Patty Van Duijn had started to feel her unborn baby kicking, and she and her partner Lee Simpson had already bought a cot. The pair even moved into a larger home to accommodate their new lives as parents. So when the 29-year-old Adelaide woman’s water broke at 19-weeks gestation, and she gave birth to her … Read more
Australians have taken to the streets to demand an end to gendered violence which advocates warn has reached crisis levels. Thousands of attendees at protests in Sydney, Adelaide and Hobart on Saturday demanded concrete action to break the cycle of violence which has claimed the lives of at least 26 women so far in 2024, … Read more
Australia’s national firearms register is set to be up and running in 2028, allowing law enforcement to access information about guns owned in all states and territories. Some $160 million in funding, announced ahead of the May federal budget, will be spread across four years. The money will be used to establish the register as … Read more
Australians will take to the nation’s streets in their thousands to demand an end to gendered violence which advocates warn has reached crisis levels. About 15 rallies will be held across the nation over the weekend amid calls for concrete action to break the cycle of violence which has claimed the lives of at least … Read more
An Adelaide couple have thanked a triple-0 operator who guided them through the birth of their son over the phone. Ben and Tiana Green said they planned an at-home water birth for the arrival of their second child with a midwife in December. But Tiana’s contractions started earlier than expected, and she went into labour … Read more
A complaining customer has allegedly been splattered with Domino’s pizza after she complained in a Mount Gambier branch on Saturday night. She was bringing back her order, unhappy with the quality of the pizza she said had arrived at her doorstep the night before, and filmed the aggressive response with which she was allegedly met. … Read more
Just before the beginning of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, Eman and Ahmed Shat were overjoyed to announce they would soon be welcoming their fourth child. Now in her third trimester of pregnancy and living in an overcrowded refugee camp in Rafah without basic essentials such as food and water, Eman, 29, is severely depressed … Read more
South Australia’s economy has once again been declared the best performing in the country as it topped four of eight key indicators in a new report comparing the states. The numbers are contained in the CommSec State of the States economic performance report which saw South Australia emerge ahead of Western Australia and Victoria. The … Read more
An Adelaide teenager was in hospital for about six months when what was believed to be a common cold turned out to be an invasive sepsis infection. Harry Trowbridge, now 14, began showing common cold symptoms last year before his health quickly declined, his mother, Meagan Mercurio, said. She said within three days Harry began … Read more
The SA premier has shared his condolences with the South Australian family of Ashlee Good, who was killed while protecting her baby from a knife-wielding killer during the stabbing attack in Sydney’s eastern suburbs at the weekend. Six people died and 12 were seriously injured when Queenslander Joel Cauchi went on a killing spree at … Read more
