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‘Huge relief’VideoSouth Australia to lift lockdown after no new cases

South Australia will lift its COVID-19 lockdown on Wednesday morning after reporting no new virus cases.

Tim Dornin

Shutdown predictionSouth Australia set to end lockdown

South Australia will most likely end its seven-day lockdown on time at 12.01am on Wednesday after it recorded one new case linked to the Modbury cluster.

Tim Dornin

AUSTRALIAN VIRUS UPDATES‘National emergency’: NSW records 136 cases, one death

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has declared NSW’s outbreak a ‘national emergency’ as the state recorded 136 new infections and one death overnight. SEE THE LATEST UPDATES.

Cases jumpVideoSA COVID-19 cluster expected to grow

South Australia's coronavirus cluster is expected to grow further after jumping from six to 12 cases on Wednesday.

Tim Dornin

NATIONAL COVID UPDATESVideoNSW, South Australia record spikes in virus cases

NSW has recorded 110 new local coronavirus cases. It comes as South Australia also recorded a spike in virus cases. SEE THE LATEST COVID UPDATES FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA.

Virus alertCommentsPremiumMcGowan’s border warning as SA virus cases surge

Three new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases diagnosed in Adelaide have WA health authorities on alert, with Mark McGowan warning a hard border with SA would be reinstated if deemed necessary.

Josh Zimmerman

National COVID updatesVideoNew COVID cases linked to MCG as Vic confirms lockdown

Victoria will go into a snap five-day lockdown after two more people contracted coronavirus when an infected man attended an AFL match at the weekend. SEE THE LATEST UPDATES FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA.

virus snapshotCommentsVictoria shuts border with NSW as COVID cases surge

Victoria has effectively shut the border to the entirety of NSW and the ACT after 77 new coronavirus infections were recorded in Sydney overnight. SEE THE LATEST COVID NEWS FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA

Miriam Fisher

Grim newsVideoSA records first local COVID case in 212 days

South Australia has recorded its first locally acquired COVID-19 case after more than 200 days of not having any community transmission.

Emily Cosenza

Country in chaosPremiumMillions of Aussies locked down as outbreaks spread

More than 10 million Australians will be locked down from 6pm tonight, as several states scramble to contain outbreaks of the ultra-transmissible Delta COVID variant. SEE THE STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN.

Charlotte Elton

Full-cycle dockingCommentsPremiumMorrison denies SA torpedoed WA on subs deal

The contract is worth millions of dollars but who exactly will be responsible for the maintenance of Australia’s submarines?

Joe Spagnolo

subs deal sunkCommentsPremiumWA set to lose billion dollar subs deal to Adelaide

South Australia is set to secure two huge naval contracts with sources saying the federal government has made an informal but top-level decision to keep Collins-class full-cycle docking in Adelaide.

Paul Starick and Joe Spagnolo

Repatriation flightVideo‘Very unwell’ toddler rushed to hospital with COVID

A two-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital ‘very unwell’ after he tested positive to COVID-19 once returning to Australia.

Emily Cosenza

Locked outVideoCommentsPremiumSA closes border to Greater Melbourne amid COVID scare

SA’s border will slam shut from 6pm to anyone travelling from the Greater Melbourne area, apart from essential travellers and people returning home.

Andrew Hough, Dixie Sulda and Lynton Grace

Pushed backCommentsPremiumThe $8.4b submarine call the Feds refuse to make

The Government has refused to give any update on where the lucrative Full Cycle Docking project will be located and when a decision will be made, 18 months on from when the announcement was expected.

Sarah Ison

Time to lineCommentsPremiumBig queues form at Perth virus clinics amid Vic spread

Sweeping lines have begun to form outside Perth COVID clinics as authorities work to uncover the true spread of Victoria’s virus outbreak, with more than 18,000 people arriving here since May 15.

Bryce Luff

Where’s Watts?VideoWarrant issued for ex-AFL star Jack Watts’ arrest

The former AFL star and number 1 draft pick has had a warrant issued for his arrest after authorities had trouble finding him to summon him to court.

Emily Cosenza

Disturbing crimeVideoPremiumSA’s ‘10 second rapist’ jailed over Perth sex attack

The man once dubbed the ‘10 second rapist’ in South Australia has now been convicted of a sex assault on a mother in Perth, with his expected jail term leaving his victim weighing up a move overseas.

Tim Clarke

Trans-Tasman bubblePremiumMum’s 477-day wait for this hug

The airport was fawash with tears, hugs and smiles as families and friends were at last reunited.

Emily Cosenza

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
‘extensive history of violence’Premium
The West Australian exclusive
Murderous SA dad spent time in Perth prison

Henry David Shepherdson, who killed himself and his baby daughter in South Australia, was sentenced in the WA Supreme Court seven years ago for armed robbery, it can be revealed.

Phil Hickey and Sean Fewster

Murder suicidePremiumKobi murderer had ‘extensive history of violence’ in WA

Whispering Wall murderer Henry David Shepherdson had ‘an extensive history of violence’ in WA and threatened to kill his daughter Kobi late last year it has emerged.

Sean Fewster

Innocent victim of evilPremiumEvil father who killed baby girl had history of threats

The man who killed himself and baby Kobi at the Whispering Wall reservoir had been in court just hours earlier, seeking permission to have contact with his family.

Sean Fewster, Caleb Bond, Jason Katsaras, Lynton Grace and Patrick James

Heaps Good HistoryPremiumThe South Aussies who searched for a new utopia

About 125 years ago, a group of disaffected South Australians sold up their lot, turned their backs on their country and went to South America in search of a ‘New Australia’. This is their incredible story.

Greg Barila

$25m street valuePremiumSA Police bust 50kg meth in truck out of WA

South Australian Police and Australian Border Force officers have seized 50 kilograms of methylamphataime in a truck travelling from Western Australia to New South Wales.

Samantha Rogers