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Mum's wish for diabetes kids as technology gives son brighter childhood

Anna Cozens says better treatment options for type 1 diabetes have given her son freedom to do more activities and she wants others to have the same access.
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A woman with curly brown hair smiles, her young son has short brown hair and wears a red school uniform

Free-range food or a cruel sport? Final SA duck hunting hearing held in state's South East

Proponents and opponents of duck hunting in South Australia have been given a final chance to put their case forward ahead of a decision on the future of the practice.
blurred man in cap in foreground, ducks in water in background

Courts freeze more than $1 million in assets of terminally ill 'bicycle bandit'

Kym Allen Parsons, who is accused of carrying out 10 bank robberies while armed with a rifle in South Australia, has had assets frozen by a South Australian court.
A person wearing a bike helmet standing at an empty bank counter

Red wine glut and industry setbacks no barrier for the next generation of winemakers

When 28-year-old Mick Elliott left his office job for the wine industry he picked up a palate for the perfect drop and left behind a sense of dread.
A man with blonde hair outside at a vineyard. There are grapevines with green leaves.

Terminally ill alleged 'bicycle bandit' to be released on bail

Kym Parsons's lawyer says his client had lost 7 kilograms in custody, and argues that denying bail would condemn him to death without a trial.
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A person wearing a bike helmet standing at an empty bank counter

Bullets, robbery planning documents found at home of alleged 'bicycle bandit', SA court hears

A Supreme Court hears more details into the alleged 'bicycle bandit' case – as a prosecutor seeks the reversal of a magistrate's decision to grant the accused man home detention bail.
Two cctv photos of a man holding a gun inside banks.

How the winemakers of Champagne and Barossa are joining forces to protect their place names

Drinkers expect certain things based on where their wine comes from, so France's prestigious Champagne district is teaming up with Australia's winegrowing regions in the fight to better protect their unique name and identity.
Bottles of moet with golden labels on a shelf in a store

Alleged 'bicycle bandit' robbed banks while battling cancer, SA court hears

Kym Parsons, who is accused of carrying out 10 bank robberies while armed with a rifle in South Australia, has been granted home detention bail.
A person wearing a bike helmet standing at an empty bank counter

Police believe they have caught SA's 'bicycle bandit' who robbed 10 banks over a decade

SA Police investigating a spate of armed bank robberies across small towns between 2004 and 2014 believe that search has ended with the arrest of a 73-year-old man.
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A black-and-white photo of a person leaning over a bank counter with a rifle in their hand

Solving the mystery of Renmark’s petrified woman: Who was she?

In 1951 an SA fisherman ventured out to cast a line into the flooding Murray River. The truth behind the profoundly disturbing discovery he made remains unknown to this day — but that may be about to change.
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A drawing of a woman's body with a criss cross pattern near one thigh

Cupboard bare for op shops as cost-of-living crisis deters donations

An Adelaide charity says it is struggling to fill its op shop shelves this winter, as people feeling the pinch under rising cost-of-living pressures turn to selling unwanted goods online instead of donating them.
A woman browses through a rack of skirts.

Largest winery solar panel system in Australia switches on in the Barossa Valley

Almost 6,000 solar panels have been installed by Treasury Wine Estates, with the ability to generate more than 5,000 megawatt-hours of energy per year — the equivalent of powering around 900 homes.
Two giant solar panel car parks

Police lament 'absolutely insane' road toll after third fatal crash in as many days on SA roads

Police implore South Australians to drive safely after three fatalities on the state's roads since Friday evening. 
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A severely damaged black car on a road. Police tape is in the foreground, and ambulances are in the background

Two fatal crashes in two days adds to SA's horror road toll

A 51-year-old Glenelg woman died following a crash, which also injured five others, at Hackham in the early hours of Saturday morning, while a 59-year-old man from the Barossa died in a motorcycle crash on Friday evening.
A fire truck and an ambulance on a road with a black sky and two emergency services crew in the middle

Chardonnay beats shiraz for top export drop for Aussie wineries

With the world awash with wine, grape growers are nervous about what the 2023 vintage will mean.
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Photo of wine bottling.

Man who police say was drink driving detained by public after allegedly trying to flee crash

Police say a drink driver tried to run from the scene of a crash between a ute, a car and a motorcycle in South Australia's Barossa Valley.
An SA Police vehicle with flashing lights.

For Sam, buying a house would cost him 15 times his annual wage

Despite a national fall in house prices over the past 12 months, Adelaide's went in the opposite direction, leaving home ownership out of reach for now for some people.
Adelaide man Sam Jefferies stands under a porch.

Hong Kong importers throw weight behind SA wine industry

Eight of Hong Kong's leading wine importers join the South Australian Wine Ambassadors Club to promote the state's wines in key Asia-Pacific markets.
A bottle of white wine chilling on top of an ice bath.

How do you ride an electric motorcycle across Australia? Slowly, and you pray for a tailwind

Ed Darmanin is on a quest to become the first person to travel from Perth to Sydney on an electric motorcycle, but covering vast distances between charging points hasn't always been easy riding.    
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Ed Darmanin poses with his electric Harley Davidson and the iconic Nullarbor sign

Landscape board elections suspended to avoid 'squeaky wheels'

An experiment to bring democracy to landscape management in South Australia has ended before it started with the suspension of public elections for board seats.
Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park Northern and Yorke landscape region

Endurance runners smash 1,200km Heysen Trail record by more than a day

Roo, Simon and Dan ran, jogged, staggered and stumbled 90 kilometres per day for almost two weeks to complete the epic trek.
Endurance runners Rurik 'Roo' Symon, Simon Duke and Dan Camac along the Heysen Trail.

SA government strikes deal with crossbench to end COVID emergency declaration

A deal has been struck to pass law changes through the state parliament's upper house that will modify how COVID will be managed in South Australia. 
Malinauskas covid bill presser

If rugby's played in heaven, these Fijian workers have the perfect hymn

For the first time in a long time, the Barossa Rams are riding high on success. The team's new players, Fijian migrant workers, are bringing quality skills and forging new match-day rituals at the 45-year-old club.
a rugby match being played

Late summer deluge turns Adelaide streets into rivers

As eastern Australia is deluged, parts of Adelaide and the Barossa are also being inundated by intense storms, albeit on a smaller scale, with heavy rain submerging city streets.
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Two boys paddle on a board on a flooded street at Grange.

Open borders should have boosted Dallas's Adelaide business, but things are 'as bad as they've ever been'

South Australia was the first COVID-zero state to reopen to travellers from across the country, but businesses say confusion on testing requirements has led to rolling cancellations and an uncertain future.
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A man wearing a blue collared shirt stands with a grim expression in front of a tour bus