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February 24, 2022

‘We want the Kaurna voice at the table’: Lord Mayor pushes for Indigenous voice to council

Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor wants a change to the City of Adelaide Act to ensure a Kaurna representative sits on the Adelaide City Council.

February 24, 2022

City council warned on asset management

A senior Adelaide City Council employee has warned that COVID-19 presents “major” challenges for the council's management of its assets, with a key target being missed and future goals potentially set to be tweaked.

February 10, 2022

Meet North Adelaide’s most stubborn super recycler

Morag Horton is the owner of Melbourne Street’s Terry White Chemmart, where she accepts and recycles a large amount of the city’s spent pharmaceutical blister packets each year, at a personal cost of roughly $6000 per annum. She wants local councils to step in and lighten the load.

February 9, 2022

Do not develop Nellie Raminyemmerin Frome Park: councillors

Elected members have gone in to bat for Nellie Raminyemmerin Frome Park, which looks set to be swallowed by an expanding Adelaide Botanic High School, with the Lord Mayor instructed to write to all South Australian political parties opposing any development in the park.

January 18, 2022

Council defers decision on measures to aid city businesses

A special Adelaide City Council meeting was held last night to find ways to help city residents and ratepayers battle Omicron’s economic fallout – but the majority Team Adelaide faction used its numbers to postpone a vote on possible measures until the end of the week.

December 15, 2021

Why aren’t more women cycling in the city?

According to a recent national survey, only 11.4 per cent of females in South Australia cycle, compared to 23.6 per cent of males. Researchers and cycling advocates say better infrastructure is needed to increase the number of women commuting via bicycle.

November 22, 2021

Councillors will try to overturn arena support after Hyde wins Liberal preselection

In the wake of Adelaide city councillor Alex Hyde winning Liberal preselection for the seat for Waite on the weekend, two elected members will attempt to overturn the council’s support for the party’s key re-election promise: the Riverbank Arena.

November 17, 2021

Drivers’ month proponent wants car commuters to guide the city’s cycling network

The Adelaide City councillor who spearheaded its 'drivers' month' campaign believes the key to establishing the city’s future cycling network lies in “engaging drivers” in its development, while another prominent councillor is pushing for no 'net loss' of car parks from the plan.

November 11, 2021

Council sets conditions on CCTV facial recognition roll-out

The City of Adelaide wants the SA Police not to use an upgraded $3m facial recognition CCTV network until state parliament adopts legislation governing its use.

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