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Renato CastelloLocal government and urban development editor

Renato Castello covers major development and planning reform policy across Adelaide. He has been reporting for nearly 20 years and is a former chief-of-staff at the Sunday Mail. He cut his teeth on Messenger Community Newspapers and has a strong understanding of the issues that matter to local communities. He has particular interest in the tension between development and preserving the natural beauty of our city.

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CFMEU organiser Jim O'Connor (right) will be penalised today, in the Federal Court, for contempt of court. State secretary Aaron Cartlidge (left) speaks to media.

Union heavyweight quits as controversy rages

ANOTHER top-ranking member of SA’s construction union has resigned, throwing control of the powerful union into turmoil and stoking fears of an escalation in militant behaviour on building sites.

SA Business

Marina boss in a bind over court delay

A MARINA operator at the centre of a class action has blamed “issues” with binding papers and lack of legal representation for ignoring a court-imposed deadline to file documents.

SA 2018

15.2.2018.Campbelltown and Hectorville which has become a hot-bed of redevelopment. To be part of a story on our changing suburbs.Development in Campbelltown. pic tait schmaal.

Scrap first-home stamp duty to stem brain drain: Builders

LOANS to first homebuyers in Victoria and New South Wales have gone “gangbusters” since the scrapping of stamp duty says the South Australia’s builders’ lobby which is calling for similar reform.

SA News

New twist in Somerton Man mystery

The mysterious Somerton Man may have been killed by his nurse lover – an Adelaide woman and suspected Soviet spy, it has been claimed.

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