Scientists are "anti-politicians" who look for evidence to break theories rather than data to support an individual's politics, a particle physicist says ahead of a conference in Adelaide involving the world's top scientists.

The US retail phenomenon that prompts bargain-hungry shoppers to stampede through stores is coming to South Australia for the first time, with Adelaide traders allowed to open until midnight on November 29.

Joshua Glenn is banned from competitive football for four years by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority after testing positive to a prohibited substance.

An Adelaide lawyer who authored the South Australian Law Society's trust account handbook "abused" his knowledge to steal $850,000 from two deceased estates and fabricate documents to cover his tracks, a court has heard.

Public transport policies are discouraging patronage in Adelaide, lobbyists say, after Freedom of Information figures uncover a significant decline in bus patronage in the first six months of the year.

Riverland growers assess the damage to crops after a sudden hailstorm cut through the region late last night, wiping out crops in minutes.

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.

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

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.

The Opposition has announced a Labor government would raise $154bn over ten years.

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.

Outside a pre-polling booth in Manly, Tony Abbott refused to elaborate on a previous statement he made about the Bob Hawke. Mr Abbott has been criticised by both sides of politics for politicising the late prime minister's death. May 17, 2019.

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

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.

The Shadow Treasurer is now in a contest with fellow frontbencher Anthony Albanese.

The decision leaves Anthony Albanese as the only declared candidate to replace Bill Shorten.

The Member for Grayndler is the only declared candidate currently contesting the opposition leadership position.

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas says his Government believes the 2019-20 State Budget is $2.6 billion worse off as a result of the election of a Coalition Federal Government, but plans to work constructively with Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Convicted serial killer Ivan Milat gets into a van and returns to prison after receiving cancer treatment at hospital.

A new-look federal Labor has taken shape with the ALP caucus endorsing its leadership for the next three years of parliament.

Snow falls overnight near Eukey in the Queensland Southern Downs region.

The 45-year-old was on parole after over a year's imprisonment.