In just over eight months South Australians will have ‘Weatherill-ed’ the agony of yet another long season of pledges, cant and humbug, and the state election w…
Tag: slings and arrows
Slings and Arrows: Will Le Cornu site forever stay a lost opportunity?
One of Adelaide’s many cultural features is that some people spend much of their time in the past, chasing proposals that never eventuated. The grassland behind…
Slings and Arrows: Return of the Car Ban Plan
A state government plan to limit cars from the east–west Grenfell and Currie Street run between Hindmarsh and Light Squares is slipping into higher gear behind …
Slings and Arrows: Indigenous Names and Catholic Claims in Adelaide’s Park Lands
Ash looks into the politically correct mechanics of naming parks and the machinations from schools to build on the Park Lands thanks to a $20m lucky dip redevel…
Slings and Arrows: Adelaide’s Audacity Awards for 2016
Ash delights in presenting the inaugural awards for Adelaide’s most audacious bureaucrats and politicians. Competition was fierce.…
Slings and Arrows: Adelaide’s Lucrative Boards and Secretive Council
Ash Whitefly casts his critical eye over the composition and compensation of Adelaide’s lucrative boards, and reflects on secrecy at Adelaide City Council…
Slings and Arrows: All Noise and Little Action in the City of Music
Ash Whitefly examines the gap between rhetoric and action on Adelaide’s live music scene, and asks whether Adelaide City Council can reconcile its spin wi…
Slings and Arrows: All Aboard for SA’s Arts Junket Bonanza!
This month Ash Whitefly flies foul of Adelaide’s arts adoration, and takes aim at what he believes are wasteful junkets, and Council sponsorships that con…
Slings and Arrows: The Whiffy Buck Passes from State Government to Councils
What is an odour? The Environment Protection Authority has been the butt of many complaints over the years for its seeming inability to act over environmental c…