A high-powered delegation of the state’s business and political leaders has been given a crash course in the science of nuclear storage in Finland, and the biggest single message it has learned is the value of keeping the community onside. Committee for Adelaide's Matt Clemow and Business SA's Nigel McBride at the nuclear repository in Finland.InDaily revealed last month that the self-funded working party would undertake a tour of nuclear sites across Europe ahead of nuclear fuel cycle royal commissioner Kevin Scarce’s final report next…
Continue readingStored nuclear waste taken from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Political parties unit over high-level nuclear waste storage Nuclear waste dump would earn state $445 billion Push for storage at former atomic bomb test site A DELEGATION of South Australian business leaders have travelled to Europe to learn how the state could protect its “clean, green” image and ensure safety if it becomes more involved in the nuclear fuel cycle. Organised by the Committee for Adelaide, the two-week itinerary takes in sites in…
Continue readingFor every new South Australian, they need a roof over their head, 1.5 square metres of retail space and about 15 square meters of workspace. All of this means new jobs. SOUTH Australia’s single biggest issue is that as a state we lack the critical mass to enable a thriving economy. It is not enough to argue that if we have a greater population then there are fewer jobs for all — that is a fallacy. If we want to talk about numbers, let’s think…
Continue readingA high-powered delegation of South Australian business leaders and parliamentarians will jet off to Europe next month to visit key nuclear sites in a bid to facilitate a community debate on the merits of expanding the state’s role in the nuclear fuel cycle. The Cattenom nuclear power plant in France. Photo: Nicolas Bouvy, EPA.The trip was organised after consultation with Kevin Scarce’s Royal Commission, which last month handed down tentative findings outlining a multi-billion-dollar economic boon if SA established a high-level nuclear waste dump. The…
Continue readingThere's no shortage of land for development in Adelaide, argues Matt Clemow. Photo: Nat Rogers/InDaily Enough is enough, I’m calling bulls**t. Two weeks ago, we saw an article quoting the head and former head of the Housing Industry Association both stating that the Government’s proposed urban growth boundary would make housing more unaffordable in Adelaide. Yesterday, we saw a column screaming that restrictive planning laws and limited land supply are primary contributors to this threat to our way of life. The reality is that these…
Continue reading1 February 2016: The launch, and subsequent growth, of Uber, and particularly its uberX ride sharing service, is delivering more than $80 million in direct consumer benefits. In a new report commissioned by Uber – Economic effects of ridesharing in Australia – Deloitte Access Economics has looked at the impacts of the new ridesharing economy on consumers, uberX driver-partners and the wider community. Key report points include: Operating at current levels, uberX creates benefits for consumers of approximately $81 million per year Ridesharing is growing…
Continue readingAnd it's all down to marketing. Leading up to and since the G20 Summit, Brisbane has invested millions of dollars into a concise campaign to establish itself as a global city and regional business power. And the campaign is starting to pay dividends: Brisbane was named Asia Pacific’s best-prepared city to encourage foreign direct investment (FDI). It beat out last year’s winner, Hong Kong and also tipped out Tokyo to take the Foreign Direct Investment Strategy category in FDI Intelligence’s Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future…
Continue readingA rescue package will see Amber Cronin (left) and Erin Fowler keep The Mill running.A few short weeks ago, the artist business incubator’s future looked shaky. The threat that it would have to shut its doors at the end of the year did not come from lack of interest by new artist businesses. Surprisingly, it was the success of The Mill co-creators Amber Cronin and Erin Fowler’s business model which led the duo to their tough decision. With the incubator at capacity after growing businesses…
Continue readingAdelaide headquartered oil and gas giant Santos has rejected a $7.1 billion “indicative” takeover bid from investment syndicate Scepter Partners. Santos revealed this morning that it received the “indicative, highly conditional and non-binding proposal” from Scepter on October 20. The bid was to acquire the entire company for $6.88 per share. The Santos board met yesterday to consider the proposal and had decided to reject it. “The proposal is considered to be opportunistic in nature and does not reflect the fair underlying asset value of…
Continue readingShadows of the past: the tracks of the old Ghan railway disappear into the ochre sands of Oodnadatta on the edge of the Simpson Desert.It seems unlikely that a place called South Australia held jurisdiction all the way to the northern coastline, yet that was the case for 50 odd years – and calls are growing to reignite the almost-forgotten dream of a central Australian state. It was 1911 when South Australia relinquished control of the Northern Territory, but in 2015 a bold pitch has…
Continue reading"It's a sad reminder that for a lot of us, there’s not going to be a place for us in Adelaide to do what we do..."The University of Adelaide’s planned cuts to teaching staff jobs and music courses have been detailed in a leaked memorandum circulating on social media. The “draft change proposal” memo, sent to music staff by Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts Professor Jennie Shaw earlier this month, shows the university plans to make a dozen staff redundant, and permanently remove…
Continue readingDetails of the Government's South Road upgrade at the intersection of Grange Road.A blueprint to open Adelaide’s north-south corridor was submitted to the state Labor Government early in its first term in office, with striking similarities to the plan newly-created with $8.5 million of federal funding. A 2003 proposal entitled “Adelaide’s Missing North-South Link” was prepared by the Committee for Adelaide Roads, an industry lobby group comprised of members from organisations including the Civil Contractors Federation, the SA Road Transport Association, the Transport Workers Union…
Continue readingBEFORE: The original concept for extending a Kintore Avenue "boulevard" into the grounds of Government House.The State Government’s one-time design guru has stunningly rejected the Weatherill Government’s “city vibrancy”agenda, declaring Adelaide needs an “intervention” to avoid further “self-harm”. Former Integrated Design Commissioner Tim Horton was not so much underwhelmed as outraged by yesterday’s long-delayed unveiling of the Government’s vision for an Anzac Centenary Memorial Garden Walk, which he says is little more than a “brick footpath”. “I took a look at the murals released and…
Continue readingThe Victoria Park members’ stand after it had to be moved. HORSE racing would return to the city under a fresh push that has won the backing of Premier Jay Weatherill and key government ministers. A group of influential businessmen is spearheading racing’s return to Victoria Park, an outcome supported by the South Australian Jockey Club and Thoroughbred Racing SA. The move is sure to trigger a robust response from interest groups, which have resisted the return of racing to the city. It would almost…
Continue readingColin Goodall. Picture Campbell Brodie.SOME of South Australia’s best minds have launched a new campaign to lure more big companies to Adelaide as part of ambitious to drive economic growth across the state. The Committee for Adelaide, whose membership include business, charity and arts leaders, is lobbying to have at least two publicly-listed companies and a major international brand to move to the city within two years. The committee, which is politically neutral, is already in discussions with one major Australian Securities Exchange-listed company while…
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