Latest news and comment on the Australian city of Adelaide
July 2024
The weekly beast
Nine CEO urges staff to ‘get into the Olympic spirit’ – but doesn’t mention he will keep the flame burning in Paris
Amanda Meade
Mike Sneesby will run in the torch relay on top of hosting advertisers. Plus: Joe Hockey turns Trump expert for Sky News
Half of Australians in the five largest cities live too far from public transport to ditch cars
Climate Council analysis finds 7 million people living in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide face huge barriers to public transport
Naidoc awards celebrate Indigenous excellence as Linda Burney salutes ‘fitting’ theme for 2024 winners
Minister for Indigenous Australians says 2024’s ‘courageous, inspiring’ winners embody the theme of ‘Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud’
June 2024
One exclusive Australian institution is facing up to its deeply racist past while another backs away from it
Paul Daley
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Heavily-armed police filmed in Adelaide shopping centre after teen brawl sparks lockdown - video
Two teens charged over brawl that led to Adelaide Westfield shopping centre lockdown
China’s panda promise to Adelaide put in black and white as human rights protesters bear witness
Australia news live
Minns ‘really sorry’ final Vivid drone show cancelled with 20 minutes notice – as it happened
‘Twists and turns’ in Australia-China ties are over, Li Qiang says – but Penny Wong highlights tensions
About-face: how Australian architects rethought the ‘wild west’ facade as a nod to conservation
Oral history: how Tick Begg revolutionised braces and made 1920s Adelaide ‘the orthodontic centre of the world’
May 2024
The Woman in Black review – a playfully meta ghost romp with heavy-handed jump scares
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide, then touring nationally Led by TV mainstays John Waters and Daniel MacPherson, this Australian run of a workmanlike West End staple is a safely spooky night at the theatre
Australia's best music venues
‘One of the greatest nights of rock’n’roll’: readers on their favourite Australian music venues
We asked you to nominate the country’s best venue for live gigs. From Sydney’s Enmore to the Cranker in Adelaide, here are some of your choices
Nudes, prudes and a love triangle: the hunt for Adelaide’s most scandalous Stobie pole
Forty years on from its lavish unveiling and mysterious disappearance, the search is on for the power pole painted by an Archibald winner that marked a South Australian cultural shift
April 2024
‘Where will the goths go?’: the fight to save Adelaide’s beloved ‘Cranker’ pub from high-rise plans
Thousands hit the streets on Sunday to protest plans to turn the 171-year-old Crown and Anchor, a pub and live music venue, into 19 storeys of student accommodation
Ethical considerations drowned out as Adelaide’s LIV affair continues
More in South Australia are seemingly able to turn the other way and view the Saudi-backed rebel golf tour’s presence as a boon for the sport
The 30-year hunt to find the Priscilla, Queen of the Desert bus: ‘My jaw was on the ground’
Not long after the 1994 film became a smash hit, the titular bus disappeared. Where did it go? Who had it? And could it be recovered before it was too late?
March 2024
Australia's best music venues
‘We’ve had one fight in 15 years’: is the Grace Emily hotel Australia’s best music venue?
One of Adelaide’s oldest pubs is now a beloved live music institution. Musicians John Darnielle and Tim Rogers share why they love it – and how a mixtape from a stranger saved the You Am I frontman’s life
How two giant pandas loaned to Adelaide zoo tell the story of the ups and downs of China-Australia relations
Giant panda pair Wang Wang and Fu Ni have been on loan from Beijing since 2009 – now their future in Adelaide hangs in the balance
Penny Wong wedding: Australian foreign minister weds long-time partner Sophie Allouache
Couple married in Adelaide after nearly two decades together, with prime minister Anthony Albanese in attendance