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Truck driver Kenneth Pillar, found guilty of causing a head-on fatal crash, appears to collapse in the dock after being charged with breaching fatigue management policies.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murray-bridge-5253, mount-gambier-5290, adelaide-5000, sa, vic
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| UpdatedFormer Adelaide real estate agent David Parkinson, who stole $1.8 million from his clients, is labelled "cold-hearted" and "manipulative" by his victims during a pre-sentencing hearing.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, sa
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Some $140 million will be spent on flood mitigation in Adelaide's inner-south and south-west over the next 20 years after an agreement was met between the State Government and five local councils.
Topics: floods, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, local-government, unley-5061, adelaide-5000, mitcham-5062, burnside-5066, sa
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A leaked document shows a government-run mental health facility in Adelaide was unsafe, understaffed and at risk of human rights violations years before an elderly man was overdosed and mistreated.
Topics: mental-health, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, oakden-5086, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedOlympian Sam Willoughby is making good progress with his rehabilitation from a serious spinal injury, according to his father, as the SA Government auctions off a hot lap at the Clipsal 500 in his honour.
Topics: community-and-society, sport, olympics-summer, adelaide-5000, sa
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An Adelaide man was stabbed in the neck and killed by his brother after intervening in a domestic violence incident, a Supreme Court trial is told.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, gilles-plains-5086, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAdelaide keep its unbeaten streak in the AFLW alive with a come from behind 23-point win over the Fremantle Dockers.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, fremantle-6160, wa, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA Greens plan to legalise hemp cultivation for industrial use in South Australia will now have backing from the Labor Government, provided slight amendments are made to the bill.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, greens, agricultural-crops, adelaide-5000, sa
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Adelaide's food trucks gain a permanent trading venue at the showgrounds, but the South Australian Government is still fighting for statewide council regulation of street trading permits.
Topics: states-and-territories, local-government, government-and-politics, community-and-society, wayville-5034, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe only Australian tall ship to sail in the 1988 First Fleet re-enactment voyage for Australia's bicentenary celebrates 30 years on the water.
Topics: community-organisations, community-and-society, history, youth, adelaide-5000, sa, port-adelaide-5015, port-lincoln-5606
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Collingwood, the Giants and the NSW Swifts record Super Netball wins in round two at the expense of the Firebirds, Fever and Thunderbirds.
Topics: netball, sport, qld, collingwood-3066, vic, nsw, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, adelaide-5000, sa, perth-6000, wa, australia
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Adelaide bus drivers decide against strike action but plan not to work overtime, wear their uniforms or collect cash fares, as they fight for better pay and conditions.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAustralian children's author Mem Fox has made more than 100 trips to the US over the years, but now says she is unlikely to ever go there again after her wrongful detainment by immigration officials at LA Airport earlier this month.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, government-and-politics, author, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, united-states
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A statue of explorer Matthew Flinders, who named Port Lincoln in South Australia after his home province, has been unveiled.
Topics: history, community-and-society, port-lincoln-5606, sa
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Playing basketball might be the key to more Indigenous students obtaining their Certificate of Education, with a South Australian school establishing a sports program which is enticing students to come to class.
Topics: education, secondary, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, woodville-5011, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA retired former minister and a son of a former premier are nominated as candidates for Liberal preselection for the next South Australian election.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, liberals, sa
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Pauline Hanson's One Nation is expecting to field dozens of candidates at the next South Australian election, but experts predict it will be tough for the party to cut through.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, sa
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| UpdatedOne of the state's biggest power users, SA Water, is looking to construct a hydro-electric turbine near Hahndorf to help offset its hefty electricity use.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hahndorf-5245, adelaide-5000, sa
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As energy firm Chevron pushes ahead with plans to drill four exploration wells in the Great Australian Bight, an opposing alliance is preparing to release a documentary it says will initiate tourism in the region and persuade Australians to resist mining there.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, environment, environmental-impact, port-lincoln-5606, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThe "crisis of violence in Aboriginal families" must stop with the current teenage generation, says a judge who has sentenced a young man for murdering his girlfriend.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, port-augusta-5700, yalata-5690, sa, australia
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A lawyer for an Adelaide mother who was high on methylamphetamine when she caused the death of her four-year-old daughter in a freeway crash asks a sentencing judge for "mercy and compassion".
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, mount-barker-5251, sa
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| UpdatedWhen the Adelaide Fringe Festival became a legal organisation in 1975, founding chairman Frank Ford never expected it to grow to be the world's second-largest annual arts festival — and all without tapping into the unrealised potential of interstate audiences.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedFinancial counselling, career advice and training worth about $4,000 will be offered to every South Australian Coca-Cola employee who will be out of work by 2019.
Topics: unemployment, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, thebarton-5031, adelaide-5000, salisbury-north-5108, sa
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Controversial stand-up comedian Ivor Dembina, who is known for his outspoken views on politics and is appearing at Adelaide's Fringe festival, defends the right to joke about sensitive subjects.
Topics: comedy-humour, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, carnivals-and-festivals, sa, adelaide-5000
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For Aboriginal teenager Tarni Rigney, who is about to start a teaching degree, the education outcomes for Indigenous Australians is distressing.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, indigenous-policy, education, university-of-south-australia-5000, adelaide-5000, sa