Ahh yep, here we go this is the other I was thinking of.
https://www.indaily.com.au/news/adelaide/2024/04/26/govt-puts-sa-museum-restructure-on-hold
Premier weighs Crown & Anchor options
Is this like the second time in a week or two that the Premier is thinking about intervening in something? Not really a good look, and will it lead to better outcomes?
Instead of focusing on improving driver education and skills, the authorities appear to believe that continually pushing the speed limits lower is the only way to go.
In other words, don't hold your breath!
Attempted copper theft causes train delays on Gawler, Seaford, Outer Harbor lines
Commuters were left stranded after attempts to steal copper at the North Adelaide Railway Station caused a major fault across several metro train lines, SA Police says.
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Department for Infrastructure and Transport chief executive, Jon Whelan, said nothing was stolen during the attempt but the damage caused the system to enter a safety mode.
"What occurred by cutting the cable they went into a safety mode which meant we lost our signalling, we lost some of our communications and some of the boom gates came down temporarily until we instigated our safety protocols," he said.
So many "middle men/business" in making this all happen, you wonder if there isn't a more efficient way to do it.
Police challenge barracks FOI order
SA Police have launched a legal bid to overturn a state Ombudsman order to release documents about site options considered for relocating police horses from Thebarton barracks.
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The Ombudsman had ordered SA Police to release 19 documents about the relocation of the Thebarton police barracks for the new $3.2b Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Tunarama Festival ends after 60 years at Port Lincoln
Traditions such as the tuna toss will be shelved on the Eyre Peninsula after a major festival struggled to attract enough sponsorship.
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The Eyre Peninsula's Tunarama Festival has succumbed to sponsorship woes after 60 years. Festival president Sharon Humenick said she was proud of everyone who helped support Tunarama over the years, but this year's festival would be its last.
Congrats to the team!
Adelaide Thunderbirds win Super Netball title in extra time
Filled with new-found belief, the Adelaide Thunderbirds have beaten the NSW Swifts 60-59 in a thrilling Super Netball Grand Final that went to extra time.
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It may have taken them a decade to get back on the podium, but the Adelaide Thunderbirds have finally lifted a national netball league trophy for the first time since 2013.
Plea to block Fringe road closure rejected
A city councillor has failed in a bid to knock back an Adelaide Fringe request to close Rundle Rd for six weeks for next year's event - but other councillors say they might still vote against the plan following public consultation.
![Plea to block Fringe road closure rejected - InDaily](https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/cb7368c4-8f11-4937-9b43-ac44a7a21042.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Adelaide Fringe organisers have applied to Adelaide City Council to close Rundle Road in the East End from February 7 to March 21 next year.
The six-week closure will allow the expansion of the Garden of Unearthly Delights and Gluttony to include two new venues of 800 and 1000 seats that will spill onto Rundle Road.
Organisers say the new venues would host up to four shows a day for 28 days and improve disability access for the Fringe Corner Box Office.
Foreign buyer freeze: Should Australia take a maple leaf out of Canada’s book?
Canada's foreign home-buying ban sparks Aussie interest, but can it fix our housing affordability? PRD Real Estate chief economist Dr Diaswati Mardiasmo said a ban for foreign buyers can potentially increase the supply of residential property.
TBH, Albo could probably spend his time better on getting a few other things sorted out that the country needs.
Yeah it is eye watering to look at what our minimum payments were 18 months ago, compared to now :-\
If our leaders are going to commit $450m taxpayer funds to something, they should be ready and prepared to answers questions, good or bad.
'Legitimate questions' over whether Govt saw full uni merger business case
Deputy Premier Susan Close has joined the Premier in admitting to not having seen the full business case for merging the universities of Adelaide and South Australia, amid questions about whether anyone in the Malinauskas Government read it before committing nearly $450m of taxpayer support.
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The university councils only received the full business case for consideration last week, but approved it within days. Both universities say full details will be kept under wraps, due to commercial considerations, and they will only publicly release a summary.
Pies forward ruled out of Dogs clash
COLLINGWOOD will be without key forward Brody Mihocek for Friday night's game against the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium.
Mihocek reported hamstring tightness following the Magpies' 78-point win over Gold Coast at Heritage Bank Stadium.
It's an interesting one, certainly there are niches of interest in photography as a hobby/art form, however it's getting harder and harder.
I for one would love to see a community for the discussion of the hobby, as noted there is already a community for sharing pictures.
The flow on effects of previous rises might take a bit longer to be fully seen, but I daresay they are going to do another rise or two before the year is out. It does also depend on the situation around the world to some degree as well.
Still not as low as Betashares A200 ETF at 0.04%.
Noting that VAS is ASX300 versus ASX200 for the Betashares ETF, not that it should make a ton of difference.
I haven't seen an announcement for this year, however last year their schedule was:
Vanguard Personal Investor annual tax statements will be issued in two tranches
Investors holding Vanguard Managed Funds only – Tuesday 2 August 2022
Investors holding Vanguard Managed funds and/or ETFs and/or Direct Shares – Thursday 18 August 2022
Annual investor statements issued – Monday 12 September 2022
So I imagine you should hear something from them over the coming months.
Exodus of real estate agents has begun
Around a month ago, News.com.au reported that “hundreds if not thousands of Queensland real estate agents are leaving the industry” amid softening house prices and sales. This followed thousands of agents joining the industry as the market ramped up in late 2021. Former Buderim real estate agent Myl...
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In his weekend market wrap, leading Sydney auctioneer and agent, Tom Panos, claimed “the exodus of real estate agents has begun”:
EV target for SA Govt cars running out of charge
An "ambitious" plan to fully electrify the state government's vehicle fleet by 2030 is unlikely to be met, with the Treasurer saying less than 2 per cent has been achieved so far.
![EV target for SA Govt cars running out of charge - InDaily](https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/9e4a476e-1ece-483d-8cb9-af00dbeb10d3.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Mullighan said EVs were far more expensive than their petrol counterparts, with a Hyundai Kona Elite electric model priced at $54,500 compared with a regular Kona at $26,900.
“Many battery electric vehicles are cost prohibitive, so they are above a price threshold that the fleet would normally pay for other fleet vehicles, but of course as technology improves and volume efficiencies are achieved it is expected price parity will occur sometime in the future,” he said.
Premier hasn’t seen full uni merger business case
Premier Peter Malinauskas says he hasn’t read the full business case for the agreed merger of the universities of Adelaide and South Australia he pushed for, despite committing nearly $450m in taxpayer funds.
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The Malinauskas Government – which strongly backed amalgamation and would have re-established a merger commission of inquiry had the universities not “voluntarily” approved it – has committed $445.5m to support the merger via perpetual investment funds, land purchases and $30m for measures attract international students.
The challenge will be to try keep engagement going over the coming months and build on the number of people who come and post / comment.
A sharp disparity has emerged between mortgage growth and Australian home values. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released its mortgage credit growth figures for May on Friday, revealing that the value of outstanding mortgages increased by only 1.0% over the quarter, barely above the 0.9% lows r...
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A sharp disparity has emerged between mortgage growth and Australian home values.
How much Govt intervention should there be here? This sounds like a bit too much...
Govt's carrot-and-stick approach to uni merger
Treasurer Stephen Mullighan says that if the universities of Adelaide and South Australia don't “voluntarily” agree to amalgamate - with a decision expected this weekend - they risk losing merger support funding while still facing a government-established inquiry to "find ways in which the universit...
![Govt's carrot-and-stick approach to uni merger - InDaily](https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/f5f5e329-2a8b-4ab6-aebd-0a8b44ea5ae2.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Treasurer Stephen Mullighan says that if the universities of Adelaide and South Australia don’t “voluntarily” agree to amalgamate they risk losing merger support funding while still facing a government-established inquiry to “find ways in which the universities can merge”.
Fears of Henley kiosk sea wall collapse
A sea wall protecting the iconic Joe’s kiosk at Henley Beach is in danger of collapsing as sand continues to disappear along the city's coastline, with an engineering report showing the 1950s structure needs urgent protection work.
![Fears of Henley kiosk sea wall collapse as beach sand washes away - InDaily](https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/71940c93-99bd-4d9c-8a9d-df61d9223cf0.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
A sea wall protecting the iconic Joe’s kiosk at Henley Beach is in danger of collapsing as sand continues to disappear along the city’s coastline, with an engineering report showing the 1950s structure needs urgent protection work.
Link to the earthquake on Geoscience Australia.
Adelaide wheelie bin maker rolls into administration
The jobs of around 160 workers are uncertain after an Adelaide plastics manufacturer and supplier of wheelie bins to councils entered voluntary administration after 30 years of trading.
![Adelaide wheelie bin maker rolls into administration - InDaily](https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/61982889-8884-4e9a-939b-61d604e57593.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
A senior Google VP said earlier this month that Google users who couldn't add 'Reddit' to their queries were 'not quite happy' following the protest.
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Google’s senior vice president of Search Prabhakar Raghavan claimed at a company all-hands meeting earlier this month that Google users were “not quite happy” with the search engine following the blackout.
After April’s monthly inflation head fake, May has crashed back to earth. The expected was 6.1%, and we got 5.6%. Via the ABS. The monthly CPI indicator rose 5.6% in the twelve months to May. The most significant price rises were Housing (+8.4%), Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+7.9%) and Furnishi...
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After April’s monthly inflation head fake, May has crashed back to earth. The expected was 6.1%, and we got 5.6%.
Fringe venue considers entry fee after council's park lands charge
The organisers of popular Fringe venue Gluttony say they'll have to consider how they operate, charging entry or shrinking in size after an Adelaide City Council decision to re-introduce fees for hiring the park lands for events.
!['Seismic shift': Fringe venue considers entry fee after council's park lands charge - InDaily](https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/95b6c449-71c1-45f0-b6e6-32bf4ad427b1.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The organisers of popular Fringe venue Gluttony say they’ll have to consider how they operate, charging entry or shrinking in size after an Adelaide City Council decision to re-introduce fees for hiring the park lands for events.
Redlegs royalty: South Australian icon enters Hall of Fame
Michael Aish, a member of one of South Australia's most famous football families, has been inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame