SA Water bills will be slashed from July 1
Households will pay substantially less for water next financial year – and the Treasurer has promised the savings will far outweigh recent hikes in ESL and car registration fees.
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Use speeding fines to fund freeway upgrades: RAA
Revenue raised from speed cameras along the South Eastern Freeway would be used to improve safety infrastructure along the dangerous thoroughfare, under a bold new plan.
Drive for tourism investors in SA’s parks
Private investors are key to a government plan to build up eco-tourism opportunities in South Australia, including in our national parks.
Council cash splash to cure COVID ills
South Australia’s councils will be shovelled millions more in public works funding to get employment going with everything from playgrounds to pothole fixes. SEE WHAT THEY GET
End of the line for cash on buses
COVID-19 has forced a rethink on plans for the boldest overhaul of Adelaide’s public transport in decades and it could mean never fumbling for change again.
Drinks all round: Pubs can reopen after booze backflip
Pubs and bars can now reopen and – along with thousands of other SA businesses – serve alcohol with meals after the Premier responded to a fierce backlash over confusing liquor licensing rules.
‘Completely confused’: Backlash over baffling dining rules
Adelaide’s hospitality sector is wrestling with a “sense of injustice” over confusing, inconsistent rules for different venues – as some leading chefs question if it’s even worth reopening for just 20 patrons.
Venues set to get numbers boost north of 20
There have been concerns that 20 people in the one place at the one time is not enough. And it seems the government have been listening.
Why it’s time to pump iron in outback
Millions of tonnes of iron ore could be extracted from the SA outback – we just need to build the infrastructure. And it’s only one of a the big jobs the state could be getting back to work on.
‘It is confusing, I hear the frustration’: Marshall
Premier Steven Marshall says he can “hear the frustration” among SA businesses seeking clarity on rules for reopening while different restrictions apply to pubs and restaurants – but says it must be done incrementally.
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