Manhunt for wife killer ends as body found near remote town
A two-day manhunt across South Australia has come to a dramatic end, with wife killer Kevin Jewell’s body found on the Yorke Peninsula.
Domestic violence
Royal Commission calls after surge in DV deaths stuns state
Leading anti-domestic violence campaigners are urging SA to follow in Victoria’s footsteps after the deaths of four women in just one week.
Mum accused of bizarre love triangle kill plot lands back in Australia
An ex-Adelaide mum accused of a bizarre, years-long vendetta to kill her former partner has arrived back on Australia soil after being extradited from a Pacific island.
Man charged with murder after woman’s body found in Felixstow house
A man has been arrested in SA’s Far North and charged with murder almost a week after a woman’s body was found in suburban Adelaide.
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‘We’re numb, the whole community is shaken’
The close-knit Barossa community has been left stunned by the deaths of a man and a nine-month-old girl at the Whispering Wall.
None of this is my fault. This man is a monster
Inside the horrific world of coercive control, and why governments are finally acting to legislate against this insidious abuse. Listen to this story as a podcast.
Help to break free of abusers’ tight hold
New laws, to be put to Parliament this week, will target the red flags of coercion and control, which research shows is often a prelude to physical violence.
Fight factors causing domestic violence
By the time the justice system gets involved, it can often be too late to help the victim of a domestic violence relationship. Law Society SA president Tim White says we can’t honestly say we are tackling the issue until we address the root causes.
Push for urgent probe into tackling domestic violence
A South Australian senator is pushing for an urgent inquiry into better ways to tackle domestic violence in Australia after the brutal murder of Brisbane woman Hannah Clarke and her three children.
Unspeakable act destroys picture-perfect family
Hannah Baxter bundled her kids into her SUV like thousands of other Brisbane mums on Wednesday, but that was before her estranged husband caught up with them. Here’s how the unthinkable horror where he doused the family with petrol and set the car alight, killing everyone, unfolded.
Victims of abuse can get help around the clock
People trying to escape abusive relationships can call a domestic violence crisis hotline at any time of day or night from today.
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