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The Adelaide City Council’s executive will face the employment tribunal over union claims it reached “a new low in employer/employee relations” by asking staff to take annual leave due to the impact of coronavirus.
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Hundreds of Adelaide City Council staff have been told not to work for one month, with the CEO warning some services will be scaled back or axed due to the impact of coronavirus.
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Adelaide City Council CEO Mark Goldstone will request that elected members be briefed on rival proposals to build a new sports stadium on the park lands, after it was revealed he has been engaged in “high-level” discussions about one of the bids since 2018.
In an extraordinary move, Adelaide City councillors are moving to derail an inquiry into the allegedly tainted tender process for CBD e-scooter permits ordered by council CEO Mark Goldstone – and replace it with an investigation completely independent of council staff.
Adelaide City Council’s CEO says there is “no reason to be alarmed” by elected member infighting at Town Hall, while confirming one councillor lodged a formal complaint after an argument spilled over into confrontation at Tuesday night’s meeting.
Lord Mayor Martin Haese says he has little interest in pursuing an alternative site for a commercial helipad in Adelaide after an unauthorised helicopter take-off late last year put a series of events into motion, ending with the city council abandoning the Bonython Park site last week.
Adelaide entrepreneurs Stuart Duckworth and Tom Skipper have relinquished control of the Royal Croquet Club but the 2018 show will go on after the city council granted a five-year licence for a company – that does not yet exist – to run it instead.
