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Renew Adelaide has secured its first Hutt Street property and is negotiating with property owners throughout the precinct to reduce its high vacancy rate and improve its image.
Opinion
The central problem at the heart of the Hutt Street debate can be fixed, writes David Pearson.
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The owner of the café opposite the Hutt Street Centre says she is considering legal action after the presence of an Adelaide City Council security guard, whom she requested, coincided with a severe decline in her business.
Greens MLC Tammy Franks says she would compel Adelaide city councillors to explain their claims about increasing violence on Hutt Street, using the powers of a parliamentary committee she hopes to set up next month.
A newly-elected SA Best MP says public debate over the city’s Hutt Street precinct has been hijacked by “NIMBYs and vested interests”, and accuses the Adelaide City Council of wasting ratepayers’ money with “sledgehammer” policy solutions.
SA Police says it is deploying extra resources to combat “fear of crime” in the Hutt Street precinct as much as the rate of actual crime, which remains stable despite claims of escalating violence.
