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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Eugene Boisvert |Sophie Landau
Police say they have seized almost $800,000 worth of tobacco and $66,000 in cash after raiding 10 properties in South Australia's south-eastTobacconists, candy and gift shops, a commercial storage facility and residential premises in Mount Gambier, Naracoorte and Millicent were searched last week as part of Operation Eclipse. Detective Chief Inspector Brett Featherby said police were learning how syndicates functioned in regional parts of the state. "These seizures are significant," he said.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Alana Calvert |Sophie Landau
More than 700 "Marilyns" have braved 39 degree Celsius temperatures to raise funds for Cancer Council SA during its iconic Marilyn Jetty Swim. Now in its 12th year, there were indications Sunday's event at Brighton in Adelaide would be the biggest one so far after registrations were exhausted several weeks in advance at 765 people. Event founder Sarah Tinney, who was recently received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), said she was "blown away by it all".
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sophie Landau
Social media platforms have begun shutting down millions of social media accounts belonging to pre-teens. TikTok says it suspended one million Australian accounts last year which it suspected belonged to children under the age of 13.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sophie Landau |Daniel Keane
As national leaders grapple with ways to best protect young minds from the potentially harmful effects of social media, TikTok has revealed that, last year alone, it "removed" a million Australian accounts suspected of breaching its age guidelines.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sophie Landau
An "innovative" invention that destroys weed seeds during harvest is helping crop farmers make herbicide-resistant pest plants a problem of the past. Weeds cost Australia's crop farming industry around $3.3 billion each year in management costs and yield losses, according to the University of Adelaide's Weed Management Research Group.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sophie Landau |Elsa Silberstein
Frank Harding built a studio and art gallery for himself in the 1970s and filled it with magnificent works. Now, his daughter has opened her late father's studio to the world.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sophie Landau
Like many other eight-year-olds, Jake Hawkes absolutely loves trucks. Luckily for him, home is in the grain and sheep farming district of Lameroo in South Australia's Mallee, where trucks are always rolling by. For this country kid, it's the best place on earth. "I can hear trucks from ages away and I can tell what truck it is," Jake says. "I know what exhaust they have, and the engine, because some trucks have different engines."The tight-knit community of Lameroo is home to about 800 people.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sophie Landau |Josephine Lim
The Therapeutic Goods Administration says there is a shortage of multiple intravenous (IV) fluid products in Australia due to "manufacturing issues and unexpected increases in demand". Health departments in states and territories are conserving stock and using suitable alternatives. The TGA says supply is expected to be limited throughout 2024.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sophie Landau
Two generations have come together in Adelaide for a program aimed at helping participants socialise, connect and understand each other. High school students and aged care residents have formed unlikely friendships and are reaping the mental and physical benefits. The program will continue after the school holidays. Lively, funny, cheeky, silly, understanding, knowledgeable and completely nutty.
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Sophie Landau
On a quiet street behind a very ordinary-looking cream brick veneer an art gallery is hidden in the South Australian countryside. The orange and red shag carpet is untouched from the 1970s when Frank Harding built his personal gallery and studio here. It's not far from Renmark's main road and a stone's throw from the Murray River, which inspired the police detective-turned-professional artist's very first painting. "Dad put his life into this place," his daughter Megan Harding said.
