South Australian schools are increasingly hiring private security guards to protect students and staff from violence and threatening behaviour, Education Minister Blair Boyer has confirmed. 

New guidelines on prescribing antidepressants to children could be in place by the end of the year as figures show their use has tripled in the past decade.

Nurses have launched an online blitz  urging the state government to recruit more staff, saying the  “health system is on the brink of collapse.”

And in sport, former Adelaide player Bryce Gibbs has recommended Matt Crouch leave the Crows after being dropped for the second time in two months.

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