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Runaway Children On The Rise 8/03/21

MORE than 10,000 missing person reports – or about 27 a day – were lodged by child protection authorities last financial year, as workers grapple to keep a core group of repeat runaways safe.WASTEWATER testing for COVID-19 has detected the virus in a  CBD catchment not linked to Tom’s Court Hotel, where all of the known positive cases are staying.POLICE have implored South Australians to obey the road rules and get home safely from the long weekend, which  has so far  seen three people killed and six others injured.PORT Adelaide is powering along nicely while Adelaide remains a big work in progress as the Power gave the Crows a pre-season lesson for the second straight week.

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