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Big Kev the dinosaur roams the earth once again

Giant fibreglass dinosaur Big Kev has escaped extinction after a community outside Darwin demanded it be saved.




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Determined five-year-old boy pulled over by police on a US highway

The officer realised something was unusual when he could not see the driver. Then the boy said he was on his way to California to buy a Lamborghini.





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A remote South Australian military museum is preserving history, but its future is in doubt

A war veteran in outback South Australia is saving war memorabilia from being discarded, sold online, and hidden away in storage.




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Alan Clarke jumps in to give a dolphin a hand off the sand at Hardwicke Bay




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Dolphin given a hand off the sand by trail runner at remote Hardwicke Bay beach

Alan Clarke thought completing a 500km run across some of Australia's roughest terrain would be his biggest challenge. But that all changed when he spotted something in the shallows.





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Artist Kerrie Taylor turns cutlery into upcycled jewellery

In a backyard shed, artist Kerrie Taylor makes jewellery out of cutlery.




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Magistrate calls for more resources to be put into neglect investigation that left baby 'near death'

An Adelaide magistrate calls for police to allocate sufficient resources to a criminal neglect investigation into the mistreatment of a baby that left the infant "near death".



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Australia's livestock feed supplies in precarious position due to drought

Australia's livestock feed supplies are under threat due to the drought, which is putting pressure on both domestic customers and the export market.





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Snowtown killer Robert Wagner denied bid for non-parole date to be set

Snowtown "bodies-in-the-barrels" serial killer Robert Joe Wagner loses his bid for a non-parole period to be set, confirming the original judgment that he should never be released.




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Pair allegedly threaten woman with pocket knife and steal her car before leading police on chase

A man and woman are arrested after allegedly threatening a woman with a pocket knife and stealing her car before leading police on a chase in the Mid North of South Australia.




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Futuristic renewable-energy agribusiness Sundrop Farms sells to trans-Tasman investment firm

A world-leading agriculture business that uses sunlight and seawater to grow tomatoes has been sold but the final price is a closely-guarded secret.




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Life after death: Dark tourism and the future of Snowtown

For many, the word "Snowtown" sends shivers down the spine. But as the town attempts to attract tourists, some locals are wondering whether to cash in on the dark past.




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Did Orwell's nightmare Nineteen Eighty-Four inspire the Snowtown murders?

Journalist Andrew McGarry covered the trial of one of Australia's most notorious serial killings. Two decades since police made the gruesome discovery in a disused bank vault, he looks at the similarities between the actions of ringleader, John Bunting, and George Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four.




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Man charged with murder over fatal assault at Peterborough, police say

A man is charged with the murder of another man at a home in South Australia's Mid North region in the early hours of Sunday morning.






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Viterra site closures anger South Australian farmers

Farmers in South Australia's mid-north are threatening to boycott Viterra after the bulk-handling company closed several grain silos and bunkers.




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Port Augusta Prison death inquest hears drugs are 'coming through the front door'

Drugs including ice are readily available and "coming through the front door" of a South Australian jail, an inquest into a fatal overdose of a prisoner finds.




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From natural disaster comes art creatives face fire, flood and drought trauma head-on

Australian creatives who have lived through devastating natural disasters turn their trauma into beautiful pieces of art.




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Time bomb: The making of Bourke Street killer James Gargasoulas

As a child he showed sociopathic tendencies. By the time he was an adult he was a drug dealer with an extensive criminal record who would go on to kill six people.




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Quad bike safety plans sparks rift between ACCC and manufacturers

Quad bike manufacturers claim ACCC-favoured mandatory rollover protection will not improve safety as another child dies in rural NSW on Monday.




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Significant rain for desperate South Australian farmers, but many missing out

Heavy rain has fallen over parts of South Australia, providing desperately-needed relief for some of the state's farmers but unfortunately some areas have missed out.




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Fossils of giant new species of sea creature found on South Australia's Kangaroo Island

The fossils of a giant new species of sea creature are discovered on South Australia's Kangaroo Island and with its formidable legs with spines used for crushing and shredding food, scientists are comparing it to Tyrannosaurus rex.




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RSPCA worried about welfare of horses due to 'unprecedented' feed shortage

Horse sanctuaries close and horse owners are forced to consider putting their horses down amid an "unprecedented shortage of hay".





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Widower shares pride in murdered wife's legacy, but is concerned Gayle's Law does not go far enough

The husband of murdered outback nurse Gayle Woodford says new protections for nurses named in her honour are necessary, but is worried healthcare workers could still be at risk.




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Kangaroo Island koalas touted as species saviours after showing no signs of chlamydia

Koala chlamydia has had devastating effects in Queensland and New South Wales, but a population believed to entirely free of the disease on Kangaroo Island is being heralded as a potential lifeline.




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Small SA town creates its own aged care workforce with scholarships, employment

A country hospital in South Australia is offering free, local training in the hopes of raising the status and the quality of its aged care workforce.




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Coober Pedy man charged with murder after alleged stabbing

A Coober Pedy man has been charged with murder following the alleged stabbing of another man in South Australia's far north.



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Plane crash victim posted on social media hours before death near Leigh Creek

Former Queensland police officer Rachel Whitford, who died in a plane crash in outback South Australia on Saturday, posted to social media shortly before that she was "grateful for another safe landing".




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Clontarf Academy uses football to get Indigenous boys back to school and building life skills

The prospect of playing football with mates was the only thing that could coax 13-year old Dasha Hill back to school a few months ago.




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Farmer with Bell's palsy calls it a day 55 years after being told he wouldn't work the farm again

It's been 55 years since Geoff Prime was diagnosed with Bell's palsy and told he wouldn't work on the family farm again. He's now retiring from the farm, aged 94.




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Children learning about Aboriginal culture



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Kangaroo Island ecotourism project given the green light as SA Government seeks to 'open up' national parks

A contentious ecotourism project on Kangaroo Island has been approved and could lead the way for similar projects that will open up South Australian national parks currently "under lock and key".




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Drought forces Jamestown sheep market to cancel for the third month in a row for the first time ever

As the drought drives Australia's sheep flock to historic lows, a South Australian sheep sale has been called off three times due to a lack of animals.




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Father who shook baby son so hard he is 'being kept alive artificially' sentenced to jail

A young father who "snapped" while trying to settle his five-week-old son, shaking the baby so hard that his development has now "effectively frozen", is sentenced to at least 18 months in prison.




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Drought and poor prices force South Australia farmers to close pig business

A pig farmer receives a barrage of abusive online comments after opening up on Facebook about the closure of her pig business.




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Autism dual diagnoses, mandatory to receive learning support in South Australia, to be scrapped

Autistic students have long needed two separate diagnoses before receiving extra help at school, but from October that will no longer be the case.




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Man facing car theft charges arrested after allegedly arriving at court in another stolen vehicle

A man who turned up to court in Adelaide on charges of illegally using a motor vehicle is arrested for allegedly driving there in another stolen car.




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'Heritage hero' Roy Taplin, who helped restore Burra, is called on again for old dining car

Award-winning 'heritage hero' Roy Taplin breathes new life into a 1917 Commonwealth Railways dining car.




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Edie's arrival at Burra Railway Station




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Partially restored Edie




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The unrenovated carriage




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Bones found during backyard search for more remains of murder victim Martin Meffert

South Australian police say they have discovered the bones of murdered man Martin Meffert during a dig at a property in the state's Mid North today.