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NBN have been rolling out fibre (FTTP) upgrade through areas that currently have copper (FTTN). The program is called Upgrading to NBN FTTP with a higher speed plan. There is no cost to change, but you must commit to a Home Fast (100Mbps) or faster plan for 12 months. In the future a FTTC to FTTP upgrade path may be offered.
An article by Carole Whitelock titled "Generation lost on battlefields" was published in the Advertiser on November 12th 2018.
The article discuses the St Peters Heroes Memorial and the plan to add the names of fallen Great War servicemen.
As reported in the Sunday Mail by Renarto Castello in the Environment Resources and Development Court orders owners to repair neglected heritage site Bell's Plumbers Shop article on 21st December:
Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo has written an opinion piece titled Low density living is not the answer in InDaily.
As a likely future entrant into the housing market, I think that rumours of the demise of this lifestyle are greatly exaggerated — and that’s a shame. Low-density housing is not a viable solution for the complex demographic and social challenges which Adelaide faces now and in the future.
Response
There is a detailed response in NIMBY Protests Put Homes Out Reach.
Evonne Moore (SPRA Spokesperson) has written an opinion piece, titled Adelaide’s low-density lifestyle under threat published in InDaily on 5th June 2013.
InDaily has published Unsustainable cities a product of growth fetish by Brendan Gleeson that is worthy of reflection. This article is counterpoint to Grass isn't greener in the outer 'burbs by Robert Nelson.
SA needs to preserve Light's vision to give the growing community the gift of just plain open spaces, writes Rex Jory in The Advertiser.
He says the Adelaide parklands must be preserved, not only for the increasing number of residents but also for the enjoyment of all South Australians. Visionaries are needed to preserve Colonel Light's vision - to give the community the precious gift of just plain open spaces. Cr Plumridge says.
SPRA shares the concerns of Rex Jory that the parklands need to preserved as open spaces for the community to make use of and not be commercialised.
An article titled 'Take this down': govt insists it is listening written by Melissa Mack has appeared in InDaily, reporting on the NIMBY or QUIMBY forum.
There remains unrest about urban sprawl developments in Mount Barker, Buckland Park and Seaford Heights and the recent inner metropolitan DPA has raised concerns about high rise in the inner-metropolitan rim.
Adelaide Now's digital editor, Greg Barila repots on the Chicago Tribune newspaper calling Adelaide one of the world's best-designed cities.
But "the real genius" of the city, Peter Ferry says, is Colonel Light's Square Mile. "Central Adelaide is surrounded by a broad, green belt of parks, gardens and playing fields. "Green space is built around the city rather than the other way around. The pretty villages and suburbs only begin beyond it."