Tag: Adelaide City Council
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Meet your new Adelaide City councillors
Carmel Noon, Patrick Maher, Alfredo Cabada and Eleanor Freeman will be the newest Adelaide City Councillors. The Electoral Commission of South Australia (ECSA) has provisionally declared the result after 186 counts, with Noon the first elected, followed by Maher, Cabada and Freeman. InDaily understands ECSA took great scrutiny with the count, given the history of the…
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Bike lane backflip for North Adelaide
At Tuesday night’s council meeting, a petition of over 1800 signatures was presented urging councillors to “stick to its plan” to install a bike lane as part of the O’Connell Street upgrade. But that, and a gallery of helmet-wearing attendees, wasn’t enough as councillors ultimately voted to remove the bike lane from O’Connell Street plans.…
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Council’s ‘abysmal state of affairs’ blamed for low voter turnout
From 2026, all voters in council elections will need to be citizens, in changes announced on Wednesday. The suite of reforms, expected to be introduced in parliament next month, comes as the Adelaide City Council is experiencing low voter turnout in a supplementary election. At the time of writing, returned votes are just shy of…
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Watch: ‘Embarrassing’ Town Hall tensions caught on livestream
Last night’s Adelaide City Council committee meetings drew criticism from across the room, with the Lord Mayor calling the behaviour “a slippery slope into absolute mayhem”. After moving to censure Councillor Henry Davis, who chose to leave the meeting on his own accord before a vote could take place to kick him out, Lord Mayor…
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What does Adelaide really want from a redeveloped Hutt Street?
For the owner/operator of Bar Torino, Nick Favaro, being based in the CBD’s outskirts is part of Hutt Street’s magic, which he said was threatened by proposed City of Adelaide upgrades. “I can finish work and go for a drink at Nowhere Bar, at the Havey, go to Latteria for a drink, I go to…
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Councillor fears future govt park lands grabs
The Adelaide City Council last night rejected a bid to add conditions to the extension of the state government’s license to run the Safer Place to Gather in Edwards Park. This comes after a committee meeting last week when councillors heard the Department was under-resourced and had no plan yet for a long-term solution for…
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Park lands promises: Long-road for world heritage, golf course consultation extended
Achieving UNESCO World Heritage Status for Adelaide’s park lands could still be a decade away, with no financial commitment from the state government so far. Last night, the Adelaide City Council’s Planning, Development and Business Affairs Committee heard the First Nations consent process will take at least another year, and the whole process could take…
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Meet the candidates running for Adelaide’s Central Ward
Ballots for the Adelaide City Council supplementary election were sent out last week, and voting closes 12pm, August 25. Four spots are up for grabs on the council, and 19 candidates are in the running. Of those 19, five are Liberal Party Members, two are Labor Party members, and one is a member of Family…
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Fears for ‘sacred site’ amid LIV Golf course plans to churn up park lands
The state government took ownership of the North Adelaide golf course from the Adelaide City Council last month to redevelop it in time for Liv Golf 2028. While the special legislation that passed parliament allowed the government to bypass some planning consultation protections, it’s required to consult with the Aboriginal community under the Aboriginal Heritage…
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Council to investigate claims of potential voter fraud
The council will commence “an urgent investigation, to the extent possible” into concerns raised by Deputy Lord Mayor Phillip Martin about alleged voter fraud, revealed by InDaily on Tuesday. Councillor Henry Davis moved a motion without notice at last night’s meeting to investigate the concerns and return a report to the council as soon as…