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31/10/2025

Which of these insect finalists will be the 2025 Australian Insect of the Year?

This is your final day to submit your vote for Australia's favourite insect!

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31/10/2025

Police say they have finished searching a dam on an outback property where four-year-old Gus went missing more than a month ago, but there has been no signs of the four-year-old boy.

They said they drained 3.2 million litres of water from the dam and cleared w**d beds but nothing of significance was found.

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31/10/2025

: The South Australian Parole Administrative Review Commissioner will start hearing submissions in December as to why Snowtown killer James Vlassakis should not be released on parole.

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The South Australian Parole Administrative Review Commissioner will start hearing submissions in December as to why Snowtown killer James Vlassakis should not be released on parole.

30/10/2025

During the initial phase of the search for Gus, divers were called to his family's outback property to search water tanks and dams — one of which will now be drained, police say, to check areas with submerged vegetation.

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During the initial phase of the search for Gus, divers were called to his family's outback property to search water tanks and dams — one of which will now be drained, police say, to check areas with submerged vegetation.

30/10/2025

SA Police have reported a 13-year-old Peterborough boy for property damage after an alleged vandalism attack on the town's railway museum.

Police allege the incident at Steamtown's historic roundhouse happened at around 6:30pm on Tuesday night.

Peterborough District Council CEO Kristen Clark says staff found 52 window-panes smashed and were seeking urgent repairs.

"When we're damaging these things that town and community are very proud of, it's hurting the people that are living here," Mr Clark told the ABC.

Steamtown was closed in August while the council tries to improve its finances, but some pre-existing bookings had to be cancelled this week.

Police say charges won't be laid until the matter is heard in court at a later date.

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30/10/2025

Meet 'Old Bill' – Eudunda Police Station's newest recruit 🐽

While he's unlikely to be on the beat soon, the station's tongue-in-cheek entry to the Eudunda Country Show Tyre Art Competition has been an online hit among locals.

Officer-in-charge of the station, Brevet Sergeant Brad Rumsey – also a Top Gear fan – said Bill was named after a nickname given to police officers by the show's host, James May.

"If you can't make fun of yourself, you shouldn't be making fun of others, so we thought why not take the mickey out of ourselves and bring a bit of joy to the community," Brevet Sergeant Rumsey told the ABC.

The show, which runs on November 9, normally hosts a Scarecrow & Hay Bale Art Competition, but switched to tyres this year because drought is making hay hard to come by.

30/10/2025

The dam has been previously searched by divers, but draining it will allow a "comprehensive visual search" to be completed, police say.

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The dam has been previously searched by divers, but draining it will allow a "comprehensive visual search" to be completed, police say.

29/10/2025

The owners of Anna Creek Station, the biggest cattle station in the world, have been charged over allegedly building illegal dams on inland rivers and waterholes in outback South Australia.

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The owners of Anna Creek Station, the biggest cattle station in the world, have been charged over allegedly building illegal dams on inland rivers and waterholes in outback South Australia.

28/10/2025

A marine ecologist's discovery two years ago that sparked a restoration project becomes a key element to South Australia's response to the devastating algal bloom.

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A marine ecologist's discovery two years ago that sparked a restoration project becomes a key element to South Australia's response to the devastating algal bloom.

28/10/2025

A Whyalla vet was left covered in glass when an unidentified object smashed into his windscreen near a Port Pirie highway.

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Regional vet Andrew Melville-Smith was left covered in glass when an unidentified object smashed into his windscreen — and scientists are now investigating whether it was a meteorite.

27/10/2025

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Owners of a SA vet clinic "strongly dispute" claims it provided substandard treatment to retired greyhounds, which the racing regulator allegedly ignored.

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Owners of a SA vet clinic "strongly dispute" claims it provided substandard treatment to retired greyhounds, which the racing regulator allegedly ignored.

27/10/2025

: If Labor’s 2022 campaign was all about ambulance patients locked out of hospitals, then 2026 is all about young people locked out of home ownership.

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If Labor’s 2022 campaign was all about ambulance patients locked out of hospitals, then 2026 is all about young people locked out of home ownership.