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Shashi Baltutis covers education and general news for The Advertiser. He began working as a journalist covering Adelaide’s southern suburbs in 2021.

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Composite Brevet Sergeant Ian Todd, 53 years, from Port Germein Police Station who is in a critical condition . Picture; Facebook and Brevet Sergeant Jordon Allely from Crystal Brook Police Station who is in a serious but stable condition after being stabbed. Picture: Facebook

‘Thoughts are with them’: Stabbed officers’ condition update

Police remain at the scene of a violent confrontation in Crystal Brook, which left two police officers stabbed and the attacker dead. A condition update has been released.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 3, 2022: Police outside a home at 11 Symons St, Crystal Brook where two police officers were stabbed and a person shot and killed. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Man bought lotto ticket just before frenzied attack on police

Witnesses say the man who was gunned down by police after a stabbing attack in a little country town north of Adelaide bought a lotto ticket just before the incident unfolded.

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Murray Bridge High School. Picture: Facebook

Hunt for perpetrator of ‘sickening’ act near SA high school

Police are investigating an incident in which a man allegedly acted indecently in front of teenage boy near a Murray Bridge school.

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A major city road has been closed to all traffic after a pedestrian was struck by a bus in the CBD., Police and emergency services were called to Grenfell St after reports a bus had struck a pedestrian outside Adelaide Arcadeon Monday, just after 7.30pm.

Traders’ fears for Grenfell St pedestrians after fatal bus crash

Grenfell St traders say the busy CBD street can be unsafe at times, after a WA woman was hit by a bus and killed on Monday night.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - OCTOBER 14, 2022: General generic editorial stock image of Jetstar aircraft at Sydney Domestic Airport. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

Birthday sale: Airline offers bargain flights from Adelaide to Bali

It might be time to book that overseas trip because budget airline Jetstar is offering return flights to popular tourist destinations from Adelaide for unbelievably low prices.

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Adelaide man, 20, in hospital as meningococcal cases climb

A young Adelaide man is in hospital with the potentially deadly meningococcal disease, as cases in SA almost double from the same time last year.

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1/9/16 - The intersection of Moseley Street and Jetty Road in Glenelg.An Adelaide Metro bus driver hit a car and ran - company denies collision but car owner discovers CCTV footage and driver busted and charged by SAPOL. Owner of the Ford Falcon, Mark Reilly, inspects the damage done when his car was side-swiped by a bus at the corner of Moseley Street and Jetty Road in Glenelg whilst his son was driving the car. Photo Naomi Jellicoe

Bus timetables abruptly change amid driver shortage

Commuters on Monday morning were given little warning about changes to their regular routes, leaving many stranded at bus stops across Adelaide.

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ADELAIDE/ KAURNA YARTA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 13, 2023: Police are seen with media in Victoria Square, Adelaide. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Morgan Sette

Dogfight: Pet tragedy sparks alleged assault

A 31-year-old man has been charged with allegedly attacking a teenage driver after his dog was run over and killed in the Adelaide Hills.

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A driver has blown nearly six times the legal limit after crashing her car into a tree at Glen Osmond. Picture: 9News

Woman six times the limit slams into tree in Adelaide’s leafy east

A woman has been caught by police allegedly six times the blood alcohol limit after crashing her car into a tree at Glen Osmond. Picture: 9News

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Burst water main - South Rd at Clovelly Park near Norrie Ave, affecting south bound traffic. @SAWaterCorp are on scene, Wednesday March 3, 2021, South rd looking north where traffic is banked up - pic Mike Burton

Traffic terror: Why your commute could take twice the time today

Brace for traffic delays on your morning commute today, with analysis showing it could take up to twice as long as the past fortnight.

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