An assassin who was suspected of the execution murder of Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Colin Winchester 30 years ago has been allegedly identified after a secret police ­review into Italian mafia operations in Australia. 

Penny Wong was due to meet her Chinese counterpart on Friday evening for the first talks between the two countries’ foreign ministers since 2019. 

A world-first weight loss device that requires no medical procedure and is simply swallowed has been released into the Australian market.

Charities whose volunteers are struggling with cost-of-living pressures – such as filling their petrol tanks – have been forced to pump the brakes on their services. 

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A 12-member taskforce has been formed to determine how many additional police need to be recruited in the next decade and what traditional roles can be handed to non-sworn officers to help alleviate the resourcing crisis.
General medical practices have plenty of vaccines in stock as people 50 and over become eligible for a fourth jab from Monday, but officials warn people need to book.

The hospital system is lurching from chaos to more chaos this morning with a six-hour average wait to be seen at two major hospitals’ emergency departments.
A world record has been shattered in the Queensland Outback with thousands of people  boot-scooting their way into the history books.

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Major reforms to the South Australian housing sector are needed to  ease the escalating  rental crisis.
South Australian domestic travellers are being warned to arrive at least two hours before their flights as airlines brace for end-of-term chaos.
Bans have been slapped on interstate imports of live bees and pigs as biosecurity authorities fight the spread of deadly diseases threatening produce worth nearly $2 billion.
Despite being an outside chance of making the finals Port Adelaide remain focused with just six matches left in the regular season.

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Homeowners with a $500,000 mortgage will have to find an extra $3353 by Christmas to keep up with their repayments.                                                      Cleaning can now earn you the big bucks, with some cleaners earning a potential $145,600 a year.
South Australia’s housing crisis is set to worsen as thousands of homes are removed from a government program providing subsidised rent.
Ajla Tomljanovic has become the first Australian woman in more than two decades to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals in back-to-back years.

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The crisis facing the SA Liberals has intensified with a lacklustre result in the weekend by-election in the blue-ribbon southeastern Adelaide seat of Bragg.

Australia must set the global benchmark for nuclear safety to temper the lofty military aspirations of rogue nations like Iran,

Five people fled for their lives as a huge fire  ripped through an inner-city warehouse.  
Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu is lucky to have walked away with his life after his car flipped over and slammed into the barriers on the first lap at Silverstone.

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Tens of thousands of homes are sitting empty as hundreds of South Australians desperately search for rental properties.
The WA woman tragically killed in a horrific car crash near Mount Gambier, was a “bright and bubbly” human resources manager in the mining industry.

South Australia’s sluggish paediatric Covid-19 vaccination program is failing to significantly boost rates of children being jabbed, sparking a new plea for parents to protect their kids.

And.. Port Adelaide’s ambitious bid to pinch an unlikely place in this season’s AFL finals series has finally come to an entertaining end

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Indigenous activists are worried far right groups might use violence against Aboriginals during NAIDOC week which starts on Sunday.

A restaurant and gift shop operator forged a medical certificate in an attempt to swindle more than $820,000 from the Australian Tax Office in falsely claimed GST rebates.

Tech-savvy youth gangs are funding their flamboyant lifestyles by ripping off ­unsuspecting victims through social media.

Sporting trailblazer Josh Cavallo admits he’d be concerned for his safety if selected to represent Australia at this year’s football World Cup in Qatar.

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More than 20 new footy ovals will be needed in Adelaide and its surrounds within a decade to cater for a growing number of community footballers.

Tipping in Australian restaurants has soared since the start of the pandemic but according to research- South Australian diners are less generous than their interstate counterparts.

Finding a GP is only going to get more difficult as the number of junior doctors applying for fully funded general practice training places has almost halved.
And Adelaide and the SANFL will honour the legendary Neil Kerley at games this weekend.

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Longtime NCA bombing suspect Domenic Perre has been found guilty of the infamous crime after 28 years of speculation – and was rushed to hospital in the wake of the historic verdict.

Premier Peter Malinauskas has done a U-turn and announced free flu jabs for all South Australians will be extended.

South Australia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a returned traveller from overseas.

An emotional Ted Kerley has paid tribute to older brother and much-loved SA footy giant Neil ‘Knuckles’ Kerley.

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The owners of a German shepherd cross akita have slammed Salisbury Council for dumping their microchipped pet dog at the tip after he was hit by a car.

The state government has vowed to buy 36 ambulances to help cut   ramping numbers at major public hospitals.

South Australia’s first gourmet truffle hunting tour has launched on the Fleurieu Peninsula.

Adelaide Oval has more than halved the price of football memberships to help lift the ground’s dwindling crowd figures over the remainder of the AFL season.

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