Missed something in InDaily? Here are quick links to the best news, opinion and features from Adelaide’s independent news website this week.
Question of the week
Will Holden be saved by political hard-ball or bipartisanship? Maybe neither will have any impact.
News
The O-Bahn track is wearing and appears to be nearing the end of its predicted life-span.
Adelaide empty-nesters have embraced a new kind of tourism where they turn their spare room into a temporary B&B for hand-picked visitors.
The State Government rezoned parts of the inner-city, imposing new building heights on sections of key roads and imposing a new approval regime on developments of five storeys and higher. Stamp duty relief will be extended to these areas. Some mayors aren’t happy with the loss of planning powers. One council, however, is supporting the changes.
Adelaidians rejoiced in the streets – literally – after travel publisher Lonely Planet listed Adelaide as one of the 10 must-visit cities in the world in 2014.
An Adelaide-based group is preparing to list on the Australian stock exchange as an oil and gas developer focused on key onshore production areas in the central United States.
WorkCover complaints have gone through the roof.
After a long wait, the draw for the new Adelaide Oval’s debut AFL season has been revealed.
Opinion
A Hindley Street nightclub owner defends the entertainment strip, saying it’s arguably the only bright spark in a city of dimming lights.
A researcher offers a fascinating exploration of animal intelligence.
An academic questions the heavy focus on the ATAR for uni entrance, arguing that a student’s postcode would be as good a guide.
A refugee mentor celebrates the achievements of young man who arrived here as an unaccompanied minor on an asylum seeker boat – and laments Australia’s attitudes to “boat people”.
Food & wine
More people should just shut up and bake, says Monique Bowley.
Philip White writes – in his incomparable style – about three deadly dining adventures.
The Forager has the latest South Australian food news, including the Darwin food legend who is opening a Thai-Indian-Nonya restaurant on South Terrace.
Reviews of McLaren Vale wine and beer, and tips and recipes for using the new season’s mangoes.
Arts & culture
The Adelaide Festival has announced its 2014 program, with Isabella Rossellini’s show about the sex lives of insects and sea creatures among the highlights. The festival will also include a radical re-imagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear, which finds parallels with Indigenous Australian land issues.
Reviews of Tom Hanks’ film Captain Phillips; Lee Childs’ latest Jack Reacher novel; and National Theatre Live: Macbeth.
We interviewed the maker of a documentary film about climate change – part of the Transitions Film Festival.
Design
Put yourself in Colonel Light’s shoes – how would you plan Adelaide?
