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A 17-year-old boy from Melbourne is charged with the murder of a 25-year-old man, also from Victoria, in Adelaide's CBD.

The outback rain has left some families with no choice but to keep their breaks going and the BOM says it is likely to spread. While torrential falls continue in tropical Queensland, showers linger on the east coast and cold fronts hit the west.

To the untrained eye, the small community garden on Coast and Straits Salish territory — on what passersby commonly know as the University of Victoria campus — might look unruly. Bursting with dandelions, lamb’s ear and grasses, it’s difficult to tell where the garden starts and where it ends.

Earlier directions hearing was told Veronica Nelson cried for help several times in the hours before her death