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Adelaide Writers’ Week has been cancelled.

Adelaide Writers’ Week canned after boss Louise Adler quits

Adelaide Writers’ Week has been cancelled after director Louise Adler quit over Randa Abdel-Fattah being uninvited from the festival over her anti-Israel views.

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Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah in a previous appearance at the Festival.

Writers pull out of festival as anti-Israel academic canned

A stampede of writers have withdrawn from an Adelaide festival after an anti-Israel academic, Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, had her appearance cancelled in the wake of the Bondi massacre.

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Gus disappeared from his family's vast and remote sheep grazing property on September 27. (HANDOUT/SA POLICE)

Police re-interview family of missing four-year-old Gus

Police have again returned to a remote station where a four-year-old boy vanished in September, saying they ‘won't rest’ in their search for answers.

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A plane has caught fire in Adelaide after impacting the tarmac.

Airport emergency after plane crashes, erupts in flames

A plane has burst into flames after crashing into the tarmac at an Australian airport, sparking a grass fire and an emergency response. 

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Bail has been denied to South Australian MP Nick McBride who is charged with assaulting a woman. (David Mariuz/AAP PHOTOS)

MP accused of domestic violence to stay behind bars

A state MP accused of assaulting a woman and breaching an intervention order will remain behind bars awaiting a home detention report, a court has ruled.

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‘Tireless’ Labor great dies on Christmas Day, aged 75

One of the Labor Party’s “greatest champions” has died peacefully on Christmas Day at age 75.

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Police at the Big 4 Caravan Park at Port Willunga. Brett Hartwig

Body found inside cabin at popular caravan park

A man has been charged with murder after a body was found inside a cabin at a popular holiday destination in Adelaide’s south.

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A baby has died after being found unresponsive at an Adelaide home.

Tragedy as baby dies at home days before Christmas

Despite ‘desperate efforts’ the infant couldn’t be revived.

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Andrew Melville-Smith and his damaged Tesla windscreen.

Meteorite theory addressed after mysterious object smashes self-driving car

‘It was extremely violent ... I thought we’d crashed. The cabin was full of smoke.’

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A car crashed into a Chinese restaurant on The Parade at Norwood on Friday.

Busy lunchtime crowd scrambles as car crashes into restaurant

The driver with her two dogs onboard crashed after another car allegedly failed to give way.

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Adelaide Oval will have increased security for the third Ashes Test.

Adelaide Oval ramp up security for third Ashes Test

The move has been made in the wake of the devastating terror attack in Bondi.

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