South Australia

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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)

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

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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Tianxiao Zhao beat a defenceless cat over a poo. David Hannant/NewsWire

Why student brutally beat defenceless cat

An international quantum mechanics student ‘lost control’ when he beat a defenceless cat to within an inch of its life.

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Erica Modra has thanked first responders and says Tony is now ‘going alright’.

Tony Modra’s wife shares ‘amazing’ update on AFL great’s condition

‘He’s not going to be the same good-looking Tony Modra, he’s going to have some scars.’

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Grandmother of missing toddler Gus Lamont breaks silence in major 7NEWS Spotlight exclusive

Gus Lamont’s grandmother breaks silence on missing boy: ‘How? Why?’

New details about the mysterious case of the four-year-old who vanished will be revealed for the first time.

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A listening device recorded Raelene Polymiadis confessing to her parents' murder, a court heard. (Abe Maddison/AAP PHOTOS)

'I have sinned': Woman 'confessed' to murder of parents

A diabetic woman charged with murdering her parents with insulin wrote a note to herself to ‘sob here’ during a police interview, a court has been told.

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