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Gabriel PolychronisFederal Political Correspondent

Gabriel Polychronis is The Advertiser’s federal political correspondent. He is based in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery in Canberra. Gabriel relocated to the nation’s capital in February 2022 after stints covering SA state politics and crime for the paper, which he first joined in 2019.

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Police & Courts

Ex-Mongols loses jail appeal despite turning on bikies

A former Mongols bikie who’s been bashed repeatedly in jail for helping police has lost an appeal for a lighter sentence for taking part in a violent home invasion to repay a debt.

Police & Courts

Two women died in a head-on road collision near Strathalbyn on Friday 28 August. Picture: 7NEWS Adelaide

Three dead on SA roads in one day

A woman and her mother-in-law have died in a horrific head-on collision between two cars on a notorious stretch of road near Strathalbyn. Meanwhile, a motorcyclist died in a separate crash north of Adelaide.

Police & Courts

Police are desperately searching for a woman who disappeared from her home at Old Reynella last week. Picture: SA Police

Serious concerns for missing woman

The family of missing woman Julia Castle hold serious concerns for her welfare after she disappeared from her southern suburbs home last Thursday.

Police & Courts

Councillor Anne Moran witnessed a man being "violently" arrested for not wearing a helmet on a scooter in the CBD on Thursday afternoon. Picture: Cr Anne Moran

Man handcuffed after riding scooter without helmet

Adelaide City Councillor Anne Moran said she was “absolutely disgusted” with the arrest of a man who was riding an e-scooter without a helmet on Thursday. Police say he was behaving in a disorderly manner.

Police & Courts

Nearly $400,000 worth of jewellery and gold plates were stole from a home in Rosslyn Park in June. Picture: SA Police

Jewellery worth $400k stolen

Gold bricks and various items of jewellery, worth nearly $400,000, was stolen from a home in Adelaide’s affluent eastern suburbs in June, as detectives appeal for information on the massive theft.

SA News

Bradley Yates, 19, died after he was hit by a truck on the South Eastern Freeway on Sunday night. His family have opened up about his mental health struggles. Picture: Supplied by family

Sister’s emotional pledge after brother’s death

Tahlia Yates has vowed to campaign for men’s mental health after her brother Bradley – a promising young footballer with a “heart of gold” – died by suicide on Sunday.

Police & Courts

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

Man critical after Adelaide High School bashing

A man has been attacked by four men at Adelaide High School. He’s fighting for life in hospital.

Police & Courts

Police have released footage of two men assaulting a pair of teenagers on Jetty Road in Glenelg. Incident was in June 2020. Picture: SA Police

Sickening footage of two teens attacked on Jetty Rd

Two teenage boys were brutally bashed by a pair of men on a popular beachside shopping strip in June. Now police have released footage of the attack to try and identify the offenders.

Police & Courts

Molotov cocktails thrown at a caravan

Police are seeking information from the public about a fire they say was sparked by two molotov cocktails thrown into someone’s driveway this morning.

SA Business

How COVID is bringing back local shoppers

COVID has caused the downfall of many retail outlets and cost thousands of jobs – but now it’s sparking a renaissance of the high street as people stay close to home.

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