‘We need to talk about it’: Adelaide woman’s final act of generosity
When an Adelaide author’s death was able to save other people’s lives, her partner took it on herself to encourage other people to have the difficult, but important, conversation.
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While Grant wishes his son Charlie’s smile could have been donated, the Stevens family has received uplifting news they weren’t expecting ahead of a heartbreaking milestone.
Basic message I need Aussie teachers to get right now
Australians have a lot to say about teachers. You’d think we’d say this more though, writes Rebecca Whitfield-Baker.
‘20 bucks for my first gig’: Meet the new crop of country singers
From the son of a favourite, to a sheep farmer and city-boy turned-Keith-Urban-in-the-making, these are South Australia’s homegrown country music rising stars.
The curly biology questions that had these country kids baffled
Today’s biology exam marks an end to school for this group of country students who’ve been boarding in Adelaide. They share its most perplexing problems.
The exam questions which would stump Big Bang Theory brainiacs
It’s a tough exam – complicated by a statewide glitch – but these year 12 students are still smiling. Here they share the highs and lows of the 2024 SACE chemistry exam.
SACE exam interrupted as error detected in chemistry test
Students had to pause their exam this morning while invigilators explained the error. See the question.
How teenage Jess found hope in other people’s homes
On the back of a spike in interest being shown in becoming a foster carer, a young woman who found ‘a sense of direction and life purpose’ shares her experience as a child in care.
‘Anguish and torture’: Family’s pain of losing their beloved Poppy
The heartbroken mum of a “kind and gentle” teenager killed when her car was struck head-on while driving to her rural hometown has told of her family’s – and daughter’s dog – ongoing anguish.
My life as a nun: ‘I had more freedom than at home’
An Adelaide nun-turned health entrepreneur and mum of three shares what life wearing a habit was like and why ultimately a vow of ‘poverty, chastity and obedience’ wasn’t for her.
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