Late last year a city councillor complained about city traffic congestion and called for ideas for the “long-term improvement in the traffic flow in the city”. …
General Opinion
Getting over Australia Day
While pasting posters about race and identity on buildings and walls across the country, Peter Drew has encountered many people with loud and extreme views.…
Montefiore: Adelaide Oval’s bollards of steel in face of terror
There’s money in security as the reign of terror continues globally — including in Adelaide, city of steely resolve.…
Slings and Arrows: Mall traders stuck between a rock and Gawler Place
Gawler Place is set to begin a nine-month revamp, but a Council report with the project’s risks blacked out leaves Ash Whitefly wondering if traders know …
Slings and Arrows: The 2017 Adelaide Audacity Awards
Adelaide’s politicians and bureaucrats have outdone themselves this year, as Ash Whitefly steps up to the podium to hand out 2017’s Audacity Awards,…
Montefiore: Riverbank renewal or how I learned to stop worrying and love the beach
A government agency with a reputation for its land deals has come up with a bold and gritty activity concept for Adelaide’s river bank. Apparently it has the po…
Montefiore: A landmark speech for the people of the public service?
South Australia’s 80,000-plus public sector workers have something to reflect on as 2018 looms — if an intriguing draft ‘landmark’ policy speech recently seen b…
Breaking Down LGBTIQ Discrimination Takes Time
Reflecting on the attention-grabbing headlines of the past few months, it’s clear that although our society has changed for the better in so many ways when it c…
Montefiore: There’s money in local art!
It’s a poorly acknowledged theme in Adelaide city circles, but as Sir Monty has discovered, there’s money in local art.…
Slings and Arrows: Conflicted Councillors and Complaints in Park Lands Event Calendar
Ash Whitefly looks forward to a bevy of Park Lands events in the coming year, but has reservations about the complaints, city councillors’ conflicts of in…