A police officer who accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake during a traffic stop, leaving a boy with multiple broken bones, has an aggravated driving conviction overturned.

They have wreaked havoc on birds and the local fishing industry, but now locals are coming up with new ideas to control rampaging fur seals in South Australia's Coorong.

David Warner belts a ton to power Australia to its fourth-highest Twenty20 score of 2-233, which proves to be more than enough as Sri Lanka falls 134 runs short in the first match of the men's team's international summer.

A South Australian real estate agent made notorious by Today Tonight is banned from practising and fined $7,500 for labelling a tenant a "Centrelink dweller" and tribunal members "incompetent".

A coroner's inquest hears a drug-addicted Adelaide car thief whose body was found weeks after he crashed a stolen vehicle was an expert at hiding from police.

A Victorian driver allegedly tests positive to methamphetamine after his truck ran out of fuel on the South Eastern Freeway, causing traffic delays. It coincides with a report showing 60 per cent of trucks are failing safety inspections.

SA Police is investigating the sexual assault of a jogger who was forced into the back seat of another man's car south-west of Adelaide last night.

Police are investigating a horror two-car smash at an Adelaide intersection, which left a woman with serious injuries.

Two seven-week-old kittens are dumped in a garden bed at an Adelaide shopping centre, and the RSPCA is seeking help to identify the couple involved.

High-profile Liberal candidate Georgina Downer announces she is returning to Victoria after failing twice to win the South Australian seat of Mayo.

Police are investigating whether there are links between a neighbourhood fight and damage caused to more than 50 cars in two streets in Adelaide's inner-south.

A red-bellied black snake is filmed swimming underwater in the Adelaide Hills hunting and catching a native fish.

A man is being transported to the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) with pelvic injuries following a crash between a car and a truck just north of Port Wakefield, about 100-kilometres from Adelaide. Diversions are in place for those travelling to Port Augusta.

A South Australian cannabis oil distributor has been spared a conviction for providing the drug to terminally ill people, with the judge saying her actions helped rather than harmed the recipients.

Marc was eight-years-old when he became suicidal because of his Tourette syndrome, but he says, now at a new school, he's on a mission to help his classmates understand the often mischaracterised disorder.

The Sydney Swans will host Essendon at the SCG tonight.

The Prime Minister kicked off the official campaign with one week before voters head to the hustings.

Liberal candidate Mina Zaki yells at Katy Gallagher before police are called to a polling station in Canberra.

The broadcast of the 1969 federal election from the National Tally Room in Canberra.

The broadcast of the 1969 federal election from the Nationally Tally Room in Canberra.

A woman and child were hospitalised with minor injuries after the accident.

Labor candidate for Chisholm, Jennifer Yang, said Liberal Party posters in purple and white which stated the "correct" way to vote was to put Liberals first were "unethical".

Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese announces he will contest the party's leadership.

Police arrest a man after several attempted car thefts in Canberra. Passers by intervened and trapped the man in a car he was allegedly trying to steal, until police arrived.

Bill Shorten addresses the Labor caucus after the election defeat, urging the party to continue to think big and progressive.

The Carlton Blues have sacked coach Brendan Bolton mid-season, saying the win-loss ratio had become too dire to ignore.