Lord Mayor aspirant Rex Patrick alleges recently revealed FOI documents show the Adelaide City Council does not have a “work” or “project plan” to pursue World Heritage Listing status for the city’s 760ha green belt – but he promises that if elected he will doggedly pursue it.
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At last week’s Kadaltilla Adelaide Park Lands Authority meeting, members discussed the new Kaurna-centred name and logo. City of Adelaide Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor speaks with CityMag about why she's advocating for more use of Aboriginal languages in local government.
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With Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor sick with COVID-19 and leader of the majority voting bloc Team Adelaide, Alexander Hyde, campaigning in the state election, the so-called Independents ruled the Adelaide City Council for one night only. Here’s what happened.
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Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor has detailed her plan to provide guaranteed Indigenous representation on the Adelaide City Council.
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Renewal SA informed Adelaide city councillors last night they would remove two substantial trees from one of the city's leafiest boulevards as part of continuing landscaping developments at the North Terrace innovation precinct.
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An elected member told council this week the state's liquor licensing fees should be revised, as CBD nightclubs and venues are paying an expensive price for their liquor licence despite being hindered by COVID-19 trading restrictions.
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At a workshop designed to gauge elected members’ thoughts on controversial plans to rezone up to 71ha of Adelaide Park Lands — almost 10 per cent of the city’s green belt — Adelaide City Councillors agreed on a clear message: “oppose building on the Park Lands".
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Self-described progressive politician and seven-year CBD resident Keiran Snape won the city council supplementary election by a narrow margin last week. He tells CityMag he wants to bring residential needs back into the chamber and fix the city’s broken footpaths.
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Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor says the living story of colonial settlement told by Adelaide’s green belt and gridded layout is worthy of “global recognition".
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