The Adelaide City Council partially blames COVID-19 for the debt incurred by 13 stallholders and businesses, some of whom were kept as tenants, despite their debts, to "mitigate" the impact of vacancies.
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An Adelaide city councillor has questioned the need for a nod to the Surveyor-General who designed the city's gridded, park lands-surrounded layout, considering members already celebrate Colonel Light with a “party” and “fruit cake” every year.
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With the new guard of the Adelaide City Council comes a new Lord Mayor, Jane Lomax-Smith. As her first order of business, she plans to stick to her election pledge of “effective leadership”, declaring she has “no intention” of chairing meetings until 2am.
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Reporter Angela Skujins started covering the capital city local government round in 2020 – half-way through its term – and immediately felt the burden of late nights, in-fighting and one particular shih tzu.
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The 2022 Adelaide City Council general election is almost over, but before the three-month campaign closes next week, three aspirant central ward councillors give their last-ditch pitch on what matters to them.
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Adelaide City Council elected members have voted to oppose the revised location for the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital, which will require the demolition of the heritage-listed police barracks.
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CityMag invited three wannabe Adelaide city councillors to decorate the mahogany in the Exeter's front bar while debating how they would change the city if successful in the upcoming council elections.
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After 23 years, the publicly displayed piece of paper listing the names of nominated council candidates has been tossed in the bin. The SA Electoral Commission now stipulates candidates' names be revealed online 24 hours after nominations close.
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“The takeover of the council by a dominant faction “Team Adelaide” has sent our beautiful city backwards,” says the campaign website for the self-appointed independent, local and progressive candidate.
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