South Australia

Victoria Stewart's killer will spend decades behind bars for her ‘brutal and frenzied’ murder.

Obsessed suitor jailed for 'frenzied' murder of mother of five

A man who became obsessed with a fellow congregant before killing her in a ‘brutal and frenzied’ attack has been sentenced.

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The parents of a toddler who wandered into traffic in Adelaide have spoken about the frightening incident.
Kobi Shepherdson was nine months when she died at the hands of her father.

Child’s ‘voice’ must be heard in DV cases, top cop says

Police need to influence victims to ‘confide in them’ when domestic violence offenders breach no-contact orders, a senior police officer has told an inquest.

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A 19-year-old man was arrested over a stunt that allegedly gutted a Goolwa South holiday house on Tuesday.

Teen arrested after bizarre alleged stunt burns beach house to the ground

Nearby residents were evacuated as ‘a big explosion’ rattled the coastal suburb.

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Jordan Dodd with his girlfriend Dakota Leo.

Alleged bashing victim’s strange symptom after coming out of coma

Jordan Dodd was allegedly coward punched, repeatedly bashed and stomped on during a night out.

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JD Finlay Electrical was sentenced in court last week, charged with breaching the Work Health and Safety Act after one of its workers died of positional asphyxiation in 2022.

Electrician suffocates after being trapped in electrical pit

The employee died of positional asphyxiation when he was unable to free himself.

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Gabriele Cairo and his wife Elena Perone are glad to go home as soon as possible. (Abe Maddison/AAP PHOTOS)

Tourist spared jail over devastating crash that killed three

A judge has suspended the jail term of a tourist who killed three people in a crash tragedy, saying he hopes the young man can one day forgive himself.

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Kobi Shepherdson was killed by her father the same day a court allowed him access to her.

Chilling prison calls made before baby Kobi’s murder

Sickening audio of phone calls Henry David Shepherdson made from prison months before he killed himself and his nine-month-old baby has been played.

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Kobi Shepherdson was killed by her father the same day a court allowed him access to her.

Kobi’s violent dad was given access. She died the same day

Systemic failings allowed a violent, mentally ill man to gain access to his infant daughter and leap to their deaths from a dam wall, an inquest has been told.

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The Liberals have conceded another SA seat after Amanda Wilson was defeated in Black.

Labor claims big swing against Libs in by-election

South Australian Labor has pulled off a historic win in former Liberal leader David Speirs' seat of Black after a double-digit swing.

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Former South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs is due to face court on drug supply charges. (Abe Maddison/AAP PHOTOS)

Former Liberals leader to face court on drug supply charges

Former SA opposition leader David Speirs, who quit parliament after being charged with supplying drugs, is set to face court for the first time.

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