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Elizabeth HensonChief police reporter, The Advertiser

Elizabeth Henson is The Advertiser’s chief police reporter. She has been a journalist for 22 years and has covered general news, courts and state politics.

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Heidi Wilkin was behind the wheel of this car when a large piece of concrete was thrown onto it from an overpass on the Southern Expressway. Picture: Heidi Wilkin

Concrete dropped on pregnant woman’s car

A PREGNANT woman, who was lucky to escape serious injury when a large piece of concrete was thrown at her car on the Southern Expressway, says she is sickened by the thought of what could have happened.

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Last Holden Cruze coming off the production line at GMH at Elizabeth . Picture: Supplied .

Sting in Holden’s closure date

HOLDEN’S Elizabeth plant will hit the market within months after it said on Friday it would officially close on October 20 — making it a ticking time-bomb for the government’s 2018 election chances if a jobs crisis ensues.

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FILE - This Sept. 15, 2015 file photo shows marijuana plants with their buds covered in white crystals at a medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill. U.S. women are increasingly using marijuana during pregnancy, sometimes to treat morning sickness, new reports suggest. Though the actual numbers are small, the trend raises concerns because of evidence linking the drug with low birth weights and other problems. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Why there’s a serious need for weed

IT’s illegal, but for many chronically ill South Australians medicinal cannabis is a lifesaver. Elizabeth Henson reports on the push to legalise the controversial treatment.

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Inquiry launched into SA prison system

Inquiry launched into SA prison system

A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry has been launched into SA’s prison system to examine several incidents, including one in which an inmate died after a violent altercation and another where a convicted murderer was able to escape.

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