Author: Helen Karakulak
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Anger over ‘shortsighted’ electricity towers cutting through farmland
A controversial project from SA’s power transmission operator ElectraNet would cut through SA’s most productive farmland, according to surrounding agricultural communities calling for plans to explore an alternative pathway. ElectraNet put forward four routes for the potential towers in August and has been meeting with the community about the multibillion-dollar project expected to start by…
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O’Connell Street developer’s poetic dig at city planning
Commercial and General executive director Jamie McClurg’s artistic debut is on show on level two of the recently launched 88 O’Connell Street development, with a sculpture and poem that warns against wasted time. The bronze sculpture depicts sand oozing from a shattered hourglass and is accompanied by a poem that Jamie says he got some…
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Botox’s false hope: A film promising to make you your best self
Influencers and wellness movements are selling false hope behind Botox, exercise regimes and LED face masks. This idea is at the crux of a new film project from the Adelaide Film Festival’s Expand Lab called 5 STEPS FOR BETTER LIVING, MAXIMUM GAINS AND MANIFESTING YOUR MOST OPTIMISED SELF!! Much of the show’s content, as evident…
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Tillies return to Adelaide
The Matildas are set to play New Zealand at Coopers Stadium for their last game of the year, Football Australia representative Carl Veart and the SA Tourism Minister announced today. The 16,500-capacity sporting venue is expected to sell out the upcoming December 2 game, especially after the Matildas played to a record crowd of 52,912…
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Two shopping strip makeovers in $27m city street shakeup
New designs have been revealed for a $15 million Gouger Street upgrade, with the stretch in front of the Central Market expected to be completed by October 2026. This section of the Adelaide City Council makeover was expected to align with the completion of the highly anticipated Market Square development, which topped out its commercial…
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State’s old school saved from bulldozers in eastern suburbs
One of the state’s oldest school buildings – an old rendered double brick building that has fallen into disrepair at 69 High Street – would not be demolished, the Norwood, Payneham, St Peters Council Assessment Panel decided last night. The decision came despite engineers and town planners claiming the local heritage-listed 1840s single-storey Victorian building…
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New milestone reached for Central Market development
The six green star energy rated nine-level tower on Gouger Street has been structurally completed, reaching its height of about 56 metres. Developer of Market Square, ICD Property in partnership with the Adelaide City Council, on Monday announced the soaring commercial office tower, expected to open in the third quarter of 2026, has already leased…
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Grave concerns for schoolhouse knock-down
Engineers and town planners claim a local heritage-listed 1840s single-storey Victorian building in Kensington that was once an elementary school building is so dilapidated it needs to be demolished. They claim the old rendered double-brick building that was once a school room has fallen into disrepair at 69 High Street. But tonight, about 20 local…
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Briefcase: Business Snippets from around South Australia
Adelaide BMW unveils new showroom Maggie Beer Holdings gains new investor Igneo sells stake in Adelaide Airport Star Pharmacy introduce in-store defibrillators Australia poised to become second-largest rare earth producer Elixir Skin Fitness moves to Norwood Credit Union SA funding for 25 SA schools SA best in show SA government space scholarship announced Adelaide BMW…