Our Journalists

Leah Smith is a reporter with The Advertiser and The Messenger. She covers general news with a specialisation in search and trends, as well as courts and councils in the northern suburbs. She began her career in 2023 after graduating from the University of South Australia.

Leah Smith

Latest

North & North East

Covid exposure sites at Munno Para Shopping Centre, on July 21st, 2021, in Smithfield.Picture: Tom Huntley

How to spot shoplifting kids: Retailers reveal the tricks

Retailers in Adelaide’s north are revealing how how groups of kids work together to steal expensive items – and the tricks they watch out for.

Police & Courts

3 kids born in 7 months as bakery sex ‘cult’ couple groomed teens

A former Eyre Peninsula bakery owner and his ex-wife have been found guilty of abusing underage girls in his employment.

North & North East

John Limone landscaper's work artwork for tiser

‘They just fell off the wall’: Landscaper’s dodgy work revealed

Clients of a landscaper who has been ordered to pay about $100,000 over faulty and incomplete work have revealed just how bad it was.

North & North East

Karl Schiworksi was denied bail, charged with drug trafficking. Photo: Facebook

‘Disgraceful’: Magistrate outraged at wrongly accused man’s months in jail

New charges against a convicted drug dealer have been dropped after he spent six months behind bars – prompting an Adelaide magistrate to call out the prosecutors in court.

Lifestyle

30/5/23. It's national donut day on June 2. Readers nominated their top places to grab a donut and Doughnut World, Adelaide was one of the most mentioned. Husband and wife owners Wade and Tara Kelly with their donuts.Picture: Keryn Stevens

Cult dessert store closes down

A local boutique doughnut shop known for its delicious creations has closed down its new store after being open for less than six months.

North & North East

Dodgy builder John Limone has lost his licence and been ordered to pay almost $100,000 in penalties for his poor workmanship, if he started the projects at all. Picture: Facebook.

Dodgy Adelaide landscaper fined almost $100k

A landscaper has lost his licence and been ordered to pay nearly $100,000 over dodgy work – and jobs he never started.

ExclusiveSA News

The prime minister and immigration minister art

‘Sack the ministers’: Fury after SA arrest of freed sexual predator

The PM is facing a major political crisis after a convicted criminal recently released from immigration detention allegedly sexually assaulted an Adelaide woman on the weekend.

North & North East

Front gate and white fence on elegant house entrance

Adelaide fencing company charged over work ‘that never started’

A fencing business and two men from Adelaide’s eastern suburbs have faced court after allegedly accepting tens of thousands of dollars for work that was never started.

VideoNorth & North East

Christmas lights stolen at Salisbury artwork for tiser

Salisbury’s got a Grinch: Thieves busted stealing Christmas lights

A Christmas-stealing thief has been caught on video stealing lights and displays from a front yard in Adelaide’s north. Watch the full video.

North & North East

23.2.2014. Electric Train services started running from Seaford station for the first time yesterday.The new electric train next to the old diesel train. pic tait schmaal.

Pre-Christmas closures for Gawler line passengers

Passengers heading to the city or out North will need to check the times as train lines close for early December weekends.

Original URL: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/journalists/leah-smith/page/40