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Taperoo residents captured the man following the 12-year-old girl
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South Australia
Kimberley Pratt

Harrowing moment schoolgirl allegedly stalked by stranger

She was walking to the bus stop when she noticed the man following her.

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Two previously unknown Australian soldiers who were both killed on August 8 in different wars and on opposite sides of the world have been formally identified. Pictured: Lieutenant Hercules William Crawford (left), Archibald Hanley (middle) and brother John Hanley.
Australia
Malcolm Quekett

Mystery of unnamed Diggers solved amid eerie coincidence

Two previously unknown Australian soldiers who were both killed on August 8 in different wars and on opposite sides of the world have been formally identified.

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One of Australia's most common seabirds is suspected to have been infected with H5 bird flu.
Australia
Abe Maddison

Bird flu spike sparks fears for endangered species

A suspected bird flu case has been found in a seagull in what experts are calling a ‘watershed moment’ as fears grow for an Australian sea lion colony.

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The deaths of a woman and her two-year-old daughter on South Australia’s coast are being treated as a murder-suicide, police have revealed.
Australia
Emily Williams

Police attempted welfare check on mum before body found

The search for her missing three-month-old has now been called off.

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Police said emergency services were continuing to search for the missing infant.
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Australia
Emily Williams

‘Heartbreaking’ update on mum, toddler’s deaths

The search for a three-month-old baby has entered its third day. WARNING: Sensitive content

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Police said emergency services were continuing to search for the missing infant.
Australia
Emily Williams

Desperate search for baby resumes as hope fades

Police said they hold ‘grave concerns’ for the child who is less than one year old.

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The bodies of a mother and her toddler have been recovered from the ocean in South Australia.
Australia
Eleanor Wilson

Sad update on missing bub after mum & toddler’s bodies found

‘We’re keeping an open mind about everything, but I don’t hold out great hope.’

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The Gurudwara Dashmesh Dabar temple in Adelaide’s Northern Suburbs went up in flames on Sunday night.
Australia
Hayden Nelson

Inferno tears through religious temple

The temple is well known by locals for handing out hundreds of free meals every day.

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Elsie Avery has been given a devastating terminal cancer diagnosis.
Australia
Madison Stanley and Lauren Thomson

Family’s desperate bid to save three-year-old from cancer

Doctors told Elsie Avery’s parents the little girl ‘won’t live long enough’ for conventional treatment.

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Emergency services at the Flinders Medical Centre after a hazmat incident in the Emergency Department, 23rd July 2026. Tim Joy
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Australia
David Hannant

Hospital hit by hazmat emergency

A major hazmat incident has unfolded at an Adelaide hospital which has left almost a dozen workers sick.

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Bryan Littlely’s suggestion that a skull found in a shipping container was suspicious, has been shutdown by police.
South Australia
Lauren Thomson

Cops issue warning after ‘child’s skull’ shipping container revelation

South Australia Police delivered the unprecedented message after they were forced to go public with two big investigations this week.

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Police are investigating whether a death this week is linked to the nationwide Telstra outage that left thousands of Australians unable to call triple-0. 
South Australia
Brooke Rolfe

South Australian death may be linked to Telstra outage

Police are investigating whether a death this week is linked to the nationwide Telstra outage that left thousands of Australians unable to call triple-0. 

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Grant Stevens is looking at potential law changes if fight club organisers can not be charged. (Dean Martin/AAP PHOTOS)
South Australia
Laine Clark

Teen 'fight club' sparks outrage, possible law change

Two teens have been reported by police who are searching for four others over a children's ‘fight club’ after videos were posted on social media.

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RSPCA confronts horrific Dublin piggery allegations as owners face court.
South Australia
Deanna Williams and Lauren Thomson

Horror conditions allegedly found inside piggery

Even the most hardened RSCPA inspectors have been shocked by what was allegedly found inside the facility.

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A South Australian man’s attempt to sell his second-hand BMW on Facebook Marketplace went hideously wrong when he ended up allegedly robbed at knifepoint.
South Australia
David Hannant

Marketplace car sale goes hideously wrong for Aussie dad

A man’s attempt to sell his BMW on Facebook Marketplace went wrong in terrifying fashion, leaving the Adelaide father-of-two shaken.

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South Australia has confirmed a case of H5 bird flu.
South Australia
Alexandra Feiam

‘Touched it’: Surfer details run-in with flu-infected bird

The second confirmed case of H5N1 bird flu was discovered at a beach in South Australia after a surfer encountered the sick bird during a swim.

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South Australia has confirmed its first case of H5 bird flu, with authorities addressing the media with more details.
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Kimberley Braddish

Australian state confirms first H5 bird flu case

South Australia has confirmed its first case of H5 bird flu, with authorities addressing the media with more details.

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Kobi Shepherdson was nine months when she died at the hands of her father.
South Australia
Abe Maddison

Harrowing finding after baby murdered by ‘manipulative’ dad

An inquiry has made a heartbreaking finding after a baby was murdered by her father at a popular reservoir.

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