Nov 24, 2021
Special Report
As of December 20 all City of Adelaide employees – including staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees and interns – must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Adelaide City Council CEO Clare Mockler announced this week.
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Nov 12, 2021
Special Report
Music SA general manager Kim Roberts wants to know how the state government’s roadmap will help the bruised arts and entertainment sector recover from COVID-19.
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Oct 28, 2021
Special Report
Hindley Street hookah lounge owner Ammar Ali believes the COVID-19 shisha ban is "discriminatory" and "racist", and says he and his colleagues in the industry want to return to trade.
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Oct 19, 2021
Special Report
Sound technician Zach Stern is earning 10 per cent of his usual income, and musician Ben Whittington recently sold eight guitars to keep a roof over his head. Both music industry workers say they're questioning their careers and doubt the government is listening.
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Oct 12, 2021
Special Report
Two prominent festival and event organisers from music scene behemoth Five Four Entertainment are exiting the field, blasting SA Health and the South Australian government on their “insensitive” treatment of musicians and professionals on their way out.
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Oct 7, 2021
Special Report
The co-owners of award-winning North Terrace live music venue Lion Arts Factory and music events company Five Four Entertainment need a combined $500,000 lifeline and property lease extension from the State Government to keep their businesses from collapsing.
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Sep 27, 2021
Special Report
Eric Ott has owned West End cult dive bar and metal music venue Enigma Bar for more than two decades, but says if he can’t raise at least $50,000 from the public, the long-held haven for alternative music will shutter.
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Sep 27, 2021
Special Report
Sustainability-minded designer Lisa Penney, who transforms plastic bottles and deadstock fabric into Hey Reflecto's face masks and high-vis cycling vests, saw a significant pandemic bump last year, generating half a million dollars in sales.
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Jul 29, 2021
Special Report
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".
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