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Douglas SmithIndigenous affairs reporter

Douglas Smith is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster – including being part of the team that won a Walkley Award in 2023 for the podcast Dying Rose, which investigated the police response to the deaths of six Indigenous women around Australia. Douglas has worked for SBS and NITV as a video journalist, and now covers Indigenous affairs for The Advertiser.

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INNESTON, YORK PENINSULA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. December 28, 2023. Douglas Harden and Stephanie Salder at Ethel Beach, where a teenager was fatally attacked by a shark earlier in the day. Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Ben Clark

Horrific scenes as shark strikes off beach at SA tourist hot spot

Witnesses have described the horrifying events at a Yorke Peninsula beach on Thursday, that saw a Cardijn College boy lose his life.

PicturesSA News

Lightning over Adelaide , 28th Dec 2023 . Picture: Matt Orr (Straya Photography)

Amazing pictures as 57,000 lightning strikes hit SA

South Australia recorded more than 57,000 lightning strikes overnight, as mother nature put on a powerful lightshow. See the amazing pictures

Police & Courts

NEWS ADVBREAKING NEWSMotor Cycle Fatal at Bolivar, Cnr of Queen St and Bolivar RdImage/Russell Millard Photography

#113: Northern suburbs man dies in motorbike crash overnight

A man has died in a motorbike crash in the early hours of Friday morning in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.

Entertainment

Jontae Lawrie, Matt Gully, and Elisha Umuguri from Dem Mob.

Desert rocks: Rising stars to perform at remote SA festival

The APY Lands’ Kulilaya Festival will celebrate 40 years since the land was given back to the people with a unique hip-hop trio in the line-up.

SA News

Adelaide Airport on Christmas Day, Monday December 25, 2023. (The Advertiser/ Morgan Sette)

‘We’re not going to make it now’: Xmas chaos with 11 flights cancelled

Hundreds of passengers have had their Christmas Day plans thrown into chaos with 11 flights in and out of Adelaide cancelled.

Sport

Mary-Ann Harvey steers clockwork as the team prepares for the big race from Sydney to Hobart on Christmas Day.

It’s all about the Bass for state’s only Sydney-Hobart crew

The sailors on SA’s sole Sydney to Hobart entry this year says they’ve had a dream run into the great race.

SA News

The Tumby Bay jetty has been closed since October 2022, after wild weather significantly damaged the structure.

Deep impact for holiday hot spot as jetty woes pile on

Tourism is already falling in the popular west coast destination, traders say, as state and local leaders remain at sea as to what to do with the town’s sketchy jetty.

Police & Courts

Scenes from a fatal crash on Main South Road after a Toyota Hilux that had been travelling north lost control and rolled in Second Valley, Monday, December 11, 2023. (The Advertiser/ Morgan Sette)

Teenage driver charged over Second Valley fatal crash

SA Police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old driver over the fatal Second Valley crash that claimed the life of a 16-year-old earlier this month.

SA News

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - Advertiser Photos DECEMBER 15, 2023: Brenton Green a cherry grower in one of his Lenswood cherry orchards showing damaged fruit from caused by the recent heavy rain. Picture: Emma Brasier

Why your cherries will cost more this Christmas

The price of cherries are expected to skyrocket over Christmas after a recent spate of wild weather destroyed entire crops, leaving many growers with limited supplies of stock left.

PollArts

Dame Edna outside Her Majesty's Theatre in Adelaide.

Should Adelaide build a statue for Barry Humphries?

Adelaide’s Her Majesty’s Theatre is already a major attraction but it could also be the place to honour an Australian icon with their own sculpture. Do you agree?

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