Fuelled by spite, Shaun Preston Mate drafted a vindictive note to his then-wife and tried to fatally gas both himself and the couple’s daughter in their Eden Hills home.

Almost half of all detainees in the Adelaide City Watch House tested positive to methamphetamine last year, a staggering fourfold increase in just over a decade, according to the Australian Institute of Criminology.

Australians should expect to see a lot more smartphones that flip, fold and flex in the coming year as interest in folding phones skyrockets by 300 per cent and sales break the 10 million barrier for the first time. 

And in sport, Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley says he never doubted he would see out his contract because he trusted his conversations with the club. 

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