Douglas Smith

Australia

Indigenous Affairs Reporter at The Advertiser (South Australia)

Indigenous Affairs Reporter | @theTiser | Kokatha - Mirning .... email: [email protected]

Articles

Major highway reopens as police seek witnesses to horror crash

3 weeks ago | adelaidenow.com.au | Douglas Smith |Dylan Hogarth

Roads have reopened after a serious crash at Templers on Wednesday night. Just before 6pm on Wednesday, emergency services were called to Horrocks Highway, Templers, to reports that a Holden sedan had collided with a truck. The driver of the car, a 39-year-old Willaston woman was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition.
Expat’s travel insurance horror after Tuk Tuk crash nightmare

3 weeks ago | adelaidenow.com.au | Douglas Smith

After a Tuk Tuk crash in the heart of India’s largest city left her seriously injured, South Australian expat Carolyn McKay, 55, has faced a nightmare road to recovery. Four weeks ago, on March 29, the former SA teacher who now lives in Sri Lanka was on her way through central New Delhi, when the Uber Tuk Tuk she was a passenger in ran a red light and crashed into a larger car. “The driver saw the car and tried to swerve, but it was too late,” she told The Advertiser.
Dying Rose: Anger over teen Charli Powell’s death in toilet block

1 month ago | dailytelegraph.com.au | Douglas Smith |Kathryn Bermingham |Emily Olle |Gemma Jones

Don't miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News. With five of the six bereaved families still refusing to accept the suicide conclusion, the cases are being examined in a new book: Dying Rose, named for the award-winning podcast investigation into what has been called “a national tragedy”. This is the story of the youngest victim: 17-year-old Charli Powell, discovered lifeless in a grotty men’s toilet block.
Rex Airline’s Adelaide flights up in the air after trade halt shock

Jul 29, 2024 | news.com.au | Douglas Smith |Robyn Ironside

Rex has suspended bookings on its capital flight services amid news that the company halted trading on the ASX on Monday, with a major announcement expected soon. A Rex employee speaking on the condition of anonymity confirmed online bookings of 737 services had ceased. In a further example of Rex’s dire financial situation, the worker said crew members had been refused entry to a company-designated hotel at Brisbane Airport due to unpaid bills.
Spring Cleaning

Mar 26, 2024 | dougiephresh.medium.com | Douglas Smith

I spent the morning before work cleaning out the house. I emptied the cupboards of old items that would never be used, said goodbye to some things I kept just in case and the case never came. I’m not sure why this morning was the one that triggered the courage to dump it all, but I guess I’m glad it came. I like to think I keep all these little trinkets to celebrate a moment or memory in time, but so many of them hurt to hold now.
Douglas Smith | Does anyone have Cromwell’s number?

Feb 16, 2024 | yourdailyjournal.com | Douglas Smith

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City is the massive structure built in the 4th century to house the designated sites of Christ’s crucifixion and tomb. The Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Apostolic, along with the Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syriac Orthodox churches are the major Christian denominations that claim oversight and control of it. Over centuries, to say that they disagree about its governance is to put it mildly. Scorpions in a bottle is more like it.
Douglas Smith | A tradition of military service

Dec 7, 2023 | yourdailyjournal.com | Douglas Smith

Like many, my family has a tradition of military service. Ancestors have served in wars from the American Revolution and the War of 1812, to the Civil War. In the 20th century they served in the 1916-17 Mexican Expedition and in World War I. Several uncles served in World War II. Within my closer family, dad was newly wed and not thrilled to receive his notice of ‘Greetings!’ from President Truman in 1952. He loved to wise crack about spending that first month in an Army hospital.
Adelaide weather: Summer heats up, temperature hits 30C-plus

Dec 2, 2023 | news.com.au | Douglas Smith

Adelaide is set for a warmer week ahead with the weather predicting mostly above 30-degree days. Beachgoers have already been hitting the water over the weekend as Jessica Nowland and her friends spent the day at Henley Beach on Saturday and said it was the “ideal” day for a swim. “It was beautiful and with all the rain last week I think we’re just excited to see the sun out and have some sunshine,” Ms Nowland said.
Elders in tears: Voice debate weighs heavily on First Nations people

Oct 5, 2023 | thechronicle.com.au | Douglas Smith

A leading grassroots No campaigner says the Fair Australia campaign has “hijacked” the “real” No vote from Indigenous people and says a lot of the Voice debate has turned into a “racist” discussion. With only a week to go until Australians head to the polls to vote on the Voice, many Indigenous people and leaders say the Voice debate has turned ugly and is weighing heavily on them.
Elders in tears: Voice debate weighs heavily on First Nations people

Oct 5, 2023 | adelaidenow.com.au | Douglas Smith

A leading grassroots No campaigner says the Fair Australia campaign has “hijacked” the “real” No vote from Indigenous people and says a lot of the Voice debate has turned into a “racist” discussion. With only a week to go until Australians head to the polls to vote on the Voice, many Indigenous people and leaders say the Voice debate has turned ugly and is weighing heavily on them.