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Investigative reporter @abcnews in Adelaide stephanierichards22@proton.me

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Joined October 2014
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This week I start in a new role at @abcnews as investigative reporter, based in Adelaide. If you have a story you think needs investigating, please don’t hesitate to get in touch richards.stephanie@abc.net.au DM for other secure channels 🕵️
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BREAKING: SA Health has found 18 staff "inappropriately" accessed the medical records of a patient @abcnews understands to be Charlie Stevens. An additional worker is still under investigation. Eight workers have resigned, another 10 issued sanctions
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More here: abc.net.au/news/2024-12-20/s…

18 SA Health staff resigned or sanctioned for accessing Charlie Stevens's medical record

An investigation has found 18 staff either engaged in misconduct or inappropriately accessed the records of a patient who died after a hit and run crash last year, understood to be the son of the...

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The SA govt’s response to a bungle that resulted in the potential miscalculation of 1,700 pregnant women's due dates was "sub-optimal" and "inappropriately prolonged", but there was no harm caused to patients, an independent review has found @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2024-12-13/s…

Due date bungle was 'inappropriately prolonged' by 'sub-optimal' response, report finds

The South Australian Government's response to a bungle that resulted in the potential miscalculation of 1,700 pregnant women's due dates was "sub-optimal" and "inappropriately prolonged", but there...

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Mum who hadn't yet 'birthed her placenta' when authorities took her baby says she now has a 'fighting chance' abc.net.au/news/2024-11-29/f… @abcnews

Child protection workers knocked on the delivery room door as Krystal was giving birth. The next...

Krystal says she had one baby removed by South Australia's Department for Child Protection at the hospital, making her 'petrified' to go anywhere near a hospital the next time she got pregnant. She...

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Document SA Police fought to keep secret reveals DV 'victim blaming' concerns within government unit abc.net.au/news/2024-11-21/v… @abcnews

Document SA Police fought to keep secret reveals DV 'victim blaming' concerns within government unit

Police released the review three days before they were set to given evidence at South Australia's Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence — after a four-month-long fight to block...

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A rare down moment for @PMalinauskasMP on the Black by-election trail, captured by @briana_fiore. #saparli
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SA's upper house is expected to vote on a bill to amend the state's abortion laws today. Ahead of the vote, I spoke to Tayla-Jane. She believes she is one of less than 5 South Australian women to have had an abortion past 27 weeks #saparli abc.net.au/news/2024-10-16/s… @abcnews

'I would not be able to cope': One of the few women in SA who needed a late-term abortion doesn't...

Tayla-Jane Jackson had a late-term abortion in 2023 with the agreement of two doctors. She does not want a private member's bill introduced by Liberal MLC Ben Hood to pass parliament. 

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With five @ICAC_SA reports tabled in a day on Tuesday, there's more to come here. @stephrrichards #saparli abc.net.au/news/2024-08-27/i…

Unnamed ministerial adviser investigated over 'large sums of money' in bank account, SA ICAC says

A SA government minister's adviser appeared to receive "large sums of money" into a bank account, prompting an investigation into potential bribery, the state's outgoing anti-corruption commissioner...

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Adelaide Hills resident locked out of his 'last resort' bunker as bushfire season looms abc.net.au/news/2024-08-26/s… @abcnews

Daniel Katz installed a 'last resort' bunker after fleeing a bushfire, but he's been told to remove...

An Adelaide Hills father installed a six-person bushfire bunker at his property after the 2019 Cudlee Creek bushfire, without first seeking planning approvals — now, the council have issued a removal...

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Will Hunter@WilliamHuntr20 Aug 2024
Projects paused when South Australian builder Felmeri Homes collapsed are drawing closer to completion, but the state government is still trying to recoup construction costs @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2024-08-21/s…

First home buyers left in the lurch after building company collapse finally moving in

Edward Gilmore hoped to be living in his new home by the time his first-born child was ready to take his first steps. Four years after he signed the contract – and with an extra child now in tow –...

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Newborn babies removed at SA maternity hospital in 'unethical' and 'distressing' breach of government policy, leaked documents reveal abc.net.au/news/2024-08-20/m… @abcnews

Midwives ordered to stop mothers breastfeeding before 'unethical' newborn removals, documents reveal

Leaked documents obtained by ABC News show child protection workers regularly breached government policy when removing newborns at one of Adelaide's public maternity hospitals.

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Contractors say they're currently owed thousands by @GFGWhyalla. The company says it's working through a global steel downturn with workers and contractors. Important update here from @HarveyBiggs #saparli abc.net.au/news/2024-08-15/g…

Whyalla steelworks contractors owed tens of thousands of dollars by GFG Alliance

Multiple sources have told ABC News several contractors who supply services to the Whyalla Steelworks are owed payment by the plant's owner, with some fearing there may be job losses if the situation...

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'I don't know if my baby knows who I am': Review uncovers 'profound grief' of SA newborn removals abc.net.au/news/2024-08-14/s… @abcnews

'I don't know if my baby knows who I am': Review uncovers 'profound grief' of SA newborn removals

An independent report obtained exclusively by ABC News has identified "a number of cases" where South Australia's Department for Child Protection had not informed families of its intention to remove...

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'Toxic culture' claims as SA child protection minister orders independent review abc.net.au/news/2024-07-25/s… @abcnews

'Toxic culture' claims as SA child protection minister orders independent review

South Australia's child protection minister has ordered an appraisal of her department's handling of complaints, following mounting foster carer claims of "disarray" within the agency.

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Rory McClaren@Rory_McClaren9 Jul 2024
South Australia's ICAC commissioner Ann Vanstone has quit, effective from September. A taste of her statement below. Says her calls for a review of the 2021 reforms, which significantly reduced @ICAC_SA's powers, have "fallen on deaf ears." #saparli icac.sa.gov.au/public-statem…
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Exclusive: SA Health has suspended 10 staff over allegations they "inappropriately" accessed the medical records of a patient @abcnews understands to be Charlie Stevens. abc.net.au/news/2024-07-04/s…

SA Health staff allegedly accessed records of police commissioner's son after crash

South Australia's public health department suspends 10 staff over allegations they "inappropriately" accessed the medical records of a patient ABC News understands to be the SA police commissioner's...

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SA Premier @PMalinauskasMP says he is "appalled" by the alleged privacy breach: "Just because you work in the health system doesn't give you a right to go looking into other people's businesses that isn't yours"
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SA mums may have had births prematurely induced because of SA Health “miscalculation” error. More than 1,700 medical records impacted. Health Minister Chris Picton has launched an independent review @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2024-06-28/d… #saparli

Due dates of more than 1,700 pregnant women may have been 'miscalculated', SA Health says

South Australia's health department may have "miscalculated" the due dates of hundreds of pregnant women, prompting concerns some could have been induced too early, ABC News can reveal.

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.@SafeWorkSA has issued an improvement notice for the Royal Adelaide Hospital ED. Follows multiple reports to the work safety watchdog by @sasmoa4doctors. Details on @abcnews. #saparli
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