It was meant to be the start of a three-month break. A boys’ trip to the Thai resort island of Koh Samui for some rest and relaxation before cricket great Shane Warne worked on the next phase of his life.

A weed that grows in the River Torrens could help send humans to Mars, thanks to the work of Adelaide scientists.

He was a proverbial knight in shining armour on a crusade to defend small business and cut through the political spin of the major parties. Instead, a $150 store-bought costume and rubber sword turned retail identity Colin Shearing’s state election publicity stunt into a showdown with police over claims he was a “public risk”.

And the state’s taxpayer-funded Covid-19 quarantine program will be wound down to just two medi-hotels as the Omicron wave declines. 

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