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Teed off: Govt shirty over hospital doctor protest
The State Government is trying to stop Royal Adelaide Hospital doctors from wearing protest T-shirts about overcrowding, despite Labor backing a high-profile ambulance campaign before the election.
The State Government is trying to stop Royal Adelaide Hospital doctors from wearing protest T-shirts about overcrowding, despite Labor backing a high-profile ambulance campaign before the election.
EXCLUSIVE | An Adelaide couple is suing the State Government for the “unlawful removal” of their daughters by child protection workers, claiming the girls were wrongly taken from them because authorities believed the parents had “fabricated” a gluten intolerance condition.
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