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Tara MikoSenior reporter

Tara Miko is a senior reporter with The Advertiser in Adelaide. She has previously worked in editing and news director roles in newsrooms across regional Queensland and the Northern Territory after graduating from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Journalism. She has a background in reporting on crime, politics, regional development and breaking news.

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Neighbours’ brave rush to save ‘top bloke’ in Gilles Plains blaze

A man has died following a house fire in Adelaide’s north east on Saturday night.

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Manhunt as sister reveals anguish over horror stabbing ambush

Scot Phillips’ distraught sister says her teenage brother just wanted “to be loved” after he died in a pool of blood outside his home on Tuesday. Warning: Graphic images

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Spot the David Speirs difference: His shirt, his kitchen

David Speirs has claimed a video of him appearing to snort white powder from a plate in his kitchen is a fake. The Advertiser discovered he was photographed in the same black T-shirt a month later.

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Mehdi Habibi missing from Granite Island after being swept from rocks, copy pics. Supplied by family

Sad detail as search for teen enters second week

This weekend, the family of Adelaide teen Mehdi Habibi should have been celebrating his 17th birthday. Instead, they are maintaining a vigil on the island he was last seen.

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A Queensland teacher has been banned from registering to teach for at least a year for hitting a student on the head with her own classwork and in front of the class.

Sacked private school teacher wins legal battle against college

A teacher at a prominent South Australian school had a legal win over his former employer after he was sacked from his position of more than 15 years.

Food & Wine

Little Juniper Distilling Co will open its first cellar door at Nairne in the Adelaide Hills after a hugely successful four-year direct-to-store and customer shop in Stoneyfell. Founder, distiller and director Stuart Mackenzie hopes to transform the site and open in mid-2025. Picture: Supplied

Award-winning distillery gins up big new Hills plan

An award-winning South Australian gin distillery is expanding, taking over a deserted historic site in the Adelaide Hills to create its first cellar door experience.

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Owner Josh Rivers at his new Diamond Burger joint, on February 1st, 2023, in Glenunga.Picture: Tom Huntley

‘Working to stay alive’: Surging power hikes hit SA hospo hard

SA hospitality operators are struggling under the weight of skyrocketing power bills which have shrunk profits and left some cutting their own super to survive.

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