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  • Fenced-off firepits for East End

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    Adelaide City Council said on Wednesday that “temporary barriers” were being installed around five firepits on Vardon Avenue which are part of its Winter Weekends program in the East End. The decision followed “meetings with concerned community members regarding the potential for injury”, the council said. The barriers are on top of other safety measures…

  • Why Phil Martin isn’t gunning for Lord Mayor

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    At an Adelaide City Council meeting in mid-July, elected members supported a motion to bring a portion of a controversial, formerly confidential report into the public realm. The documents revealed were two appendices from the Cultural Investigations Report, which was first presented to council confidentially in September 2020. North Ward councillor Mary Couros, of majority…

  • We want an all-electric, easily accessible, green city: survey

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    The results of the council’s two-month consultation process on its next climate action plan were delivered to an Adelaide City Council committee meeting last night by City of Adelaide associate director of park lands, policy and sustainability, Sarah Gilmour, and principal climate change advisor, Andrea Bassett. Six themes emerged from the online survey, conducted from…

  • ‘Insulting’: Adelaide Town Hall portrait divides council

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    “Here we are discussing empowering women and one council member talks about booting off a woman,” Deputy Lord Mayor Arman Abrahimzadeh told the virtual Adelaide City Council meeting last night. Abrahimzadeh’s remarks came after area councillor Keiran Snape’s targetted spray at Team Adelaide rival, north ward Councillor Mary Couros, suggesting she was not fit to…

  • Decision to bulldoze 150-year-old bluestone deferred

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    Council Assessment Panel members voted last night in favour of deferring the approval to demolish the single-storey 266 Melbourne Street property in North Adelaide to make way for a four-level apartment block. The recommendation by administration, detailed in their report, was that committee members approve the development plan submitted by Future Urban for The Sunshine…

  • ‘You have to accept democracy’: Independents enjoy rare control of Adelaide City Council

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    CityMag received a text message from an elected member before the Adelaide City Council meeting last night highlighting a prescient power shift between the two rival voting groups. “Lord Mayor is unwell. Cannot attend meeting. With Cr Hyde absent that changes the numbers for the first time,” the text said of the impending vibe shift.…

  • The council roundup: All things green

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    Among the range of issues Adelaide city councillors discussed at the Committee Meeting at Adelaide Town Hall this week, a sizeable portion focussed on green-leaning topics. These ranged from possible e-scooter rule changes to collecting data on the city’s rubbish, and so we’ve collated these discussions below to help you stay abreast of how the…

  • City council warned on asset management

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    City of Adelaide city services director Tom McCready told Adelaide city councillors this week the council was predicted to have just missed the 60 per cent asset sustainability ratio detailed in the 2021-2022 business plan and budget. The asset sustainability ratio indicates whether the council is renewing assets – such as roads, footpaths and lighting…

  • Do not develop Nellie Raminyemmerin Frome Park: councillors

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    On Tuesday night Adelaide City Council elected members voted in support of councillor Phil Martin’s motion to reiterate to the State Government – as well as Labor and minor parties – that the council opposes any development or rezoning of Nellie Raminyemmerin Frome Park. Last November, the council formally provided feedback to the State Government…

  • Councillors will try to overturn arena support after Hyde wins Liberal preselection

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    Adelaide City councillor Anne Moran told CityMag today that as soon as councillor Alex Hyde leaves the Adelaide City Council to pursue his state election campaign, she will introduce a rescission motion to overturn the council’s support for the Marshall Government’s $662m Riverbank Arena. Read more from CityMag on the Riverbank Precinct Code Amendment: 4 August 2021…