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Isabel McMillan is a reporter with The Advertiser, specialising in courts and news from the northern suburbs. She was previously the SA reporter for NCA NewsWire, and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of South Australia.

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I am to blame for Charlie’s death: Neglect mum sobs

She vowed to fight the charges claiming it was what her daughter would have wanted but on the eve of trial she has admitted responsibility for the six-year-old’s death.

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Lewis Parkin, victim of stabbing on Hindley Street Picture: Supplied

Alleged killer of cop’s son unmasked

A secrecy order hiding the identity of a man accused of stabbing a cop’s son to death in a horror hostel attack has now been lifted.

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Bullying made me turn to drugs, former Saints boy tells court

The man called to deliver drugs to Amy Bowden as she was dying from an overdose has blamed his drug use on school bullying.

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Man dies after car slams into tree

A man has died after a shocking crash at Echunga in the Adelaide Hills on Monday evening.

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photo of Salisbury Downs murder victim Jordan Torrans that his family would like to be used in any media articles.

Slain dad stabbed in self-defence amid heated scenes, court hears

A Salisbury Downs man has faced an Adelaide court accused of murdering Jordan Torrans. But he says the stabbing was in self defence.

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A 41-year-old man is behind bars, accused of a terrifying armed robbery at a Thebarton bottle shop. Heavily armed police swooped on the suspect, allegedly wielding a sword, hiding in a Seaton backyard. Picture; 7NEWS

Police swarm on alleged sword-wielding thief in suburban home

A man who allegedly robbed a bottle shop was tracked down by police in a suburban back yard – holding a strange item. Picture: 7NEWS Adelaide

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David 'Wooly' Woolford is being remembered as a 'legend of his craft'. Pictures: 7NEWS

Farewell to SA news legend: TV stars remember beloved identity

He was a genius of his craft, the man with the biggest smile and everybody’s best friend. Now, TV legends are paying tribute to one of their own.

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ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Advertiser Photos May 16, 2025 - Glenunga International High School Parent Subir Pal outside the school. Picture: Emma Brasier

Parents react after horror school threats laid bare

Parents at one of Adelaide’s largest schools told of their fears after it was revealed a series of emails allegedly threatened to boil students in oil.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 13: Saints run out onto Norwood Oval during the Gather Round AFL match between St Kilda and the GWS Giants at Norwood Oval, on April 13, 2025, in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Maya Thompson/AFL Photos/Getty Images)

Horror Gather Round, school threat claims as SAPOL swoops

A “master hacker” allegedly threatened to boil Adelaide high school students in oil, contaminate food items and targeted the Gather Round, a court has heard.

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Crows Drugs - Live monitored CCTV in the Adelaide CBD led cops to Adelaide pair Brad Crouch and Tyson Stengle to be busted with drugs . Need pics around the nightclub Zhivago . laneway , Currie street view - pic Mike Burton

‘We wanted this girl’: Trio on trial for alleged nightclub gang rape

She was ‘18, drunk, alone and vulnerable’. These three men are now on trial for allegedly taking turns raping her and filming it on their phone.

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