City councillor Phil Martin wants the council to increase the number of Aboriginal employees. Photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily

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Call to double city council Aboriginal staff

Adelaide City Council should positively discriminate in favour of Aboriginal people to grow its “disappointing” Indigenous employment rate, a councillor claims.

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Minister snuffs out council push to name at-risk flammable buildings

Planning Minister Stephan Knoll has rejected a call from the Adelaide City Council to allow it to publicly release details of buildings covered in flammable cladding, branding the move a “publicity stunt”.

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Mayoral "interference" claim over city councillor motions

Adelaide City Council’s CEO says he will clarify how his staff offer advice to elected members, after the Lord Mayor was accused of interfering with councillor motions.

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City council shuns “cup of tea and biscuit” hospitality

The Adelaide City Council has knocked back a call to investigate cutting the cost of ratepayer-funded civic receptions following a warning it could give Town Hall a “Calvinistic” reputation.

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Reveal city council "oysters and champagne" bill: councillor

An Adelaide City councillor has called on the council to reveal what it spends on dinners and civic receptions, claiming the bill for “oysters and champagne” could be costing ratepayers hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.