Rebecca Brice

In the outer suburbs of Adelaide in the 1990s, unimaginable horrors were taking place. Eleven people died in what were described as the worst serial murders in Australia. Accomplice Mark Ray Haydon will soon be released but victims' advocates say loved ones still face a life sentence of trauma and pain.

Moving and hiding bodies and helping cover up some of Australia's most horrific and notorious crimes, earned Mark Ray Haydon what is believed to be the longest custodial sentence for assisting an offender in SA history.

The first of four men convicted over South Australia's "bodies-in-the-barrels murders" could be freed from jail — with no restrictions or supervision — within months.

The doctor and professor behind a review into patient prioritisation in South Australia's emergency departments say major incidents resulting in deaths become 'etched' in staff's minds, as the union raises concerns about the use of anecdotal evidence in the report.

After an Adelaide suburban tobacco shop was featured in flyers advertising cigarettes for less than half the normal price, health authorities launched an investigation — and the shop now appears to have shut its doors. 

The death of Charlie Stevens, the SA police commissioner's son, caused grief in the community that was shared by many who felt a bond with the commissioner, including many in the media.

The policeman killed in the line of duty in regional South Australia overnight has been named as Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig, a "highly respected" and experienced officer whose death has devastated the force.

Almost three decades after a 12-year-old schoolgirl went missing in broad daylight — her disappearance remains a mystery. To this day the case is still open, and authorities believe her killer may be "closer than people think".