The 2013 Review, encompassing Awards, Brickbats, Risks and Opportunities, is now open. See nomination form in Word (preferred), a hard copy of the form. the Nomination Form Notes, and flyers showing past urban, environmental and social projects.

23 Nov 2012: A report on the Awards presentations was published in The Advertiser on 23 November (p33) and in AdelaideNow See also the 2012 Citations Booklet (contents) and http://www.civictrust.net.au/page38.htm for further links.

The 2012 program is now complete and the 2012 Citations Booklet (contents) is available, including both the People's Choice results and the conclusions of the jury. See also http://www.civictrust.net.au/page38.htm for further links.

The Awards Ceremony will be at 11am on Wednesday 21 November in the Balcony Room of Parliament House. Email AustCivicTrust@gmail.com for further details.

The People's Choice segment was launched in The Advertiser on Tuesday 16 October and in AdelaideNow with a hotlink back to the Civic Trust website for further information on the projects. There is also a running total of the voting, with comments, which was collated on Monday 29/10/12.

The People's Choice article was launched in The Advertiser on Tuesday 16/10/12. It's  also in AdelaideNow with a hotlink back to the Civic Trust website for further information on the projects. There is also a running total of the voting, which will be collated at COB on Monday 29/10/12.

Make sure you add your comments!

The People's Choice article was launched in The Advertiser on Tuesday 16/10/12. It's  also in AdelaideNow at http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/call-to-vote-on-awards-or-brickbats-for-some-of-the-states-stand-out-projects/story-e6frea6u-1226494660402 with a hotlink back to the Civic Trust website at http://www.civictrust.net.au/page17.htm for further information on the projects.

A running total of the voting is at https://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=kdvamb6g9jELxV2jCLW22d8T_2bbAWWCBlL4wJADM4LTo_3d

Make sure you add your comments!

The Advertiser has scheduled the People's Choice article for Monday 15/10/12. It will also be in AdelaideNow at the same time with a hotlink to http://www.civictrust.net.au/page17.htm for further information on the projects.

See the latest article by Kevin O'Leary on urban consolidation at http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/urban-consolidation-shows-little-concern-for-overlooking-next-doors-yards-and-windows/story-e6freai3-1226459205187  

The 2012 Awards & Brickbats program, extended to include Risks & Opportunities, is now open. Now we're looking into the future as well as the present. See the Nomination Form, Supporting Notes, Flyer, Advertiser article and Media Release.

Proposed Basin Plan - Draft Detailed Review of the Proposed Basin Plan (PBP), which was released by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) in November 2011. The public consultation period with respect to this proposal closes on the 16^th April 2011. WAC is performing a detailed review of all 12 chapters of the PBP, and is releasing work-in-progress drafts of this review to assist WAC supporters, interested parties and the public of South Australia to understand the content and wide-ranging implications of the PBP, particularly from a South Australian perspective.

Our article on planning has been published in The Advertiser on Saturday 14/1, p70 and in AdelaideNow at http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/hiles-community-should-come-first/story-fn6br25t-1226243974517

The Advertiser, 21 Dec 2011 - see Kevin O'Leary's article on the need for a new approach to planning, plus 10 steps for public consultation,

The Murray-Darling Draft Basin Plan has now been released (http://www.mdba.gov.au/draft-basin-plan) but it has basic flaws such as ignoring not only inefficient practices (see, for example, theaustralian.com.au sa-shows-the-way) but also agreed scientific findings.

Community Alliance SA, an independent group of community organisations, has been established for legislative change and the coordination of community groups. Click on Public Consultation (main menu) for more information.

On 15 November at 10.07am Ian Henschke interviewed John Rau and Darian Hiles on ABC891 about the 30-Year Plan and the Civic Trust's Brickbat.

The 2011 Awards & Brickbats citations are now available.

A successful ceremony was had by all on 10/11/11. See follow-up in the Advertiser on Friday 11/11/11, InDaily and in AdelaideNow at http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/civic-trust-brickbat-for-greater-adelaide-30-year-plan/story-e6frefql-1226191930977

The People's Choice is now open in AdelaideNow: place your votes, add comments and continue the discussion. See the nomination descriptions for further information. Also check Facebook (search for Australian Civic Trust) for more discussion.

The People's Choice will be launched in The Advertiser on Saturday 29 October and the voting will be in www.adelaidenow.com.au. Check the article, go into AdelaideNow, place your votes, add comments and continue the discussion. It will also be on Facebook (search for Australian Civic Trust).

The Awards & Brickbats ceremony for 2011 will be in the Balcony Room, Parliament House from 3-5pm on Thursday 10th November. Please email AustCivicTrust@gmail.com if you wish to attend.

Media Release, Flyer and AdelaideNow 21 June 2011 and 3 Aug 2011.

WAC Forum: Privatisation: The Cost of Water Reform? 18 May 2011 + Brochure

Awards & Brickbats: The 2011 program is now open. See Awards & Brickbats for details.

The winning projects and their descriptions are now available in the 2010 Review. The winners:

• Hugh Stretton Award for Innovation in Residential Development: Housing SA (Ifould Street, Inspire at Noarlunga Centre, Salisbury North Urban Improvement Project, Affordable Homes Program).
• Australian Civic Trust Award for Political Reform: Robert Oakeshott, Bob Katter and Tony Windsor.
• Ian MacDonald Award: Conservation of the Beresford Arms Inn.
• Award: Seaford MFS Fire Station
• Award: Kingston Street Bridge, Burra
• Award: Santos Museum of Economic Botany, External Conservation
• Award: Colebrook Reconciliation Project
• Award: Saving the Clipper Ship "City of Adelaide"
• Award: JusticeNet SA
• Award: Clunes Back to Booktown (Victoria)
• Award: Beyond Today Residential Land Development
• Award: Affordable Housing, 18-22 Chapman Road Mansfield Park
• Commendation: New Headquarters for Options Wine Merchants
• Commendation: Jerilderie Letter Event (NSW)

The Brickbats:

• Brickbat: Lack of Coherent Transport Planning in South Australia
• A Disgrace: State Government DPA Process for Mt Barker - an extreme brickbat for its undermining of both the environment and progress in the development industry.

Tuesday 23 November from 3pm at Old Parliament House, North Terrace. Enter through the main entrance to Parliament House (arrival at 2.30pm is recommended to allow for security). RSVP 18 November (AustCivicTrust@gmail.com).

See The Advertiser 30 October 2010, p22 for details. The voting and comment pages are in AdelaideNow at http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/good-and-the-bad-of-south-australian-development/story-e6frea83-1225945384614. Descriptions of the projects are at the bottom of the screen under Related Coverage (download People's Choice nominations - details). You can also add comments after you have voted.

The 2010 Awards & Brickbats program is now open. See Awards & Brickbats for details.

See Water Action Coalition - Events

New Submissions page created under the Water Action Coalition link.

The license application for Adelaide's desalination plant is now open for publlic consultation (http://www.epa.sa.gov.au/what_we_do/open_for_consultation/adelaide_desalination_plant). The deadline for objections is 10 February 2010.

Hon Mark Parnell MLC moves WAC's proposal for a public inquiry into water management

MDB terms of reference and article by John Caldecott, plus WAC's Open Letter to all SA MLCs detailing the Terms of Reference for a Public Inquiry into the management of water and the environment.

Torrens Lake presentation and report of awards ceremony on AdelaideNow: http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26400915-2682,00.html - see Awards & Brickbats for the results.

Annual Awards & Brickbats Ceremony - Old Parliament House, Wednesday 25 November at 3.30pm (recommended arrival: 3.00pm). Click on Contact to register.

WAC Open Letter to Premier

Successful WAC Rally

The Water Action Coalition will be launched on 19 July - see Water Action for details

The 2009 Awards & Brickbats program is now open. Click on AWARDS & BRICKBATS to download the nomination form.

Nominations for the 2008 Awards & Brickbats are now being received (closes 30 August 2008).

Click on AWARDS & BRICKBATS, then NOMINATION FORM

Note that the Awards & Brickbats presentation ceremony is in Old Parliament House North Terrace (enter Parliament House main entrance) at 3.30pm for 4.00pm on Friday 26th October (not the date originally on the nomination form). Please RSVP by Thursday 25 October to avoid queues at Security.

Some people may have received an early edition of The Advertiser on Tuesday 16 October which had a misprint on the first page regarding building in the parklands. This was corrected in later editions on that day.
 
The concept put forward by the Civic Trust on page 4 clearly separates the parklands from any building projects and even from hard surface sports by proposing that the parklands be reserved for soft-surface sports while hard-surface sports are encouraged in other areas such as within and above the rail yards area at Keswick and Mile End South.
 
This creates the best of both worlds by maintaining the parklands as Adelaide's world-renowned natural recreation area and dedicating a special area outside and west of the parklands to hard surface activities. The suggested layout would also enhance access by western suburbs residents to the parklands.

The voting for the People's Choice award is still on the AdelaideNow.com.au site but has shifted from Latest... to the horizontal banner of news items (scroll down once). As of 12 noon on 16/10 the People's Choice is the first item but new news items are entered from the left so it will gradually move to the right along the banner.

Alternatively, just enter Civic Trust into Google. An international search will bring up the AdelaideNow voting at about the sixth item.

The first stage of the Public Vision is now complete and focusses on the west side of the city. It will be published in The Advertiser on Tuesday 16 October 2007.

Many thanks to all those who contributed, both through the website and personally.

The People's Choice was launched in The Advertiser of 13/10/07, p33 and is now open.

To vote, enter the website adelaidenow.com.au. As of Saturday 13 October see LATEST... on the homepage and click through the images until you find the CIVIC TRUST AWARDS. Then click on Vote for your favourite. One vote is allowed for each category.

Note the location of the voting may evolve as other news comes onto the site. 

Public Vision Sep 07 has been created by incorporating the responses during August into a new set of discussion points, starting with Infrastructure. Any replies not incorporated in the main headings will be copied across separately.

Please check the new list. Comments are strongly encouraged and may be made as replies to the discussion points (remember to press Submit) or as email responses.

Recent media events include:

*    Sat 14 Jul: Advertiser p45, Tim Lloyd - "How do you see the City of Adelaide evolving?"

*    Wed 25 Jul, 12.10pm - 12.18pm: 1395 AM - 5AA Mornings with Leon Byner - live interview.

*    Tue 31 Jul, 1.45pm - 1.56pm: 891 AM - 891 ABC Afternoons with Carole Whitelock - live interview.

Public Vision Aug 07 has been created by incorporating the responses during July into a new set of discussion points and copying any additional items across as replies.

Please check the new list. Comments are most welcome as we need general feedback as well as specific responses to the discussion points.

The replies have been neck & neck while this question has been up and as of 1 August the responses are exactly 50/50.

The discussion points for the Public Vision are currently being updated for comment during August.

Please visit the new discussion after 10am on 1 August.

The Public Vision is a dynamic document and will be reviewed and republished once a month on the basis of the responses received and any new information.

The current Version 1 in July is the basic data-gathering phase with a wide range of initial topics listed for comments. This phase closes at 10am on 31 July.

Version 2, opening at 10 am on 1 August, will be a redraft of the discussion points on the basis of the replies.

The same process will occur at the beginning of September and October as we gradually focus on clear and succinct statements of the vision.

These updates may involve significant changes to the content and format, so please mark your diaries to recheck the status at these times.

The Civic Trust is now offering public notification for nominators/owners who wish to give associated public presentations or tours of their projects.

These activities will be the total responsibility of the owner and no responsibility or endorsement of any kind of the project itself is to be ascribed to the Civic Trust.

The aim is for members of the public to become more aware of the projects being considered for the People's Choice awards so that they are better informed when voting for the awards.

If any project owners wish to take advantage of this opportunity, please respond and we will discuss the best approach for that project.

An advice page will be set up on this website notifying the contact details for the project owners who wish to undertake these activities.

It must be Public Independence Day. The media launch of the Public Vision was sent out today. Click on PUBLIC VISION to see how the public can build a coordinated vision for the future.

The full list of discussion points is now in PUBLIC VISION:

• FORUM gives an overview listing all discussion points and replies.
• Infrastructure, Human Wellbeing and Environmental Sustainability contain the basic discussion points specific to each category.

A number of the main areas of infrastructure have been listed under PUBLIC VISION (see PUBLIC PROJECTS). These are Community wellbeing, Transport, Water, Energy, Broadband and Parklands. The initial recommended policies are listed for each.

Please check and add any further notes. We can gather the basic information in this way and will gradually consolidate the main points by consensus, with actual meetings as necessary.

Anyone may add comments but if someone new wants to be involved personally, please advise through the Contact form.

An independent public vision for the civic environment is being developed by the Civic Trust through community suggestions and responses by panels in the subject areas.

See PUBLIC VISION (under PUBLIC PROJECTS) for the discussion papers and to add your comments.

The discusion papers will evolve as the debate progresses. The aim is to pass the conclusions to the State Strategic Planning Team at the end of October for their consideration.

A new article on some of the infrastructure requirements in Adelaide is in Public Projects, Infrastructure.

Please check and respond on what you believe are our needs in infrastructure.

A discussion paper describing an Australian Human Wellbeing Index has been added to the Human Wellbeing page in Public Projects.

Comments are welcome.

Launch of the Australian Civic Trust website www.civictrust.net.au