Premier Steven Marshall says new restrictions limiting capacities in pubs, restaurants and gyms are vital to stop “thousands and thousands’’ of new Covid-19 cases sweeping through the state every day.

After a slow start, record online purchases and shoppers arriving later in the day   were expected to help the state hit its $1.36bn Boxing Day spending target.

When a swarm of people rushed on to the grounds of T.K. Shutter Reserve at a Christmas party in 1987, Annette Coscia just thought the big man in red had arrived earlier than expected. Little did she know that partygoers were running towards her five-year-old son, who fell about 4m from a jumping castle.

And in sport, Pat Cummins decided it was gloves off on Boxing Day as he floored England with the knockout punch that is set to deliver the Ashes for Australia.

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Labor is vowing to allow Boxing Day trading and bring  forward  Sunday openings under a shopping hours policy it will take to the state election.

Australian beer drinkers are avoiding hangovers, with a doubling in the market share of low or no alcohol beers. 

A boy injured in the Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy has finally woken up in hospital and even made a request for pizza after “putting up one hell of a fight”.

And in sport, Scott Boland’s transformation from a 118kg batting allrounder at Frankston-Peninsula to Australia’s second Indigenous male Test cricketer in 144 years will be completed when he receives the 463rd baggy green on Boxing Day.

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Rapid antigen tests will go on sale in South Australia on Friday after the state government lifted a ban on the self-administered tests.

South Australia has hit a new record of 484 Covid cases in a day as Steven Marshall stands firm on easing restrictions next week.

A North Plymptom woman has been identified by detectives as “most likely” connected to the murders of two southern suburbs men whose bodies have not been found.

world No.1 Ash Barty has spoken of her “perfect’’ engagement setting – at home on the couch with her husband-to-be and their three dogs.

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Steven Marshall's push to fast-track the Covid-19 booster shot gap by one month is on hold as Scott Morrison and the country’s leaders seek more expert medical advice.

An outdoor celebration is the best way to ensure a memorable Christmas is also a Covid-safe one, experts say, and there are lots of other tips to minimise the risks of transmission.

A former Port Adelaide player used a company credit card to buy himself tools and equipment.

Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal is on track to overcome his positive Covid-19 test and play in the Australian Open.

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Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell has been charged with having committed more than 50 deception offences – unrelated to his impending High Court challenge – 

over a five-year period.

South Australia’s under siege Covid testing procedure has crumbled under a surge in demand, forcing authorities to scrap mandatory swabs for interstate travellers.

Mining magnate Andrew “Twig­­gy” Forrest is pursuing legal action against Facebook for failing to stop his name and image being used as clickbait in scams 

that have cost Australians their life savings.

There are clear signs of ­tension between the England bowling group and captain Joe Root over tactics as ­England looks for

 someone to blame for its lacklustre showing in the Ashes series.

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A teenager who continued to party despite being told he was Covid-19 positive was intimate with multiple women,  shared cigarettes with others and hugged patrons while at the popular Adelaide nightclub.

A Labor election plan has taken a hit, with the independent manager of the nation’s electricity market saying hydrogen plants “can’t effectively operate”.

A Developer has offered $20,000 payments to North Adelaide residents opposed to the $200m redevelopment of the former Le Cornu site.

South Australian sporting legend Lleyton Hewitt is likely to have the centre court of the redeveloped Memorial Drive tennis centre named in his honour.

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A popular city nightclub says it “will be seeking justice” after a former private schoolboy continued partying at the venue for hours after receiving a positive test result.

The devastated South Australian mother of a 12-year-old boy killed in the Tasmania jumping castle tragedy says one of the last things her son did before he died was place the star on the family’s Christmas tree.

An operation Ironside offender sourced another man to firebomb a business operating in a heritage-listed building in an act of vengeance, which devastated its innocent employees.

And in sport, Joe Root was hit where it hurts most in Adelaide, as Travis Head and Marnus ­Labuschagne added insult to injury and kicked England when it was down.

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Peter Howard took his life on August 28, 2018, in his car, while parked in full view of the Orora packaging business where he worked as a forklift driver. 

A Yatala prison inmate who alleged he was drugged, sexually assaulted and grotesquely tattooed over three days fabricated the bizarre scenario, extensive investigations have found. 

The brakes could be put on electric scooters in the Adelaide CBD after numerous complaints about hooning riders.

Elite V8 car racing will return to South Australia after a deal between the Shahin family and Supercars Australia to schedule a championship race at Tailem Bend next year. 

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Pat Cummins will escape Adelaide on a private charter flight home to Sydney, as Cricket Australia denied suggestions they prematurely ruled their captain out of the second Test.

Witnesses have described the moment they stumbled upon an unfolding tragedy on the River Murray, where a 14-year-old boy was struck and killed by a jet ski.

The names and faces of five children killed in a jumping castle tragedy have been revealed as the northern Tasmanian city of Devonport rally together after the heartbreaking incident.

And AFLW Crows premiership player Deni Varnhagen has launched a Supreme Court challenge to South Australia’s Covid-19 rules – and the mandate that she, as a nurse, must be vaccinated.

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Australia was forced to make captain Pat Cummins a sacrificial lamb in Adelaide to ensure the safety of the entire Ashes was not jeopardised, as player freedoms hang by a thread.

Five primary school classmates were killed and a three others were fighting for life last night after falling from a windswept jumping castle on what was meant to be a fun day to celebrate the end of school on Thursday.

New data has revealed road users are failing the most dangerous safety tests, with rates of the  “fatal five” offences dramatically rising in SA.

And Christmas family gatherings have been deemed “essential activities” by SA Health, meaning anyone still living with restrictions after their seven days isolation can attend festive events.

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