Emma Rebellato

On his final day in office after seven years, outgoing SA Governor Hieu Van Le urged the Australian public to show those fleeing Afghanistan same compassion and generosity he said he received after he left Vietnam.

When Mandy Lewis’s twins Kora and Sage were born more than 10 weeks premature, the Adelaide midwife knew breastmilk could help them — so she relied on the donations of a group of Australian mums.

A statewide “code red” alert is issued for the homeless and most vulnerable ahead of a four-day heatwave which is expected to bring extreme temperatures of above 40 degrees Celsius.

The remains of 12,000 World War I diggers are believed to be buried in unmarked graves — not at Gallipoli or the fields of Flanders, but in suburban cemeteries across Australia.

Lego bandits, who stole about $10,000 of stock, hit the same Adelaide toy store twice in one night. The shop’s owner says it is the third year he’s been targeted in the lead-up to Christmas.

Cutting-edge drones and sensors are among the high-tech arsenal being put through its paces in a defence exercise.

Sumatran tigers live about 12 years in the wild and two decades in captivity, keepers say, so Adelaide Zoo staff say it is positive Australia’s oldest, Kemiri, reached 22 before being euthanased due to age-related conditions.

A woman who left two dogs in a hot car, causing one of them to die, while she visited her daughter in hospital is banned from owning animals.

A blessing of unicorns will bring magic to Adelaide this afternoon at the launch of the 2017 Adelaide Fringe program.

Seven decades after their mission across treacherous Arctic seas, a group of British veterans, now living in Australia, has been recognised for heroism.