Adelaide morning briefing

SA's first dolphin bird flu case, Budda Spencer inquest, tradie's live shell

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First H5N1 bird flu detection confirmed in Australian dolphin
South Australian authorities have confirmed the country's first H5N1 bird flu in a common dolphin, which was found dead on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
abc.net.au
Dolphin dies from H5 bird flu in SA as researchers withdrawn from sub-Antarctic island over ‘psychosocial risk’
A dolphin has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, and researchers are being evacuated from Macquarie Island over possible 'psychological stress', while 100 dead little penguins were found on a Tasmanian island.
theguardian.com
Three boys crawled into a skip bin one night and by morning one was dead. How did it happen?
A coronial inquest is examining the death of Indigenous 13-year-old Budda Spencer, who had been on the radar of South Australian police and child protection for years, after crawling into a skip bin with two other boys on a cold night five years ago.
theguardian.com
Widow of Adelaide man killed in double-fatal truck crash speaks about prolonged court proceedings
The widow of an Adelaide man killed in a horrific truck crash at an Adelaide freeway in 2014 says she is relieved the prolonged court proceedings are finally over.
abc.net.au
Renovation tradie's fireplace bomb find sets off blasts from the past
Tradies were surprised to unearth a live mortar shell during renovations on a Port Adelaide home this week, though a former mayor says such finds used to be commonplace, even in hard rubbish.
abc.net.au

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