National space agency set to blast off in Adelaide

The Australian Space Agency has officially opened headquarters in Adelaide.

24 February, 2020

Adelaide expands GigCity fibre network

GigCity Adelaide has announced a major expansion of its 1 Gigabit/sec fibre optic network. There will be 16 additional innovation precincts added to the $7.6 million network. The new precincts are located across Adelaide’s metropolitan area, including seven in the north, six in the CBD and one each in the west and south of Adelaide. […]

19 February, 2018

Adelaide chooses TPG as Gigabit partner

The City of Adelaide has announced that telecommunications carrier TPG will build and operate a 10 Gbps fibre-to-the premises (FTTP) network across the Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide as part of its ‘Ten Gigabit Adelaide’ strategy. “It will be a game changer for Adelaide,” said Lord Mayor Martin Haese. ”It will give Adelaide based businesses […]

6 December, 2017

SA councils bins bid blocked by ACCC

Hurts competition, says Commission.

20 December, 2016

Ten Gigabit Adelaide set to become ‘the centre of the universe’

New optical fibre network plans.

10 October, 2016

High-rise schools stack up

First ‘high’ school for SA.

17 August, 2016

ANALYSIS: Boom time for light rail in Australia

From Perth to Townsville, trams are on the agenda

12 October, 2015

Subway on school canteen menu

Lunch orders from multinational fast food chain

21 August, 2014

Snowball’s chance of Carbon Tax refunds from most councils

The Budget ate my bill reduction

4 August, 2014

South Australia goes full tilt for massive new $1.5bn wind farm

The South Australian government has blown off critics of wind power after it approved the second largest turbine generation facility in Australia in a bid to boost Adelaide’s power supply and spin the city out of a manufacturing downturn.

13 February, 2014

Adelaide councils decry planning power grab

By Paul Hemsley The South Australian Local Government Association (LGA) has hit out at a strategy from Premier Jay Weatherill to kickstart inner-metropolitan property development, warning elements of the move will strip planning powers from city councils. Known as the Housing in the City policy, Mr Weatherill announced the changes last week as a way […]

4 November, 2013

Adelaide locks up bike riders

By Julian Bajkowski The South Australian government has extended the utility of its public transport smartcard to give bike-riding commuters in Adelaide access to new locked cages so they can securely stow their mounts at railway stations when connecting with trains. The move is part of a $17 million car park and amenity upgrade for […]

26 March, 2013

Adelaide gets NBN training wheels

By Paul Hemsley Adelaide City Council has become the latest local government looking to plug into the National Broadband Network after the city’s Mayor urged potentially tech-shy citizens to learn online and web technology skills through the Digital Hub training program. Mayor Stephen Yarwood wants digitally challenged citizens to participate in the program which follows […]

6 December, 2012

Sunday trading surge stuns WA government

By Paul Hemsley Western Australian Minister for Commerce Simon O’Brien’s has hailed the introduction of Sunday trading an early success following a push to allow all shops to be open for business on what had traditionally been a day of rest. In a move that brings the West into line with many other states, the […]

27 November, 2012