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Adelaide City Council

March 7, 2023
Adelaide City Council

A new gym keeping vulnerable South Australians fit and happy

Ashley and Melissa-Jean Marsh are not letting their housing status define their fitness. We speak to the pair ahead of the opening of Baptist Care SA’s gym for rough sleepers about how lifting weights lifts their spirits.

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March 6, 2023
Adelaide City Council

The art of painting pictures with a thousand words

As Access2Arts's access and inclusion coordinator, Meg Riley trains people in the skill of audio-describing visual art – a practice she says is necessary to make art accessible to all.

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February 17, 2023
Adelaide City Council

Janet Giles’ Unified City Plan Theory

The City of Adelaide has no shortage of plans for the future of the city, but in order to create a CBD that prioritises residents’ needs, the recently-installed city area councillor wants city-dwellers more involved in creating a bolder, broader vision.

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February 15, 2023
Adelaide City Council

Inside archery’s expanding long-range appeal

Three times a week, Adelaide Archery Club's grassy knoll in the Park Lands becomes a flurry of bows and arrows. With the aid of council and state grants, the 173-year-old club hopes to soon upgrade its ageing clubrooms to meet demand and broaden its inclusivity.

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February 8, 2023
Adelaide City Council

Bystander intervention training tipped for bartenders, glassies

The Adelaide City council recently recommended that the State Government mandate hospo employees be taught how to prevent sexual assault, rape, binge drinking and harassment in venues — but the Australian Hotels Association has reservations about the suggested fix.

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February 1, 2023
Adelaide City Council

Community, council throw down gauntlet for new Aquatic Centre location

Members of the public and an almost unanimous Adelaide City Council elected body last night joined forces to tell the State Government to find an “alternate” site for the $80 million swimming centre slated for development in the Adelaide Park Lands this year.

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January 18, 2023
Adelaide City Council

Factional claims rise again at Town Hall

Three city councillors have alleged the election of members to remunerated committee positions appears to have been “predetermined” by a new voting bloc, with one suggesting it could be an act of retaliation against the last four years of Team Adelaide rule at Adelaide Town Hall.

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December 14, 2022
Adelaide City Council

Council pumps breaks on year-long e-scooter trial extension

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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