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Hundreds of homes are among 4000 South Australian properties set to be flooded along the Murray with authorities to contact residents about emergency plans.

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SA braces for new floods emergency

South Australia has declared a major emergency in response to rising water levels down the Murray which will flood thousands of properties.

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Pensioner who was high on cannabis jailed for three years over crash that killed partner

Marguerita Elizabeth, 70, regularly smoked up to 12 bongs a day at the time of the crash in Southern Australia and pleaded with the judge for any sentence to be imposed at home

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Premier backs SA Police call for laws around e-scooters to be reviewed

Laws around e-scooters in South Australia may be reformed next year, with the state's premier backing a call from the police commissioner for legislation around them to be changed or clarified.

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Death of six-year-old Munno Para girl Charlie renews scrutiny of South Australia's child protection system

A six-year-old girl's death following suspected neglect brings fresh scrutiny to South Australia's child protection system as her mum tells local media she had asked for help, but not received it.

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Grant Stevens cautions speculation as investigation continues into death of Charlie, 6, from Munno Para

Police Commissioner Grant Stevens says people should consider the family of a six-year-old girl who died from suspected neglect as police arrive at the home to conduct a forensic sweep. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the images and names of people who have died.

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Authorities keeping close eye on hospital admissions as new subvariants take hold in SA

South Australian authorities will not rule out reintroducing restrictions ahead of an expected rise in COVID cases in the coming weeks, as the new subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 take hold. The state has recorded 4,072 new cases today.

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Adelaide City Council votes against purchasing facial recognition software for city security cameras

Police refuse to speculate on whether they will invest in facial recognition software after Adelaide City Council voted unanimously not to include the technology in new security cameras being installed across the CBD.

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SA police struggle to recruit officers

South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens says the force is struggling to recruit new officers and has cancelled three training courses.

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Police staffing shortages reach boiling point as union calls for recruitment system review

South Australia's police union is calling for an urgent reshuffle of the state's policing model as SA Police deals with staff shortages and a lack of recruits.

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Police Commissioner Grant Stevens urges compassion for mum whose car was stolen with baby inside

SA's top cop says he sympathises with a mum whose car was stolen with her baby inside while she ducked into a deli.

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SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens looks back on the difficult decisions around the COVID-19 response

After 793 days making huge decisions over the lives of South Australians, Grant Stevens is stepping out of the COVID-19 spotlight. He reflects on "pissing off" half the population during the state’s pandemic response.

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SA lifts state of emergency, as politicians take over powers to impose COVID-19 rules

Emergency powers that allowed South Australia's Police Commissioner Grant Stevens to impose COVID-19 lockdowns and mask and vaccine mandates have officially been rescinded.

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SA Police investigating racist flyers dispersed by right-wing groups in suburban Adelaide

The distribution of racist and white supremacist propaganda to Adelaide homes is being investigated by police, amid reports of letterbox drops of material in the lead-up to the federal election.

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Legal experts raise concerns about lack of civil liberty safeguards in SA's COVID-19 legislation

Legal experts are critical of proposed changes to legislation, which would see some one-off COVID powers enshrined into permanent law.

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SA government moves to shift COVID powers from Grant Stevens to Public Health Act

For the past two years, one man has arguably had the biggest single impact on the way South Australians live their lives. Now moves are afoot to normalise some of Police Commissioner Grant Stevens's extraordinary powers.

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Call for Nicola Spurrier to return to SA vaccine mandate trial that may not proceed to judgement

Lawyers for nurses challenging South Australia's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers want to again subpoena the state's Chief Public Health Officer, despite the court hearing the case may never "proceed to final judgement" if the emergency declaration is revoked.

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Vaccine mandate trial hears SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens questioned need for COVID-19 booster shot

South Australia's Supreme Court hears Police Commissioner Grant Stevens questioned the necessity of a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers before signing off on an emergency direction earlier this year.

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SA police boss appears for vaccine case

South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has arrived at court to testify in AFLW player Deni Varnhagen's challenge to the state's COVID-19 rules

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SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens too ill to appear at COVID-19 vaccine mandate court case

Grant Stevens is too ill to attend a Supreme Court challenge against vaccine mandates for a third day in a row, as two professors disagree over the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines.

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Nicola Spurrier spared from giving evidence in COVID vaccine mandate trial

South Australia's top health chief is spared from giving evidence at a Supreme Court bid to overturn COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.

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Vaccine mandate trial led by Crows footballer Deni Varnhagen begins in SA Supreme Court

Two nurses are challenging the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in the Supreme Court of South Australia.

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AFLW player in vaccine mandate challenge

AFLW player Deni Varnhagen is one of six parties challenging South Australia's vaccine mandates in the Supreme Court.

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Court denies bid to prevent access to internal investigation into fatal police pursuit

South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens loses a bid to prevent the Coroners Court from accessing an internal police investigation into the conduct of officers involved in a high-speed police pursuit that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old girl.

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South Australia to reach peak in COVID cases by beginning of April

Modelling shows cases should peak within days and begin to decline before Easter.

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