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EXCLUSIVE | Almost three floors of government-leased office space in the city’s tallest building have been left vacant since June – at taxpayers’ expense – after Premier’s Department staff were forced to shift to much-touted new digs in Port Adelaide, InDaily can reveal.
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UPDATED | Labor powerbroker Mark Butler appears set to parachute into his left-faction colleague Steve Georganas’s federal seat of Hindmarsh after the Australian Electoral Commission today confirmed plans to abolish his safe seat of Port Adelaide, in a move that will spark an intense game of musical chairs within the ALP.
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Port Adelaide mayor Gary Johanson is firming as a prospective SA Best candidate in Education Minister Susan Close’s seat, with Nick Xenophon declaring it “too early to say” whether the serial independent challenger would carry the flag for his fledgling party at the March state election.
Sweet stall operator Raw Earth Dessert will open its first shopfront at the end of this month in Port Adelaide, in what will be Renew Adelaide’s final activation in the area.
The State Government’s urban renewal authority says it axed funding for Renew Adelaide’s operations in Port Adelaide because the area is growing so fast that it no longer needs the not-for-profit’s help.
After being closed for a decade, the landmark Port Admiral Hotel re-opens this week amid much anticipation – and the owners hope it will become a cornerstone of the Port Adelaide community.
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