Rebuilding the capital The City of Adelaide has failed to meet its leadership obligations to the state as stipulated by Parliament. Who will take responsibility for the regeneration of the city as a political and economic force? more

Fall of the House of Adelaide When state government amended the Local Government Act in 1984 it unwittingly sent the City of Adelaide on a downward spiral more

Urban jungle The sorry state of the Adelaide parklands show their development and management are beyond the capabilities of the city council more

Child rights in tatters The detention of children at the Baxter detention facility makes Australia a serial human-rights abuser and in breach of the UN convention on the Rights of the Child more

Rust never sleeps With Mitsubishi in crisis, the pressure is building on South Australia to find new business investment and employment generators – sooner rather than later more

As easy as GST Federal Treasurer Peter Costello throws down the budget gauntlet to the states more

Suicide: system in denial A combination of social stigma and an over-burdened mental-health system is hiding the fact that suicide claims more Australians each year than the carnage on our roads more