at a landfill.
Two Adelaide universities have been criticised for offering degree positions to thousands of year 12 students before they start final exams.
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Eight council areas will head back to the polls in the New Year after failing to receive enough councillor or mayoral nominations, as latest figures show voter participation is down 25 per cent.
Overseas-trained medical graduates can now get their local registration with on-the-job supervision instead of via exams.
Seafood retailers have started freezing oysters in preparation for Christmas because they fear there will not be enough fresh supplies of the popular dish during the festive season.
Slowed by seven consecutive months of interest rate rises, Adelaide has recorded its first quarterly home value loss since June 2020
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A Detective investigating the disappearance of William Tyrrell believes his foster mother “knows” where the missing youngster’s body is, as secretly recorded audio emerges in one of the country’s most baffling murder probes.
There are two bookend moments in Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor’s life, the first a deadly car crash at age 20 and the second is the looming abyss of the dementia lottery that runs in her family.
A world-leading trial in Adelaide of fast-track keyhole surgery to deal with brain-bleed strokes is proving so successful it is being expanded across the nation.
A lawyer representing a woman who has refused to participate in the AFL’s independent investigation into historical claims of racism at Hawthorn says he is unaware of anyone who has so far committed to participate.
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The state’s top cop says there has been no ”uptick” in youth crime, instead claiming the age of responsibility debate had put a spotlight on the issue.
The “insidious” practice of “stealthing” will be explicitly outlawed in South Australia, after the government announced it would support legislation to criminalise the behaviour.
Checking in baggage on flights has become fraught with anxiety, with growing numbers of passengers choosing to carry on rather than stow because of fears their luggage will go astray.
Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip’s immediate future is on the racetrack and not at stud.
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South Australia’s much-vaunted advantage from renewable energy has been debunked by a top-level inquiry finding lower wholesale prices are not being passed on to consumers.
South Australians have shrugged off consecutive interest rate rises and a surge in living costs to remain confident about the economy and their ability to spend up big or even change jobs.
An alleged voter scam in the Adelaide City Council election – which could affect hundreds of ballot papers – is being investigated by the Electoral Commission of SA.
The Greens are confident legislation to fast-track demolition of the Thebarton Police Barracks to make way for the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital will pass state parliament.
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A household with a $750,000 home loan will soon find itself making the same size monthly repayments as it cost to service $1 million of borrowing just six months ago.
Premier Peter Malinauskas is rejecting “substandard” $200m plans for an Adelaide First Nations Cultures centre after a $50m cost blowout, freezing the project and ordering a review by “eminent Australians”.
A Teenager who has confessed to terrorism offences including teaching bomb-making and swearing an oath of allegiance to Islamic State will be sentenced as an adult, not a child.
Secrecy surrounds the processes used to decide the distribution of more than $95m worth of grants pledged by Labor to dozens of sporting clubs in the lead-up to the state election
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South Australian schools have failed to achieve national average marks in any of the annual NAPLAN tests, raising serious questions about the state’s education system.
There are fears problem gamblers are losing money on the pokies at a faster rate, with more than three-quarters of machines in South Australian venues now accepting bank notes.
There are only six more sleeps to go before Giant Santa makes his return to the streets of Adelaide.
Adelaide United coach Carl Veart is banking on his assistant Damian Mori’s finishing school after the Reds recorded their first win of the season at Coopers Stadium on Sunday.
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Ash Barty has revealed the moment she knew her tennis career had to end, one of many insights in her autobiography My Dream Time. Adelaide’s radio waves have undergone one of their most dramatic days in years. Federal Government focusing on regulations to stop cyber assaults. Babies are in line for a new lifesaving jab next winter to protect them from the deadly Respiratory Syncytial Virus.
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A BHP executive says countries should look to their natural advantages when providing baseload power in a low emissions environment. SA Country Women’s Association members are in the dark about their ousted state president Davina Quirke. New predictions of 135 gigalitres per day along the River Murray by early December. A second former relief teacher at a Rostrevor school has been arrested for alleged indecent assault.
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Police arrest three youths after the shocking stabbing of a nine-year-old boy and his mother at Unley on Sunday morning. An Adelaide truck driver has died after he was crushed by his lorry. La Niña predicted to end in early 2023. Warren Tredrea’s dispute with Channel 9 may avoid going to trial.
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An ambitious plan to build one million homes and cheaper childcare for more than 1.2 million families spearhead the federal budget. Commuters will be able to “tap-and-pay” on board all forms of public transport in Adelaide. Police are investigating whether human remains found on a Salisbury South lot are linked to one of the state’s recent missing persons cases. Common over-the-counter vapes being sold to school kids are packed with nicotine.
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Senior Women’s and Children’s doctors will review why a young stabbed boy was forced to wait several hours to see a doctor for treatment. The rising River Murray could force ambulances to drive patients an extra 44km to receive emergency care. The head of SafeWork SA has denied the Adelaide Football Club was “cleared” of any wrongdoing over its infamous 2018 pre-season camp. Racing SA has appointed Vaughn Lynch as its new chief executive.
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Young boy forced to wait several hours to see a doctor after being stabbed by car thieves outside the family’s Adelaide home. Surf life saving community’s been praised by the young man attacked by a shark. Boy Wonder from Berlin is safely back home after terrifying fall overseas. Jamie Kah has her sights set on winning the race that stops a nation.
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Companies that fail to protect Australians’ personal data will face fines of hundreds of millions of dollars under new laws. Cate Blanchett’s enchanted by South Australia’s film industry. Adelaide’s soared into the ranks of the world’s most expensive cities. Rush to repair Renmark’s dilapidated flood defences takes on new urgency.
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Counsel for the fifteen year old South Plympton boy tell the Youth Court their client would plead guilty to all charges laid against him. Cabinet Minister Geoff Brock opens up as part of The Advertiser’s Can We Talk campaign. Huge changes to SA’s trading hours laws.
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Upcoming weather doesn’t appear to be as severe as last week, with widespread heavy falls predicted for Sunday now “off the table”. Adelaide 36ers have teamed up with a leading sports mentoring company to offer the new SACE-accredited course. Vince Colosimo has been spared jail despite admitting driving high on the drug ice for a second time. Former Port Adelaide football star Chad Cornes is engaged to girlfriend Mikayla Graetz.
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Nationals senator Matt Canavan has challenged Cricket Australia Test captain Pat Cummins over dumped Alinta Energy deal. The barrister for Bruce Lehrmann has told a jury that the prosecution’s case that his client raped Brittany Higgins is “untenable”. State may struggle to finish the North South Corridor on time unless the federal government helps cover a potential cost blowout. Adelaide is rolling the red carpet out for Oscar-winning Australian actor Cate Blanchett.
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The Don’t Let Meth Take Hold campaign is based on research showing how minimal use of the drug can have lifelong health consequences. An AUKUS visa will be considered by the Albanese government to ensure Australia has enough skilled workers. The Victor Codea murder trial has been hit by a “wrecking ball”. No “smoking gun” involved in Marina Go’s decision to step down as the chair of Netball Australia.
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Suicides among children and teenagers in South Australia have reached the highest level in a decade.
Australia's national netball team has been caught up in a row over its failure to wear the logo of its financial saviour.
Almost 80,000 South Australian children live in households where skipping meals and even food for a day is common as rocketing cost-of-living pressures hit families.
Former Labor prime minister Julia Gillard says ensuring the best start in life for all South Australian children will be her focus as head of the state’s Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care.
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Brittany Higgins has pointed a finger across a hushed courtroom and spoke directly to her accused rapist, Bruce Lehrmann, telling him: “Nothing was fine after what you did to me.”
South Australian grain farmers are set to reap the most valuable crop on record, forecast to be as much as $4bn.
The Advertiser has spoken with some of the fresh, young faces who have nominated in the upcoming local government elections on November 12.
Hugh Sheridan has been sitting on a juicy secret for the past decade.
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The driver of a luxury supercar which left the road, killing a teenage girl and injuring her best friend, has been spared jail.
The “emergency phase” of the Covid pandemic officially ended today at 12.01am as virtually all legal restrictions were removed, including mandatory isolation if people test positive and wearing masks in public if positive.
Lily Baulderstone was just 12 years old when she saw her first show at the Adelaide Festival Theatre, and now she’s showcasing her talents on the same stage.
Flying cars will take to the skies of the South Australian Outback this weekend for a race designed to shake up global motorsport.
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Family and friends of Sturt footballers and officials caught up in the 2002 terror attacks in Bali gathered at an emotional memorial service to mark 20 years since loved ones were lost and lives changed forever.
The sale of the West End brewery in Thebarton has moved a step closer as an archaeological dig on the site draws to an end.
Energy experts have cast doubts on Anthony Albanese’s key election promise of slashing power bills by $275 a year by 2025.
Dame Angela Lansbury, has died at the age of 96.
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Failing aged care homes across South Australia are letting residents suffer in pain, leaving them sitting in their own faeces, not attending to their wounds properly and using drugs to keep them sedated.
One of the state’s best-known lawyers is the subject of an unsatisfactory conduct investigation by the legal watchdog following a scathing Supreme Court judgment that exposed his conflict of interest in a multimillion-dollar estate case.
The older brother of a man who may have been taken to a Perth hospital morgue before he was dead has spoken out about the shocking incident.
A prestigious Adelaide school has been praised for publishing a list of how much it pays teachers to undertake extra-curricular activities.
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The wife of a man who tragically died in the Canadian Rockies has thanked him for inviting her into his world of adventure. Direct entry and exit access from an upgraded South Rd will be built to the Adelaide Crows’ proposed new HQ. A home handyman, who did work on well-known trauma specialist Dr Bill Griggs’ Goolwa South holiday home, is facing a string of charges. Metropolitan councils have sold 15 properties to recoup outstanding ratepayer debts.
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Only one of several fights at Golden Grove High School that were made public last week was reported to police.
NCA bomber Domenic Perre is likely to die in jail and will have to live into his late 90s for any hope of being released over his infamous 1994 crime.
Hot chip lovers may soon have to pay more for the salty snack amid fears of an impending shortage of the fast-food favourite.
And.. WHEN her dreams of becoming a ballet dancer were crushed by a devastating scoliosis diagnosis at age 16, Justyce Manton decided to instead reach for the stars.
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With one in four families living below the poverty line there are calls for a free breakfast program in state schools to be extended to include lunches for an estimated 75,000 children living in extreme poverty.
An experienced high school principal and leadership adviser can be revealed as the man drafted to help turn around troubled Golden Grove High School.
The junior heir to one of the most powerful South Australian seafood companies has been charged with a litany of child-sex and exploitation offences.
And.. Crows chairman John Olsen is vowing to throw open Thebarton Oval’s chain mesh fences for open space –Mr Olsen tried to defuse residents’ concerns about the AFL club’s proposed training base robbing them of access to an adjacent park, Kings Reserve.
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Besieged clinicians have called the doctors’ union to inspect the Royal Adelaide Hospital over alleged safety breaches three times this week, as the health system continues to buckle under stress.
City business owners say it is lucky no one was killed when large perspex panels and metal framing fell from the facade of a high-rise CBD building during the state’s wild weather.
Adelaide resident Chris Harwood embraced his brother Stephen for the first time in 67 years.
The last time the siblings were together was in 1955, in their home town of Launceston, Tasmania.
Izak Rankine is on the verge of becoming a Crow.
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Strained South Australian household budgets have taken another hit after the Reserve Bank hiked interest rates for a sixth consecutive month.
More than 12,000 South Australians were without power this evening, with wild weather leaving a southern suburbs shopping centre in the dark and trees down across the city.
Disgraced Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is being fed by a tube and no longer able to speak as he battles neck cancer.
The Adelaide Thunderbirds have scored an international coup, luring former England mentor Tracey Neville to their coaching team for the upcoming Super Netball season.
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A code of conduct will be introduced for South Australia’s 36,000 teachers in a further crackdown on inappropriate behaviour, including sexual abuse, drug taking and grooming.
Another Adelaide nursing home has been battling a major Covid-19 outbreak as authorities scramble to stop the virus spreading through aged care facilities.
Holidaymakers are flocking to the Adelaide Hills, with local tourism operators reporting a boom in visits and the length of stays.
And.. It was supposed to be a pre-season exhibition for the Phoenix Suns but instead it was the Adelaide 36ers who put a history-making show to stun the $270 million NBA outfit with a dazzling shooting display which had to be seen to be believed.
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The South Australian hospitality industry desperately needs 7000 more workers ahead of the festive season – or pubs, bars and dining spots could be forced to close.
A parliamentary committee has heard dead bodies are being kept in an external storage facility under a “disturbing rack, pack and stack policy” implemented because the morgue at Forensic Science SA is full.
A new portrait has been released showing the future of the monarchy, taken the evening before the Queen’s state funeral.
The Crows list manager says Adelaide is extremely unlikely to make any more additions outside of Izak Rankine this trade period.
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Swimming champion Kyle Chalmers was so mentally scarred from a media storm surrounding his relationship with national teammates Emma McKeon and Cody Simpson earlier this year he penned a detailed letter announcing his retirement from the sport.
Teachers have called for principals to resist pressure to stop suspending or expelling students who engage in violent behaviour.
Australia's most expensive building, the $3.2bn new Women’s and Children’s Hospital, will cost almost three times the state’s flagship Royal Adelaide Hospital on a per-bed basis.
The Australian Opals capped off a program-defining World Cup campaign with a bronze medal in a fitting farewell for Lauren Jackson, the country’s greatest player.
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The mother of the boy filmed battering a cowering student in the Golden Grove High School toilets has spoken out about the sickening footage.
A top-level project team has been established to find a new home for the inhabitants of the soon-to-be-razed Thebarton police barracks.
Pre-pandemic life will return for the vast majority of Australians on October 14, after National Cabinet decided unanimously to scrap mandatory Covid isolation from that day.
Cricketer Nathan Lyon’s foray into children’s books is the life story you write when you’ve always been more comfortable with kids than the spotlight of being a Test star.
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Five savage attacks have been recorded in about two weeks involving students from an embattled northeastern school, with parents now at odds over how to protect their children.
The average SA house now attracts the highest stamp duty tax, prompting a call for changes to calculations to boost property sales, especially encouraging downsizing.
Troubled game-show host Andrew O’Keefe has been rallying his “band of brothers” at a rehabilitation centre.
And new research has revealed A dog’s nose knows, almost always, when its humans are experiencing stress.
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It’s been revealed a footpath installed as part of a $5m revamp to a city side street will be ripped up and replaced – because the concrete is the wrong shade of grey.
Hundreds of Optus victims have flooded Service SA to take advantage of the state government’s decision to waive the $20 fee to change a driver’s licence.
Some residents have refused to leave homes directly downstream of a failing dam in the Adelaide Hills, where the the State Emergency Service is urgently draining water.
A South East public high school has introduced a toilet lockout to curb students from filthy acts of vandalism where faeces has been smeared on bathroom walls, ceilings and sinks.
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The new Women’s and Children’s Hospital will be built on the Thebarton Police Barracks site after a review considered six locations and found it was easily the best.
The Attorney General has revealed The FBI will assist local crime-fighting agencies investigating the Optus hack.
A South Australian restaurant that sources inspiration and ingredients from its surrounding gardens has been named the country’s best.
Port Adelaide footy boss Chris Davies says the Power is planning on being “aggressive” this trade period.
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A Southern suburbs high school has urged a mayoral candidate to remove a video about its performance from social media, saying “parents and students have taken extreme offence”.
Optus argued that it should not be subject to new legislation designed to enhance online privacy and strengthen the rights of consumers in a submission to the federal government last year, it can be revealed.
The cost of running household appliances has gone up by as much as 22 per cent this financial year.
New data has found Thousands of Aussies are continuing to abandon Victoria and NSW for other states,
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South Australia will launch a counter attack on Victorian authorities trying to poach the state’s nurses as health chiefs double the number of junior graduates jobs.
Australians will have cheaper access to medicines for migraines, arthritis, bipolar, stomach ulcers and several cancers, following a review of prices expected to save $1 billion.
The Comanchero bikie gang’s secret messaging app of choice is being shut down in another blow to the outlaw pack.
And in sport, Geelong threw the two biggest punches at Richmond during its glorious back-to-back premiership run without ever landing a knockout blow.
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A gang of youths is behind Adelaide’s year-long spate of luxury vehicle thefts and wild police chases that have been causing mayhem on the roads, it can be revealed.
Charges of theft against convicted South Australia drug smuggler Cassandra Sainsbury have been dropped at the request of a small Yorke Peninsula tennis club.
Authorities are investigating claims by two councillors that an influx of more than 300 voters in their West Torrens ward may be a local government election scam.
And in sport, they say good things come in threes, but at Port Adelaide, it seems better things might come in fives.
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A driver who hit and killed a teenage girl in his out-of-control high-performance car has been described by her family as “a psycho” and “a coward”.
Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham knows he is on the verge of a rare footballing double if the Swans are victorious in Saturday’s Grand Final.
The actor who played Mr Sulu in Star Trek has beamed into Adelaide to ensure that a new enterprise lives long and prospers.
And in sport, declining volunteer and junior numbers have spelt the death of the Mallee football and netball leagues, leaving the future of sport up in the air in some towns.
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Australia’s second largest telco Optus has suffered one of the most significant data breaches in Australian history, with the personal details of millions of customers stolen by hackers in a cyber attack.
The mother of slain British tourist Peter Falconio has made an impassioned plea for public help to locate the body of her beloved son.
A regional town home to a hardcore group of methamphetamine users is so awash in the drug that people seeking to recover from addiction should live elsewhere, a court has heard.
And in sport, just a handful of seasons into Joel Selwood’s AFL career at Geelong, his former captain Cameron Ling wondered about the tough young midfielder’s longevity in the game.
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Young Indigenous Hawthorn players were separated from their partners and were pressured to terminate a pregnancy by key Hawks officials including then-senior coach Alastair Clarkson, according to allegations reported by the ABC.
Renowned winemaker Warren Randall wants to ignite an audacious bid to create the world’s seventh Disneyland in South Australia and is offering part of his extensive McLaren Vale land holdings for a site.
A woman who fell pregnant to a teen she had repeatedly sexually abused has been jailed for almost five years, a court has heard.
And our doctors involved in a bitter contract dispute with SA Health will no longer attend emergency services at two rural hospitals.
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A festival of footy centred on Adelaide Oval would showcase all nine AFL matches in a single round next year, under South Australia’s bid for a proposed one-state carnival.
SA Health’s chief executive Dr Robyn Lawrence said reducing ambulance ramping times would be one of her first priorities in her new role.
The Wallabies match against the Springboks at Adelaide Oval proved a multimillion dollar winner for the state’s tourism sector, which recorded winter revenue highs.
And almost four million Australians tuned into the live television broadcast of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral in London to farewell the longest-reigning British monarch.
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A senior safety officer at a major construction company claims he was bullied, harassed and threatened by members of the CFMEU – then sacked because his employer wanted to “stay on side” with the union.
Up to 100 elective surgeries scheduled for Thursday will be cancelled for the national day of mourning for the Queen.
A $25m community health hub will be built at Mount Barker, offering social care, allied health and disability services to the expanding Adelaide Hills region.
And in sport, footy fans yet to book a flight to Melbourne for Saturday’s AFL grand final should get in early with cheap flights still available from Adelaide.
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Never before had the grandchildren of a monarch taken their places around the sovereign’s coffin as it was lying in state. The Queen Consort is set to pay a public tribute to her mother-in-law. Concerns there’s overdiagnosis of ADHD in children. Adelaide Crows star Tex Walker and wife Ellie have announced they’re expecting a third addition to their growing family.
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The tragic death of a young driver in the state’s southeast takes the number of P-platers killed on our roads in 2022 to 10. Surge in colds and flus across South Australia has left many local pharmacies with little or no medication. Adelaide private school has notified parents that a former teacher has been charged with indecently assaulting a child. Port Adelaide superstar Erin Phillips has celebrated her 50th match in fine style.
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As Princes William and Harry walked behind their grandmothers’ coffin on its procession to Westminster on Wednesday, all eyes were on the emotional brothers
One of the state’s largest public schools says a “large number” of its students are spouting the hateful, mysoginistic views of reviled influencer Andrew Tate
Some of Adelaide’s most famous icons, landmarks and personalities have been immortalised in a new mural at the Elizabeth City Centre
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As the world woke up to the news that Roger Federer was retiring from international tennis, one bloke in the Barossa already knew.
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SA’s jobless rate falls to its lowest level on record, despite national rise caused by Aussies searching in a tight labour market. The nuclear watchdog gives Australia the green light to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Concerns over $100m funding promised at the federal election to a range of community groups. Bedford Park intersection the worst in the state for casualties.
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The new monarch was signing a visitor’s book at Hillsborough Castle when he became upset after the pen he was using leaked over his hand. Adelaide bootmaker R.M. Williams has signed a deal to outfit Rugby Australia. A woman brutally stabbed multiple times by her fiance has vividly recalled her horrific attack in a victim impact statement. Retailers secured for the long-anticipated discount outlet centre at Parafield Airport have been revealed.
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King Charles completes the most critical and sensitive part of his UK tour, visiting Belfast on a day which mixed protocol and politics. SA’s Young Australian of the Year handpicked to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. A court has ruled two bikie gang members will be allowed to question expert police witnesses. The upcoming inaugural AFLW Showdown will be a groundbreaker for more than seeing football’s greatest rivalry extend into women’s football.
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Nicola Spurrier has joined celebrities John Cleese, Steve Irwin, Beyonce and David Bowie in having a scientific discovery named after her. Official bodies involved in police discipline cases want secret hearings open to the public. Long wait for patients at Flinders Medical Centre’s emergency department. Port Adelaide’s key tall Jeremy Finlayson reveals toll of the season while supporting partner through cancer.
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Princes William and Harry and wives Kate and Meghan reunited yesterday in tribute to the Queen. A crowd of more than 8000 South Australians turned out to watch the state proclaim the new King Charles III. Flinders Medical Centre has slashed 12 beds from its busy Emergency Department. A court has heard a member of the Finks motorcycle club should be held in continuing detention.
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It was his destiny 70 years in the making and on Saturday night Prince Charles was officially declared King Charles III. It is now expected the Queen’s funeral will take place on Monday September 19. Pages of condolence books are filling up and a collection of floral tributes are growing at Government House. Dozens of Australian leaders have gathered in the nation’s capital to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth.
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The Premier of South Australia has paid his “sincere condolences” to the Royal Family after the death of Queen Elizabeth. Olympic gold medallist and former South Australian governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson was only 20 when she first met Queen Elizabeth. A potentially lifesaving test for babies, perfected in Adelaide, has been added to US newborn screening – but not in Australia. A prominent hotelier has been ruled “unfit” to hold a liquor licence.
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Analysts argue current interest rates are approaching the same impost on the household budget as the sky-high rates of the early 1990s. A country vet has been banned from practice for life. Residents and business owners in Port Augusta are facing the aftermath of a “one in 10-year weather event”. Kingston’s been left in limbo after doubts were raised over funding promised to build a much-needed childcare centre.
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A former navy chief and senior defence industry figures have sparked calls to radically transform Lefevre Peninsula. A murderous rapist breached his parole on nine occasions without the public or his victim’s family ever being told. Dire shortage of electricians in South Australia boosts pay for some. Council supplied cat traps have reignited opposition to a controversial council plan to confine felines to leashes and homes.
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Kimba is offering a rent-free house and renovated medical centre as part of its national search for a GP. Mergers of South Australia’s 68 local councils has been put on the agenda by Premier Peter Malinauskas. The man found dead inside a caravan in a remote coastal property was a convicted drug trafficker and his body may have been there for days before being discovered. Matthew Pavlich says being inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame is “a great honour’’.
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NASA has been forced to postpone the launch of its Artemis rocket
it's been 14 years since Jo Fincham won Rob Hodges’ heart on Farmer Wants a Wife – and she is still taking very good care of it.
A mixed-use development of residential, commercial and retail must be considered for one of Adelaide’s premier locations
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One of Australia’s top gynaecological cancer researchers has warned more women will needlessly die
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Age pensioners will be able to work more hours without having their payments reduced
A Teenager is fighting for life after falling from an electric skateboard
South Australian media legend Ken “KG” Cunningham will have the Adelaide Oval media centre named after him
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Superstar singer Robbie Williams has revealed that two famous Aussie women are among his biggest crushes.
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Premier Peter Malinauskas has flagged his support for controversial industry-wide bargaining laws
Masks mandates on public transport are set to end and Covid-19 isolation requirements could be further slashed or completely abolished by the end of the month
Australia Post is planning to close as many as 30 branches across the country
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An Adelaide couple says what was meant to be a happy Queensland island resort holiday became a “nightmare”
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House Hunters priced out of the property market in Adelaide can breathe a sigh of relief as house prices have dropped
SA Health is offering up to $750,000 a year for an experienced GP to work in the Lameroo-Pinnaroo district
Jewish students studying at Adelaide University are being left increasingly scared on campus over claims of rising anti-semitic behaviour
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Crows defender Billy Frampton is clear to play in Sunday’s SANFL second semi-final against North Adelaide.
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Cocaine Cassie Sainsbury has arrived back in Adelaide for the first time since she was caught smuggling cocaine in Colombia.
Meghan Markle has lashed out at British people, who she says called her children “the N-word”.
An Adelaide high school has sent guidelines to parents and teachers to help handle students exposed to misogynistic social media content
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SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens has revealed how it helped turn Tyson Stengle from dumped Crow into an All-Australian small forward
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A notorious Rebels bikie who made headlines for bashing a sex offender in prison and then posting the vision online has died suddenly
A shop owner who tried to stop a man from stabbing another customer during a violent carjacking says he “felt guilty” he couldn’t do more.
A judge has questioned whether a teacher with autism, who groomed a student for sex, still poses a threat to children
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Motorbike racing at The Bend is set to be a “Thriller” this November thanks to a big-name contender.
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Slashing red tape holding up skilled worker visas, ensuring Australians are trained for in-demand jobs and amending unemployment services are key areas Anthony Albanese will seek support to reform.
Laidback Aussie parents are facing a spike in tech-related tantrums
Two of the state’s most senior bikies are taking their fight to stave off deportation from Australia to the High Court.
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Daniel Ricciardo’s route to a competitive seat in Formula 1 is facing a new threat, with Alpine reportedly considering luring Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri to fill its 2023 vacancy.
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Frontline nurses dealing with drug-fuelled patients are seeing cases of abuse on the rise
The state’s top public doctor has been rehired after her “extraordinary” leadership during the Covid pandemic
Today marks a momentous day in the history of the Port Adelaide Football Club, with the Power’s inaugural women’s team playing its first AFLW game.
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Adelaide Oval will become a sea of green and gold on Saturday as international rugby makes its long-awaited return to SA.
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Education Minister Blair Boyer has put “selfish” parents who stop their kids from going to school on notice
South Australian greyhound racing is in turmoil over allegations a trainer engaged in live-baiting practices.
When little Charlie Nowland’s favourite songs came to a stop, all that could be heard were the pain-filled sobs of distraught mourners who had gathered to say a final farewell
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Another Adelaide private school has dropped the International Baccalaureate diploma
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A second oval becoming available has led Adelaide Football Club to choose Thebarton as its new home.
An elderly man killed his wife before himself in a suspected murder suicide at a Glynde retirement village
A young entrepreneur making some pocket money at a regional weekend farmer’s market has been left stunned after he was asked to pay weekly venders fees.
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SA gamer labelled one of the top influencers
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The aggrieved father of “Cocaine Cassie” Sainsbury doubts his eldest daughter will contact him during her first visit to Australia since being released from a Colombian prison.
A veteran police officer has labelled the actions of a man in custody who threw a used tissue at him as “despicable, disgusting and downright un-Australian”, a court has heard
A meth user who set almost 40km of Yorke Peninsula farming land alight on the first day of bushfire season told police “Ido stupid s**t when I’m high
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Izak Rankine has officially asked for a trade to Adelaide in a massive coup for the improving Crows.
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Anthony Albanese has signalled a review of Scott Morrison’s conduct is on the horizon ahead of the release of legal advice into the secret jobs saga
A major hotel group with premium hotels in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane is using a four-minute soft porn video in advertising to entice “incorrigible lovers” to book in for a stay
The shop vacancy rate along Rundle Mall has dipped to its lowest level in almost 15 years, according to property firm CBRE
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Returning playmaker Bernard Foley says the 2019 Wallabies cared “too much” about their World Cup campaign, as he seeks to help the team turn around its flailing form
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A proposed new licensing scheme for motorists who want to drive high-powered sports cars – being considered in the wake of the death of Sophia Naismith – would apply to people who already own such vehicles.
More than 260 hospitality workers have told their stories of workplace harassment and abuse through a new website.
A lack of CBD childcare centres in the city has resulted in more parents continuing to work from home, new research has shown.
And in sport, key players Andrew Kellaway and Angus Bell have returned for Australia as they prepare to face world champion South Africa at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
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The families of road crash victims have thrown their support behind Sophia Naismith’s family – along with a 6000-signature strong public petition calling for immediate change.
Landmark wound healing technology developed in Adelaide is being tested on human patients after successful animal trials in an “Adam and Eve” stem cell breakthrough.
Hollywood has come to the remote opal-mining town of Coober Pedy.
And in sport, Big Bash draft king Rashid Khan says the competition should be cut in half to stop global stars staging a mid-season exodus.
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The family of popular Adelaide teenager Sophia Naismith, who was killed by a Lamborghini, want major reforms to the state’s motoring laws after the luxury sports car’s driver was acquitted over her death.
Children should not be left with parents who are using methamphetamine and a positive test result “must prompt action”, Child Protection Minister Katrine Hildyard says.
A push to stop giving women in labour laughing gas for pain relief due it its high carbon footprint – and instead give them opioids – has won support from an Adelaide study.
And in sport, Port Adelaide’s leaders have lit the fuse for an explosive Showdown on Saturday night, calling the Crows entitled and arrogant.
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The two-year-old boy at the centre of a criminal neglect investigation is still in hospital nine days after he was allegedly scalded with hot water and found to have meth in his urine.
Adelaide's first dedicated clinic to prescribe medicinal cannabis has been opened at Pasadena.
A woman who lost her partner in a workplace incident – which could have been prevented if safety gear was hired for $700 – has implored employers to put the safety of their workers above all else.
And… Australian rugby sevens Olympic gold medallist and NRLW star Ellia Green has announced he has transitioned to male.
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Two children remain in hospital after allegedly being stabbed by their mother in a horrifying attack on the North-South Motorway overnight.
Scott Morrison has apologised “for any offence” he caused his colleagues by secretly appointing himself to five additional portfolios while he was in the top job.
Jack White, Crowded House, The Black Crowes and Sam Fender will headline one of the strongest concert line-ups seen in the city for years at November’s Harvest Rock festival.
And in sport, plans to revive the Adelaide Motorsport Festival in November have been ditched and the event – billed as a rival for the world-renowned Goodwood speed festival in Britain – is now slated for next March.
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The Albanese government will back an option to build Australia’s first military base in 30 years to berth half the new fleet of nuclear powered submarines on the east coast.
A woman heroically used her handbag to fend off a mentally ill homeless man who attacked her husband with a hammer as the couple were enjoying a Sunday morning stroll near the University of Adelaide.
A triple whammy looms for many people hoping for local GPs who bulk-bill, with warnings it will add yet more pressure to the embattled public hospital system.
And in sport, Scott Burns has no trouble believing Port Adelaide players hate their cross-town rivals.
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An eight-year-old northwestern suburbs boy will have life-changing surgery after doctors discovered a plastic toy had been lodged in his throat for five years.
Councils that hit residents and businesses with inflation-busting rate hikes will be named and shamed by a state government watchdog.
An adventure-loving red panda’s daring three-day escape from Adelaide Zoo has come to a dramatic end.
And in sport, Port Adelaide ended a turbulent week with a statement win against Essendon at Marvel Stadium by 84 points on Sunday.
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A woman awarded a $2.8m payout after she was relentlessly bullied by her boss has slammed his appointment to a senior role at Racing SA saying it demonstrates a toxic culture of sexism within the industry.
The state’s most senior drug and organised crime detective believes police, health and education departments must work together in the fight against methamphetamines.
The federal government’s temporary fuel excise cut has not restrained the ballooning costs of transport for Australian families.
New data has revealed Kangaroo Island and the Fleurieu and Yorke peninsulas are among the sickest regions in Australia.
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Fuelled by spite, Shaun Preston Mate drafted a vindictive note to his then-wife and tried to fatally gas both himself and the couple’s daughter in their Eden Hills home.
Almost half of all detainees in the Adelaide City Watch House tested positive to methamphetamine last year, a staggering fourfold increase in just over a decade, according to the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Australians should expect to see a lot more smartphones that flip, fold and flex in the coming year as interest in folding phones skyrockets by 300 per cent and sales break the 10 million barrier for the first time.
And in sport, Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says he never doubted he would see out his contract because he trusted his conversations with the club.
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Julie-Ann Finney has been on a one-woman mission to expose defence injustices since her 38-year-old navy son David suicided in 2019.
A nine-year-old girl living in squalor and surrounded by animal faeces, rotten food and a flooded house, was twice allowed to return to the care of her grandfather despite police officers labelling the conditions “sickening”.
A battle over developer Theo Maras’s $27m “legacy” apartment tower in the city will head to the Full Supreme Court, with a high-profile neighbour launching a new challenge against the project.
The state’s top netball league will undergo an “evolution” in an effort to create a more even competition following more than a decade of domination by two clubs.
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Chloe Lattanzi has broken her silence following the death of her mother, Dame Olivia Newton-John.
A child-sex charge against a regional relief teacher has been withdrawn in court.
One of the hottest names in television has touched down in Adelaide to kick off production on new feature thriller The Royal Hotel.
And in sport, former Adelaide player Josh Jenkins has lodged a freedom of information application with SafeWork SA, seeking a copy of the organisation’s secret report into the Crows’ notorious 2018 pre-season camp on the Gold Coast.
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A 47 year old man died on a Plympton footpath after a 42-minute wait for an ambulance, and despite desperate attempts by a heroic bystander to revive him.
Some of South Australia’s most vulnerable patients are subjected to “substandard” care at government disability facilities, a damning review has found.
A young woman who fell from a moving ute and was run over by a taxi in the early hours of Sunday morning has “pulled through”, her mother says.
And in sport, Taylor Walker insists he did everything he could as captain to address the fallout of Adelaide’s pre-season camp in 2018.
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South Australia’s mining sector is set for a major consolidation with global giant BHP pitching an $8.4bn takeover bid for Adelaide-based copper miner OZ Minerals.
Teal independent Sophie Scamps is pushing to change the way junk food advertising and marketing is regulated to try to stop the growing childhood obesity “epidemic”.
Space debris is going to get worse as thousands of new satellites are launched, a new SA research paper has warned.
And in sport, COVID quarantine rules could be cut from seven to five days in the week after the AFL Grand Final in a change that would help players in the upcoming AFLW season.
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A contentious construction union donation to South Australia’s Labor Party will be repaid or donated to charity, Premier Peter Malinauskas has ruled.
Covid has been a double whammy for thousands of South Australians who have been reinfected with Omicron for a second time in recent weeks, new data shows.
Bikie gangs and other organised crime groups will lure children into their illegal enterprises if a move to increase the age of criminal responsibility succeeds, it is feared.
And in sport, Adelaide put a tough week off the field behind it to spoil the Josh Kennedy retirement party on Sunday at Perth Stadium.
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Adelaide lawyer Greg Griffin is talking to at least seven Adelaide players who were part of the club’s notorious 2018 pre-season camp about launching a class action against both the Crows and the AFL.
Adelaide marathon runner Jess Stenson has arrived home to warm embraces from her family after her first Commonwealth Games gold medal.
Australia's most wanted bikie Mark Buddle will remain behind bars after being remanded in custody.
Guy Sebastian’s ex-manager, who embezzled $620,00 from the singer, has been released on bail despite a desperate bid to keep him behind bars until he is sentenced.
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Police are baffled by the discovery of a man’s body found in a submerged car at West Beach.
A retired guide dog is believed to be the latest victim in a string of poisonings in the Barossa region.
The exodus of GPs from rural medical clinics has begun after a federal government change.
Johnny Famechon was one of the most popular and skilled Australian boxers of all time, but it was a brutal accident outside the ring that proved his incredible toughness.
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Former AFL star Eddie Betts has revealed he resorted to elbowing an instructor in the head after a devastating taunt during the infamous Adelaide Crows camp.
A Queen Elizabeth Hospital employee has claimed a “reckless” staff party during South Australia’s latest Covid-19 wave put additional pressure on its already short-staffed emergency department
South Australian motorists are being urged to fill up now as the price of petrol shoots back to $2 a litre across most of Adelaide.
A popular Californian music and wine festival will be replicated in the parklands following state government intervention to close a city road.
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The grandparents of two children failed by child protection authorities in the lead-up to their 2016 murders have slammed an independent inquiry into government agencies as “useless”.
Brett Chalmers should have been on top of the world after his swimming superstar son Kyle won gold in the Men’s 100m freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.....instead he was angry.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the nation’s benchmark interest rate by another 0.5 of a percentage point.
Pharmacies will get a $275 payment from the world’s biggest tobacco company when they order its VEEV vaping product under a controversial cash for vapes scheme.
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Craigmore boy Makai Wanganeen's tragic death is the subject of a second major investigation involving possible criminal neglect.
An 18-year-old Indigenous woman who was placed in eight different residential homes by the Department for Child Protection, told of the lasting effects of the unstable placements.
A carer advocate says foster parents should be given access to a “secret” state government safety manual to better protect children in their care,
Former Australian swimmer-turned-popular TV presenter Johanna Griggs says Kyle Chalmers is “feeding” the very headlines he’s railed against at the Commonwealth Games as she issued a reality check about the media’s role in covering sport.
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South Australia is facing a worrying gas shortage as resources dry up and producers ship most of their supplies overseas, the consumer watchdog has warned in a shock report.
The Adelaide Crows and AFL are investigating claims a fan racially vilified Carlton star Adam Saad during Saturday night’s clash at Adelaide Oval.
Australia's tax on beer is on the rise again, with the biggest increase in more than three decades set to be passed on to pubs and beer lovers.
Kyle Chalmers has warned he is at “breaking point”, saying reports of friction between himself and Emma McKeon are detracting from their achievements in the pool.
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Details of the Somerton Man’s toxic marriage have been laid bare as it can be revealed his ex-wife tried to track him down three years after he was found dead on a South Australian beach
Housing markets are cooling around the nation, but there’s no sign of South Australia’s cooling any time soon
A masseur charged with rape and indecent assault has been accused of filming at least 264 other women at a Glenelg massage parlour
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The sounds of Supercars will reverberate around South Australia once again today when the OTRSuperSprint fires up at The Bend Motorsport Park
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The needle-free vaccine patch being developed by Australian scientists is 11 times more effective at preventing Covid’s Omicron variant than a conventional injection.
Hammered by a third Covid-19 wave, beleaguered CBD traders’ plea to the Premier for escape clauses from rents
Adelaide Oval has won a bid to vary its liquor licence to allow the sale of tin cans under the provisory it advertises flash warnings on billboards
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Aussie tennis star Nick Kyrgios admits he needs to learn from his emotional outbursts from the Wimbledon final
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The Queensland truck driver who allegedly ploughed through the major intersection at the bottom of the South Eastern Freeway has been granted bail
Adelaide is tipped to lead the nation’s property price growth for the first time in 15 years
Former world champion James Magnussen believes pop star Cody Simpson will bring greater attention to the Australian swim team at the Commonwealth Games
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Foodbank SA has chalked up a milestone by delivering 10 million kilograms of fruit and vegetable produce, worth $25m, since 2012.
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The phone of a missing Adelaide grandmother has been found – but without a SIM card.
More than half of the state’s current Covid-19 hospital patients found out they were ill with Omicron after admission
South Australian schools have adopted the wrong tactics to reduce vaping by students
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Adealide Oval wants to bring back the tinnie
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People are waiting up to seven years just for an appointment to see public hospital specialists
The Australian Defence Force is spending up to $14m a year buying uniforms and other apparel from China.
Channel 7 weather presenter Amelia Mulcahy says she will never again feel safe at the intersection at the bottom of the South Eastern Freeway following Sunday’s major crash.
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Australian football royalty descended on Adelaide Oval on Monday to farewell a giant of the game, Neil Kerley.
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Australia’s most vulnerable citizens are feeling the squeeze, as in-home aged care providers hike fees to keep up with the soaring costs. Four years since honorary firefighter Alex Tann saved Rundle Mall by extinguishing an epic simulated blaze, the now 12-year-old is battling new tumours on his brain. Businesses lose billions of dollars in work after a landmark British trade deal failed to become law before the federal election. RAA to “drive with patience” as more L-plate drivers head back to school.
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Parents are paying more than $131 a day in childcare fees in Adelaide, with prices rising even higher than the record inflation rate. Australians with online betting accounts will receive a monthly statement outlining their wins and losses. The neighbours of six-year-old Charlie have rallied around the girl’s mother Crystal Nowland. Adelaide’s Olivia Molly Rogers encourages eligible Aussies to register for organ donation. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Sisters who lost their sibling and parents in a crash have been left shattered after a judge found the offending driver not guilty. SA Health has run out of inpatient hospital beds for metropolitan patients. The proprietors of a local pub believe a “vendetta” is behind a council’s instructions to change how they use a vacant lot. Jordan Dawson will be “fine” to take on his former club with the Crows today. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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New figures reveal neglect is by far the most common reason child protection authorities become involved with South Australian families. Foot and Mouth Disease detected in an undeclared beef product at Adelaide Airport. A court has heard an unsupervised L-plate driver almost killed her three young sons after she crashed her car under the influence. COVID-19 cases have reached almost record numbers at 5054 daily cases. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Witnesses to domestic violence could be required to report it to police, or face a fine, under changes to be put to government today. Livestock industry alarmed by foot-and-mouth disease detected in Melbourne. New record for Covid-19 hospitalisations in South Australia. Gina Rinehart moving the headquarters of S. Kidman & Co. to Queensland For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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A court has heard the last thing a teenage girl saw before she and her friend were hit was a white car sliding diagonally towards her. Treasurer warns people to prepare for “confronting” news when he unveils the state of the nation’s finances next week. A troubling new report has revealed 90 per cent of the Murray-Darling Basin’s native fish have been killed off. Monarto Safari Park’s chimpanzees have made a quick recovery after a respiratory illness. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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A notorious killer with a fetish for wearing women’s underwear has had his bid for release on parole refused for the fourth time.
South Australia’s ambulance service was again under extreme strain on Saturday night, with a shortfall of 18 crews.
Alcohol support services in South Australia are being inundated with people seeking help, amid calls for a ban on same-day alcohol delivery.
And in sport, Melbourne has all but crushed Port Adelaide’s finals hopes and solidified its top-two spot following a 14-point win at Traeger Park in Alice Springs.
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Adelaide’s “girl in the bubble” is finally free after 20 years hiding from 21st century chemicals.
Prison officers will be trained to identify right-wing extremist symbols such as “Pepe the Frog” and “Celtic cross” tattoos under a nationwide program to fight radicalisation.
Pensioners Trevor and Heather Whittaker are among the growing chorus demanding the federal government keep the free rapid antigen tests (RATs) program for concession card holders.
And in sport, football great Graham Cornes writes in his column - It is time for the AFL to revisit State of Origin football.
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Independently wealthy Malcolm Turnbull is our most expensive former prime minister, racking up an almost $370,000 taxpayer-funded expenses bill, as the nation’s ex-leaders racked up a combined $1.5m tab in 12 months.
Chimpanzees at Monarto Safari Park have tested positive to a respiratory illness with the zoo has temporarily closing their enclosure off from the public.
South Australia has missed the grade when it comes to producing spelling high-flyers.
And South Australian football great Neil Kerley’s state funeral will be held at Adelaide Oval on Monday, July 25.
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Covid reinfections are on the rise with more than 4000 cases reported in South Australia, as authorities warn they “will become more common” due to the rise of Omicron subvariants.
The price of nearly 900 prescription medicines is set to rise on October 1 under a deal struck with the generic medicines industry to overcome drug shortages.
Long-serving Burnside councillor Julian Carbone has resigned over an Instagram post about a young girl posing in a bikini.
And in sport, as a state-level swimmer, Lucy Fawcett was told that having her period would be a “block” to her sport and that she was “too fat” to swim competitively.
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The state government has ruled out taking over a federal scheme providing free rapid antigen tests (RATs) to concession card-holders that will end on July 31. The TikTok following of a Burnside councillor has been exposed after he was embroiled in a social media scandal involving an inappropriate message he sent to teenage girl’s Instagram account. A recreational fisherman has slammed “faceless bureaucrats” after a tribunal ruled that he would not be able to launch his oar-powered dinghy on the Myponga Reservoir.
Matt Crouch’s spot in Adelaide’s AFL side looks to again be in jeopardy, ahead of Saturday’s game against Collingwood.
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There were emotional scenes as a dedicated baseball fan with a devastating cancer diagnosis was treated to a “final bat” alongside his beloved Adelaide Giants club players.
A Burnside councillor has taken down his Instagram account – claiming he was hacked – after it was revealed it had allegedly been used to send an inappropriate message to an underage girl and was also following a number of females claiming they were teenagers.
Free Covid-19 home test kits for vulnerable South Australians will be scrapped within weeks, despite the country facing a third Omicron wave.
And in sport, Taylor Walker felt he owed it to Adelaide to turn his back on rival offers and re-sign because the Crows stood by him in the wake of his racial vilification saga.
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Hills fertiliser company Neutrog is trying to shift the blame for a big stink at Kanmantoo to an expanding wastewater treatment plant nearby.
The ringleader of a group of men who set upon two brothers in a “savage” spanner attack because of a brief misunderstanding over a reserved pokie machine has been jailed for more than four years.
Adelaide’s most prominent forensic expert has issued a public safety warning after tests showed a popular Chinese soup causes liver failure by clashing with prescription medication.
And in sport, just like that the questions about how Adelaide’s rebuild is tracking are going to resurface for Matthew Nicks and the Crows.
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More than 50 years after Professor George Duncan died after being thrown into the River Torrens – in what became an era-defining hate crime – there are calls to exhume his body and launch a final investigation.
Australian bikies who have moved to South-East Asia to escape the attention of police are being targeted to disrupt their ongoing criminal activities.
Big Santa is poised to make a comeback this Christmas at his previous home on the Adelaide Central Market.
And in sport, while Port Adelaide was searching for answers on how to turn around its horror start to the season, the team’s leadership group and coaches challenged Connor Rozee.
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Furious shack owners are demanding to know who ordered the demolition of their beloved holiday homes, as a Miami businessman hits back in an exclusive interview.
A fishing enthusiast has lost a legal challenge against being ordered to stop using a dinghy on a popular reservoir. After being a victim of Covid for the past two years, the Lumary City-Bay Fun Run is back – and forging a new path. And.. There is a call for South Australian’s to have more pride in the state’s flag featuring a magpie.
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An assassin who was suspected of the execution murder of Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Colin Winchester 30 years ago has been allegedly identified after a secret police review into Italian mafia operations in Australia.
Penny Wong was due to meet her Chinese counterpart on Friday evening for the first talks between the two countries’ foreign ministers since 2019.
A world-first weight loss device that requires no medical procedure and is simply swallowed has been released into the Australian market.
Charities whose volunteers are struggling with cost-of-living pressures – such as filling their petrol tanks – have been forced to pump the brakes on their services.
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A 12-member taskforce has been formed to determine how many additional police need to be recruited in the next decade and what traditional roles can be handed to non-sworn officers to help alleviate the resourcing crisis. General medical practices have plenty of vaccines in stock as people 50 and over become eligible for a fourth jab from Monday, but officials warn people need to book.
The hospital system is lurching from chaos to more chaos this morning with a six-hour average wait to be seen at two major hospitals’ emergency departments. A world record has been shattered in the Queensland Outback with thousands of people boot-scooting their way into the history books.
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Major reforms to the South Australian housing sector are needed to ease the escalating rental crisis. South Australian domestic travellers are being warned to arrive at least two hours before their flights as airlines brace for end-of-term chaos. Bans have been slapped on interstate imports of live bees and pigs as biosecurity authorities fight the spread of deadly diseases threatening produce worth nearly $2 billion. Despite being an outside chance of making the finals Port Adelaide remain focused with just six matches left in the regular season.
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Homeowners with a $500,000 mortgage will have to find an extra $3353 by Christmas to keep up with their repayments. Cleaning can now earn you the big bucks, with some cleaners earning a potential $145,600 a year. South Australia’s housing crisis is set to worsen as thousands of homes are removed from a government program providing subsidised rent. Ajla Tomljanovic has become the first Australian woman in more than two decades to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals in back-to-back years.
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The crisis facing the SA Liberals has intensified with a lacklustre result in the weekend by-election in the blue-ribbon southeastern Adelaide seat of Bragg.
Australia must set the global benchmark for nuclear safety to temper the lofty military aspirations of rogue nations like Iran,
Five people fled for their lives as a huge fire ripped through an inner-city warehouse. Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu is lucky to have walked away with his life after his car flipped over and slammed into the barriers on the first lap at Silverstone.
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Tens of thousands of homes are sitting empty as hundreds of South Australians desperately search for rental properties. The WA woman tragically killed in a horrific car crash near Mount Gambier, was a “bright and bubbly” human resources manager in the mining industry.
South Australia’s sluggish paediatric Covid-19 vaccination program is failing to significantly boost rates of children being jabbed, sparking a new plea for parents to protect their kids.
And.. Port Adelaide’s ambitious bid to pinch an unlikely place in this season’s AFL finals series has finally come to an entertaining end
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Indigenous activists are worried far right groups might use violence against Aboriginals during NAIDOC week which starts on Sunday.
A restaurant and gift shop operator forged a medical certificate in an attempt to swindle more than $820,000 from the Australian Tax Office in falsely claimed GST rebates.
Tech-savvy youth gangs are funding their flamboyant lifestyles by ripping off unsuspecting victims through social media.
Sporting trailblazer Josh Cavallo admits he’d be concerned for his safety if selected to represent Australia at this year’s football World Cup in Qatar.
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More than 20 new footy ovals will be needed in Adelaide and its surrounds within a decade to cater for a growing number of community footballers.
Tipping in Australian restaurants has soared since the start of the pandemic but according to research- South Australian diners are less generous than their interstate counterparts.
Finding a GP is only going to get more difficult as the number of junior doctors applying for fully funded general practice training places has almost halved. And Adelaide and the SANFL will honour the legendary Neil Kerley at games this weekend.
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Longtime NCA bombing suspect Domenic Perre has been found guilty of the infamous crime after 28 years of speculation – and was rushed to hospital in the wake of the historic verdict.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has done a U-turn and announced free flu jabs for all South Australians will be extended.
South Australia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a returned traveller from overseas.
An emotional Ted Kerley has paid tribute to older brother and much-loved SA footy giant Neil ‘Knuckles’ Kerley.
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The owners of a German shepherd cross akita have slammed Salisbury Council for dumping their microchipped pet dog at the tip after he was hit by a car.
The state government has vowed to buy 36 ambulances to help cut ramping numbers at major public hospitals.
South Australia’s first gourmet truffle hunting tour has launched on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
Adelaide Oval has more than halved the price of football memberships to help lift the ground’s dwindling crowd figures over the remainder of the AFL season.
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South Australians are topping the nation as ‘non believers’
The 2021 Census found over 806,000 South Australians answered “no religion”, a large increase on nearly 600,000 in 2016.
The Prime Minister arrived for the NATO Summit in Madrid- sending the message if Beijing tries to impose its will “by force” it would face a unified resistance from the same countries standing against Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
The $2.4bn Royal Adelaide Hospital emergency’s department is in crisis. With doctors saying this Monday was the worst on record
And a primary school in Adelaide’s east has issued a public health alert after lead-based dust fell from the ceiling in one of its buildings.
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A North Adelaide rental apartment boasting a baffling bathroom design has raised eyebrows online.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
Pressure is mounting for free flu jabs to be extended for the winter amid a fresh spike in cases and the state’s Covid-19 mass vaccination hubs closing.
And Port Adelaide has lodged an official request with the AFL to wear the club’s historic prison bar jumper against Adelaide in the home round 23 clash.
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Extra flights will be scheduled into Adelaide from Doha and Auckland to keep pace with growing demand since Covid-19 restrictions eased, as new airport data shows the number of weekly domestic airline seats has exceeded pre-pandemic levels.
Richard King’s future as APY Lands general manager is in doubt after a string of scandals has put his senior position under review.
A giant illuminated ring is planned for the Adelaide square named after the British surveyor who designed the city, Colonel William Light.
And in sport, Port Adelaide refused to let the sun set on its finals dream, the Power seeing off a furious challenge by Gold Coast on Sunday to win by two points.
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South Australian schools are increasingly hiring private security guards to protect students and staff from violence and threatening behaviour, Education Minister Blair Boyer has confirmed.
New guidelines on prescribing antidepressants to children could be in place by the end of the year as figures show their use has tripled in the past decade.
Nurses have launched an online blitz urging the state government to recruit more staff, saying the “health system is on the brink of collapse.”
And in sport, former Adelaide player Bryce Gibbs has recommended Matt Crouch leave the Crows after being dropped for the second time in two months.
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More than a dozen traditional police roles are set to be handed to protective security officers to help solve the force’s crippling resourcing crisis.
TOM Koutsantonis may have assumed the unambiguous role of Labor’s “attack dog” but is adamant he does not get politics and political theatre confused with personal friendships.
MELODY Horrill has shared the harrowing and deeply personal story of watching her father viciously attack her mother and then harm himself, the pain and anxiety that caused, and how a Port River dolphin called “Jock” finally helped her reclaim her life.
THIS year’s Adelaide Fringe generated $74.9m in spending and attracted $50.1m of new money into the state.
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GOVERNMENT ministers are bracing for a huge $4bn cost blowout in the state’s biggest-ever infrastructure project, the 10.5km North-South road corridor between the River Torrens and Darlington.
THE Adelaide 500 has been locked in as the final race of the Supercars Championship for the next five years.
ADELAIDE has tumbled down the list of the world’s most liveable cities as Covid-19 restrictions are blamed for a steep fall from third to 30th in the annual global ranking.
WEALTHY retirees and savers face being hit by changes to superannuation rules as the new Labor Government tries to claw back generous tax breaks.
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The mother of an Adelaide high school student who was abused on TikTok says her strong-willed daughter is being worn down by the harassment.
A seriously sick woman spent five hours lying on the cold waiting room floor of the Flinders Medical Centre emergency department last Saturday night as no ED beds were available, her family says.
A muslim man installed a tracking app on his sister’s phone when she fell in love with a Christian, then advised his parents not to speak to police after they allegedly stabbed her, a court has heard.
And when Socceroo World Cup star Awer Mabil visited his old school St Columba College at Andrews Farm, in Adelaide’ northern suburbs, there was shouting, screaming and even the odd tear.
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A junior SA football league umpire has lifted the lid on the vile abuse they suffer on game day and it's not just the players behaving badly.
The public hospital system is at breaking point, with patients being “treated on chairs” and doctors working 11-day shifts, a disturbing review has found.
A career criminal acquitted of a notorious unsolved cold-case murder must be electronically monitored due to the risk he poses to the community, a court has ruled.
And extensive sections of the former Adelaide Grand Prix track must be resurfaced before the Adelaide 500 V8 race can be held again this year.
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Adelaide was on the cusp of snatching the Formula One Grand Prix back from Melbourne under a secret plot by Premier Peter Malinauskas, thwarted only by an unfortunate case of ill timing.
The police resourcing crisis has boiled over with an emergency meeting of police union workplace delegates called to discuss its impact on rank-and-file officers amid fears public safety could be put at risk.
Don’t worry, South Australia, the Big Rocking Horse is not going anywhere.
And in sport, Kyle Chalmers unleashed one of the fastest splits in history to give Australia a surprise silver medal in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay at the world championships on Saturday.
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Adelaide was on the cusp of snatching the Formula One Grand Prix back from Melbourne
The police resourcing crisis has boiled over with an emergency meeting of police union workplace delegates called
Don't worry, South Australia, the Big Rocking Horse is not going anywhere.
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Kyle Chalmers unleashed one of the fastest splits in history to give Australia a surprise silver medal in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
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A new Covid-19 vaccine designed and manufactured in Adelaide starts human trials this week with potential to become a major export earner – and it doesn’t require a needle injection.
Trackless trams are again being proposed as a solution in connecting the Adelaide CBD to North Adelaide.
A new survey has revealed a majority of car buyers are looking at the electric vehicle option.
Port Adelaide has given its bid to play finals a major boost after star duo Ollie Wines and Connor Rozee spurred their side to a 23-point win against top-four hopefuls Sydney overnight.
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World swimming will be the first international sporting organisation to vote on banning transgender athletes from elite competition.
People who legitimately cast their vote in the march 19 state election have been sent letters threatening them with a $102 fine for not doing so.
Thousands of families have been warned their household budgets, stretched thin by the cost of living crisis, may face a double digit increase in costs over the next 12 months.
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Organisers expect an influx of elite female cyclists to flock to adelaide next january in the wake of the tour down under women’s race winning world tour event status.
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South Australians can now go to any SA Pathology drive-through test site and be tested for 12 different viruses
SA is still facing the threat of rolling blackouts on Friday but the energy market operator says the power crisis gripping much of the country has eased.
New traffic cameras that can catch drivers using their mobile phones are among a series of projects that were quietly delayed in this month’s state budget.
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Port Adelaide will be without more than 900 games of experience against Sydney on Saturday
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Disgraced Hey Dad! star and child sex offender Robert Hughes was in an immigration holding cell on Tuesday after his release from jail
Sunshine may be a key to avoiding dementia in light of a landmark University of South Australia
Human Services Minister Nat Cook has been accused of breaching the ministerial code of conduct after she sent a politically-charged email to thousands of public servants.
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When Port Adelaide’s star recruit Gemma Houghton runs onto Alberton Oval on Wednesday night for the Power’s historic first AFLW training session, she will look down at her wrist first.
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A bid to reintroduce outdoor dining fees has outraged city restaurant owners struggling to recover from the pandemic
The end of a two-year diplomatic freeze with China has paved the way for the lifting of trade tariffs on Australian exports
Thousands of fans, inspired by football legend Neale Daniher’s fight against motor neurone disease, dug deep to help smash his foundation’s ambitious $2m fundraising target.
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The Kid Laroi can now add honorary Wiggle to his list of achievements
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Extended trading hours in the Adelaide CBD will be examined as part of a new strategy to ensure its continued post-pandemic recovery.
Defence Minister Richard Marles has challenged his Chinese counterpart on freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and the Pacific’s militarisation in the first ministerial meeting between the countries in three years.
South Australians will have the opportunity to have their say on the location for the new $80m Adelaide Aquatic Centre when public consultation begins this week.
And in sport, Neale Daniher’s incredible drive to defeat the MND “beast” will be celebrated as sports stars, celebrities and media identities slide in solidarity at the MCG on Monday.
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The Western Bulldog’s hard-partying star, Bailey Smith, has revealed just had badly his life spiralled out of control during a post-season bender on the Gold Coast after last year’s AFL grand final thrashing.
A council plan to force developers – and anyone building an extension, or putting in a pool – to maintain tree canopy cover of 15 per cent, or pay higher rates, needs state government support to proceed.
Southern suburbs residents are vexed by dangerous drivers drag racing through narrow hills roads and precariously overtaking.
And in sport, by his own admission, Todd Marshall is “a bit of a shy and quiet guy”.
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Two members of the Calabrian mafia living in Adelaide’s northern suburbs have been charged with conspiracy to import more than a tonne of cocaine from South America.
Supermarket prices have surged by up to 22 per cent since last year, an investigation by The Advertiser shows, adding more than $2000 to a typical family’s annual grocery bill.
South Australia’s last dine-in Pizza Hut has been inundated with bookings as nostalgic fans prepare to bid farewell to the popular fast-food restaurant, which will close its doors for the final time this month.
And in sport, Adelaide’s reigning club champion Anne Hatchard has joined fellow midfielder Ebony Marinoff in rejecting offers from expansion clubs to remain a key part of the Crows’ premiership defence.
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There’s no end in sight for skyrocketing prices on fresh produce
The Cross Keys Hotel in Adelaide’s industrial north is the latest suburban pub to ditch its topless bar
Adelaide could experience an earthquake 30 times more powerful than the one that hit Christchurch New Zealand in 2011, Geoscience Australia says.
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Ken Hinkley has dismissed speculation linking him to the vacant GWS coaching job
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Families have been hit with the biggest one-off interest rate rise in more than two decades
Indonesia will join India as the best chance of Australia diversifying its trade away from China
The cost of petrol has skyrocketed to the highest prices in South Australian history.
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AFLW star Erin Phillips will be mentored by Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley while Adelaide triple premiership winning captain Chelsea Randall will become a full-time development coach for the Crows’ men’s team.
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South Australia has recorded its worst ambulance response times on record
Global crime sting that has decimated the state chapter of the Comancheros motorcycle gang has left a power vacuum in South Australia’s underworld
Former Liberal staffer Chelsey Potter looks set to run as an independent in the Bragg by-election
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He is the goal-scoring machine and familiar foe who looms as the biggest threat to the Socceroos’ hopes of surviving
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A Chinese fighter jet has deployed a cloud of metal fragments that was sucked into the engine of an Adelaide-based surveillance aircraft, in a chilling act of aggression over international waters.
The Adelaide CBD has recorded its wettest day so far this year, as wild weather caused road closures and felled trees.
Car dealers are cashing in on a shortage of new cars, charging tens of thousands of dollars above factory prices on popular makes.
Elvis may be the king but Kate Bush has won the crown in the latest television versus film soundtracks battle for the pop charts.
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Hard-hitting anti-smoking campaigns may hold the key to tackling a new health plague infiltrating teenagers’ social circles.
Educations believe students as young as nine years old should be thinking about potential careers.
Obstetricians claim they are being treated like the enemy by parents in birthing suites and have linked labour ward tension to a startling rate of doctor suicides and even some preventable baby deaths.
And.. Celebrated Australian author Hannah Kent’s latest book could be heading for the big screen.
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Householders have only weeks to lock in new electricity contracts before they are hit with price increases of up to $1000 a year.
Doctors want the state government to bring in automatic influenza tests whenever symptomatic patients are swabbed for Covid-19.
Prince Charles stepped up in the absence of the Queen as bells rang out at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, for an extraordinary Platinum Jubilee National Service of thanksgiving.
Olympic star Ariarne Titmus has tested positive to covid but the rest of the Australian swim team remain on high alert despite being cleared of the virus after several high profile stars were potentially exposed at the Speedo promotional event during the week.
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More than 550 extra hospital beds and hundreds more paramedics will be funded in a record $2.4bn invested into health.
Barossa residents opposed to a controversial multi storey hotel development vow the fight is far from over despite the local council approving construction plans.
Children will be able to join preschools halfway through the year from 2023.
Johnny Depp declared his legal victory over ex-wife Amber Heard as “getting my life back” as devoted friends and fans celebrated the defamation trial verdict.
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The grieving daughters of alleged murder victim Peter Hillier say their father was a “kind, caring and gentle soul” who loved his garden and would talk to anyone. A sharp new spike of flu cases and in the number of seriously ill influenza patients in hospital has sparked a fresh warning for South Australians to get vaccinated.
A 39-year-old man has died after a workplace accident at a Metricon building site in Walkerville.
And. Ariane Titmus is on a collision course with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas after the American signalled her ambitions to compete at the Paris Olympics in 2024.
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A NSW man has appeared in an Adelaide court after being charged with the murder of a man whose body was found in a house in SA’s west on Monday.
A breakthrough Australian fertility treatment has slashed the number of hormone injections a woman needs, dramatically speeding up the process – and cutting the cost – of making a baby.
It’s been revealed the young mother accused of a violent abduction at Mawson Lakes has an Only Fans account that makes up to $12,000 a month.
Adelaide star Jordan Dawson says he is confident about the direction the Crows are heading in.
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Adelaide lawyers are mounting legal challenges to the software at the heart of the international crime sting Operation Ironside, which used the encrypted AN0M platform to intercept millions of messages before the app was shut down last June. Prisoners would watch movies, play computer games and be able to video-call loved ones using their own self-service IT system, under official state government plans. A Hugely popular push to lure a new wave of “Ten Pound Poms” to South Australia will be expanded with more discounted airfares as the first backpackers arrive in Adelaide. The race to hold the Adelaide 500 in December has moved up a gear, with tenders opening this week for the supply of key infrastructure and services,.
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As of today, in a South Australian first, flu jabs will be free for all as the state government moves to ward off a potentially horror flu season.
Tech devices are cheating Australians of the opportunity to learn how to socially interact, with many families staring at their screens at dinner tables, restaurants and other events instead of making conversation.
Beer enthusiasts are paying up to $150 for a single bottle of brew as appreciation of craft styles bubbles over.
After 17 years battling with a foot abnormality, Cameron Jones made the agonising decision to have his leg amputated.
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The biggest infrastructure project in South Australia’s history is on hold
Protective security officers will be used to guard school vaccination clinics
The Education Department has backflipped on its school toilet door demand, instructing principals to reinstall them on girls’ loos only.
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It's tipped to be wet and soggy but North Adelaide and Sturt say that won’t rain on their parade when they clash in Sunday’s SANFLW grand final
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THE teachers’ union has defended a high school that removed toilet doors on campus, blaming badly behaved students for the extreme measure to stem vandalism. Power prices for more than 60,000 South Australian households and businesses will skyrocket under a decision by the Australian Energy Regulator. Fifty people have been left suffering and in pain, concerned surgeons say, after elective surgeries – including urgent operations – were cancelled this week. COVID has forced some students at five South Australian schools to work from home while another three sites have closed classes to help stop the spread – just days before mask rules ease.
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The stink over the removal of toilet doors at high schools to prevent vandalism inspired by Tik Tok has been met with backlash.
South Australia’s high-profile private schools are collecting up to $49m each a year in income, as they compete to offer upgraded campuses and programs. Global tourism markets will be targeted in a campaign to lure visitors to South Australia in a bid to back businesses hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Former Opal-turned-AFLW star Erin Phillips says watching Australia prepare for a home World Cup has inspired her to make a basketball comeback.
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SA’s in a new pandemic phase, with school students now free to learn unmasked and the state of emergency declaration axed. The RAA says any ongoing fuel-tax relief should be directed to those in the community hardest hit by spiralling prices. Anthony Albanese has stepped out on the world stage for the first time, meeting US President Joe Biden, India’s Narendra Modi and Japan’s Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. Adelaide is set to make a call on Paul Seedsman’s season in the next week. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Anthony Albanese will be sworn in today as Prime Minister before scrambling to a high-powered summit to meet United States President Joe Biden tomorrow.
As outgoing prime minister Scott Morrison choked back tears when he addressed fellow church goers on yesterday morning in Sydney, Mr Albanese was preparing to jet off to Tokyo for the Quad leaders’ summit.
Detailed planning works are set to immediately start on the $400m Flinders Medical Centre upgrade despite concerns about its long-term funding.
School students are set to be mask-free within days and South Australia could soon exit from the state of emergency,...
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Crows star Taylor Walker and Port Adelaide captain Tom Jonas have led the tributes to a personal fitness trainer who died during a run around Mt Lofty.
Parachuting Kristina Keneally into the seat of Fowler was “clearly a mistake” that delivered a “huge loss” to the Labor Party, according to the local lawyer blocked from running for the seat by Anthony Albanese’s captain’s pick.
South Australians living in the Far North and Adelaide’s northern suburbs have the worst Covid-19 vaccination booster rates, data shows.
The Christmas Pageant is back on the festive calendar, returning to the city streets in November after a two-year absence.
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Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have both warned voters can’t trust the other to deliver a better future as the nation recovers from the pandemic.
Actor Craig McLachlan has dropped a defamation case against a former co-star and two media outlets.
A Northeast public high school is facing a backlash from concerned parents after removing toilet doors to make bathrooms reflect new gender-neutral facilities at the school.
Economic activity within the Adelaide CBD is reaching levels not seen since before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic two years ago.
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There’s fears a Labor government would send Australia’s budget $8.4bn further into the red over the next four years, as Anthony Albanese vows the cash injection would not drive up inflation.
Embattled home building giant Metricon is currently constructing more than 300 homes in South Australia amid insolvency rumours.
Former deputy premier Vickie Chapman has used her farewell speech to parliament to call for the reunification of South Australia and the Northern Territory.
A new AFL Women’s pay deal has been lauded as “life changing” by players with a near-doubling of salaries secured for the upcoming August season.
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People smugglers have begun promoting voyages to Australia, offering passage for up to $30,000 one way.
Traffic cameras to catch people using their mobile phones while driving will also be spying on motorists distracted by other technology, such as smart watches and bluetooth headphones.
A SA industry expert says Businesses struggling to entice employees back to the office will hit a brick wall if their staff raise worries about catching Covid-19...
A former soldier charged with of the murder his wife has told a court he will argue that he has no case to answer.
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After 34 years on the run in Africa and Europe, former state Liberal Party president and lawyer John Malcolm West is in custody in South Australia on historical fraud charges.
The heartbroken father of a teenager killed in a crash at Athelstone has described his son as a “caring, bright” person who wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a doctor.
The wife of a respected doctor who was killed while cycling on New Year’s Day last year has told the drug-affected driver responsible she will “never forgive” him.
Adelaide Indigenous player Wayne Milera says his relationship with Taylor Walker was damaged after the former Crows captain admitted to using a racial slur at a SANFL game.
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Crisis talks are being held with building giant Metricon as rising costs have it facing severe financial pain, with insiders fearing for its future.
Broken Hill is buzzing thanks to the arrival of Hollywood megastar Chris Hemsworth, ahead of filming on his latest project, the new Mad Max blockbuster.
A former Rugby SA director and University of South Australia law tutor has been charged with accessing and possessing child-exploitation material.
Legislation to abolish the Electric Vehicle Tax, which would have charged drivers for every kilometre, has been introduced to state parliament.
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First-home buyers will be able to crack open their retirement nest eggs to break into the property market if the government is returned to power, Scott Morrison has pledged.
The couple who rushed to the tragic car crash death of cricket legend Andrew Symonds say his dogs refused to leave his side as they desperately tried to help him.
South Australia’s highest paid bureaucrat is earning almost $700,000 as the Premier’s right hand man
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Port Adelaide captain Tom Jonas will have an extremely tight window to prove his fitness for the Power’s huge clash against Geelong.
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After two years of Federal and State governments dictating life during the Covid pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will today pledge he is giving power back to the people.
An Adelaide Academic warns there's a growing acceptance of physical aggression among schoolgirls fuelled by social media and changing societal attitudes
An Adelaide couple being sued for $400,000 by fast food giant Pizza Hut claim they were left financially ruined and contemplating suicide after being tricked into purchasing a failing franchise by the store’s previous owners.
The hospitality industry has rebounded with a bang as hotel bookings have broken revenue records across South Australia.
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An Adelaide surgeon and researcher says he is on track to cure melanoma, the insidious cancer that kills more than 1300 Australians each year
The true horror of life inside aged-care homes during Covid has been revealed
A fifth of South Australians have had their flu shot so far this year, sparking a new warning from the state’s top doctor amid fears of a surge in double-whammy “flurona” infections.
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Cody Simpson is so committed to his Paris 2024 Olympics quest, he’s deleted all social media from his phone.
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NAPLAN testing has kicked off in chaos for thousands of students across Adelaide after a major internet outage shut down the online system.
Scott Morrison has warned against “recklessly” throwing around wage increase figures
A drunk wannabe rapper has been released on a good-behaviour bond after he and another man turned up to a random house
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Leon Cameron has not ruled out coaching again after deciding to part ways with Greater Western Sydney
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A 15- year old girl has been arrested and excluded from school over a shocking schoolyard attack that was captured on video.
Sturt MP James Stevens says he is in the fight of his life to hold on to his blue-ribbon seat
Labor isn’t promising “everything” it would like to do in government, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has revealed
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Three South Australian real estate agents are among the top 50 high-performing female residential realtors in the country.
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Premier Peter Malinauskas has pledged $25,000 to The Advertiser Foundation’s Ukraine appeal, taking the total to $90,000
Labor has pledged to build a manufacturing plant at the former Mitsubishi Motors site, generating more than 800 jobs.
Video has emerged of a young girl being kicked, punched and stomped on during a sickening schoolyard bashing at a Whyalla high school.
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Number one pick Jason Horne-Francis has put contract talks at North Melbourne on hold until season’s end
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Patients will no longer be left freezing outside hospitals while waiting for Covid-19 clearances
Regional MP Rowan Ramsey has slugged taxpayers thousands of dollars for staying in his own eastern suburbs home after work
Surprise for the staff at Parwana Afghan Kitchen when TV star Nigella Lawson turned up for dinner
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Brownlow favourite Patrick Cripps remains on track to win this year’s medal after the Carlton captain was cleared by the match review officer Michael Christian.
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Businesses must stop using South Australia’s housing crisis as an excuse to hike the price of their materials, and restrictions on land supply must be slashed to fix the state’s “profound” affordability issues, leading builders say.
Huge increases in feed and diesel costs are pumping up the price of producing chicken, as the effects of the Ukraine war and global grain shortages flow down to South Australian farms.
Australian Dance Theatre will embark on its most extensive regional South Australian tour in three decades this month.
And in sport, how key forward Charlie Dixon presents when assessed by Port Adelaide on Monday could be the key to whether the Power spearhead plays his first AFL game of the season against North Melbourne on Saturday.
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A chronic downturn in new police recruits has forced senior officers to delay three cadet courses – a move that will worsen an existing severe shortage of frontline officers.
Hundreds of thousands of South Australians who have failed to get their third jab have a “substantially higher risk” of dying from Omicron, the state’s Covid-19 chiefs warn.
A return of the beloved tinnie to matches at Adelaide Oval is being considered by the state government and venue management.
And in sport, Adelaide has taken two additional players to Melbourne for Sunday’s clash against Carlton as a Covid precaution.
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Adelaide’s median house value has soared 25 per cent in just 12 months – record high growth that offers some consolation for homebuyers reeling from this week’s interest rate rise.
South Australian workers are hitting back at claims they are “lazy” or “unmotivated”, but employers say it is almost impossible to fill roles as young people shy away from full-time hours.
Missing Australian woman Tahnee Shanks feared for her safety in Mexico in the weeks before she disappeared, friends of the young mother have revealed.
And in sport, Daniel Ricciardo has given a clue about his future in Formula One as whispers of him being replaced at McLaren get louder.
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Labor Leader Anthony Albanese’s own Labor colleagues have turned on him just two weeks from the polls saying he has been “found out” over his “cringe-worthy” failure to remember his own National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) policy.
The alleged kingpin of a $20m drug syndicate has pleaded poverty, begging a court to release him from home-detention bail so he can provide for his wife and unborn child.
Adelaide’s restaurant scene is dining out on a “massive boom” – with customers waiting up to two weeks for a table at some top restaurants.
And in sport, Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says even a win over Western Bulldogs might not stop the questions the Power has copped this season.=
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A relief teacher at a regional South Australian school and passionate young sportswoman once described as a “role model” in the community has faced court after being charged with child sex offences.
An alleged gang member who has had nine convictions and six arrest warrants in the past two years has been granted bail, once again, over last week’s fatal CBD stabbing.
As support flows in for Ukraine from across the globe, the country’s ambassador in Australia says there is one major thing the country needs – more military help.
And in sport, fatherhood has made Sam Powell-Pepper happier than ever and given him extra purpose on the football field as he prepares to play his 100th game.
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The Reserve Bank has jacked up interest rates for the first time in 11 years and promised a series of further increases that will hit homeowners hard.
There are fears Souths Australia will face a “perfect storm” from its first flu season in three years mixed with new Covid-19 variants
Doctors would save up to 2000 lives every year at a new hi-tech cancer research centre that Scott Morrison has promised to build in Adelaide with a $77m injection if re-elected at the May 21 poll.
Port Adelaide’s much-loved former vice-captain Hamish Hartlett is returning to Alberton as an assistant coach with the club’s inaugural women’s team.
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Plans to reduce congestion on Marion Rd between Cross Rd and Anzac Highway will progress swiftly if Labor wins the election, according to a federal-state ALP pledge.
The odds now favour an official interest rate increase on Tuesday – the start of what will likely be a series that could run to Christmas, as the Reserve Bank of Australia combats “blisteringly strong” inflation.
A suburban community is rallying behind two children left orphaned in a tragic car crash that claimed the lives of their parents in India.
And in sport, Charlie Dixon could make a shock return to footy this weekend, as the Port Adelaide star lines up to play in the SANFL.
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Flinders University apologises for publishing a list of offensive terms which labelled husband and wife “inappropriate”. A plea for parents to get their children vaccinated against Covid-19 has fallen on deaf ears. Jetstar’s first direct flight to Bali from SA since the pandemic is sold out. Speaker Dan Cregan tells former deputy premier Vickie Chapman her resignation from parliament is in immediate effect. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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A group of SA pub barons wants to employ up to 40 refugees from Ukraine and help them build new lives in South Australia. Independent candidate for Boothby Jo Dyer has successfully cancelled her dual British citizenship. Cost of living pressure causes a surge in demand for resource and support group Affordable SA. Adelaide Crows suffer deja vu defeat to GWS on home soil. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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The soaring cost of a head of lettuce is centre stage in Labor’s attack against the Morrison government for its “cost-of-living crisis”. Airlines are still deciding whether dogs and cats should be allowed in cabins. Wholesale electricity prices soared in the first three months of this year. Key prosecution evidence in the trial against independent MP Fraser Ellis could be excluded because it is subject to parliamentary privilege. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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A high-profile independent candidate for Boothby is caught up in a dual-citizenship debacle and seeking urgent advice from lawyers. The Advertiser understands a police squad has raided the offices of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance. Some private schools have hiked their fees by up to 18 per cent over the past six years. The AFL has been urged to immediately review its concussion return-to-play model as the league investigates damaging allegations against it’s former concussion advisor. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Homeowners are staring down the barrel of a series of interest rate hikes starting next week, with inflation hitting a 20-year high. Adelaide households face a crackdown on wood-fired heating. Members of violent Melbourne youth gang BDK have been enlisted by one of Adelaide’s Sudanese youth gangs. AFLW superstar Erin Phillips has left the Crows to pull on a Power jumper. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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South Australia is offering hugely discounted airfares to working holidaymakers, chasing a new wave of “Ten Pound Poms”. South Australian students must wear a mask when they return to classrooms next week. Calls for better contingency planning as heavy rainfall turns major South Australian Outback roads to slush. Magarey Medallist Bryce Gibbs is the shock omission from the SANFL State squad to play Western Australia in Perth next month. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Police have issued a public threat warning over a fatal stabbing in Adelaide’s CBD, with 12 men and a teenager arrested on Monday. A surge of Covid-19 outbreaks in South Australian nursing homes has plunged aged-care sites into lockdown. Police confirm a hotel fire early Sunday morning is being treated as suspicious, with three men being treated in intensive care. Port Adelaide has a timeline for the return of star forward Charlie Dixon. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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SOUTH Australia’s Covid chiefs will meet early to discuss lifting the state’s crippling close-contact rules, as more industries join calls to drop the isolation requirements.
A TRANSGENDER woman says she was left upset after Senator Pauline Hanson told her it was a “choice” to transition, and voiced views that transgender women should not be allowed to compete in female sport.
AN academic who claims she was sexually assaulted by a senior University of Adelaide colleague has told a tribunal she has only “memory flashes” of the incident – and explained why she did not stop it.
PORT Adelaide has rushed back Brownlow medallist Ollie Wines as it desperately seeks to reverse the fortunes of a winless season.
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FORMER Liberal deputy premier Vickie Chapman will get an estimated $300,000 annual pension after she quits politics in late May.
RORY Sloane will remain Adelaide captain for 2022 despite his season-ending ACL injury but coach Matthew Nicks is calling on the remaining members of the leadership group to step up in his absence.
ONE year ago today, little Kobi Shepherdson plunged to her death while strapped to the man who, above anybody else, had a responsibility to protect her – her father.
SOUTH Australia’s crippling isolation rules for Covid-19 close contacts will likely be relaxed within days to make us consistent with other states that have eased quarantine laws, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens says.
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FORMER Liberal deputy premier Vickie Chapman will quit politics at the end of May, ending a 20-year career after an Ombudsman’s inquiry into her conduct is released publicly.
THE “horse has bolted” for masks to protect children from Covid-19, experts say, as the state’s coronavirus chief raised new hopes South Australia is through the peak of the latest Omicron wave.
HE’S the former Adelaide 36er whose dazzling debut in America’s NBA has rewritten the record books.
COFFEE prices are on the rise with predictions a takeaway caffeine fix could soon set you back $7 a cup.
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Footballers and other sportspeople who commit criminal assaults during a match are now more likely than ever to go to jail for their offending, following a landmark South Australian decision.
South Australia’s defence shipbuilding industry has received a boost ahead of the election with the government announcing a $381 million investment to upgrade the nation’s submarine fleet with a cutting edge optronics system.
A southern suburbs mother has lost a Supreme Court legal manoeuvre in an almost two decades-long battle to evict her son from her Hackham West house.
Adelaide’s victory over Richmond at Adelaide Oval on Saturday has been described as the most “mature” victory the Crows have had under Mathew Nicks.
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The planned Women’s and Children’s Hospital may be built at a new site after Labor says a secret $100m cost blowout has pushed the price through the $2bn mark.
The woman tapped to replace Greg Hunt as health minister if the Coalition government is re-elected wants to make getting Australia’s kids back into sport her priority.
A fan who filmed a brawl during a country football match is “livid” after he was handed a longer ban than a player who knocked his opponent unconscious.
Ethan Hall is desperate to shake the tag The Hiccups Kid ….and his astonishing audition of Pie Jesu on the new season of The Voice looks set to do just that.
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LEADING Adelaide chefs have called on fussy eaters to stop asking for changes to dishes without a legitimate reason.
PORT Adelaide Enfield Mayor Claire Boan has taken to an anti-vax podcast to tell listeners she will not have any more jabs and neither will her children, after she claimed to have experienced side effects.
THE man found guilty of the 1993 cold case murder of Suzanne Poll has been granted permission to appeal against his conviction – sparking outrage from her family.
A SACKED council chief made salacious remarks about the mayor, stored improper images in his work account and branded one councillor a “dumb f--k”, a court has heard.
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Homeowners are being warned to brace for a spate of interest rate rises that could see them fork out about an extra $500 more per month to service a $500,000 loan.
Masks are not the only Covid measures to come down from Good Friday.
Anthony Albanese was forced to clean up another potential campaign mess for Labor after saying turning back asylum seeker boats meant offshore detention wasn’t needed.
From household names to local heroes, there has been no shortage of century-making batters in South Australian suburban cricket over the years. And now you can search them up – including checking out your own stats – right back to 1967.
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The Liberal candidate for Mayo has apologised for a bizarre election blunder in which she appeared to claim credit for the work of a stranger with a similar name.
An Adelaide nightclub posted a video of a man dancing and using his phone on the evening they say he was Covid positive.
Nurse and AFLW footballer Deni Varnhagen’s vaccine mandate challenge has been adjourned for a fourth time, due to State Co-ordinator Grant Stevens’ ongoing illness.
Collingwood says it is committed to a “genuine outcome” for players that have experienced racism at the club after a trio of former Magpies severed ties with the club on Wednesday.
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Families will get urgent medical care for broken bones, sprains, stitches and minor burns bulk billed without having to wait hours in hospital emergency departments under a $135m Labor pledge.
A royal commission has heard a South Australian company pays some of its employees with a disability less than $2.50 an hour, which is a tiny fraction of the national minimum wage...
Residents downstream of the historic Whispering Wall dam are angry they have been kept in the dark about the risk of a catastrophic flood.
From Good Friday we can wake up without a legal need to cover up in almost all public areas for the first time in 289-long days.
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Labor will attempt to reset and claw back ground amid widespread ridicule for Anthony Albanese hinging his election campaign on wages, but not knowing the unemployment or cash rate.
An Adelaide clubber who partied at a city nightclub while infectious with Covid-19 has escaped a conviction, sparking anger over his failure to read quarantine order messages.
South Australians eager to stay and play on a getaway have made almost 100,000 bookings in the latest two rounds of the Great State Voucher scheme, generating $52m for the visitor economy.
Port Adelaide midfielder Ollie Wines says he is “100 per cent back to normal” and the Power has announced the reigning Brownlow Medallist has been cleared to return to light training.
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The 120-year-old dam wall that holds back a 4510-megalitre reservoir has failed a safety test, which showed that in floods it could burst and put a quarter of Gawler and Angle Vale under water.
Rather than continuing with their AFLW premiership celebrations on Sunday morning, two Adelaide leaders went out of their way with a special gesture to one of their fallen rivals.
Six children have escaped a house fire that left a woman in hospital with critical injuries early on Sunday morning in Kilburn.
Official new figures show a retiring Federal MP and a popular independent politician have racked up some of the country’s biggest taxpayer-funded office costs in three months..
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Scott Morrison will head to Canberra today to ask Governor-General David Hurley to fire the starting gun for an election to be held no later than May, 21.
A New era has emerged at the West Lakes headquarters of the Adelaide Football Club: where there are more premiership cups on display in the club’s foyer won by the women, than those won by the men.
One of the state’s most expensive private schools has recorded a 20 per cent drop in enrolments over six years, bucking a city-wide trend towards steady student growth.
A South-East veterinarian won compensation for arthritis in his wrists after performing as many as 840 pregnancy tests a day on cows but has failed in a bid to have the amount increased.
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Dozens of extra hospital beds have opened amid a record rate of South Australians infected with Covid-19.
Brain-stimulation implants are being used to treat patients with anorexia after the initial success of a world-leading Australian trial targeting obsessive compulsive disorder.
The number of drivers caught by cameras running red lights surged by a massive 38 per cent last year, as many housebound motorists took to the roads again.
Former Adelaide Chief Executive Andrew Fagan is confident when the Crows women run out on to Adelaide Oval for their fourth AFLW grand final in six seasons, they’ll do it as an Australian football Dynasty.
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Chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier was abused and jostled outside a court yesterday after the judge ruled she does not have to give evidence in AFLW Crows footballer Deni Varn-hagen’s vaccine mandate challenge.
SA Health has revealed fifteen children with Covid-19 are in hospital, sparking fresh calls for parents to lift low vaccination rates.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has promised to give South Australia its full share of fresh water under the Murray Darling Basin Plan.
An independent uComms poll, commissioned by the Greens shows Labor in SA comfortably ahead of the Morrison government on the eve of the federal election campaign.
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The Premier has declared Australia must triple its intake of refugees and embark on bold economic reform to end constant cost-of-living pressures.
There are calls to revise close contact rules to help more teachers and students get back in the classroom, as 10 government schools are forced to close.
New research has found some of the state’s wealthiest families are among the biggest owners of Adelaide’s largest CBD development sites.
It's been revealed Australians are buying more mouse traps and rat bait this year, as more pesky rodents invade their homes and workplaces.
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A young couple accused of running an intricate dark-web drug dealing operation has had hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, luxury booze and precious metal frozen by the courts.
A dedicated dad who is building a dream treehouse for his 13-year-old stepdaughter has been ordered to rip it down by council.
Labor poised to snatch at least two South Australian seats in the upcoming federal election...
The stars of the Adelaide Football Club kicked off their footy boots for a night to celebrate the league’s best players at the W Awards.
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PREMIER Peter Malinauskas has sidestepped questions over whether his government will compensate the SA Ambulance Service for more than $4m in lost revenue as a result of union-led industrial action in the lead-up to the state election.
A man accused of murdering his mother and leaving her body in a rear shed on her property has faced court for the first time.
Crows’ star midfielders Ebony Marinoff and Anne Hatchard are looking forward to swapping their footy jumpers for evening wear tonight...
AFL great Jason Dunstall believes Taylor Walker will be “embraced” if he is picked to return against Essendon this weekend, with his suspension for racial vilification over.
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Motorists will soon be able to use Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to pay for their fuel and in-store purchases,
Paramedics refusal to charge patients for ambulance call-outs as part of industrial action in the lead-up to the state election is likely to cost taxpayers more than $4m
Owners of a 2.5m-long escaped python are being urged to come forward after terrified Morphett Vale residents found it
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Crows fans are being urged to pack Adelaide Oval on Saturday and back their team in their fourth grand final in six seasons.
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A 36 year old man has been charged with the murder of his own mother at her home in the Adelaide Hills.
Many coeducational private schools are struggling to attract enough girls to create an even classroom balance – but gender equity is on the way up. Sophie Monk is officially no longer a Bachelorette after marrying her boyfriend Joshua Gross in a secret elopement at their home. And in Sport… Adelaide has stormed into its fourth grand final in six AFLW seasons, with Ash Woodland kicking two goals in a tense 14-point win against Fremantle on Saturday.
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Adelaide’s hotel occupancy rates have soared back to pre-Covid levels as Australians holiday close to home.
The failed French subs deal could cost taxpayers up to $5.5bn, the Department of Defence has conceded.
Seven-figure properties in South Australia are more commonplace than ever, new data shows
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School and community sports officials are fighting to keep competitions going across the state as Covid “decimates” teams, forcing last-minute forfeits or the rescheduling of games.
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Close contacts in hospitality should be allowed to continue working to cope with an expected surge in Covid cases at Easter
Four Filipino men have been charged over the biggest cocaine bust in the state’s history
Skyrocketing fertiliser prices will vastly increase the cost of planting a crop this year
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Stakes are even higher for Friday night’s history-making Showdown between the Crows and Port Adelaide
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It takes more than an earthquake to rattle the nerves of Mount Barker residents, who on Tuesday were rocked by their fifth tremor in a month.
COVID is being blamed for neighbours getting on each other’s nerves and deforestation is high on the list of things they are fighting about.
South Australia is set to rake in a GST windfall worth $900m
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Port Adelaide has a big problem. Not in defence, but in attack. It is struggling to score - says former player Tom Rockcliff.
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Fuel prices will be cut and money pumped into the pockets of low-and-middle income earners to ease escalating pressure on households
More Australians will be given a shot at home ownership
Pensioners will get cheaper medicines, a high-cost breast cancer treatment has been made affordable in a suite of budget health measures.
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A star-studded line up will be part of Shane Warne’s “unprecedented” send off.
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A cut to fuel excise will provide hip-pocket relief at the petrol pump within days
Senior Labor figure Penny Wong has declared she won’t “return anger with anger” in a speech paying tribute to her late colleague Kimberley Kitching
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party is poised to claim one of two remaining seats in the Legislative Council but nobody seems to know the winning candidate.
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Buddy Franklin has his ball back.
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A long-awaited fix for one of Adelaide’s worst traffic bottlenecks will be promised in Tuesday night’s federal budget as the Coalition unveils plans to spend more than $450m on new road projects in South Australia.
For the first time since 2019, crowds will return to the city’s streets to honour military veterans in next month’s Anzac Day march.
Kodi Smit-McPhee – the first South Australian to be nominated for an acting Oscar in more than 80 years – is resting up for this morning’s Academy Awards ceremony.
Two professional fishermen whose incomes have been slashed under the controversial reform of the state’s fishing industry have won a crucial legal fight.
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South Australia’s paediatric Covid vaccination program is under review and a new campaign is being drafted to increase the overall jab rates of children.
Health officials are warning the state’s hospitals will be overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients who failed to take the recommended antivirals within five days of infection...
Bullying and nepotism are among the claims levelled against the principal of high-fee St Andrew’s School by members of its community.
Doctors are being offered lucrative incentives totalling up to $70,000 to move to rural South Australia, but there are still dozens of vacancies.
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Close contact quarantine rules that have sparked widespread chaos have been slashed while mandatory masks will all but go within weeks, under sweeping changes to Covid-19 laws.
Self-funded retirees will get another year’s extension to rules introduced at the start of the pandemic which cut the amount of money they have to take out of super as pensions.
The deadly mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus has been detected across the state, prompting a warning from SA Health.
And in sport, the Russell Ebert statue at Adelaide Oval will have special visitors before the SA football legend’s tribute game on Saturday night.
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The new Labor ministry is set to cost the government an extra $630,000 per year with 15 members sworn in to serve on cabinet.
South Australia has a new billionaire, with shopping centre magnate Nick DiMauro joining the ranks of the country’s wealthy elite this year.
Adelaide’s submarine shipyard will more than triple in size to become one of the most sophisticated construction bases in the world, as the federal government plans a huge expansion of the Osborne site ahead of the nuclear-powered submarine build.
And in sport, Ash Barty has closed the door on tennis but admits “it’s not padlocked’’ as her sporting future remains shrouded in mystery.
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Ash Barty is set to follow her inspiration Evonne Goolagong Cawley and nourish her connections with Indigenous Australia following the retirement announcement that shocked the sporting world.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 12-year-old boy who allegedly killed one person and seriously injured a second in a car rollover.
The Federal Government will spend $875 million upgrading military bases around Australia next year, as it heads to an election in May with defence and national security as a core component of its campaign.
And in sport, Baseball SA has called for cultural change after a tirade of negative social media comments led to a staff member leaving the sporting body.
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Flight data from the doomed China Eastern airlines Boeing 737 jet has detailed the terrifying three minutes the passenger plane plummeted from the sky.
Age is nothing but a number for Olivia Savvas who won the seat of Newland at this weekend’s election.
A drunk driver who twice rammed a young woman “just going about her business” before driving at a pedestrian filming the incident will be off the road for at least 16 years.
And in sport, Crows star Erin Phillips has moved out of her family home and into a caravan parked in her driveway in an attempt to avoid either contracting Covid, or being placed into close contact isolation ahead of the upcoming AFLW finals series.
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A man who bit off part of a stranger’s right ear during an altercation “reacted spontaneously” because the victim “was getting the better of him” during the scuffle, a court has heard.
Larger chain shops would be allowed to open two hours earlier on Sunday under the new Labor state government, should legislation pass parliament.
Premier Peter Malinauskas will make a major health announcement and release updated Covid-19 modelling on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the state’s emergency declaration.
And in sport, Supercars will meet the new South Australian government to ramp up preparations for the return of the Adelaide 500 to the V8 championship this season, reviving an event “on a par with Bathurst”.
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Premier-elect Peter Malinauskas will challenge Covid-19 authorities over rules on mask wearing, close contacts and isolation. Peter Malinauskas will be sworn in as Premier this morning. A drug importer with links to an outlaw motorcycle gang has been jailed for 11 years, but is already in custody indefinitely. Port Adelaide has concerns star defender Aliir Aliir may have suffered a syndesmosis injury. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Peter Malinauskas said he was “naturally a bit anxious” before polls closed, but the night saw large swings against the Liberals. Adelaide is one the state’s most marginal seats and both political parties called in the heavy-hitters to help secure every last vote for their candidate. A damning report has revealed childcare centres are feeding children for as little as 65 cents a day. Geelong coach Chris Scott is yet to officially put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension.
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Disability advocates are disappointed after a carer who left a disabled woman to die from horrific neglect was sentenced to six years’ jail. Bumper box office for this year’s Adelaide Festival and Fringe. Four more cases of Japanese encephalitis have been confirmed in South Australia. Former Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson says his sister was so worried about the pressures of his job, she was relieved when he was sacked. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Labor would raise debt, cut public services spending and decrease Budget surpluses to fund $3.118bn in election spending. The who’s who of Australian cricket paid an emotional tribute to Test legend Rod Marsh at Adelaide Oval. A father accused of stabbing his daughter in an “attempted honour killing” says he will confess to a lesser charge. Cameron Smith says his epic win at The Players Championship proves he can win a major. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Senator Penny Wong hit with allegations over a factional group that iced late Senator Kimberley Kitching out of Labor’s inner circle. Charles Sturt Council to trial extra bin system for families with children. Some of the state’s smallest regional public schools celebrate most improved numeracy and literacy test results. Adelaide will unleash Jordan Dawson through the midfield against Fremantle in round 1. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Labor is poised to seize power at Saturday’s state election as voters surge behind first-term Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas. WA vs SA rivalry reignited over defence jobs. Climate change turning electorates on their head in the Federal election lead up. Ollie Wines says he’s in the right place to avoid the drop-off others have had after claiming the Brownlow. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Family and friends have paid tribute to 26-year-old Synamin Bell, who was found by police dead inside her rental house in Millicent on Saturday. Prosecutors have moved to freeze a northern suburbs shopping centre after one of the directors of the company that owns the precinct was charged with drug trafficking. A council plan to transform Sugars Beach into a major tourism attraction will receive $1m from the state government. Adelaide United boss Carl Veart has hailed the belief and fighting spirit among his players after his side secured yet another win in the dying moments.
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A young mother of three has been identified as the woman killed in the South-East town of Millicent on Thursday. Police have charged a man with the murder of Synamin Bell.
Stephanie Ford was told by a psychic that her brother, Scott Redman, would one day go missing. The prediction was made at the Royal Adelaide Show more than 10 years ago. 19 year old Mr Redman, did go missing in April 2018.
The election is moving from health to the “hip pocket” as leaders focus on the rising cost of living, including spiralling petrol prices, as a final-week vote decider.
Warm weather and eased Covid restrictions have set the scene for a gala Adelaide Cup on Monday as the state takes a holiday for the biggest date on the South Australian racing calendar.
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Premier Steven Marshall has urged the Federal Government to reduce its fuel tax
The cost of renting a home is about to reach new heights
Advocates for the regions have appealed for intrastate tourists to keep visiting despite high fuel prices.
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Footy legends Nathan Buckley, Jason Dunstall and Nick Riewoldt believe criticism from a section of Port Adelaide fans towards Ken Hinkley is unjustified
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Humans could be launched into space from Australia within a decade, the head of Adelaide-based Australian Space Agency says.
Healthy people with mild symptoms will soon no longer need to get tested but should instead treat coronavirus like the flu or a cold
Sixty thousand people have voted ahead of next week’s state election – double the total for the same period in the 2018 poll.
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Cricket legend Shane Warne’s death rocked the country but his enduring legacy may be saving countless lives.
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With just eight days to go until the March 19 poll, the Liberal and Labor leaders went head-to-head in their first state election campaign debate.
High-profile Adelaide barrister and transgender rights advocate Heather Stokes has praised a Prince Alfred College student for continuing to study at the exclusive boys’ school as a girl.
Shane Warne suffered two bouts of Covid, raising speculation that the virus may have damaged his heart.
Australia’s military struggles to retain recruits and changes must be made if the government is to achieve the largest peacetime expansion Defence Minister Peter Dutton has conceded.
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The man who wants to be elected as the MP for one of Adelaide’s poorest regions says he is happy to be “judged on his record’’ of representing the northern suburbs, despite now living a world away in North Adelaide – one of the of state’s most affluent areas.
Transgender athlete Harry Robinson-Cox has slammed Scott Morrison’s ‘discriminatory’ support of a bill to ban transgender people from women’s sport.
South Australia has recorded its first cases of the deadly Japanese encephalitis amid a shortage of vaccines against the illness which has a grim outlook once it takes hold.
The South Australian racing industry could lose more top trainers and horses interstate without a fresh influx of state government funding .
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Premier STEVEN Marshall argues South Australia is not longer ‘the handout state; state’s economy is strong and moe South Australians are employed than ever before.
A rundle street nightclub owner is refusing to pay a $5000 dancing fine, saying it makes him out to be a “threat to national security”.
A Woman charged over a hit-run crash which claimed the life of one of the leading neuropsychologist allegedly had a blood-alcohol level of 0.08, a court has heard.
History maker Jamie Kah will return to where it all began with the Melbourne-based jockey set to chase a maiden win in the Group 2 Adelaide Cup next Monday
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Prominent vaccine researcher Helen Marshall has been named Woman of the Year by SkyCity, The Advertiser and Sunday Mail, for her contributions to science.
AT least 5 per cent of all state government spending would be redirected to South Australian suppliers and almost all work on major infrastructure projects would be done by locals under spending reforms proposed by Labor.
A humble firefighter has credited his footy days to the heart-stopping catch of a kitten that leapt from a tree during a dramatic rescue caught on video.
AND.. while COVID has hit hard the SANFL remains optimistic about its future after managing to keep its head above water in the past two years.
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South Australia’s early risers were caught with their pants down on Sunday as a 3.8 magnitude earthquake caused rumbling and shaking across the state.
A public child-sex-offender register that allows police to tell parents if there are any high-risk paedophiles living in their neighbourhood would be established in South Australia if Labor wins this month’s state election.
An alleged senior bikie has asked a court to relax his electronic monitoring bail condition because the ankle bracelet interferes with the steelcap boots required at his new job.
And in sport, the Adelaide 36ers slumped to a fourth loss in a row as Perth superstar Bryce Cotton drove the Wildcats to a comprehensive 19-point win on Sunday.
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It was meant to be the start of a three-month break. A boys’ trip to the Thai resort island of Koh Samui for some rest and relaxation before cricket great Shane Warne worked on the next phase of his life.
A weed that grows in the River Torrens could help send humans to Mars, thanks to the work of Adelaide scientists.
He was a proverbial knight in shining armour on a crusade to defend small business and cut through the political spin of the major parties. Instead, a $150 store-bought costume and rubber sword turned retail identity Colin Shearing’s state election publicity stunt into a showdown with police over claims he was a “public risk”.
And the state’s taxpayer-funded Covid-19 quarantine program will be wound down to just two medi-hotels as the Omicron wave declines.
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Rod Marsh’s mother wanted him to become a concert pianist but he felt those famous fingers would be better suited elsewhere. His death yesterday morning at 6am in an Adelaide Hospital following a heart attack last week has shattered the cricket world.
Two siblings will make history at the state election, becoming what is believed to be the first brother-sister pair to run for office at the same poll – on opposite sides.
Former education minister Alan Tudge has been cleared by a senior public servant of breaching the ministerial code of conduct over allegations he assaulted his lover and former press secretary.
And SA Police has removed a vaccination mandate for its employees, allowing unvaccinated officers to return to the beat.
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Steven Marshall is at risk of losing his own inner-eastern Adelaide seat of Dunstan, according to a shock opinion poll result that also has him trailing Labor’s Peter Malinauskas as preferred premier.
A COVID pet vaccine has been developed at Flinders University by Professor Nikolai Petrovksy with the support of a Sydney vet but it has come too late for the kittens of MP Tom Koutsantonis.
Businessman Sam Shahin reckons the state’s potential will never be reached until it finds its own “Barnaby Joyce” – the one federal MP he claims “gets s---t done.”
And in sport, Adelaide Football Club could have Thebarton Oval as a stand-alone new AFL home.
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A vast majority of South Australia’s Covid-19 restrictions may be lifted by the start of April as life returns to normal after the Omicron wave.
Parents of school boarders are ramping up their calls for an overhaul of Covid-19 isolation rules, as dozens of students are sent home to properties across the state and beyond.
South Australia will become the country’s biggest manufacturer of satellites as a Silicon Valley-style space park at Adelaide Airport becomes fully funded with a $20m boost from the federal government.
And in sport, Rod Marsh has been transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital from Bundaberg, Queensland, after suffering a heart attack last Thursday.
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Stunned by their failure to capture Kyiv in a planned 48-hour blitz, Russian military chiefs are becoming more ruthless, bombing homes, schools and hospitals in the Ukrainian capital.
Ukraine’s army will be boosted by extra missiles, ammunition and other weapons paid for by Australia in a $105 million aid package to combat Russia’s “unlawful, violent and aggressive” invasion.
Thousands of flood-hit families across NSW and Queensland were still stranded on Tuesday night amid warnings the carnage would continue and the clean-up could take months.
And in sport, Russia has been expelled from the World Cup after being suspended from all international competitions “until further notice”, FIFA and UEFA announced in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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Taxpayer have spent more than $80,000 in two years on nicotine patches for prisoners, following a total smoking ban in South Australian jails.
AN extra 350 paramedics and ambulance officers would be recruited over four years as part of a state Labor Party plan to help fix ramping and deliver faster emergency care.
FIVE South Australian reservoirs would undergo $12m worth of upgrades to make them even more appealing to visitors under a re-elected Liberal state government.
The Sydney Kings have broken the Adelaide 36ers’ hearts, superstar import Jaylen Adams draining a clutch three-pointer with 3.5 seconds left in Sunday’s game to secure a stunning three-point win.
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Radio legend Rex Leverington has met the good Samaritan who saved his life just a few weeks ago in an emotional reunion on Friday afternoon.
The reasons teachers give the Education Department for walking away from the public school system are being kept secret.
The remains of a man who disappeared from Whyalla back in 1976 have been laid to rest....45 years after they were discovered.
South Australia could unveil new signing Kate Peterson, who will make her Women's National Cricket League debut if selected, when the Scorpions launch their new WNCL season at Karen Rolton Oval today
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Defiant Ukrainians have vowed to fight Vladimir Putin’s soldiers as Kyiv was under siege from Russian forces bombarding the city in overnight raids.
Police are urging some older drivers to think about retiring from the road.
SWEAT co-founder Tobi Pearce has announced he is leaving the digital fitness empire he built alongside celebrity personal trainer and ex-partner Kayla Itsines.
Cockroaches, fly larvae and sustainably raised crickets are the foods about to get tails wagging in a shift away from traditional meat-based diets for our pets.
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UKRAINE has declared a state of emergency and imposed martial law as Russia launches a full-scale invasion with multiple rocket attacks on airports, ports and military bases, including on the capital Kyiv.
An apprentice plumber has been accused by police as a far-right, fascist extremism in South Australia. On Thursday, police told Adelaide Magistrates Court that Cameron Brodie-Hall was not just a member of the National Socialist Network but the leader of its SA branch.
Cricket legend Rod Marsh is in a Queensland hospital after suffering a devastating heart attack.
The 74-year-old’s heart stopped beating for several minutes after the attack on Thursday morning.
The world no. 1 Ash Barty had a hit with some junior players in Melbourne following her win at the Australian Open last month.
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A new report has found MORE than 10,000 hospitality workers lost their jobs each day from “inequitable” new year Omicron bans.sparking a plea for urgent easing of rules.
The family of Kaleb Bryant paid their “miracle” son an emotional farewell, scattering his ashes out to sea at one of his favourite fishing spots.
A $500m spending barrage to expand hospitals across Adelaide will be unleashed today by Premier Steven Marshall in a bid to spike his Labor rival’s key election.
And in AFL Matthew Nicks has spruiked Adelaide’s chances of surprising its critics this year...
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Australia is poised to slap “severe” sanctions on Russia after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway regions in Ukraine he recognised as “independent”, effectively ending the fragile peace in Europe.
A 32 year old MAN has been linked to a series of pharmacy holdups after his DNA was allegedly found on a tea towel used to cover his face, a court has heard.
IT’S the payroll tax pain barrier. On one side of the border South Australian businesses are paying 4.95 per cent and on the other regional Victorian businesses just 1.21 per cent.
AND>. And a southern suburbs woman has found herself in an awkward due to South Australia’s dire rental crisis. Melissa Rowsell says she’d forced her to live unwillingly with her ex husband for three years because of his difficulties finding somewhere else to live.
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It was a case of hugs, kisses and tears at Adelaide Airport after Australia’s international borders reopened.
Efforts to prevent the outbreak of a major land war in Europe have stepped up with US President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin agreeing “in principle” to a crisis summit.
The Queen’s Covid-19 diagnosis has reignited debate over which members of her family will carry out her official duties when she is unwell.
AND… Patrick Dangerfield is being hailed as a Moggs Creek hero after helping rescue a family struggling in the water as they were dragged out to sea by a heavy rip.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Russia invading the Ukraine is “looking regrettably inevitable”
A businesswoman whose company offers naked sushi and topless entertainment has been acquitted of drug trafficking
Violent incidents – ranging from brawls to the theft of mobile phones – are happening up to five times a day on the doorstep of South Australia’s main criminal court
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Inaccurate Adelaide is back on the winners’ list after keeping a disappointing GWS outfit goalless but the Crows’ 40-point win was soured by the loss of superstar Erin Phillips to a knee injury.
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Pressure is mounting on South Australian authorities to lift crowd restrictions at Adelaide Oval following Victoria’s decision to scrap capacity limits ahead of the 2022 AFL football season.
Members of an alleged drug syndicate are accused of trafficking millions of dollars of ice from Adelaide to Perth via a SA freight company as police secretly watched on, The Advertiser can reveal.
A new round of state government Business Hardship Grants will make cash payments of up to $11,000 available to eligible Covid-affected businesses in any industry.
And in sport, Adelaide star Rory Laird says the Crows won’t be the only side to be hit by Covid-19 this season, but is backing clubs and the AFL to overcome the challenge.
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Homeowners lured by “straight out greed” are joining forces with organised crime syndicates and turning their suburban properties into meth labs.
The chiefs of South Australia’s two firefighting agencies are seeking pay rises of more than $100,000 each from the state government
Teenager who stormed into his grandfather’s house armed with a shotgun asked if another man was at the home moments before shooting his elderly relative.
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The woman at the centre of the cricket sexting scandal says she was “deeply offended” and suicidal after being bombarded with explicit messages by former Australia Test captain Tim Paine
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The identity of a young man who allegedly shot his grandfather, leaving him with critical injuries, has been revealed.
A young mother in the grip of a rare mental disorder poisoned her infant with paracetamol and sedatives while he lay in a hospital bassinet metres away from medical staff.
South Australia has recorded a spike in Covid-19 cases as unvaccinated patients can book for the country’s first protein-based vaccine tomorrow.
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Tom Jonas has revealed he has watched a replay of Port Adelaide’s preliminary final for closure on its horror finish to 2021
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A young couple expecting their first child have been forced to sleep in their car for days on end as they battle to overcome the state’s growing rental crisis.
Global resources giant BHP will spearhead plans for a desalination plant in the upper Spencer Gulf
Australia's top cop has revealed federal police were “concerned” after a man was found with a loaded rifle and plans of Parliament House
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Port Adelaide has turned its finances around by $8.7m
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The Adelaide Crows have been thrown a lifeline for their failed bid to build club headquarters at the former Brompton Gasworks
Paramedics called to treat a man with disabilities in a government care facility were so appalled that they lodged a complaint.
A cutting-edge vaccine that penetrates the skin with a jet spray instead of a needle is being trialled as a Covid booster in South Australia
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The Fringe’s drone show centrepiece, Sky Song, has been postponed from opening on Friday until March and moved to McLaren Vale
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The Adelaide 500 motorsport event will return as the V8 Supercars season finale if Labor wins the state election. Confidence is building in the Adelaide Fringe as ticket sales continue to grow in the lead-up to the festival. PM Scott Morrison has announced the $4.4bn final piece of the North-South Corridor. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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“Shocking” levels of sexism and gender stereotyping remain rampant in South Australian schools in 2022, according to the state’s Commissioner for Children and Young People.
Labor has made a pre-election promise to build a new $80m aquatic centre in North Adelaide.
The state’s top cop has angrily hit back at the police union’s “alarmist picture” of Covid-19 workforce issues.
And lonely people hungry for love are losing bigger amounts of money to heartless romance scammers, despite a drop in reported incidents.
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The median value of homes in six Adelaide suburbs grew more than $1000 a day in the past 12 months, rising faster than the average wage. The Commonwealth Bank will be the cornerstone tenant in the $400m Entrepreneur and Innovation Centre. A push to halve excise tax on draught beer is under consideration for next month’s federal budget. Premier Steven Marshall has encouraged people to book their tickets early for both Fringe and Adelaide Festival shows. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Liberal MP James Stevens missed a crucial vote the PM’s Religious Discrimination Bill because he was asleep in his office. The Hells Angels have lost a challenge to laws preventing them from setting foot on their Ponde compound. Covid restrictions covering house guests, fitness and hospitality have been relaxed overnight. A full round of SANFL games to be played on Good Friday for the first time. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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An operation targeting feuding youth gangs of Sudanese heritage in Adelaide’s northern and western suburbs is being expanded by police. The source of a threatening call made to Grace Tame begging her not to say anything “damning” about Scott Morrison is under investigation. Rising Adelaide-born actor Kodi Smit-McPhee is in the running for an Academy Award. Port Adelaide expects forward Orazio Fantasia to undergo surgery next week on his right knee. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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An Eastern suburbs council could extinguish the gender reveal craze, as it looks to ban all balloons and plastic confetti by next year. South Australia’s biggest racing club wants to put two football ovals in the middle of Morphettville Racecourse. Adelaide traffic expected to return to pre-Covid-19 levels with South Australia’s return to school. A driver accused of killing two people in a crash seeks to downgrade her charges and avoid a maximum 15-year jail term. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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Senator Alex Antic expected to continue withholding his vote over vaccine mandates, despite support for the religious freedom Bill. Labor has edged ahead in the high-stakes battle for South Australia’s only marginal federal seat. Outgoing Boothby Liberal MP Nicolle Flint says stopping online trolls from abusing women is “almost impossible”. Extensive damage at a brand new BMX track in Adelaide’s southern suburbs has become cloaked in secrecy. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at advertiser.com.au
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More than 410,000 South Australians who are eligible for their Covid-19 booster shot are yet to roll up their sleeves
The latest round of Great State Vouchers is coming to the party for tourism and hospitality operators,
Cop killer and prison escapee Gordon Benson Marshal has launched Supreme Court action aimed at securing his release from prison.
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Adelaide has maintained its undefeated start to the AFLW season
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SICK close contacts of an infectious Covid-19 case will be required to seek a laboratory test rather than have a rapid DIY check, under proposed changes from today.
The mystery remains surrounding A Japanese cyclist who set off in Ceduna after purchasing a bike from the local sports store- never to be seen again.
A wetsuit designed to drastically reduce injuries from shark bites will soon be available to South Australian surfers and divers.
Adelaide United coach Carl Veart didn’t mince his words after it appeared the Reds had won a penalty to give them a chance to snatch at least a draw with Sydney on Friday.
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South Australia’s property market continues to storm ahead,
Covid-positive voters – and those in isolation – would use a drive-thru polling booth on state election day, under a plan being considered by the government.
Transport officials are worried that the subsurface of the Stuart Highway will pose a danger to motorists.
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Former Adelaide head of football Brett Burton feels a sense of “vindication” after an apology from the Nine Network over its reporting of the trip.
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The young daughters of a woman who conspired with her lover to kill her husband have disowned her in court, urging a judge to jail her – and demanding she never speak to them again.
Taxpayers footed the bill for NBN Co executives to play with Lego, while Australia languished with worse fixed internet speeds than Costa Rica.
One of Adelaide’s grandest heritage buildings remains locked up and empty three years after being sold by the state government, while similar historic properties languish across the city.
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Aussie cricket coach Justin Langer secretly knocked back a six-figure sum in bonuses because he felt it would be morally inappropriate amid Covid job cuts.
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Industry bodies and a federal MP have hit back at China’s decision to ban meat exports from a Naracoorte abattoir allegedly temporarily due to Covid-19 cases.
Losing city streets for months at a time to let restaurants and shops spill into the streets to entice people to return to the CBD has been widely supported by traders.
Police involved in Cleo Smith’s abduction case have revealed they will not take part in a TV special because it is “highly inappropriate”.
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AFL star Chad Wingard has urged social media networks to introduce user identification laws to stamp out “hurtful” and hateful abuse from anonymous sources.
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A teenager stepped out of a silver BMW with a sawn-off shotgun and fired twice into another car after two adults helped him load it, a court has heard.
A Major Adelaide study of prescription drug use among children has revealed a “worrying” rise in psychiatric medication with researchers concerned about long-term health effects.
Paddamger rail will not meet consumer needs, with money better spent on expanding existing bus services, an independent Adelaide Hills transport study has found
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Rafael Nadal’s four-month booze ban helped power him to a historic 21st grand slam title
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The first flight of a 20-tonne RAAF air rescue will land in the stricken Outback town of Cooper Pedy on Monday, kicking off a military resupply operation to ease a critical flood-induced food shortage.
Wealthy property owners in a seaside apartment block who have been unable to travel because of Covid are complaining about noise from nearby hospitality businesses.
A training drill turned into real-life drama for two teenagers who are being heralded for their rescue of a woman struggling in water at one of Adelaide’s popular beaches.
And Adelaide audiences can finally “let it go” when Disney musical Frozen arrives at the Festival Theatre in May.
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Struggling businesses have been given a $50m stimulus package to keep them afloat as South Australia recorded five more Covid deaths.
A high-profile advocate has thrown her weight behind a political push for a plebiscite on legalising recreational cannabis use in South Australia.
Emma Watkins has revealed she would have never left The Wiggles if she thought she was letting down her tiny fans.
And veterinarians are calling for subsidised pet care for low-income earners to ensure animals receive the treatment they need and to reduce the stress vets face when clients simply can’t afford to pay.
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South Australia has taken its first steps back towards normality with the relaxation of several Covid-19 restrictions, but operators say the measures do not go far enough to help struggling businesses.
A strike by public school teachers on the first day of school has been averted after three-quarters of union members who voted in a second ballot opted against the move.
A second major emergency – on top of the one imposed for Covid – has been declared in South Australia, this time in response to the extreme weather event that caused flooding in the north and west of the state.
And property developer Ross Pelligra has vowed to push ahead in the search for a new home for the Adelaide Crows, revealing there are three sites still in the mix for the club’s new base.
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THE Adelaide Crows are setting their sights firmly on Thebarton Oval after their bid to transform the old gasworks at Bowden into their new base was shut down by a state government decision to appoint an interstate developer to overhaul the site.
Troubled former TV star Andrew O’Keefe has spent night in custody after being charged with assault...
James Whelan doesn’t believe it’s game over after racing to an incredible overall lead on stage I of the Santos Festival of Cycling at Lobethal.
Australia's globally famous singing nun Sister Janet Mead, whose rock version of The Lord’s Prayer conquered the pop charts, has died.
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At 7pm on Tuesday Country Fire Service brigades across South Australia sounded their station’s sirens to signal a life lost but not forgotten.
Thirteen people have died from Covid-19 in the latest reporting period, bringing the state’s death toll to 87 since the start of the pandemic.
Dylan Alcott has vowed to use his 12 months as Australian of the Year to push to remove accessibility barriers, guarantee a fully-funded National Disability Insurance Scheme and ensure access to rapid antigen tests.
And Port Adelaide Football Club’s support to change the date of Australia Day has ignited spirited debate among Indigenous leaders and politicians.
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A driver who, while affected by mental illness, caused a road crash that killed two women was active on a dating app in the lead-up to facing court for the final time.
Tennis champion, Paralympic gold-medallist, advocate and philanthropist Dylan Alcott has been named Australian of the Year, becoming the first person with a disability to win the top award.
The state’s teachers union has given the state government an ultimatum, to come back to them with a better offer by Thursday morning or they will strike when face-to-face classes resume next week.
And in sport, Ian Cockbain played one game of turf cricket this summer before turning the Big Bash on its head.
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THE highest summer rainfall since the 1940s has left large parts of the south australi drenched, with regional councils facing damage bills totalling millions.
1302 people will become citizens at South Australian ceremonies this week-including Noor Wali Jan Babaker Khail from Afghanistan- who left his war
torn home nine years ago.
A completion date for the troubled and delayed electrification of the Gawler train line is in sight, but there is one final headache for commuters.
Carnage threatened to ruin the opening stage of the 2022 women’s Santos Festival of Cycling as several riders crashed before order was restored at the finish line on Sunday.
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Exclusive new polling has revealed that Aussies are in no rush to change the date of our national celebration, the look of our flag,
the choice of our anthem, or our system of government,
CFS volunterr Louise Hincks was fighting a blaze near Lucindale on Friday when she was hit by a falling, burning branch, which caused fatal injuries.
Families have been given a two-day window to get their children vaccinated against Covid-19 without a booking at the state’s biggest mass hub.
Nick Kyrgios and great mate Thanasi Kokkinakis hit the Australian Open like a tsunami, wreaking havoc,
promising all-night benders, ruffling feathers and raising eyebrows on and off the court – and not just by dumping the top seed Croatian team out of the men’s doubles draw.
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Teachers exposed to Covid will stay in class but they will be rapid tested daily for a week to keep schools functioning.
A Volunteer firefighter has died and another has been seriously injured fighting a blaze burning out of control in plantations and paddocks
in the state’s South- East.
For the first time since Christmas Eve, South Australians are being urged to return to their offices – just not all at once.
men far outstrip women in serious traffic offences
and are almost four times worse when it comes to drink driving.
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South Australian in-home aged care providers are slugging the elderly up to $1000 a fortnight just in management and administration fees,
sparking urgent calls to protect the state’s most vulnerable citizens.
THE world’s biggest social network has admitted it failed to take action to remove threats of murder and rape against Tv and radio presenter Erin Molan
and her young daughter until the police got involved.
South Australia’s jobless rate has plunged to its lowest level since records began in 1978.
SIA has opened up about her mental health struggles – which saw her suicidal and in rehab – after fierce backlash to her debut film, Music.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating supply chain interference for rapid antigen tests to businesses.
Premier Steven Marshall has ordered an “urgent review” into birthing restrictions at the Lyell McEwin Hospital.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backed calls for teachers to undergo regular Covid testing in a bid to make the return to the classroom safer for students.
The most intelligent in the dog world has been revealed with border collies coming out on top.
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Millions of dollars of RAT test bound for South Australia have gone missing, with interstate governments accused of requisitioning them at Sydney and Melbourne airports for their own staff.
A multimillion-dollar upgrade of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital will help it “survive” four years amid claims patient care was put at risk by crumbling services.
HOMEWORK will increase dramatically in high school but experts have warned parents not to ask nagging questions about it when their child first enters Year 7.
The ex partner of fitness queen KYLA itsines- Tobi Pearce has moved on with a new love, Rachel Dillon – and she’s also in the fitness business running a rival app.
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MORE than a third of the state’s nursing homes are battling Omicron outbreaks among staff and residents.
The number of South Australian childcare centres that have been forced to close due to staff and children catching Covid has more than doubled in less than 14 days.
Statewide Super has been fined $4m for incorrectly deducting $2.7m in insurance premiums from more than 7000 members’ accounts.
the Maltese’s time as South Australia’s most popular pooch might soon be up as another European toy breed, the French Bulldog chases hot on its tail.
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Novak Djokovic was sensationally deported overnight after a unanimous federal court decision dismissed his fight to stay in Australia and compete for a record 21st Grand Slam.
One of the state’s most notorious methamphetamine traffickers wants the High Court to quash a ruling by South Australia’s highest court that dramatically increased his latest prison sentence.
Work has started on the site of a huge renewable energy project at Burra which will create 400 construction jobs and lower power prices.
Getting used to classroom rules, making friends, understanding the complexities of playground etiquette and learning about online stranger danger are just some of the important lessons reception kids will have to get to grips with in their first year.
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South Australia is on the cusp of its Omicron wave peak that could hit as early as today.
More than a quarter of South Australian workers are being short-changed on their superannuation, according to new figures, which reveal employers are withholding close to $300m in compulsory payments each year.
The state’s universities have recorded huge demand for undergraduate places in health courses, showing young South Australians’ booming interest in the sector with the biggest growth and jobs potential.
And in sport, a veteran spin star bowling with a broken rib and an English batsman plucked from suburban cricket in Melbourne in a “whirlwind week” took down the all-conquering Perth Scorchers to rattle a few Big Bash cages on Friday.
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Families with schoolchildren face a juggling act after the announcement of a staggered start to term 1 and a mix of online and face-to-face learning depending on the year level.
A botox-like toxin could become the first line of treatment for a chronic shooting and burning pain affecting up to 10 per cent of the population after Adelaide research found it effective and safe.
A woman has been stabbed to death outside a block of units at Kilburn during one of two violent attacks in two hours.
And in sport, despite a tough time in his last game, Adelaide United trailblazer Josh Cavallo is kicking personal goals.
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Shark sightings are up 13 per cent in South Australia, prompting calls from Surf Life Saving SA for people to take care at the beach as the mercury rises.
Piccadilly Cinema will be allowed to sell alcohol to patrons who don’t have a movie ticket as part a revamp of the venue intended to combat “trading woes” caused by the Covid pandemic.
South Australian students face a mix of classroom and home learning as authorities grapple with an expected Omicron Covid-19 peak just days before the school year starts.
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A young Muslim woman’s bank account was “drained” of all but 17 cents as she lay in hospital recovering from an “attempted honour killing” by her family.
Dogs will have to be kept on leashes in large areas of the Adelaide Parklands, including about a third of Victoria Park, under new City Council rules.
In sport, all industry participants and spectators aged 16 and over in South Australia will be required to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 to enter racetracks from next week.
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A sharp rise in drug-related hospitalisations in South Australia’s regions has prompted a call from the state’s peak drug and alcohol body for more resources in remote areas.
South Australia will have more than 140,000 paediatric Covid-19 vaccine doses by next week for the state’s 148,000 children aged 5-11 – but faces a challenge in the race for them to have at least one jab before school starts.
In sport, each of the South Australian AFL clubs had about a quarter of its playing squad missing when pre-season returned, because of Covid-19 protocols.
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Adelaide United player Joshua Cavallo has revealed he was targeted with homophobic abuse during Saturday night’s clash with Melbourne Victory.
An elderly gentleman who felt it was appropriate to “take a bit of a chance” on the road and made “several dangerous errors” during a driving test has lost an appeal to review his licence suspension.
Taxpayers are owed almost $17m in unpaid Covid-19 medi-hotel bills and authorities say the facilities are still needed despite quarantine restrictions easing.
And in sport, four-goal star Ash Woodland has helped Adelaide turn the tables on the Brisbane Lions, the Crows romping to a 30-point win in Sunday’s AFLW grand final rematch.
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Premier Steven Marshall will lead the state from isolation after his daughter tested positive for Covid-19.
Driving is a difficult task requiring full concentration – but that has not stopped hundreds of motorists from being caught behind the wheel with a furry distraction for company.
Victor Harbor residents are complaining of health problems as a result of chloramine being added to their water supply from My-ponga Reservoir.
And in sport, Ash Barty narrowly dodged defeat in her first match this week in Adelaide. But since trailing American Coco Gauff by a set and 4-2 – and with a break point to defend – the world No.1’s showed why she is favoured to end the host nation’s 44-year Australian Open drought.
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Surging retail vacancy rates in the Adelaide CBD have prompted calls for ongoing financial support, as traders argue the city’s economy is on the brink of total collapse.
The owner of a pizza shop at the centre of the state’s first major Covid controversy more than a year ago says he still gets phone calls asking for a pizza with corona.
Secret documents have revealed the Defence Department warned successive federal governments against building nuclear submarines.
And major changes to a key, compulsory high school subject will be trialled this year, broadening student choice.
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All shops in South Australia, regardless of their size or location, will be allowed to open on Australia Day for the first time.
Disability carers with Covid-19 are being allowed to continue working during their infectious period in an attempt to makeup for the number of staff forced to stay home.
Police have revealed a grandmother found dead on a houseboat in the Riverland in 2020 was murdered.
And in sport, emerging Australian Priscilla Hon is waiting to find out if she will score the last Australian Open wildcard after her Adelaide International singles run ended on Thursday.
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A month after an Ironside accused was arrested and charged with serious drug and money laundering offences he sold his northern suburbs house to his girlfriend – for the princely sum of $1.
Thousands of primary school students face missing out on a Covid-19 vaccination before the start of term, as jab waiting times blow out at major state-run clinics.
Experts are warning of a surge in Ross River virus cases as above-average rainfall and high water levels create perfect breeding conditions for mozzies.
And in sport, Adelaide star Erin Phillips says there’s no reason why she can’t play on beyond this season if her body holds up in 2022.
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The family of a baby who died with Covid-19 are devastated by the loss of their “sassy” little girl, as friends and strangers alike rally to support them.
South Australia’s Covid-19 testing network has been plunged further into chaos with the closure of four drive-through stations, as the health sector faces “critical” staffing constraints.
In sport, an ex Brisbane and West Coast player has become the first player added to an AFLW list as a result of the league’s Covid-19 vaccination policy.
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About 30 of the nearly 90 homes destroyed by the Kangaroo Island bushfires have been rebuilt according to council, as the region marks two years since the inferno.
Amy Staunton never had a chance to celebrate the New Year with family after her life was tragically cut short a few hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve.
In sport, the omicron wave has already hit the BBL, the NBL and the A-League hard and is causing havoc in sporting leagues outside Australia.
So can the AFL keep its head above water when the AFLW kicks off on Friday?
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Tributes are flowing for AMY Staunton...who never had a chance to celebrate the New Year with family after her life was tragically cut short a few hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve.
It’s been revealed about 30 of the nearly 90 homes destroyed by the Kangaroo Island bushfires have been rebuilt.... as the region marks two years since the inferno.
Questions are being asked if the AFL keep its head above water when the AFLW kicks off on Friday...
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A Teenage girl is suspected to have drowned in the River Murray, prompting warnings over water safety this summer.
A Northern suburbs man accused of filming young women in “certain stages of nakedness” while working as a McDonald’s manager has been banned from using a mobile phone with internet capability.
The Australian Federal Police and Cricket Australia are reviewing claims a teenage representative player was sexually assaulted in the 1980s.
And celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow has been lured out of her comfort zone and into the jungle.
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Covid-19 continues to cast a shadow over the Ashes, with a positive test for Australia's Travis Head ruling him out of the fourth Test in Sydney.
South Australia’s prison system is dealing with an “unfolding Covid-19 emergency situation”, after more than 10 prisoners tested positive in the past 24 hours.
POLICE will be out in force in the new year as warm weather and open borders are expected to draw thousands of people to popular spots along the River Murray.
REGIONAL towns are cashing in on a surge in outdoor explorers, with the number of paying visitors to national parks up 20 per cent this year.
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Up to six million extra rapid antigen tests have been secured for health workers in South Australia to boost the state’s stockpile
and ensure hospital staff can remain on the pandemic frontline.
South Australia’s peak medical bodies have applauded a state government decision to cancel elective surgery to assist
with the treatment of Covid-19 patients in hospitals.
A man who drowned at Port Elliot on Christmas Day had only just arrived in Adelaide from Sydney to pursue his dream job as an plant operator.
And Jordanna Miles is finding her groove as a fashion designer by upcycling discarded materials such as vinyl records.
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A 19 year old has been charged with visiting a popular city nightclub despite authorities telling him to immediately quarantine
because he was Covid-19 positive.
HUNDREDS of children and animals are being put at serious risk of illness or death each year having been increasingly left locked inside hot cars.
THE reintroduction of extra Covid-19 restrictions hasn't put a dampener on New Year’s Eve festivities around SA as partygoers look to toast the arrival of 2022.
eNGLAND’S desperation to stop the spread of its mini Covid-cluster was put to the test again on Tuesday night, with every player and official
ordered to undergo a PCR swab for the second time in 24 hours.
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Adelaide's northern suburbs are struggling under the weight of Covid-19 infections, with their lower vaccination rates.
THE state’s hospitality industry says it has been unfairly targeted by the latest density restrictions that have forced many businesses
to close their doors because remaining open would be a money loser.
Having escaped war-torn South Sudan for a new life in Australia, NBL star Sunday Dech has no trouble putting his injury trouble into perspective –
six years after Barnaby Joyce threatened to euthanise her two dog Hollywood actor Amber Heard appears to have had the last laugh —
naming her newest furry family member after the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Premier Steven Marshall says new restrictions limiting capacities in pubs, restaurants and gyms are vital to stop “thousands and thousands’’ of new Covid-19 cases sweeping through the state every day.
After a slow start, record online purchases and shoppers arriving later in the day were expected to help the state hit its $1.36bn Boxing Day spending target.
When a swarm of people rushed on to the grounds of T.K. Shutter Reserve at a Christmas party in 1987, Annette Coscia just thought the big man in red had arrived earlier than expected. Little did she know that partygoers were running towards her five-year-old son, who fell about 4m from a jumping castle.
And in sport, Pat Cummins decided it was gloves off on Boxing Day as he floored England with the knockout punch that is set to deliver the Ashes for Australia.
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Labor is vowing to allow Boxing Day trading and bring forward Sunday openings under a shopping hours policy it will take to the state election.
Australian beer drinkers are avoiding hangovers, with a doubling in the market share of low or no alcohol beers.
A boy injured in the Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy has finally woken up in hospital and even made a request for pizza after “putting up one hell of a fight”.
And in sport, Scott Boland’s transformation from a 118kg batting allrounder at Frankston-Peninsula to Australia’s second Indigenous male Test cricketer in 144 years will be completed when he receives the 463rd baggy green on Boxing Day.
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Rapid antigen tests will go on sale in South Australia on Friday after the state government lifted a ban on the self-administered tests.
South Australia has hit a new record of 484 Covid cases in a day as Steven Marshall stands firm on easing restrictions next week.
A North Plymptom woman has been identified by detectives as “most likely” connected to the murders of two southern suburbs men whose bodies have not been found.
world No.1 Ash Barty has spoken of her “perfect’’ engagement setting – at home on the couch with her husband-to-be and their three dogs.
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Steven Marshall's push to fast-track the Covid-19 booster shot gap by one month is on hold as Scott Morrison and the country’s leaders seek more expert medical advice.
An outdoor celebration is the best way to ensure a memorable Christmas is also a Covid-safe one, experts say, and there are lots of other tips to minimise the risks of transmission.
A former Port Adelaide player used a company credit card to buy himself tools and equipment.
Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal is on track to overcome his positive Covid-19 test and play in the Australian Open.
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Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell has been charged with having committed more than 50 deception offences – unrelated to his impending High Court challenge –
over a five-year period.
South Australia’s under siege Covid testing procedure has crumbled under a surge in demand, forcing authorities to scrap mandatory swabs for interstate travellers.
Mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest is pursuing legal action against Facebook for failing to stop his name and image being used as clickbait in scams
that have cost Australians their life savings.
There are clear signs of tension between the England bowling group and captain Joe Root over tactics as England looks for
someone to blame for its lacklustre showing in the Ashes series.
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A teenager who continued to party despite being told he was Covid-19 positive was intimate with multiple women, shared cigarettes with others and hugged patrons while at the popular Adelaide nightclub.
A Labor election plan has taken a hit, with the independent manager of the nation’s electricity market saying hydrogen plants “can’t effectively operate”.
A Developer has offered $20,000 payments to North Adelaide residents opposed to the $200m redevelopment of the former Le Cornu site.
South Australian sporting legend Lleyton Hewitt is likely to have the centre court of the redeveloped Memorial Drive tennis centre named in his honour.
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A popular city nightclub says it “will be seeking justice” after a former private schoolboy continued partying at the venue for hours after receiving a positive test result.
The devastated South Australian mother of a 12-year-old boy killed in the Tasmania jumping castle tragedy says one of the last things her son did before he died was place the star on the family’s Christmas tree.
An operation Ironside offender sourced another man to firebomb a business operating in a heritage-listed building in an act of vengeance, which devastated its innocent employees.
And in sport, Joe Root was hit where it hurts most in Adelaide, as Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne added insult to injury and kicked England when it was down.
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Peter Howard took his life on August 28, 2018, in his car, while parked in full view of the Orora packaging business where he worked as a forklift driver.
A Yatala prison inmate who alleged he was drugged, sexually assaulted and grotesquely tattooed over three days fabricated the bizarre scenario, extensive investigations have found.
The brakes could be put on electric scooters in the Adelaide CBD after numerous complaints about hooning riders.
Elite V8 car racing will return to South Australia after a deal between the Shahin family and Supercars Australia to schedule a championship race at Tailem Bend next year.
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Pat Cummins will escape Adelaide on a private charter flight home to Sydney, as Cricket Australia denied suggestions they prematurely ruled their captain out of the second Test.
Witnesses have described the moment they stumbled upon an unfolding tragedy on the River Murray, where a 14-year-old boy was struck and killed by a jet ski.
The names and faces of five children killed in a jumping castle tragedy have been revealed as the northern Tasmanian city of Devonport rally together after the heartbreaking incident.
And AFLW Crows premiership player Deni Varnhagen has launched a Supreme Court challenge to South Australia’s Covid-19 rules – and the mandate that she, as a nurse, must be vaccinated.
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Australia was forced to make captain Pat Cummins a sacrificial lamb in Adelaide to ensure the safety of the entire Ashes was not jeopardised, as player freedoms hang by a thread.
Five primary school classmates were killed and a three others were fighting for life last night after falling from a windswept jumping castle on what was meant to be a fun day to celebrate the end of school on Thursday.
New data has revealed road users are failing the most dangerous safety tests, with rates of the “fatal five” offences dramatically rising in SA.
And Christmas family gatherings have been deemed “essential activities” by SA Health, meaning anyone still living with restrictions after their seven days isolation can attend festive events.
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Striking it rich on the lotto might be a long shot but some retailers appear luckier than others when it comes to creating instant millionaires.
The academic year has ended with a mix of firsts and lasts as schools tally up their ATARs, duxes and disappointments of 2021.
Former cricketer Michael Slater breached a restraining order by allegedly bombarding his former lover with 66 “harassing and highly offensive” text messages in a two-hour period.
And in sport, the second Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval is set to pump tens of millions of dollars into the state’s economy and provide a much-needed boost for our struggling hospitality sector.
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Almost all South Australian public service workers should assume hackers have stolen their personal information, the Treasurer says, as the state government confirmed almost 80,000 staff were victims of a major cyber attack.
A statewide analysis of NAPLAN shows girls are outperforming boys in all measures of literacy, but boys do better in numeracy.
Adelaide has the tightest rental market in the nation, with the cost of renting a three-bedroom house growing more than 10 per cent over the past year.
And in sport, South Australia’s hopes of securing a V8 Supercars event in 2022 have been thrown a curveball, with The Bend Motorsport Park booked for the last remaining race date.
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School records tumbled this year for groups of students who have historically struggled to complete their year 12 education.
Willunga Primary School’s joyous final school assembly for the year turned into a Covid spreader event with multiple Delta cases.
A man allegedly inflicted a fatal head injury upon his wife which medical staff described as “nothing like they had seen” and akin to being hit by a train.
And in sport, legendary cricket administrator Keith Bradshaw’s legacy will live on at Adelaide Oval, with the SA Cricket Association honouring him with a famous Lord’s tradition.
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Nearly 2400 people are in Covid-19 quarantine as authorities grapple with the prospect of similar numbers being isolated on their own for Christmas.
One of the state’s most private and wealthiest tycoons is urging against demonising those choosing not to be vaccinated and calling for greater tolerance of opposing views, warning of the potential erosion of civil liberties.
Matty Roberts will be training with the Sydney Swans when his year 12 results come out at 8.30am this morning.
And it’s unlikely Australia’s new Test captain, Pat Cummins, has ever set foot in the tiny SA town that bears his name.
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ABC radio’s Ali Clarke has quit her top-rating breakfast show, breaking the news to colleagues on Friday morning.
A new at home screening test can tell couples planning a pregnancy whether they are likely to pass on serious genetic conditions to their child.
Removing rubble contaminated with asbestos at a council-owned waste transfer station from 150 private properties will cost ratepayers more than $10m.
And a digital detox from work-related calls and messages this Christmas break is the best gift South Australian workers can give themselves and their families, warn SA researchers – who report at least one in four workers are responding to their boss while on leave.
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Tens of thousands of South Australian public servants have had their personal information accessed in a huge data breach.
Shoppers are tipped to dig deeper into their pockets for Christmas gifts, as the economic shock of Covid-19 subsides.
Australian athletes at the Beijing Winter Olympics can expect China’s cyber spies to monitor their communications, track their movements and
harvest their data.
Adelaide has become the world’s second National Park City after London overnight at the World Urban Park Congress.
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Loudspeakers and drones broadcasting bird calls would entice little corellas to bypass popular reserves under a Murray Bridge Council plan.
Parents will be able to return to work or pick up extra hours more easily now the $10,655 cap on childcare subsidies is finally scrapped
Detained Liberal senator Alex Antic is insisting he is “not an anti-vaxxer” and believes in medical science,
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Travis Head copped it on the chin, but it was England who finished on the canvas after a devastating Ashes knockout at the Gabba
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Construction of the world’s largest hydrogen electrolyser, to be built in Port Pirie, could begin in little more than a year, with an engineering study into the $750m project under way.
Lawyers, mafia figures and bikies are among 160 people being targeted by police after being caught organising crimes, including drug-smuggling and money-laundering, via the secret police Trojan horse app AN0M.
Flying cars and 3D-printed satellites will be built in Adelaide at the nation’s first dedicated space manufacturing hub.
And in sport, Australian Olympic swimmer Madeline Groves says she was “molested by an adult male” when she was a teenage swimmer.
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South Australia is hoping to bowl over Cricket Australia with a convincing pitch to snare the fifth Ashes Test after Western Australia was knocked out of the game.
He’s one of Hollywood’s sexiest men, but fans will see a very different Zac Efron in his new South Australian film Gold.
South Australia’s consumer watchdog has reported a surge in complaints about potential underquoting in the booming property market.
And Prince Harry has urged people who feel “stuck in jobs that don’t bring them joy” to quit, and said leaving work was something to be “celebrated”.
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Christmas plans in South Australia are in chaos, according to travel and hospitality industry leaders
Adelaide Oval will remain the host of the second Ashes Test after the SA Cricket Association rebuffed an audacious bid by Western Australian to pinch it.
Ania McNeill and SA Police chief superintendent Joanne Shanahan were strangers to one another, but lived almost identical lives centred around love and family.
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Adelaide chief executive Tim Silvers says the club didn’t need to wait until the end of the 2022 season to know Matthew Nicks was the right man to be the Crows senior coach for the medium-term future.
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South Australians are being asked for their thoughts on whether a further range of single-use plastic items should be banned as the state government releases a new discussion paper.
The northern chapter of the Hells Angels bikie gang is seeking public donations to help pay the crippling legal fees of its “brothers” who are before the courts.
More than 300 construction apprentices and those studying to join the sector are expected to receive free driving lessons in the first half of 2022 under a new state government-funded initiative.
And in sport, South Australia is facing the prospect of having no V8 car racing event next year, with the 2022 Repco Supercars Championship draft calendar bypassing the state.
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The softball community has been rocked by allegations a senior club coach sent unsolicited, explict photos of himself to underage girls, but no mandatory report was made to the Child Protection Department by the sport’s leaders.
A man has been jailed after using social media to track down the victim of an assault on Hindley St and offering him cash and an all-expenses-paid trip to Bali in a bid to have the case dropped.
Uber users are frustrated at waiting longer than expected for their rides, as enterprising drivers reportedly juggle working for multiple rideshare companies at the same time – doing sneaky pick-ups and drop-offs en route to jobs they have already accepted.
And in sport, one week after taking out the NBL Blitz pre-season tournament, the Adelaide 36ers and their new coach CJ Bruton were dealt a reality check by last year’s runners-up.
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South Australia’s Covid-19 chiefs will today consider an emergency border lockout with NSW and Victoria amid rising fears about the Omicron variant.
Eastern suburbs residents have demanded their local council take “urgent action” and move a new basketball court because the sound of bouncing balls is causing them “unnecessary distress”.
Annie Smith’s killer carer will remain on bail over Christmas so doctors can investigate whether her “impacted” senses of taste and smell played a role in her neglectful crime.
And in sport, the SANFL is expected to sign off on a no jab, no play policy within two weeks.
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Some Eyre Peninsula oyster companies are cancelling Christmas orders as the fallout from a health scare rolls on.
Audiences at next year’s Adelaide Fringe will not require full vaccination for entry – unless mandated by the state government or individual festival venues.
Drug and alcohol abusers are not receiving enough support to get clean and it is contributing to the southern suburbs’ methamphetamine problem, a peak prevention body says.
And in sport, five blockbuster home games at Norwood Oval is what awaits the Crows as they leap into the AFLW season, hungry to appease their 2021 grand final defeat and go one better in 2022.
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The overdose deaths of 201 people are being reviewed to determine if they were genuine or were staged murders
A muslim woman stabbed in a shopping centre carpark during an alleged dispute over her Christian lover believed she was “slowly dying” and that her family was trying to kill her
The state’s only regional drive-in cinema could be in line for a $260,000 upgrade
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The AFL is strongly considering launching the 2022 season with a blockbuster Wednesday night clash in a break from fixture tradition.
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Environment Minister David Speirs wants a change of portfolio, saying “crazy leftie activists” are wearing him down.
Former deputy premier Vickie Chapman has been suspended from state parliament for six days in an extraordinary rebuke from lower house MPs after an inquiry found she deliberately misled parliament.
The spread of the Omicron variant will not mean the return of lockdowns after state and territory leaders agreed to hold their nerve as health officials wait for more information on the new virus strain.
And in sport, Alex Carey is poised to secure the precious baggy green cap that will vindicate AFL legend Kevin Sheedy’s blunt message a decade ago that he should give up on football.
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Victims of a young Country Fire Service volunteer who rammed and ran one family car off the road, before biting a mother and stealing her car, have recounted the horror of the attacks in court.
Sir David Attenborough has provided the sting in a messy tale about a piece of public art intended to raise awareness about the plight of honeybees and a falsely attributed quote.
Australia’s top health official is hoping for an Omicron Christmas gift where the new variant spreads faster but is less severe than the Delta strain – rendering the virus a far less serious threat.
And in sport, the Adelaide Football Club is dealing with another vaccine drama after a board director told the club he does not want to have the Covid-19 jab.
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Landowners have failed to clean up before the bushfire season, prompting an urgent warning from the Country Fire Service. Kimba will be home to a $325m nuclear waste facility for Australia. South Australia has records a spike in contact-tracing check-ins and Covid-19 testing. Adelaide 36ers have won the Loggins-Bruton Cup after an undefeated NBL Blitz campaign.
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Welfare groups are calling for a ban on third-party rent-payment apps. Threats to bomb a school and stab a preschooler among the reasons parents and others have been barred from South Australian public schools. Pet trainers could be regulated in a bid to stop them using physical force, cruel collars and fear-based methods. Illawarra Hawks squad placed into isolation for seven days, putting their season opener against the 36ers in Adelaide in doubt.
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Port Adelaide Football Club’s plans to transform Alberton Oval has been boosted with $15m of federal government funding. Nearly one in 10 SA drivers is distracted as they drive – and mobile phones are not the only culprits. Massive tariffs imposed by China destroy Australia’s wine export trade with the country. From 12.01am on Sunday, travellers must have a negative test result 72 hours before travelling to SA.
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A sophisticated Chinese spy ship spent three weeks collecting sensitive electronic intelligence off the coast of Australia. Billy Hyde Music at Marleston will be bulldozed to make way for part of the South Rd upgrade. SA Health chief executive Dr Chris McGowan has ordered faster offloading of patients from ambulances and other measures to tackle ramping. The AFL hit by yet another Covid scare after an attendee tested positive inside Marvel Stadium on the first night of the AFL Draft.
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Rapid antigen tests are still banned in South Australia and won’t be sold in supermarkets until there is community transmission. Motorists are driving into South Australia without police checks but officers say they never planned to stop every vehicle. The RAA and The Advertiser have compiled a list of the best petrols stations to buy fuel from – and the servos to avoid. Jason Horne-Francis has become North Melbourne’s first No.1 draft pick.
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Cricket Tasmania has savaged Cricket Australia over its Tim Paine abandonment. Rogue Liberal senator Alex Antic labelled a “political fraud” for trying to hold the federal government to ransom. A family claim their southern suburbs home was damaged during the alleged illegal demolition of a neighbouring house. Adelaide Strikers teenage primed to deliver revenge for the 2019 WBBL final against the Brisbane Heat in today’s The Eliminator.
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More than 29,000 fully vaccinated people are expected to travel from NSW, Victoria and the ACT today as the borders open. Eden Kennett’s mother, Tammy Simpson, delivers a powerful victim impact statement in the Supreme Court. Monarto Safari Park has launched an investigation into the series of traumatic baby rhino deaths. Redbacks captain Travis Head keen to make some runs against Queensland in their Sheffield Shield clash starting today.
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Fewer teens are getting behind the wheel as licensing rates among young South Australian drivers crashes to its lowest level since 2000. Warning for parents to watch out for teenagers’ risky behaviour following the pandemic. Alex Hyde has been selected by the Liberal Party as its candidate for the blue ribbon seat of Waite. Cricket Australia’s investigation three years ago into Tim Paine’s sexting scandal failed to uncover all of the text messages that led to his resignation as Australian Test captain.
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Vickie Chapman is expected to step down as Deputy Premier as she succumbs to a conflict of interest scandal rocking the state government. Tim Paine’s brother-in-law was forced out of a key role at Cricket Tasmania over claims of inappropriate messages to the same woman. The Aboriginal flag will permanently fly at the Blackwood War Memorial. Australia’s border is set to reopen to tens of thousands of international students, migrant workers and refugees within weeks.
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Premier Steven Marshall says he’ll take action against Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman if an ombudsman investigation finds wrongdoing. Strawberry fields at Beerenberg Farm ploughed up under a proposal to address Hahndorf’s traffic. Hugh Sheridan has split from fiance Kurt Roberts. Tim Paine steps down as Test team captain.
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Adelaide Oval to become the only stadium in the country to restrict the number of visitors allowed at the Ashes Test this cricket season. Oyster orders are being cancelled and casual staff stood down after a health scare forced the temporary closure of Coffin Bay’s farms. SA Health’s new blueprints for critical services are built on complex spaghetti-like matrix plans of how to deal with different scenarios. Taylor Walker will return to the Crows for day one of pre-season next Wednesday.
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People in LGAs with a vaccination rate lower than 80 per cent for both doses required to quarantine on arrival. South Australia’s $28m oyster industry hit by a week-long stop to harvesting at Coffin Bay farms. Judge says former Tour Down Under boss Mike Turtur was defamed online by marketing identity Francene Connor. Skydiving firm’s bid to offer thrillseekers an adrenalin rush on South Coast beaches has been hampered by safety concerns.
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School teachers and staff have been told to get vaccinated or risk losing their job. China is a “rogue regime” intent on “global domination”, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo says. SA government details how it will deal with Covid-19 without overwhelming the health system. Adelaide Oval will play a central role in next year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
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The complicated road map to reopening has received mixed reviews. Port River’s dolphin pod baby appears to be suffering from the same affliction linked to the demise of four other males this year. South Australia would boast “fine food, wine and weed” under a Greens plan to legalise recreational use of cannabis. More than 4000 people are expected to attend the state funeral of Port Adelaide football legend Russell Ebert today at Alberton Oval.
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Up to 300 SA police personnel have been forced to take leave because they refuse to be vaccinated for Covid-19.
An extra 105 interstate return flights will allow for more than 37,000 additional passenger trips through Adelaide Airport next week as the state throws open its borders.
A woman who arrived in Adelaide from the Northern Territory has absconded from a city medi-hotel
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Adelaide Strikers denied Brisbane Heat captain Jess Jonassen a win in her 100th WBBL match
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The dramatic impact of the Operation Ironside police sting on the nation’s outlaw motorcycle gangs can finally be revealed
Adelaide could soon have literate trees – at least ones that email.
Residents across Adelaide are likely to soon have their green bins collected weekly
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Marnus Labuschagne has vowed to improve his on-field behaviour and declared an ambition to one day captain Australia.
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Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman is taking extraordinary legal action against a Labor frontbencher
Top public schools in South Australia are outperforming many big private schools
Pressure is mounting on the state government to release plans for how Covid-19 community transmission will be managed once the state’s borders open
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World Cup hero Matthew Wade has revealed his stunning semi-final effort in Dubai was an all-or-nothing effort
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A man charged with causing a two-car head-on collision had earlier stolen the vehicle in Victoria and breached SA’s hard Covid-19 border sparking a high-speed chase
Premier Steven Marshall is vowing to hand back land to the Adelaide parklands as part of the $662m city arena
Australia has “lost its way” on China, according to former prime minister Paul Keating.
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Glenn Maxwell entered the Twenty20 World Cup as the former Australian batsman in a line-up struggling for runs
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With less than a fortnight until borders reopen, businesses are pleading for urgent clarity on Covid rules after Premier Steven Marshall rejected mandatory vaccinations for hospitality, retail and tourism workers.
SA Ambulance Service is urgently contacting thousands of past patients to apologise after the theft of historic data.
Cricket trailblazer Keith Bradshaw has been remembered as a universally loved and respected leader, and an innovative administrator, after his death aged 58.
And Port Adelaide legend Russell Ebert will be honoured with a state funeral next week.
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Adelaide Oval is at loggerheads with the state’s Valuer General over the valuation of the arena, which has sent its emergency services levy bill soaring.
The cost of building a house in South Australia is outpacing most of the nation, fuelled by unprecedented demand for new housing and the shortage of construction supplies.
Traumatised children in state care are not receiving sufficient levels of psychological treatment because of a lack of specialist resources – and are still at risk five years after a boy with PTSD took his own life, an inquest has heard.
And in sport, Justin Langer is just two wins away from cracking Australia’s 14-year T20 World Cup curse and guaranteeing his bosses a major headache in sorting out his future.
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The boom in backyard beekeeping is “selfish, harmful and dangerous” because the European honeybee deprives Australian animals of food and shelter, experts say.
Many of the state’s private schools receive more taxpayer money per student than some government schools, prompting experts to claim the funding system is “as unfair as it’s ever been”.
When British blogger and YouTuber Laura Try decided to take a break from social media she went to extreme lengths to ensure she was not tempted, sending her phone to a stranger in a different country, more than 16,000km away.
And Port Adelaide is investigating ways to incorporate Russell Ebert and his legacy into its Alberton Oval precinct.
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Port Adelaide Football Club legend Russell Ebert has died, aged 72.
Hundreds of new pavers laid in a $4m upgrade of Chinatown’s main precinct have been stained by cooking oil before it is officially opened.
A man stalked 24 women over a 15-year period – raping and sexually assaulting some of them – and may yet have more victims, a court has heard.
And in sport, Adelaide United’s Josh Cavallo, who came out last week as the only gay player in men’s professional football, has become a global icon, with Reds shirts bearing his name and No. 27 being sold around the world.
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Pink and purple balloons and handwritten Welcome Home signs dot the streets of Carnarvon as locals celebrate the miracle rescue of little Cleo Smith.
COVID vaccinations must be made mandatory for hospitality workers, the Australian Hotels Association says.
Adelaide City Council will spend an estimated $4.8m to replace the city’s free but much-maligned Wi-Fi system.
And in sport, Port Adelaide has signed former Brisbane Lions tall Sam Skinner as a free agent.
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With just four words, 18 days of horror for one family was brought to a close and gave tear-filled joy to a nation that had held its collective breath.
More than 1000 South Australian jobs have been “torpedoed” by the cancellation of the Attack-class submarine program,
Up to 200 police officers are expected to be banned from working from November 15 because they refuse to be vaccinated.
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Hamish Hartlett has revealed he turned down a chance to rejoin the Power as a SANFL player to return to West Adelaide.
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If James McDonald is not the best jockey in the world this spring, and Chris Waller is not the best trainer, then Verry Elleegant might just be the best staying mare.
New figures show almost 400 hospital workers have been stood down after they refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19 - the most based at the Women’s and Children’s.
A pair of massive tunnel-boring machines, each the size of a large warehouse, will operate around the clock for two years to construct the Torrens to Darlington project’s parallel southern tunnels.
And Australia should become a clean-energy superpower generating billions of dollars from electricity exports by 2050, an online industry forum has heard.
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French President Emmanuel Macron knew long ago that his country’s deal to build Attack-class submarines in Adelaide was in trouble but “he just didn’t want to hear it”.
A teenage boy who took his life in state care had been subject to 18 different placements, was the victim of alleged sexual abuse and the subject of “critical failures” by the state, an inquest had heard.
Adelaide property prices are among the fastest growing in the nation following a 2 per cent jump in the past four weeks alone.
And in sport, Streaky Bay’s Kerrin McEvoy is fully aware of the magnitude of the achievement if he were to win a fourth Melbourne Cup on Grand Promenade at Flemington today.
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Modelling underpinning the imminent reopening of South Australian borders shows the health system can more than cope with hospital admissions and a predicted 13 deaths across almost a year. The largest battery storage project in South Australia costing $150m – will be built in Adelaide’s north by Australian renewables company Maoneng. Two years after it was first announced, hit musical SIX is finally coming to Adelaide in a new Australian production next May. With ‘the race that stops the nation’ traditionally the starting gate for the hospitality sectors busiest time of the year, hotels and restaurants are racing to make the most of this year’s Melbourne Cup celebrations.
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Hundreds of public hospital staff will be banned from work tomorrow because they have failed to get at least one vaccination against Covid-19. The Property Council has accused Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor of double standards over her decision to vote against supporting the proposed $662m Riverbank Arena. The trending Netflix series Squid Games is morphing into “real-life” play in schoolyards, prompting a warning from educators regarding the sadistic nature of the show. Adelaide can lay claim to being the Australian pioneers of the humble chicken parmigiana.
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The damage inflicted on South Australia by hailstorms which lashed the state has officially been declared an insurance catastrophe.
Organisers of the Santos Tour Down Under are considering reviving the scrapped 2022 event now that the state government has announced its roadmap for easing Covid-19 restrictions.
Local buyers are more active in the prestige market than ever before, out bidding interstaters and riding a wave of confidence previously unseen in South Australia.
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Damage in the tens of millions of dollars has been caused to market gardens, vineyards, orchards and grain crops by storms lashing the state.
Fully vaccinated retail workers should not have to quarantine for 14 days if exposed to a Covid-19 close contact once South Australia’s borders reopen
OzAsia Festival organisers have denied political interference was behind the decision to cancel a workshop featuring yellow umbrellas, which is jeopardising future federal funding for the event.
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The emotional coming out video posted by Adelaide United’s Josh Cavallo has been viewed more than six million times
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Soccer player Josh Cavallo has become the first current professional footballer in Australia to come out as gay. Photos show people living with disability are being kept in squalid living conditions at Minda’s Brighton site. A lawsuit between feuding siblings over a South Australian burger chain is estimated to have cost more than $500,000 before the trial starts. Buyers have had a strong appetite for the $400m redevelopment of the Adelaide Central Market Arcade, with 80% of its 212 apartments already sold off the plan.
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South Australia’s borders are set to re-open on November 23 with restrictions also easing, but residents are being warned to prepare for a spike in Covid-19 infections. The roadmap out of the pandemic is expected to instil enormous confidence in people considering an overseas holiday. It may have once been a locals secret but now it’s out and official- Adelaide’s Chicken Chef shop in Blair Athol makes the country’s best hot chips. South Australian hockey legend Juliet Haslam will lead the formation of Port Adelaide’s inaugural women’s football team, after being appointed the club’s Head of AFLW.
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