A 14-year-old fox terrier is back in her owner’s arms after a multi-day stint trapped in the Glenelg breakwater after she broke free from her leash.  Speaking to Rory McClaren on 891 ABC Adelaide’s Mornings program, Robin Byrnes said she was relieved after the “traumatic” ordeal.  Her “timid” dog Ella was being walked by a…

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he will ban social media sites for the under-16s and impose restrictions on gaming and live streaming platforms in some of the most far-reaching online restrictions globally. Mr Starmer said on Monday he would introduce sweeping changes to social media regulation to better protect the wellbeing of children…

Rates for Gold Coast residents will rise but a 10 per cent discount for early payments will remain, following the delivery of a budget the mayor has described as “compassionate”. Councillors met this morning to adopt the $2.7 billion budget, which contained an average general rate increase of 4.7 per cent, up from 2.7 per…

A woman allegedly told a former partner that “insulin is the perfect murder weapon” 16 years before injecting both her parents with a fatal dose, a court has heard. Raelene Polymiadis, 65, of Craigmore, is standing trial in South Australia’s Supreme Court accused of murdering her parents Brenda and Lynton Anderson — both 94 —…

Howard Hendrick will forever be remembered by his family and community for his service and generosity to others.  Mr Hendrick died aged 102 last week after a period of deteriorating health.  The proud Order of Australia and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient was one of the Royal Australian Air Force’s last surviving World War II Lancaster…

Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died, used with the permission of their family. An inquest into the death of an Aboriginal man while he was being restrained by police officers in an Alice Springs supermarket last year will examine…