Adelaide 500 merchandise to be used as target practice

Surplus Adelaide 500 stubby holders have been given to an archery club for target practice, as the State Government prepares to auction infrastructure from the scrapped V8 Supercars race next week.

Christmas Pageant could be ticketed and off streets for years

Adelaide’s Christmas Pageant could remain a ticketed event until 2024, with the State Government undecided about whether it is safe to return the event to its traditional street parade format due to the ongoing pandemic.

This year's Christmas Pageant will be held at Adelaide Oval. Photo: National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant

Corporate box sales take glitter off pandemic Pageant

UPDATED | Adelaide Oval’s management has denied profiting from the sale of corporate boxes for next months’ limited-access Christmas Pageant, with the State Government claiming proceeds will go towards “defraying the costs” of the COVID-curtailed event.

Pornographic "Zoom bomb" ends Events SA health briefing

A webinar organised by Events SA to brief local event operators on COVID-19 health requirements had to be abandoned yesterday after someone used the widely distributed Zoom log-in details to interrupt proceedings with hard-core pornography.

Climate change threatens SA tourism, health and business: industry leaders

Tourist numbers will drop, cases of malaria could emerge in hospitals and business productivity will plummet as a result of climate change, some of South Australia’s leading industry and health bodies have warned.

Festival's curious ad choices | Mayor gets robbed | Sacked public servant up for gong

In today’s column, questions about the links between advertising choices and the management of the Adelaide Fashion Festival, a local mayor falls prey to thieves, and a sacked public servant is nominated for a public service innovation award.