A Mustang owner in Adelaide will soon have to make an expensive trip to the mechanic after crashing their muscle car through a barber shop window overnight.

Local residents told 9News they heard sounds "similar to an explosion" as the car catapulted through the storefront along The Parade, in the city's east.

A 42-year-old man has since been fined for driving without due care.

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Officers say it's miraculous that nobody was hurt during the ordeal.

Vision shows the lime coloured Mustang almost completely submerged in the store with the retailer's front window totally destroyed.

Shocked onlookers watch on from the pavement. 

The accident comes amid a state-wide crackdown on dangerous driving across South Australia, where road accidents have skyrocketed year on year.

It's seen authorities launch what they say are a series of confronting campaigns aimed at shocking people into driving safely. 

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Labor will be hoping to claw more ground from the LNP when voters go to the polls for the Fadden by-election on Saturday but both sides believe an upset like Labor's surprise victory in Aston is unlikely.

The blue-ribbon seat on the northern Gold Coast was vacated with the resignation of Liberal National MP Stuart Robert in May.

The LNP holds Fadden on a margin of 10.6 per cent and has put up Gold Coast City Councillor Cameron Caldwell as its candidate.

Labor candidate Letitia Del Fabbro increased the party's vote by 3.6 percentage points at the last election in 2022, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has admitted the odds are against the nursing educator, running in LNP heartland in a federal by-election.

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"The Aston result sent a huge shockwave through the coalition," Nine political editor Charles Croucher said.

"A loss in Fadden would be an earthquake.

"Both sides believe the seat will stay with the coalition and deliver Peter Dutton a much needed win.

"We're a long way out from the next election, however there are plenty of coalition MPs with tighter margins than Fadden. They'll be watching on with interest.

"Many in Labor say if they can eat into the LNP's margin in the seat, it will be a good result."

The by-election would also be an "interesting test case" on electorate sentiment in wake of the Robodebt findings, Croucher said.

Robert was one of several ministers who faced significant criticism in the recent Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.

Robert has also been accused of wrongdoing in allegedly helping a consulting firm procure lucrative government contracts and attracted criticism for racking up a $38,000 bill for home internet charges, which was paid for by taxpayers.

"Let's remember why we're having this by-election," Albanese said while on the Gold Coast launching the by-election last month.

"Stuart Robert is resigning from parliament having presided over one of the most shocking and cruel failures in the history of Australian politics: robodebt.

"Ripping the humanity out of human services. Stripping the social justice from social security. Targeting vulnerable people and bragging about it.

"That's the sort of person Peter Dutton thought was good enough for his shadow ministry, and that's the sort of candidate the LNP thought was good enough for your community."

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Opposition leader Dutton has attempted to frame the Indigenous Voice as a key issue in Fadden, in an effort to shift focus away from Robert.

"It's an opportunity to send the government a message in relation to cost of living… and also on the Voice.

"I think there will be a lot of people in Fadden who want to send the prime minister a very clear message that they're not happy with his Canberra Voice proposal, and they're not happy that he's continuing to keep details from Australians in relation to how the Voice will operate."

Fadden stretches from Labrador and Gaven on the Gold Coast, north to the Logan River, mostly east of the Pacific Highway, encompassing the affluent coastal suburbs of Paradise Point, Hope Island and Sovereign Islands, the booming growth suburbs of Coomera and Pimpama and semi-rural areas of Stapylton, Alberton and Steiglitz.

Labor has only won the seat once in 1983, which it then lost in 1984 with a redistribution of boundaries that shifted the seat further south into the Gold Coast.

Decent swings towards Labor and the Greens were seen across the state's south-east at the last election, with the latter picking up three seats in Brisbane.

But it was not enough to topple the LNP from its safe Gold Coast seats of Fadden, Forde, Moncrieff, McPherson, and Wright.

The Greens and a slew of minor parties and independents are also running for the seat.

Meet the candidates

There are the candidates contesting the Fadden by-election, listed in the order they will appear on the ballot paper.

• Letitia Del Fabbro – Labor (contested the 2022 election in Fadden)
• Scott Turner – Greens (contested the 2022 election in the seat of McPherson)
• Chris Simpson – Democrats
• Sandy Roach – One Nation (contested the 2022 election in Fadden)
• Marnie Laree Davis – Indigenous – Aboriginal Party
• Suzette Luyken – Legalise Cannabis
• Quentin Bye – Sustainable Australia
• Kevin Young – Independent
• Belinda Jones – Independent
• Stewart Brooker – Independent (contested the 2022 election in Fadden)
• Jan Pukallus – Citizens Party
• Cameron Caldwell – Liberal National
• James Taylor – Federation Party

Key dates

Early voting opened Monday July 3 and runs until Friday July 14.

Postal vote applications must be received by the AEC by 6pm on Wednesday July 12.

Voters go to the polls on Saturday July 15. Find out where you can vote here.

Hot temperatures have sent the mercury shooting up high as people in Spain, Greece California and Arizona retreat from the heat, while people in parts of Italy and New England clean up following storms.

Boston Wilson is found guilty of murdering his 10-month-old nephew.

After 60 years, a unique celebration is coming to an end in South Australia.

The Tunarama Festival at Port Lincoln will not run next January, with the committee announcing it would begin "winding up" earlier this week.

"We are immensely proud as a committee of the work of past and present members, volunteers, quest ambassadors and supporters to create and uphold a tradition known as the Tunarama Festival for our community for over 60 years, however after several years of COVID and other factors, it is time for the event as we know it to end," Tunarama president Sharon Humenick said.

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"The festival has been supported by many local businesses over the years, including major partners Bendigo Community Bank, the City of Port Lincoln and the South Australian Tourism Commission, however times are changing and there is opportunity for a fresh look at the event and how it could be run in the future."

Port Lincoln Mayor Diana Mislov said the festival and its constituent parts, including the famed "tuna toss" event was "synonymous" with the city and its fishing industry.

"Generations of locals and visitors alike have enjoyed all that the festival has offered over the past 60 years," she said.

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But there's hope for locals yet.

Council CEO Matthew Morgan said the council would become a "custodian" of the festival's most iconic elements – "including the custom-made equipment and tuna that are used in the famous tuna toss event".

"We know there is a strong connection to the event, we know there will be questions about the future, but at this stage, we just want to safeguard the essence of the event, and at some stage in the future, we're sure that there will be a discussion about how this makes a resurgence," he said.

But Mislov said at this stage, the glorious return wasn't likely to be in 2024.

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Unions have hit out at a proposal that suggested public servants who work from home should have their salaries cut.

Former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett said people working from home should be paid less than other workers, such as emergency service workers and nurses, who have no choice but to physically attend a workplace each day.

The former Liberal politician said those working from home are saving money and hassle in having to travel to a workplace and therefore should receive less salary.

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Community Public Sector Union Julian Kennelly said the suggestion was ridiculous.

He said if anything, those working from home should be paid more.

"People who are working from home are saving money for their employer," Kennelly said.

"Maybe they are the ones who should be getting the support. Because they are wearing the additional costs such as home office and IT.

But Kennett believes there is a psychological "divide" emerging in society since the working-from-home trend began from COVID-19 lockdowns, saying he was thinking about the future.

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"It creates division," he said.

"Those people who elect to work from home, save themselves a great deal of stress and save themselves financially. 

"Those who have to go to work, they have no alternative. It costs them, both financially and mentally.

He clarified that the proposal was nothing to do with the amount of work produced by employees.

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Kennett told the Herald Sun that the idea would help get more public sector workers back into the workplace.

A public sector union spokesperson has said that 80 per cent of its staff are working in the field, and that it would be counterintuitive for them to have the salary benefits removed as productivity rates have gone up since flexible workplaces have been introduced.

The Andrews Government has also responded to Kennett's suggestion by saying it will not take advice from the former Liberal leader, but that the idea would be a bold push to get people back into the office.

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Dimetrius Pairama, 17, was tortured and forced to hang herself five years ago.

A child has died from the flu in Queensland.

A Sunshine Coast Health spokesman confirmed the "heartbreaking" death of the 11-year-old after catching influenza.

"We would like to extend our sincere sympathies to the family during this extremely difficult time," the spokesman said.

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It is believed the child died at Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

It is the second death of a young person from flu to be confirmed this week.

A teenage school student died after contracting influenza on the New South Wales Central Coast

A Central Coast Local Health District spokesperson confirmed the death of a local student in the region with influenza B.

Last week, doctors called for parents to get their children vaccinated against flu after a spike in the number of youngsters being taken to hospital with flu-like illnesses.

In the week before, there was a 37 per cent increase in NSW emergency department presentations with influenza-like illness in the state, the health department said.

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One person is believed to be unaccounted for after an explosion in a gated community north of Brisbane this afternoon.

Residents reported hearing a "huge bang" on Nambucca Close in Murrumba Downs just before 1pm.

One home swiftly went up in flames with debris strewn down the street.

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"There were pieces of the house on our front lawn," one neighbour said.

"Broken glass everywhere, broken windows everywhere."

It's understood two people were living at the address.

One is believed to be safe, while the other is unaccounted for.

Firefighters have not yet been able to enter the property for a search after it took 35 of them two hours to bring the blaze under control.

"The scene, as you can imagine, was a bit chaotic when we first arrived," Matthew Draper of the QFES said.

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Police have declared an exclusion zone around the site, covering the area between Nambucca Close, Yaraki Court, Pine River Drive, and Drysdale Court, encompassing Barnard Crescent, Hastings Street, and Evans Court.

Hastings St and Evans Crt are closed.

Neighbouring properties have been evacuated.

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