The Adelaide Fringe,formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival,is Australia’s Biggest Arts Festival and is the world's second-largest annual arts festival,held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Between mid-February and mid-March each year,it features more than 7,000 artists from around Australia and the world. Over 1,300 events are staged in hundreds of venues,which include work in a huge variety of performing and visual art forms. The Fringe features many free events occur alongside ticketed events for the duration of the festival.
Jane Diane Lomax-Smith,AM is an Australian politician and histopathologist who has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide since 14 November 2022. She was previously in local government for nine years,as a councillor for three terms and Lord Mayor of Adelaide for two terms. She was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Adelaide representing the Labor Party from 2002 to 2010,and throughout this time was a Minister of Education and Tourism and a range of other portfolios. In 2010–2011,she was the Interim Director of the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus). Since 2011,she has been the chair of the Board of the South Australian Museum.
The City of Marion is a local government area in part of the southern and western suburbs of Adelaide,South Australia. The council offices are in the suburb of Sturt.
The City of Parramatta,also known as Parramatta Council,is a local government area located to the west and north-west of Sydney CBD in the Greater Western Sydney region. Parramatta Council is situated between the City of Ryde and Cumberland,where the Cumberland Plain meets the Hornsby Plateau,approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the Sydney central business district,in New South Wales,Australia. The city occupies an area of 84 square kilometres (32 sq mi) spanning across suburbs in Greater Western Sydney including the Hills District,and a small section of Northern Sydney to the far north east of its area. According to the 2016 census,City of Parramatta had an estimated population of 226,149. The city houses the Parramatta central business district which is one of the key suburban employment destinations for the region of Greater Western Sydney.
The City of Adelaide,also known as the Corporation of the City of Adelaide and Adelaide City Council,is a local government area in the metropolitan area of greater Adelaide,South Australia. It is legally defined as the capital city of South Australia by the City of Adelaide Act 1998. It includes the Adelaide city centre,the suburb of North Adelaide,and the Adelaide Park Lands,which surround North Adelaide and the city centre.
City of Wagga Wagga is a local government area in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales,Australia.
Gregory Alan Mackie is a South Australian cultural advocate and entrepreneur who has worked to promote the arts and culture in Australia. He was an elected Councillor at the Adelaide City Council. He was co-founder and was managing director of independent bookshop Imprints Booksellers (1984–2007),served on many public bodies,including Arts SA and Adelaide Writers' Week,and founded the Adelaide Festival of Ideas in 1999.
Rachel Sanderson is an Australian politician who represented the seat of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia from the 2010 election to the 2022 election. Sanderson served as the minister for Child Protection in the Marshall Ministry.
Steven Spence Marshall is an former Australian politician who served as the 46th premier of South Australia between 2018 and 2022. He was a member of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the South Australian House of Assembly from 2010 until 2024,representing the electorate of Dunstan.
Sir Arthur Campbell Rymill was a businessman,solicitor and Lord Mayor of Adelaide,South Australia.
Lorraine Florence Rosenberg is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1993 to 1997,and was then Mayor of the City of Onkaparinga from 2006 to 2018.
Martin Kinnear Haese was the Lord Mayor of Adelaide in South Australia from 2014 to 2018. Haese is an educator and an entrepreneur,who founded the Youthworks fashion chain in 1993 and built the business into a national chain of clothing,footwear,and lifestyle stores which he sold in 2005.
Esther Lipman née Solomon,was a significant figure in the history of Adelaide. Noted for her support of various civic,cultural and charitable bodies,she was Adelaide's first woman councillor,alderman and Deputy Mayor. After the death of her husband she married another two times,being subsequently known as Esther Cook,and Lady Esther Jacobs or Lipman-Jacobs.
Brisbane City Council (BCC) is the democratic executive local government authority for the City of Brisbane,the capital city of the state of Queensland,Australia. The largest City Council in Australia by population and area,BCC's jurisdiction includes 26 wards and 27 elected councillors covering 1,338 km2 (517 sq mi). BCC is overseen by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane,Adrian Schrinner,and the Council of Brisbane and the Civic Cabinet. The council's CEO is Colin Jensen,supported by EO Ainsley Gold.
The council of the City of Perth was suspended from 2018 to 2020 due to issues arising from councillor's behaviour.
Erin Louise Thompson is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2022 state election,representing Davenport. With a swing of 11.6 per cent,she defeated the Liberal Party member,Steve Murray,who had held the seat since 2018. Until the 2022 state election,Davenport had been held exclusively by Liberal Party members since its creation prior to the 1970 election. According to ABC election analyst Antony Green,prior to the 2022 election the frequent redistributions had little impact on the Liberal margin in Davenport,but there had been a slow narrowing between the Davenport results and the state-wide Liberal two-party-preferred vote.
The 2022 South Australian local elections were held on 12 November 2022 to elect the councils of 66 of the 68 local government areas (LGAs) in South Australia. Many councils also held mayoral elections.
Team Adelaide was an Australian political grouping. It controlled the City of Adelaide,a local government area in South Australia,between 2018 and 2022.
The 2022 Adelaide City Council election was held on 12 November 2022 to elect a lord mayor and 11 councillors to the City of Adelaide. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in South Australia.
