City of Marion councillor Luke Hutchinson. Photo: Twitter

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Marion Councillor pleads guilty in "unprecedented" electoral case

A former deputy mayor of the City of Marion has pleaded guilty to anonymously publishing election brochures, in what both the Electoral Commission and his defence counsel agreed was an unprecedented prosecution.

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“Frankenstein” universities swallowing up CBD: city councillor

An Adelaide City councillor says “expansionist” and “empire-driven” universities are rapidly buying up property across the CBD, with their rates exemptions costing the council $7.8 million in lost income last financial year alone.

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Councils slam "petty political narrative" as Libs reignite rate-capping debate

The Marshall Government has been accused of playing “cynical” and “arrogant political games” by ramping up its campaign on council rate-capping just days after imposing hefty new costs on ratepayers through its state budget “bin tax”.

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Your rates are paying News Corp $400k a year – by law

The local government sector is pushing to change an “outdated” state law that sees Adelaide ratepayers pay Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation millions of dollars in compulsory advertising, in a new blow to the media company’s ailing suburban newspaper stable.

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New probe into council spending to push reforms

EXCLUSIVE | Local government spending, council conduct and transparency will be put under the blowtorch, with the Marshall Government establishing an independent inquiry by the state’s Productivity Commission.