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James Wakelin

James Wakelin

Reporter and Producer at ABC Radio Adelaide

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Keeping the ancient art of tracking alive

As technology continues to evolve, tracking skills are not being called on as often for police investigations. But many are hoping the unique skill passed down over tens of thousands of years can be preserved. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story includes the name and images of Indigenous people who have died.
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South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens on the changing ...

Grant Stevens has witnessed a monumental shift in policing over his 42-year career, with the most pressing challenges now centred around recruiting and retaining officers.
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John Griffin 'stomped on' Gary Robinson before degrading acts on vi...

John Griffin, who has previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter, "stomped on" his victim with steel capped boots, the South Australian Supreme Court has heard.
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Adelaide is growing beyond its limits — so could a train revival he...

Can trains help fix South Australia's long-term housing crisis? Labor is looking at a major rail revamp to improve services and get people out of their cars and onto the train network.
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Snowtown murderer James Vlassakis up for parole in a year after acc...

James Vlassakis was found guilty of being involved in four of the "bodies-in-the-barrels murders". He was given a life sentence but in 12 months' time, he will be eligible for parole.
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Aboriginal students head to Dreamtime at the G as part of AFL progr...

For 70 First Nations football fans, it's the ultimate reward for effort — a chance to meet their heroes and do a lap of the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of thousands of attendees.
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Snowtown accomplice Mark Haydon released into the community under s...

Mark Ray Haydon, who was an accessory to Australia’s worst serial killings, left the Adelaide pre-release centre on Thursday where he has been living on parole, the head of the Parole Board says.
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Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon has interim supervision order i...

Last-minute measures to monitor and control Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon have been imposed days before the 65-year-old’s sentence is set to end and he is released into the community.
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SA Government bid for interim supervision order on Snowtown accompl...

The Supreme Court of South Australia will be asked to place temporary conditions on Snowtown accomplice Mark Haydon before his jail term ends in a few weeks.
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Long lost letter about WWII soldier Sidney Edwin Thomas found hidde...

An Adelaide book store owner has returned a letter detailing the service and death of a World War II soldier to his family.
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SA Parole Board shares plan for Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon...

Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon is being slowly reintroduced to the community, with the head of SA's Parole Board saying the "world has changed a lot" since he was taken into custody and he needs to learn how to use a mobile phone, access Centrelink and catch public transport.
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Service station chain OTR denied 1,500 staff $2.3m in entitlements,...

Service station giant OTR agrees to pay back — or credit — $2.3 million in annual leave entitlements to 1,500 current and former employees across multiple states after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation. 
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Family of man whose body was found at Wingfield dump confront kille...

An Adelaide man who was murdered and found inside a wheelie bin at a rubbish dump has been described him as a ‘kind’ person who was ‘full of empathy’. His sister confronted his killer through a victim impact statement in court.
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Snowtown bodies-in-the-barrels accomplice Mark Haydon still in cust...

The chair of SA's parole board says it is "concerning" that Snowtown bodies-in-the-barrels accomplice Mark Haydon is being prevented from adjusting to life in the community, despite being granted parole.
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Derek Bromley 'relieved' to be granted freedom after 40 years in ja...

A man who spent 40 years in prison for a murder he maintains he did not commit says he feels "overwhelmed" to have been granted parole.
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Derek Bromley to be released on parole 40 years after murder convic...

Convicted murderer Derek Bromley – who is reportedly the longest-serving Indigenous prisoner in the country, and has spent four decades in jail for a crime he maintains he never committed – has been granted parole.
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Ex-wife accused of murdering Adelaide woman Krystal Marshall grante...

Anastasia Marshall, who was charged with murder after her ex-wife Krystal Marshall was found dead at the scene of a house fire in Adelaide's south, is granted home detention bail, but police prosecutors ask the Supreme Court to review the decision.
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SA Parole Board considers early release for Snowtown 'bodies in the...

Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon could be out of prison within weeks if a long-standing parole bid is approved.
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Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon could soon be freed. Those dire...

As a journalist who covered the shocking murders, it is hard to fathom how one of the men who helped give Adelaide the moniker 'the murder capital of Australia' can be allowed out of jail, writes James Wakelin.
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Cold cases solved: The rollout of Australia's first forensic geneal...

Australian law enforcement has started solving missing persons and unidentified remains cases using official police access to private genealogy databases, which combined, hold the DNA records of millions of people around the world.
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Teenage father avoids conviction in Adelaide Youth Court after baby...

A magistrate said the then 15-year-old had not intended to cause harm when he shook or forcibly threw his baby, but had been reckless.