Search Man missing in Murray at Blanchetown
EMERGENCY services are searching for a man who has disappeared in the River Murray at Blanchetown.
Advocate dies Kylie leaves legacy of hope for euthanasia law change
THE Port Pirie woman suffering terminal cancer who became the ‘face’ of a campaign urging political support for voluntary euthanasia has died aged 35.
Resigned Budgie 9 political adviser quits $150K job
FREED Budgie Nine political staffer Jack Walker has left his $150k-a-year job after his arrest for stripping down to his Malaysian flag swimmers.
Water torture Foreign investment threat for storm-hit growers
FLOOD-HIT farmers fear they could be put out of business as the State Government considers allocating critical water supplies to foreign investors.
Satellite scrap Planner pours cold water on billion-dollar Buckland plan
A PLANNING expert has called for a new $2bn development to be scrapped over fears of future flooding.
Reptilian alert Don’t fang it, call in the experts
JUST like us, the snakes have been waiting for the warm weather. If you do happen to find one in your backyard the advice is simple: don’t try to catch it and call the experts.
Warning over Adelaide ‘Clown Purge’
THE American craze of clowns scaring people has come to Adelaide, prompting a police warning about reports of pranksters in costumes holding knives and other weapons. SEE THE VIDEO
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MOST would have predicted No.1 in Robbo’s Top 50, but some may be surprised at No.2 while the premiers dominate. LIVE CHAT ON MONDAY 11.30AM (EDT).
Boomer announces retirement
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Vickery: I needed a fresh start
TY VICKERY has spoken about his decision to move from Richmond to Hawthorn — although the deal isn’t over the line yet. Recap all today’s trade developments here.
Thompson gets one more year with Crows
SCOTT Thompson’s swansong as an AFL player is confirmed — as is his start of a coaching apprenticeship at the Adelaide Football Club.
Positive outlook Cormann: Zombie bills will pass
FINANCE Minister Mathias Cormann is confident savings bills the opposition insists they’ll never support will get over the line.
First time workers 5000 Jobs campaign hits 10,500
NEWS Corp Australia’s 5000 Jobs in 50 Days campaign ends today with a total of 10,541 first-time jobs pledged by 136 employers.
Bomb plot Frightening find puts city on edge
A MANHUNT is underway for a Syrian refugee after German police found ‘highly explosive’ materials ‘more dangerous than TNT’ in his apartment.
Nature’s wrath Record-breaking floods as Matthew weakens
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Lainie Anderson Sorry Mr Turnbull, you’re a fraud
As Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull is a major disappointment – a captive of the Liberal Party’s powerful conservatives, says Lainie Anderson.
Nick Ryan It’s just Blue Poles blasphemy
A Liberal senator who wants to sell our most valuable painting to ease our national debt has no sense of culture or history, says Nick Ryan.
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Spanish melodrama is a crowd-pleaser
REVIEW: Hot-blooded Spanish director Pedro Almodovar seduces his audience with striking cinematic images in Julieta.
Kim resurfaces in NYC after horror heist
AN uncharacteristically covered-up Kim Kardashian has been seen out in public for the first time in days.
Bec looks to get back in the saddle
Bec Hewitt admits she has been ‘out of the loop’ so long she’s lost confidence, but is taking her first tentative steps back into the media spotlight, writes JACKIE EPSTEIN
Glory days: Notes from The Boss
BRUCE Springsteen’s new memoir reveals him as undiminished champion of the underdog and one of the great narrators of American life.
Hundreds of thousands at mortgage risk
MORE than 300,000 mortgage holders could be at financial risk, left with little or no equity in their homes, with Aussies in some states in more peril than others.
Suburbs where values have doubled
IT’S become a bit of an myth that property values double every ten years - except in these suburbs.
Ford Falcon’s emotional send off
IT was the end of an era at Ford’s Broadmeadows site yesterday when the US car giant ended manufacturing in Australia after 91 years.
Ford closure: How did it come to this?
EVEN the tough guys couldn’t hold back tears yesterday as Ford shut its Broadmeadows and Geelong plants.
What footy can teach us about money
DAVID Koch moves away from everyday finance to look at the investing lessons to learn from successful football coaches.
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Record-breaking floods as Matthew weakens
LIVE UPDATES: As hurricane Matthew weakens North Carolina residents have experienced record-breaking flooding while Hati begin burying the dead.
Citizen’s arrest bags would-be robber
TWO customers have thwarted a would-be robber’s attempt to rob a Marion supermarket when they made a citizen’s arrest after a man entered a store with a bag on his head and demanded money.
Police officers killed on duty
A SHOOTER is still on the loose after firing at three police officers, killing two, in Palm Springs as they responded to a family dispute.
Top Republicans desert ‘vulgar’ Trump
A GROWING list of Republicans are abandoning nominee Donald Trump after his lewd comments about women as party chiefs meet to work out where to from here.
What ‘Budgie Nine’ drama means for relations
AUSTRALIA has long had a testy relationship with Malaysia. That has recently improved but will the ‘Budgie Nine’ incident set things back again?
Ladies, please. Put some clothes on
Why is the new trend of “baring the vag” not seen as offensive? Imagine if men started playing rock-the-cock in their tuxedos at awards shows. They’d be arrested for indecent exposure.
Live: The 2016 Bathurst 1000
A MASSIVE crash on top of Mount Panorama has brought out the first Safety Car just after the halfway mark of the Bathurst 1000. Live blog, video, team radio, timing.
‘Donald Trump of Aussie radio’
WHEN two stars of The Chaser took to the stage as hosts of last night’s ACRAs, they took swipes at everyone from Eddie McGuire to the Budgie Nine.
Insane price of last Ford Falcon V8s
WOULD you pay up to $90,000 for a Ford? That’s how much car enthusiasts trying to bag a future classic may have to spend now the Ford factory is closed.
Cy: A troubled free spirit who succumbed to his demons
At the centre of Cy Walsh’s delusional world were drugs - one, a potent South American drug that played with his troubled mind.
New deadly backyard drug
TWO men wearing balaclavas while their parents are downstairs provide a shocking look at the new type of drug baron — and the product is deadly.
Power goes to Jay’s head
Jay Weatherill is on a misguided power trip that is hurting all South Australians, says Chris Kenny
It’s just Blue Poles blasphemy
A Liberal senator who wants to sell our most valuable painting to ease our national debt has no sense of culture or history, says Nick Ryan.
Search for murdered woman’s journey
POLICE are seeking dash cam footage of the journey grandmother Myrna Nilsson took through Adelaide on the day she was found murdered at her Valley View home.
This Instagrammer is driving people nuts
THIS photographer has found a way to stop you speedily scrolling through your Instagram feed — and it’s taken the platform by storm.
Admit it. Animal rights hurt people
The greyhound racing ban hurts people’s lives, writes Miranda Devine. It’s not what democratic governments do. It’s not what Liberals do.
De Niro wants to 'punch Trump in the face'
Publicists have distributed a video clip of actor Robert De Niro talking about Donald Trump and how he'd "like to punch him in the face".
Little lender takes on big banks
THEY may be small, but they are mighty. This is how a little mortgage rate lender snared thousands of Australian customers, beating bigger players to the punch.
Ford closure: How did it come to this?
EVEN the tough guys couldn’t hold back tears yesterday as Ford shut its Broadmeadows and Geelong plants.
Pollies go on sex tour, get away with it
WHICH SA politicians recently went on a ‘brothel crawl’ – and tweeted about it, complete with pics – yet escaped joining the Craig Thomson Hall of Political Infamy?
Politicians need to trust the people - Weatherill
POLITICIANS must start trusting the people to guide the state’s possible nuclear future, says Premier Jay Weatherill.
Bisping explodes at UFC 204 weigh-in
MICHAEL Bisping had the crowd in a frenzy at his weigh-in ahead of his blockbuster rematch with Dan Henderson at UFC 204.
Budgie Nine’s ‘cruel’ jail conditions
EXCLUSIVE: Limited water, a tiny cell and filthy prison clothes. This is the horror ordeal the so-called Budgie Nine faced in a Malaysian lock up.
‘Too young’: Rebecca Wilson dead at 54
LEGENDARY journalist, columnist and broadcaster Rebecca Wilson has died at the age of 54 after a long and very private battle with cancer.
Australia’s ‘black housing market’
MANIPULATIVE rent-to-buy schemes being marketed by property spruikers are preying on our desires to own The Great Australian Dream.
Good news for storm-struck homeowners
MANY homeowners across SA are facing a big clean-up after the floods and storms — but they’ve finally had some good news about all that storm debris.
Real winners in Dick Smith collapse
ONE of the most interesting stories in Australia’s recent retail history is the contrast between JB Hi-Fi and Dick Smith.
So, you want to be an author
THE ease of self-publishing means it’s the perfect time for budding writers to find readers ... and maybe a new career.
‘They beat me brutally, non stop‘
AN Aussie mum who was raped and beaten in a savage robbery in Rome says her attackers were ‘beasts’ who left her ‘in pieces’.
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Whisky business - salmonella hotel’s list of kitchen sins
A MAJOR cooking no-no is on a long list of failures by an Adelaide hotel that could have contributed to a major salmonella outbreak.
Oaklands Crossing funding at a crossroads
THOUSANDS of flyers will flood Warradale and Oaklands Park letterboxes this weekend, hitting back at State Government suggestions that an Oaklands Crossing upgrade is imminent.
The Adelaide shed with a million-dollar interior
THE underwhelming door to this one-time vegetable warehouse conceals an incredible interior that’s been stylishly crafted over almost 10 years. Take a look.
Gust of good sense blows down powerful words
The Australian Energy Market Operator has released its first major report into the statewide blackout. State Political Editor Daniel Wills translates the engineer speak into plain English.
How the SAAFL endured its toughest year
THE SA Amateur Football League just endured one of the toughest seasons in its 106-year history. But in this exclusive interview, SAAFL chief executive John Kernahan says the league has come out ‘stronger and wiser’
Powerful On The Run owners plan new seven-storey HQ
THE owners of the On The Run servo chain are planning a seven-storey building with penthouse suites, a restaurant, gym and pool for their new head office in an Adelaide suburb, a report reveals.
Parenting blamed for suspensions surge
THE number of upper primary students being suspended from school is growing faster than for any other age group, and principals blame poor parenting of so-called “tweenagers”.
Rising toll: School-holiday vandalism hits $10m
POLICE are appealing for public help to combat vandal attacks on schools that have caused more than $10 million of damage in the past four years.
Adelaide man wins David v Goliath deportation fight
AN ADELAIDE man who faced deportation from the country he’s called home since he was four can remain here after winning an 11th-hour reprieve from the Immigration Minister.
Panned: crackpot used cooking utensil as steering wheel
SPEEDING you’d expect. But driving with both feet out the window? Or using a metal pan as a steering wheel? You’d be amazed at the stupid things SA drivers do that cop fines.
Sex, (not many) drugs and rock ‘n’ roll
YOU don’t spend five decades in bands without having a few good stories to tell. Nathan Davies spoke with rock and roll journeyman Peter Tilbrook.
Meet our version of ‘Walter White’
EXCLUSIVE: There’s an eerie similarity about why Adelaide’s version of Walter White — from the hit television show Breaking Bad — smuggled $59 million worth of drugs into Australia.
Clinton and Trump — best frenemies
NOT so long ago, the Clintons and the Trumps were on friendly terms. Now the smiles are gone, the teeth are bared — this is winner take all and the prize is the most powerful office in the world.
Glory days: Notes from The Boss
BRUCE Springsteen’s new memoir reveals him as undiminished champion of the underdog and one of the great narrators of American life.
Understanding Nijinsky and its challenges
ONE man’s elevation of the rigours and expression of dance has inspired a tribute by one of the world’s acclaimed directors.
Blackout robs 12 fertility patients of embryos
UPDATE: About a dozen families have been left heartbroken after South Australia’s power blackouts destroyed embryos at the Flinders Medical Centre.
Spiral into psychosis: The last 48 hours
EXCLUSIVE: Less than two days before killing his father, Crows coach Phil Walsh, Cy Walsh was in the grip of delusions and making alarming threats to friends. Witnesses recount the events that led to a tragedy that shocked the nation.
Cy Walsh’s turbulent relationship with his dad
EXCLUSIVE: Cy Walsh and his father, Phil, had a street fight in Perth a year before Cy stabbed the Adelaide Crows coach to death. Court documents reveal how Cy’s struggle with mental illness strained his relationship with his dad.
The spiritual misfit who lost control
EXCLUSIVE: There were two sides to Cy Walsh, friends and family reveal — the eccentric spiritualist who adored his dad, Phil Walsh, and the troubled soul who fatally attacked the Crows coach in his bed.
Why Walsh case can’t be called a murder
ANALYSIS: The stabbing death of Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh cannot legally be called a murder even though, to most people, it appeared to be. Sean Fewster explains why.
Judge prevents wife taking kids to US
A WOMAN who said her estranged husband brushed his teeth on the toilet and kicked the pet cat has failed in her bid to take them to Colorado, where she has a new partner and a baby.
Farewell Dennis, thanks for the gems
DENNIS Cometti will call his final AFL game in Saturday’s AFL Grand Final. We take a look at his best, and say thanks to one of a kind in the commentary box.
Mundine’s call for AFL anthem boycott
A CALL by boxer Anthony Mundine for players at this weekend’s AFL Grand Final to boycott the Australian national anthem has angered fans.
‘That’s how it’s done’: Teacher after dragging student
A SPECIAL schoolteacher dragged a tantruming, disabled girl 3m across a playground by her ankles, then wiped her hands and said “that’s how it’s done”, a court has heard.
Harriet: From ice addict to gym junkie
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: AS her killer ex-boyfriend faces the next decade behind bars, Harriet Wran was enjoying the taste of freedom, out for lunch with her mother Jill in Double Bay.
Why is Adelaide CBD our anti-vaxxer capital?
THE Adelaide City Council region is the “most dangerous place in the nation to bring up kids” because it has the lowest immunisation rates for children aged two and five, a virus expert has warned.
SA Jockey Club sued over high-heel fall
THE wife of a prominent horse trainer is suing the South Australian Jockey Club after breaking her hip when her high heel became wedged between pavers.
Appalling abuse but no jail for cowardly ex-boyfriend
THIS man punched his ex-girlfriend in the head eight times, threatened to kill her with a knife, slit his own throat and asked her to stay with him while he died — but won’t see the inside of a jail cell.
Killer-driver sentencing under scrutiny
EXCLUSIVE: The disparity in sentencing dangerous killer drivers and motorists who kill through carelessness must end, victims and advocates say.
Aussies confess their shocking diet habits
THE CSIRO has labelled the typical Aussie diet “a shocker” after the largest-ever diet survey revealed our eating habits are even worse than we thought.
