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December 2, 2021

The Select Committee on Wage Theft handed down its final report

The State Parliamentary report made 37 recommendations into addressing wage theft, such as making it a punishable criminal offence, establishing a wage theft inspector, and banning anyone found to have used wage theft as a business model from holding company director roles.

May 17, 2020

Sucre Patisserie offers online special celebrations

Sucre Patisserie owner Keva Freeman immediately felt the effects of the pandemic shutdown at her pastry and cake business.

July 29, 2021

The uneven impacts of the seven-day lockdown

Lost work, cold homes, and confusing governmental information – these were some of the challenges the lockdown brought to disadvantaged communities in Adelaide, with one organisational head calling it “a class-based pandemic".

July 22, 2021

How to design a pandemic-proof city

Rather than focussing on short-term solutions like sanitiser dispensers or automated pedestrian crossings, University of South Australia’s architectural historian Julie Collins says we need to consider long-term urban planning solutions to keep people healthy and happy.

July 22, 2021

Adelaide City Council election disrupted by lockdown

With the city council's customer centre closed, postal voting is the only option for the supplementary election, with voters urged to submit ballots today to ensure all votes are received by close of polling on Monday. Some candidates fear this may affect the results.

July 21, 2021

‘We were already decimated’: Lockdown is ‘nothing new’ for an already shattered events industry

The seven-day lockdown has forced one CBD venue to cancel 1200 tickets and caused several major events to pause or postpone. One organiser has given up on holding a festival until the COVID-19 crisis is completely over. For many, lockdown is only compounding existing pain.

July 20, 2021