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Forensic expert checking 'pit' at Beaumont excavation

Excavators have so far moved more than 3000 cubic metres of soil during an exhaustive search for the remains of the Beaumont children.

AAP · Feb 27, 2025

Excavation digs into one Australia's biggest cold cases

Excavators have begun carefully removing topsoil at an old industrial site in the hunt for clues to the fate of three children who went missing in the 1960s.

AAP · Feb 24, 2025

Searchers dig deeper for answers to Beaumont mystery

An industrial site excavation is the best hope in decades of finding answers to Australia's most infamous unsolved crime, the Beaumont children's disappearance.

AAP · Feb 21, 2025

Malaysian authorities never looked into cause of Adelaide woman Anna Jenkins's death, inquest hears

The children of an Adelaide woman whose bones were found on a Malaysian construction site say it was "heartbreaking" to hear that an investigation never looked into how she died, only whether they were human or not.

ABC News · Jan 19, 2023

SA govt set to pass defibrillator laws

The South Australian parliament is expected to pass laws to make defibrillators mandatory in all public buildings and many private properties.

AAP · Nov 29, 2022

South Australian government to consider cash reward for assistance in locating Peter Falconio's body

Twenty one years on from Peter Falconio's murder, the SA government says it could offer a $1 million reward for the recovery of his body, following pleas from his mother.

ABC News · Sep 23, 2022

Mum of murdered British backpacker pleads with Australian police to find son's body

The body of Briton Peter Falconio, 28, was never found after he was shot dead by Bradley Murdoch on a remote stretch of highway in 2001 while his girlfriend managed to escape

Daily Mirror · Sep 22, 2022

Adelaide family given last-minute visa extension to stay in Australia, but their future is still in limbo

An Adelaide-based family who is pleading with the federal government to allow them to stay in Australia says the country's visa laws need to change to give more people a "fair go".

ABC News · Aug 11, 2022

A grieving family says South Australia's health system is broken after man's death while waiting for ambulance

South Australia's struggling hospital system is again in focus as the family of a man who died while waiting for an ambulance issues a heartbreaking plea for the state's health system to be fixed.

ABC News · Aug 10, 2022

Former senator in Adelaide mayoral bid

Former South Australian senator Rex Patrick has announced his candidacy to become the lord mayor of Adelaide at this year's local government elections.

AAP · Aug 8, 2022