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Apiarist calls for chemical Fipronil to be banned after millions of bees die in Southern NSW

A chemical used to control pests in agricultural crops and termites in buildings has been blamed for the death of up to 10 million bees in southern New South Wales.





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Missing backpacker Theo Hayez's WhatsApp messages could be key to police breakthrough

The father of missing Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez says unlocking his son's last WhatAsapp messages could be key to find him alive. But a leading expert says the tech giant is incapable of unjumbling the "garbled" encrypted messages.



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Boy kept 'completely naked' in Brisbane watch house for days

An Indigenous boy with an intellectual impairment was stripped naked inside Brisbane's adult maximum-security police watch house after being deemed a suicide risk, documents reveal.




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Hobart news: Housing Minister hopes federal counterpart will erase $157 million debt

MORNING BRIEFING: Housing Minister optimistic debt will be wiped, city demands urgent action on climate emergency and councils increase rates.







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NSW Treasurer predicts blue skies ahead despite global and domestic economic doubts

The NSW Treasurer delivers a surplus of around half that expected this time last year, but is forecasting blue skies ahead. He's optimistic despite doubts circulating about the domestic and global economies, Ian Verrender says.




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Teen basketball star LaMelo Ball bound for Wollongong in major signing for Illawarra Hawks

A teenage basketball star from a celebrity family in California is set to move to Wollongong in New South Wales in one of the most intriguing signings in Australian basketball history.




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SANFL tribunal reduces Casey McElroy's six-week ban to four for playing in men's league

A female footballer who played in a men's South Australian country league has her suspension reduced to four weeks by an independent tribunal.




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Queensland woman seeks access to dead husband's sperm to have second child

The Queensland Supreme Court will decide whether to allow a widow to use her dead husband's sperm to give her young son a sibling, as they were planning to do so before he died.





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'Waiting for the sun': The realities of sleeping rough in Hobart

Craig has been threatened with a machete and separated from his daughters, but he says that is the reality of being homeless in Tasmania's capital.




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Plant-based diet trend drives consumer demand for alternative mushrooms

Consumers are pushing demand for alternative mushrooms to new highs as plant-based diets become increasingly popular and people seek nutritious meat substitutes.




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Tasmania news: Health Minister hits back at union 'ambush', accused murderer 'on the trail' of alleged victim

MORNING BRIEFING: Michael Ferguson says union bosses have hit a 'new low' and a court hears that a Launceston man accused of murder said his alleged victim "is going to pay".




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Sydney news: Murder charge expected in high-rise death, concerns over missing backpacker delay

MORNING BRIEFING: The ex-girlfriend of a woman who fell to her death from a Sydney apartment block is expected to be charged with her murder, while a backpacker says the alarm about Theo Hayez's disappearance should have been raised much earlier.




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Thousands of fish killed after Byron Bay residents pressure council to open lagoon

More than 12 tonnes of dead fish have been buried after a council on the New South Wales north coast bowed to public pressure and opened a lagoon.






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Fish kill in Byron Bay's Tallow Creek



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Canberra's noise laws to face 'protest jam' as musicians band together to 'save' nightlife

Amid plans for a five-star hotel for Canberra's centre, some of the city's biggest music success stories plot to save its nightlife, claiming currently unenforced noise limits could kick into effect and threaten venues when the hotel starts hosting guests.




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Adelaide Hills man who allegedly stockpiled guns and secretly filmed sex acts granted bail

An Adelaide Hills man charged with unlawful firearms possession as well as engaging in indecent filming is granted bail by a magistrate but prosecutors say they will seek a review of that decision.




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Police identify suspects wanted over alleged bashing murder at Hackham West park

An arrest warrant is issued for a man and a woman wanted in connection with the fatal bashing of Hackham West man Shaun Russell, whose body was found in a park south of Adelaide.




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Bail revoked for man who allegedly stockpiled guns and secretly filmed sex acts

A Supreme Court judge overturns a decision to grant home detention bail to a man charged over a massive weapons haul in the Adelaide Hills last month.




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World number one Ash Barty to headline revamped Adelaide International in 2020

World number one Ash Barty is locked in to headline the 2020 Adelaide International, joining a strong list of female players including world number five Simona Halep.




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What's it like going back to the place your life changed forever?

Almost 10 years after being thrown from a motorbike and losing the ability to walk, the ABC's Charles Brice is about to return to the crash site for the first time before handcycling more than 300 kilometres to raise spinal research funds.




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Alleged Suzanne Poll killer Matthew Donald Tilley denied bail

The man accused of the stabbing murder of Adelaide mother-of-two Suzanne Poll is denied bail after the prosecution revealed new details about the case against him.




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Eliza Bartlett is shaking off the stigma of type 1 diabetes. She is a nurse, cricketer and inspiration

Eliza Bartlett is a diabetic but is does not define her. The 27-year-old walked 4,200 kilometres across Europe to displace the stigma.




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AFLW dispute continues as players reject collective bargaining agreement

Divisions in the AFLW over a proposed collective bargaining agreement put the future of the league's 2020 season in limbo, as the head of the players' association criticises a "damaging" campaign against the deal.





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'You can't study chemistry' and other barriers faced by women from non-English speaking backgrounds

Meet the determined young women who are working to break down barriers in the community and workforce, refusing to be defined by a stereotype.




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Cove Football Club apologises over sexual harassment, but remains in limbo

An Adelaide council insists it has made a suburban football club facing eviction fully aware of the sexual harassment allegations against some of its players, despite claims by the club it remains in the dark. Meanwhile, another club facing financial woes has been given a reprieve.




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Background checks for partners with possible domestic violence history sparks 15 interventions

Background checks on people suspected of having a history of domestic violence introduced in South Australia last year are already helping to save lives, a domestic violence support service says.




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Adelaide hospital beds mothballed, health jobs cut, despite record ramping

The SA Government has revealed plans to mothball 60 public hospital beds and offer further redundancies in the health system, despite record levels of ambulance ramping outside emergency departments in recent months.




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Man who allegedly stole Subaru WRX with owner's 5yo son inside faces court

Police say the 32-year-old man stole the Subaru WRX during a test drive while the owner's five-year-old son was still inside the vehicle. Nicholas Trent Hallett, 32, has been remanded in custody to appear at a later date.




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Marion council backflips on decision to evict Cove Cobras over sexual harassment allegations

The City of Marion backflips on a decision to evict the Cove Football Club from its Hallett Cove premises over sexual harassment and intimidation allegations.




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Police investigating incident where man fell from apartment balcony in Adelaide CBD

Mystery surrounds an incident in which a man fell from the balcony of an apartment block in Adelaide's CBD this morning, leaving him in a critical condition.




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Released murderer Jonathan Bakewell withdrawn as witness in NCA bombing case

A recently released rapist and murderer was among a "conga line" of people who offered to testify for the prosecution in another long-running murder case, a court hears.




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Paedophile Stephen Foster sent back to jail for using Pinterest to access images of young boys

An Adelaide paedophile will spend at least two years behind bars for masturbating in a store window and for using the social media site Pinterest to view images of young boys.




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David Warner hits maiden T20 century on final ball of innings

Australian batsman David Warner has scored his first Twenty20 international century as Australia piled on 233 runs against Sri Lanka at the Adelaide Oval.




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Darra (2019) by Gunybi Ganambarr




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Muck-up day pranks result in graduation ceremony bans for Adelaide Year 12 students

More than a dozen Year 12 students from a prestigious Adelaide high school are banned from attending their graduation after tables were burnt and doors were glued shut.




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Baby flu outbreak at Women's and Children's Hospital triggers vaccination reminder

An influenza outbreak among newborn babies at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital results in dozens being given antiviral medication and isolated in closed cots.




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Real estate agent Hayley Marley-Duncan fined and banned for abusing tenants and police

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".




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Adelaide chef Jess Barnes pleads guilty to assaulting TV reporters outside court

A man who has previously claimed he is the nephew of rock legend Jimmy Barnes pleads guilty to assaulting two journalists outside an Adelaide court.




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Jason De Ieso fatal shooting was payback for firebombing of bikies' parents home, court told

An Adelaide court is told the 2012 fatal shooting of panelbeater Jason De Ieso was retribution for a firebomb attack on a home occupied by the parents of three of the alleged murderers.




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Home battery scheme off to sluggish start in SA, despite $6,000 subsidy

In recent years, SA has developed a reputation for blackouts and energy instability, but uptake of a home battery scheme spruiked as a potential solution remains sluggish.




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Male jogger sexually assaulted after being forced into back seat of another man's car, police say

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.