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Adelaide City Council has voted to proceed with its controversial legal review of Hutt Street Centre land use – despite one councillor warning it could cost ratepayers up to $100,000 – while changing grants to community groups and charities from three years to one, with an annual review of their effectiveness.
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The pandemic has seen many homeless accommodated in motels and hotels. Before the crisis ends and people return to the streets, now is the time for Australia to invest in social housing and mental health services, argue Vaughan J Carr and Anthony Jorm.
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Adelaide City councillors have questioned whether the Hutt Street Centre deserves a $150,000 grant to support the homeless, arguing the “powerful business’s” cash flow needs to be scrutinised before handing money over – despite the Centre saying the council approached it to apply.
Adelaide City councillor Robert Simms has pulled his request for an urgent meeting to stop a legal review of the Hutt Street Centre, instead opting to delay the vote until next month to include newly-elected councillor Greg Mackie.
Adelaide City Council’s CEO has been asked to call a special meeting next week, for elected members to consider whether to revoke a controversial decision to commission a legal review of the Hutt Street Centre.
State Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas has called on the Adelaide City Council to rescind its “abhorrent and deplorable” decision to commission a legal review of the Hutt Street Centre, pledging to explore “all parliamentary options for intervention” if it fails to listen.
Adelaide City Council will commission an independent legal review of the Hutt Street Centre’s compliance with planning law following a push by the Deputy Lord Mayor, despite opposing councillors describing the move as “sickening” and akin to “dog-whistle politics”.
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