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Call to ban councillor meetings outside Town Hall

Elected members should be banned from gathering outside meetings to discuss council matters under changes to the Local Government Act, some Adelaide City Councillors say, as factional tensions simmer at Town Hall.

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Affordable housing target would “sledgehammer” us: developers

Mandating that a portion of affordable housing be included in new developments is a “crude” policy that would restrict housing supply to the city, property groups have warned.

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Low-income earners locked out of new city housing despite zoning rules

The majority of new residential developments in the city have failed to meet a State Government requirement to include at least some affordable housing – with those that did meet the target selling the housing to investors rather than to low-income buyers.

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Protestors vow to climb, chain themselves to doomed North Tce trees

UPDATED: Protestors camping overnight outside Lot Fourteen say they will climb and chain themselves to 11 century-old trees along North Terrace that are set to be removed amid speculation the axe could fall as soon as tomorrow.

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West End divided over push to scrap late night 'lockout'

The city council will vote on a motion calling for Adelaide’s lockout laws to be scrapped, as a push to axe the Labor-introduced measure gathers steam – but it’s been branded a “disgraceful and retrograde step” by a prominent West End stakeholder.