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Adelaide a world-beater

The new Royal Adelaide Hospital, being built for about $2.1 billion, has come in third on the list, surpassed only by New York's 104-storey One World Trade Centre at $US3.9bn ($5.1bn) and the Ceausescu-era Palace of the Parliament in the Romanian ... >> view original

'New $60m hotel? Adelaide doesn't need it'

“Outside of March, it could be argued Adelaide hotel occupancy levels wouldn't warrant additional beds — particularly after recent hotel developments,” Mr Tilbrook said. He said an airport hotel needed to be “a viable proposition” that would not take ... >> view original

Adelaide boy, girl for new CEO says Anne Moran

“Adelaide is small city and we have a unique culture so it will be a big advantage if we can hire someone who understands the city. “I don't think the lord mayor's plan of searching from coast to coast for a short-list of candidates is the right one ... >> view original

Adelaide approaches driest spell in 35 years

Some rain has fallen in areas including the Adelaide Hills, the Far North the west of the state and the Fleurieu Peninsula, but Kent Town — Adelaide's central weather observation site — has missed it. In 1980 rainfall of less than one millimetre was ... >> view original

Reds' new home-base vision firms up

Adelaide United Soccer Club CEO Michael Petrillo, head coach Josep Gombau and Playford Mayor Glenn Docherty are pictured at Ridley Reserve in Elizabeth where Adelaide United hope to move. Picture: Tom Huntley Source: News Corp Australia. >> view original

Drug lab found in Adelaide concrete bunker

Police are dismantling a drug laboratory found inside a concrete bunker under a partially-built house in Adelaide. A 45-year-old man from Parafield Gardens has been arrested after the clandestine lab was discovered at Mawson Lakes on Wednesday. >> view original

Kiwi accused of murdering partner in Adelaide

A former Upper Hutt man has been charged with murdering his partner after her body was found in a car outside their Adelaide home. Toby Awatere, 34, is charged with killing Jackie Ohide, who was 27 and of South Sudanese descent, the ABC said. >> view original

Australia hope Adelaide grass greener

Australia are hopeful a well-grassed Adelaide Oval pitch will provide enough assistance for the hosts' fast bowlers to dismantle Pakistan and thus prevent their own strong pace battery from doing likewise in the third World Cup quarter-final. The ... >> view original

Archbishop of Adelaide charged with concealing sex abuse

Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson has been charged with concealing child sex abuse, NSW police have confirmed. The abuse was allegedly committed during the 1970s by another priest, when both men worked in the Maitland Diocese, near ... >> view original

Port Adelaide fear key pair may be suspended by anti-doping tribunal

Port Adelaide have admitted to fears they could lose two of their most crucial players — Paddy Ryder and Angus Monfries — to anti-doping suspensions for the opening games of the 2015 season. Club chief Keith Thomas has admitted that he does not share ... >> view original