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Caleb Bond is a Sky News host and columnist with The Advertiser.

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Pinnaroo to get some case studies around the Border restriction changes on the 13th august 2020.Victoria and South Australia border check point at Pinnaroo ,South Australia. Pic Tait Schmaal.

Two SA COVID border breachers jailed

Two men who snuck into SA on a back road from Victoria last month have been jailed for their “selfishness” and “complete disregard for others”.

Opinion

Generic photo of an capentry apprentice and student working a circular saw at a TAFE college.

Workers will dig us out of this hole, not lawyers

SA leads the country in apprenticeships. That’s something to be proud of and it’s time to stop teaching our kids there’s something wrong with becoming a tradie, writes Caleb Bond.

South

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 11, 2020: Hannah Ivens, leaving the Supreme Court after being handed a suspended sentence.Ivens has admitted helping her ex-partner Dennis Childs, who's been charged with shooting another man following a dispute over a watch at Morphett Vale in October 2018. Ivens drove Childs to her house and helped him destroy evidence.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Picture: Naomi Jellicoe

Suspended sentence for helping shooter destroy evidence

She drove the getaway car and helped her then boyfriend destroy evidence after he allegedly shot his cousin. The Supreme Court has handed her a suspended sentence.

West & Beaches

Men allegedly stole Uber Eats driver’s car, denied bail

Two Mile End men who allegedly stole an Uber Eats driver’s car while he made a delivery overnight have been denied bail. The court heard one man was already on bail – for breaching bail.

Police & Courts

Some of the packages found inside one of the safes. Cocaine worth $20m has been found hidden inside two welding machines. An Adelaide man has been arrested. Picture: Australian Border Force.

Adelaide man arrested over $20m cocaine haul

An Adelaide man charged with importing a huge amount of cocaine allegedly had 18 blocks of powder elaborately hidden inside electronic safes concealed in large welders.

City

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 19, 2020:*PLEASE NOTE - IMAGE SUPPRESSED*Adelaide High School teacher Leon Shackleford leaves the Adelaide Magistrates Court. He is facing charges of aggravated indecent assault. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Teacher accused of indecent assault identified

The identity of an Adelaide High School teacher charged with aggravated indecent assault can now be revealed after a suppression order was lifted.

East, Inner Suburbs & Hills

Andrew John Fraser has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. Image: Facebook

Successful businessman was cocaine dealer for ‘friends’

A Lower Mitcham business owner – who couriered nearly 1kg of cocaine and at one point consumed up to $1500 worth of the drug a week – was supplying to friends, a court has heard.

Local

Alleged border runner wanted after missing court

An alleged Victorian border bandit, accused of sneaking into SA by hiding his car between two trucks, is at large and wanted by police.

Opinion

Emergency services at the scene of a boat crash on the Finniss River where two people were killed. Picture: Gary Juleff

Fixing ramping is simple – spend more money

SA’s ambulance service says people are at risk of dying because it can’t cope with demand – and hospital ramping is back. If we don’t invest in health soon, we will pay with people’s lives, writes Caleb Bond.

City

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 29, 2020: Police at the scene at Adelaide High School on West Terrace after a man was left in a critical condition after being assaulted by four men overnight. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe

Alleged Adelaide High basher charged with murder

A man who allegedly bashed another man at Adelaide High School more than a week ago, leaving him in an induced coma, has been charged with murder after the victim died on Saturday.

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