Adelaide | US retail giant Costco’s entry into the Adelaide market has hit a snag with the Licensing Court knocking back its application to sell cases of wine, beer and other alcohol.

Costco is spending an estimated $20 million on its Kilburn site due to open in November – the first of three planned South Australian stores.

Costco had applied for a “special circumstances licence” to sell around 300 lines in bulk form – cases of beer and wine, as opposed to six packs and single bottles.

It had argued that normal retail liquor merchant’s required it to sell products in a form that is not profitable in the Costco big warehouse bulk buy format.

However, the application drew objections from Woolworths, the Albion Hotel and the Empire Hotel.

The court rejected the Full Story »

RESTAURANT REVIEW | It might have all the hallmarks of a traditional suburban Chinese restaurant, but Silk Road is far from ordinary.

Situated along Port Road in a slightly shabby, modified house, it is consistently packed with members of Adelaide’s Chinese community and locals who have stumbled across it.

Silk Road is one of only a handful of restaurants serving the unique and traditional Uighur (wi-gar) cuisine of the north-western Chinese province of Xinjiang. The region – bordered by Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan and Russia – is renowned as a melting pot of culture and cuisine.

The restaurant is split into two large rooms. Tables are set with lace cloths and clear plastic protectors, and the walls are a gaudy combination of orange, red and purple which contrasts starkly wit Full Story »

CONTENT SUPPLIED BY FLINDERS UNIVERSITY | Flinders University Law School’s Dean, Professor Kim Economides, is a man on a mission.

It’s Thursday morning in his office at Flinders’ Bedford Park Campus and he has been discussing how to get the message out about the employability of Flinders law graduates.

“Unlike most other Australian law graduates, ours don’t actually need to do a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (GDLP) in order to qualify as a lawyer,” he says. “At Flinders, our law degree already provides those skills.

“I don’t know of any other law school in Australia – or elsewhere – which has quite the same focus on integrated practical training and social justice as we do.

“Employability! That’s a key message we need to get across.”

It’s perhaps not surp Full Story »

Today we present all the entries in InDaily‘s spectacle design competition. Now it’s open to you to vote for your favourite and go into the running for a $400 Health Partners Optical store voucher. The competition is a collaboration with UniSA and Health Partners Optical, in which design students are competing to have their work recognised, and maybe even manufactured.

To register your vote, go here.

Adam Donato / Mediterranean Optical

Design rationale

Inspired by many of the existing top brands of eyewear, the Mediterranean Optical is designed to give a flattering look and a sense of comfort. With a special aesthetic and design, the Mediterranean incorporates the butterfly-shape frame and is made of two materials: black acetate frame and walnut wood temples.

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