Mahalia Carter
Mahalia Carter is a reporter and social media producer at ABC Hobart. She previously was a news cadet in the ABC Adelaide newsroom. She tweets @mahaliafmcarter
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Taylor Swift's understanding of the element of surprise is her best marketing tool
While Taylor Swift's fans pride themselves on keeping up with her clues, even they were caught off guard by the news a new album is on its way.
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Once a 19yo rookie forced to share a toilet with male colleagues, Donna Adams is set to become Tasmania's top cop
It has taken 125 years, but Tasmania will soon have its first female Commissioner of Police.
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Madonna's husband died nearly 20 years ago. She says dealing with the DVA afterwards deprived her of having a 'half-decent life'
Madonna Paul's husband took his own life after a career in the Army. In dealing with the "cruel and "inhumane" Department of Veterans' Affairs, she was forced to retell the story, again and again, the royal commission into defence suicide hears.
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'From worst to best': How Tasmania has changed 25 years after being the last to decriminalise homosexuality
Diana has heard the stories of the hate and vilification of gay people — but, like others, can see Tasmania has come a very long way since LGBTQI+ advocates were arrested in the public square.
Finding you're a bit COVID-19 anxious ahead of Tasmania's border reopening? These tips may help
Life in Tasmania has been relatively normal and lockdown-free this year, so it's no wonder some people are feeling a little anxious about the state's border reopening in a week's time. So what can you do to ease the concern?
SA Police Commissioner lashes out at select committee looking into harm caused by ICAC investigations
SA's Police Commissioner criticises a parliamentary select committee that is looking into harm caused by anti-corruption commissioner investigations.
'Littered with cockroaches': Former pizza bar operator faces court over food safety breaches
The former operator of an Adelaide pizza bar has faced court today after pleading guilty to 20 charges after council inspectors found cockroaches and mouldy food on the premises.
Fence falls on patrol car as man tries to escape police in Adelaide
Police are searching for a man who damaged a patrol car and fence before a pursuit in Adelaide's north early this morning.
SA government rejects call for permanent police presence in wake of outback nurse's murder
Seven of 12 recommendations given by South Australia's Deputy State Coroner after outback nurse Gayle Woodford's murder will be implemented — but a permanent police presence in Fregon will not happen.
Foster carer details financial troubles in 13yo SA boy's suicide coronial inquest
By Mahalia Carter and Claire Campbell
The former foster carer of a 13-year-old boy who took his own life while in state care tells a coronial inquest that he was unable to care for him because he could not make ends meet.
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'Sovereign citizen' posts video after failing to appear in court on firearms offences
By Mahalia Carter and Eugene Boisvert
A warrant is issued for the arrest of a Barossa Valley woman after the "sovereign citizen" fails to appear in court for a second time.
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'Cult' leader James Salerno found guilty of sexually abusing teenage girl
By court reporters Claire Campbell and Mahalia Carter
James Gino Salerno, who led a group committed to creating what he described as the "ideal human environment", is convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a teenage girl at an Adelaide Hills mansion.
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Driver sentenced over fatal crash in SA in 2019
The driver responsible for a fiery crash that killed two people near Naracoorte in 2019 is spared jail time.
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Adelaide man jailed for using Grindr to lure boy out of child protection for sex
A 16-year-old Adelaide boy in state care, who was lured by an older man online and then sexually abused, has been left "embarrassed" and is "no longer able to trust people", a court hears.
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Daughter-in-law found not guilty of murder after smart watch case retrial
Adelaide woman Caroline Dela Rose Nilsson, who was accused of murdering her mother-in-law, is acquitted by a Supreme Court jury.
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Court told Port Pirie mother couldn't help sick baby due to partner's 'controlling behaviour'
An Adelaide court hears a mother who criminally neglected her infant son did not seek medical help as soon as she should have because of domestic violence fears.
First person sentenced in SA after Operation Ironside arrests to spend two years behind bars
The first person in South Australia to be sentenced as part of Operation Ironside will spend at least two years in prison for transporting millions of dollars' worth of methamphetamine earlier this year.
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SA hospital workers directed away from COVID-19 patients as vaccination rates revealed
New SA Health data shows 47 Central Adelaide Local Health Network staff members have been reassigned to duties where they will not have contact with patients with COVID-19.
Dolphin stuck in river outlet 'showing off for crowd' as expert urges people not to approach it
A dolphin stuck in the River Torrens outlet west of Adelaide has been delighting onlookers by performing tricks this morning. An expert says it is safe and will get back out into the ocean when tides come in this evening.
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Long-running inquest into Aboriginal death in custody hears questions still unanswered
Closing submissions have been made in the coronial inquest into the death of Aboriginal man Wayne Fella Morrison. Despite the inquest spanning three years, questions still remain over Mr Morrison's final moments.
Man charged with stalking 16 women he met online appears in court
A man charged with stalking 16 women he met online over a period of eight years appears in court.
Adelaide teenager spared conviction over 'distressing' youth exploitation material charges
A 19-year-old who previously pleaded guilty to four charges related to sharing, trading and selling child exploitation material online avoids conviction in the Adelaide Youth Court.
Police believed Aboriginal man was faking a medical episode before his death in custody, court hears
An inquest into the death of an Aboriginal man in custody has heard the police officer who arrested him believed he was faking a medical episode in response to being arrested. Readers are advised that the following article contains the name of a person who has died.
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Cy Walsh granted unsupervised leave from mental health facility
The son of former Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh has been granted permission to leave the mental health facility where he lives without supervision.
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Killer of restaurant worker found in luxury home of senior public servants pleads guilty to murder
A 23-year-old man, whose identity is suppressed, admits to murdering an Adelaide restaurant worker at the luxury home of two South Australian government executives in 2019.
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