Unsuccessful lord mayor candidate Rex Patrick today announced he will fight the 2022 Adelaide City Council election results in the Court of Disputed Returns, and has enlisted the help of recently installed south ward councillor Henry Davis as instructing solicitor.
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Adelaide city councillors have given e-scooter operators six more months to operate in the city, instead of 12, with the move aimed to line up with a State Government-led consultation beginning in early 2023.
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The Adelaide City Council always seems to have one elected member hellbent on building better bicycle infrastructure. For the class of 2022, it’s David Elliott, who wants to trial lowering speed limits for troublesome thoroughfares such as Hindley Street.
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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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