Road safety advocate Kat Brown — who lost her toddler in a crash while she was behind the wheel — is pleading with motorists to take care as the number of deaths on South Australian roads has already surpassed last year's total.

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Quick hits: Mix-up ends schoolmates' mammoth stand, Breetzke brings the fight

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Quick hits: Mix-up ends schoolmates' mammoth stand, Breetzke brings the fight

Ryan Rickelton is left fuming after a mix-up ends a mammoth partnership with schoolmate Wiaan Mulder, as Matthew Breetzke doesn't back down on a day of toil for the Aussies. Here are the quick hits from day four in Cape Town.

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Fears blue whale decline signals changes in Bonney Upwelling ocean current

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Fears blue whale decline signals changes in Bonney Upwelling ocean current

Marine ecologists fear climate change is transforming the ecosystem near the border of Victoria and South Australia.

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How a 'kickstart' gift helped a Victorian man escape homelessness

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How a 'kickstart' gift helped a Victorian man escape homelessness

Jake Dell'Aquila was sleeping rough on a Melbourne beach when a stranger offered a helping hand.

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Live: Australia looking to push home advantage in Cape Town Test

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Live: Australia looking to push home advantage in Cape Town Test

Australia is looking to rip through the South African batting line up to leave a manageable chase on a wearing pitch in the third Test at Cape Town's Newlands cricket ground. Follow live.

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Hospital helicopter landings cause safety issue as woman nearly hit by sign

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Hospital helicopter landings cause safety issue as woman nearly hit by sign

Grozdana Barisic, who lives opposite the Canberra Hospital, rushes into her garage when she hears a helicopter landing or taking off.

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Failures in supervision led to suicide in Canberra's jail, coroner says

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Failures in supervision led to suicide in Canberra's jail, coroner says

An ACT coroner has found that failures in the supervision of a detainee who died by suicide at Canberra's jail contributed to his death, recommending changes to prison procedures and mental health services.

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Melbourne man gives blood at all 85 donation centres across Australia

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Melbourne man gives blood at all 85 donation centres across Australia

While most people who give blood might visit a handful of donation centres in their life, Trevor Bergman has gone above and beyond by donating at every blood bank in the country.

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