Monday, December 14, 2015

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  • You want to know WHAT?

    You want to know WHAT?
    A caller asked if there were any piggeries in Picture: Mark CallejaA LOST chicken in a funeral home, asking how to sell camel milk in SA and checking whether stars in the sky are an optical illusion are some of the quirky inquiries people made to Adelaide City Council this year.Calls and emails received by the council in 2015 also included a person wanting to know whether there were any piggeries in Adelaide or North Adelaide and then asked if he could get work as a yard hand.The council supplie..
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    403 Forbidden
    The University of Adelaide confirmed today it had decided it would no longer own Radio Adelaide, but it wants a spot on the board of any new management ...
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  • New deal for Power skipper Boak

    New deal for Power skipper Boak
    Adelaide's Afternoon Newsbyte - 14th of December0:51Tributes flow for John Bannon. Inquest after playground accident. David Janzow found not guilty. Delivery driver assaulted at Salisbury. Travis Boak signs on until 2019.PORT Adelaide skipper Travis Boak is likely to be a one-club player after extending his contract by another year — keeping him at the Power until the end of 2019.He will be 31 when he next falls out of contract and in his own words will be “getting over the hill then’’.“I don’t ..
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    THE “missing” Lady Mayoress opal has been returned to Adelaide and will become the centrepiece of a major gemstone exhibition after a secret overseas ...
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  • Adelaide recognised as Australia's City of Music - Rip It Up

    Adelaide recognised as Australia's City of Music - Rip It Up
    Its official, our fair city is a ‘City of Music’. Move over Melbourne, our vibrant music scene has led us to be formally recognised by UNESCO as Australia’s premier city for live music.Following the announcement over the weekend, Adelaide joins 19 other cities including, Glasgow, Seville and Liverpool on the United Nations’ exclusive list.Breaking : UNESCO announces Adelaide as part of its creative cities network for music@MartinHaese— JayWeatherill (@JayWeatherill)December 11, 2015As the first ..
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  • Web First: Sungard to launch Adelaide 2 datacentre - ARN

    Web First: Sungard to launch Adelaide 2 datacentre - ARN
    Sungard to launch Adelaide 2 datacentreSungard datacentre will soon be opening the doors of its Adelaide 2 datacentre. The company has engaged local professional services company, MPH Architects, to develop concept plans for the construction of Adelaide 2 datacentre on existing vacant land.A development application has been lodged with local council, Charles Sturt, for assessment. The datacentre is said to be a $50 million investment.The Australian company that facility manages and operates a So..
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  • Oval expansion part of grand sporting vision

    Oval expansion part of grand sporting vision
    A plan to redevelop the parklands behind the award-winning western grandstand (above) at Adelaide Oval has received in-principle support.LURING more national sporting events to South Australia is behind a plan to redevelop the parklands behind Adelaide Oval’s western grandstands.The State Government and Stadium Management Authority, which controls Adelaide Oval, want to expand Adelaide Oval No. 2 to make it suitable for cricket, athletics and football matches.The yet-to-be costed plan, discussed..
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  • Dispute over the marbles now stretching to Adelaide | Neos Kosmos

    Dispute over the marbles now stretching to Adelaide | Neos Kosmos
    Adelaide Festival Centre will be 'home' for fourteen replica Greek marble pieces thanks to the Foundation for Hellenic StudiesNode ToolsJust over a year ago, in October 2014, the Foundation for Hellenic Studies in SA made its first attempt to raise awareness on the most famous heritage dispute between Greece and the United Kingdom - the return of the Parthenon Marbles to their country of origin, Greece.The #ReturnTheMarbles campaign was set up on social media and immediately received an overwhel..
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  • BBL fantasy guide: Adelaide Strikers | cricket

    BBL fantasy guide: Adelaide Strikers | cricket
    SQUADJonathon Dean ($44,700), Travis Head ($57,500), Brad Hodge ($51,000), Jon Holland ($42,100), Alexander Keath, Hamish Kingston ($30,000), Ben Laughlin ($82,500), Jake Lehmann, Tim Ludeman ($78,200), Michael Neser ($67,900), Gary Putland ($66,800), Adil Rashid ($87,600), Kane Richardson ($73,900), Alex Ross ($31,100), Craig Simmons ($60,800), Kelvin Smith ($50,500), Billy Stanlake ($20,000).Last season's minor premiers suffered a huge blow last month, when star West Indian Kieron Pollard..
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  • Big gamble pays off

    Big gamble pays off
    Premier John Bannon plays a game of two-up at the opening of Adelaide Casino, watched by a crowd that included then Opposition Leader John Olsen and Anne Wills.THE biggest pub in town turned 30 this month.It was a Thursday night, December 12, 1985, and everybody who was anybody with big hair and shoulder pads — or a mullet and a mo — frocked up for the opening of South Australia’s first casino.The invitation-only event drew about 3000 people and doubled as a victory party for then premier John B..
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