Foster care shortage leaves vulnerable kids further from home
Regional children already separated from the biological parents are being forced to move away as local foster carers are stretched beyond their limits.
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They’ve had a rough start to life but these rare joey twins are on the road to recovery after their mum was hit and left for dead in the Adelaide Hills.
Speedy thief sentenced after ‘finger-lickin’ good’ chase
A man who claimed he was kidnapped to dupe police and evade arrest after he was pursued in a stolen KFC delivery car has learnt his fate for his bizarre antics.
What does the future hold for the Mount’s old Coles?
Will it be bulldozed to put up apartment buildings, reopened as a Target or transformed into something the city has never seen before. See what’s planned.
Pandemic derails Pioneers debut NBL1 season
The Mount Gambier Pioneers have been sidelined again as Covid-19 calls time on it’s debut season. But the club has “no regrets” joining an interstate league.
Wanted man hitchhiked NSW to SA, afraid to return to Victoria
A hitchhiking homeless man from Sydney will be forced to isolate behind bars on remand after a police tip off led to his arrest in South Australia.
The SA council area losing the nation’s vaccination race
A regional South Australian council area has recorded the worst Covid-19 vaccination rate in the country and the closest dedicated clinic is almost booked out until Christmas.
Lovelorn woman sent home after allegedly jumping border
A Victorian government worker put the community at risk — just days after the state locked down — when she illegally entered SA to visit her boyfriend, police allege.
Wanted alleged drug dealer to be bailed to Adelaide
An alleged Victorian drug trafficker has been granted bail to live in a caravan in Adelaide despite being a wanted man across the border.
Code red over hand-me-down trucks, neglected MFS station
A fed up regional council has raised the alarm saying its MFS station is left to battle fires with hand-me-down trucks – including two with a combined 44 years of service.
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