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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The Adelaide City Council has slashed two weighty words from the city’s upcoming four-year public art strategy, after opposing elected members engaged in a debate about why the streets should have "beautiful" rather than edgy art.
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Two challengers for the Adelaide City Council’s south ward - a business and residential neighbourhood - have revealed themselves. Despite both having connections to state political parties, they argue they are not trying to stack the chamber.
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The “corrosive nature” and “relentless domination of the Team Adelaide faction” has forced central ward councillor Greg Mackie out the door, he says, in a resignation letter sent to staff and elected members today.
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Wilson Security will guard all of the City of Adelaide’s physical assets – including Adelaide Town Hall, Rundle Mall and the Adelaide Central Market – until 30 June. One councillor hopes “going forward” the council will award the work to a company not previously involved in offshore detention.
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Department for Education officials told Adelaide city councillors last night that 1800sqm of Adelaide Park Lands was needed to accommodate the expanding Adelaide Botanic High School, with the government seeking a land swap to seal the deal.
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Adelaide Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor has lamented that a council discussion on Ukraine last night descended into a squabble between rival factions over near-identical ideas to build closer ties with a city in the war-torn country.
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