Law firm clears Playford boss over appointments
A law firm has cleared Playford Council’s chief executive of any wrongdoing over the appointment of a senior finance manager who recently became his partner.
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A property developer wants to spend $35 million building a 12-storey accommodation block in Adelaide’s northern suburbs for hundreds of overseas students.
Seaside council parts ways with chief executive
One of the state’s biggest regional councils is looking for a new chief executive following the resignation of its boss, a former carpet cleaner and medical centre owner.
What’s behind Playford Council’s huge debt battle
Many of Playford Council’s grand plans remain unbuilt as it struggles under $140m of debt – amid other turmoil and high unemployment. It has a fight on its hands, writes Colin James.
Council’s fight to reduce its debt
South Australia’s most indebted council has compared its $140 million debt to poor households using credit cards – spending more than they earn and living beyond their means.
Not in our backyard: Residents fight against development
Residents in a quiet eastern suburbs street are campaigning against a huge development they say “looks like a ghetto” – in an area where the council was so concerned about urban infill it got special permission to change its planning laws.
Council boss fights against his sacking
A legal dispute between a small regional council and its suspended chief executive has escalated, with the highly-paid executive taking legal action to stop being sacked by its elected members.
Weapons ‘were for man cave – not violence’, court told
A crane driver who posted “hateful” Facebook comments over the Christchurch mosque massacre was collecting medieval weapons for a “man cave”, not sinister purposes, a court has heard.
Playford Council’s $8.5m white elephant
What costs $8.5 million and yet generates a mere $1884 in revenue over two years? Just ask Playford Council.
‘How could it happen?’ Taskforce to probe how Ann Marie was failed
The chairman of a taskforce investigating the disability system after the death of cerebral palsy sufferer Ann Marie Smith says what happened to her is the worst thing he’s heard of in 45 years.
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