Arundle Road News Today

A request to shut down Rundle Rd for six weeks during the 2024 Adelaide Fringe has been withdrawn following community consultation.

Today, readers comment on human harassment, mortgages, Fringe road closures and it's just not cricket.

A city councillor has failed in a bid to knock back an Adelaide Fringe request to close Rundle Rd for six weeks for next year's event - but other councillors say they might still vote against the plan following public consultation.

Adelaide Fringe organisers have asked for Rundle Road to close for six weeks next year in order to expand the Garden of Unearthly Delights and Gluttony to include two new venues of 800 and 1000 seats.

Illuminate Adelaide will return this winter with a new night-time digital art trail through the Botanic Garden, a pavilion full of mind-bending interactive experiences in Victoria Square, free city-wide works by artists including celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow, and a music line-up featuring Yothu Yindi.

A proposed 21-storey, 67-metre apartment block on the corner of Rundle St and East Terrace has been recommended for approval despite Heritage SA opposition, with the government planning officer acknowledging potential "adverse impacts on the setting and historic value of some of the heritage places" of the East End.

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Five Merseyside homes for sale that you wont need to pay stamp duty on The houses are all priced below the £250,000 barrier Updated Changes to stamp duty now mean that buyers pay tax on home above £250,000. Over the past year the property tax was set at £500,000, but that was reduced to £250,000 on Friday July 1. The changes mean buyers will pay a tax of 5% of any property between £250,000 and £925,000. There will be further changes next October when buyers will start paying a stamp d...