Councillor Don Palmer Providing Local Leadership & Working for You

Congestion Charges: Who should you believe

In a final article before leaving the pastures of the Eastern Courier to head down to the Guardian coverage of things Holdfast we find reporter John Stokes quoting our CEO as calling for congestion charges in our response to the State Governments Integrated Transport...

Do we really have choice?

Getting away from matters Goodwood South and Unley I found an article on the web that questions whether or not we have real choice when it comes to those everyday purchaser we make.The chart on the web page is revealing to say the least. Have a look for...

Angry mayors meet on planning concerns

The Lord Mayor has called together the mayors of the inner suburban councils to fight Minister Rau’s changes to Planning Approvals in this state. Interestingly only one of the “angry” Mayors presented to the ERD Court (as I reported recently). That...

Not Happy Rau

That was the sentiment this morning of our Mayor, Lachlan Clyne when he was quoted as saying “We are very unhappy with that”, referring to the Government’s non consulted decision to take planning approval away from Councils for all projects 5 storeys and...