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Shaping Our City’s future: Have your say on the draft Annual Business Plan 2025–2026
09/05/2025
The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is proud to present its draft Annual Business Plan and Budget for the 2025-2026 financial year—an essential part of the Council’s Planning Framework. This plan outlines the key projects, services, and programs that will shape the future of our community, focusing on...
Tree Incentive Program: Residents snap up vouchers to help plant a tree
09/05/2025
To view the final round of the Tree Incentive Program — now including plants, visit: Green Connections - Native Tree & Plant Vouchers Applications open 1 April 2026. We’re thrilled to share that more than 100 tree vouchers have been claimed in under a week, exhausting all available supply —...
Celebrating the dedication of Our Elected Members
01/05/2025
Celebrating the Dedication of Our Elected Members Elected Members play a vital role in shaping our community. They provide leadership, guide policy decisions and act as a crucial link between the community and Council. On Monday 28 April, we proudly celebrated four outstanding Elected Members for their loyalty and commitment...
Epicures of the East: Ten recipes to elevate your dinner table
30/04/2025
Loved South Australian media identity and Food Secrets ambassador Jane Reilly has teamed up with her star chef son, Eddie Noble to bring you ten not-so-secret recipes that you can whip up at home with restaurant pizzaz. The recipes, featuring locally sourced ingredients from the likes of Avanti Pasticceria, L’Abruzzesse...
Off the Shelf: Warm up with new winter reads
29/04/2025
Off the Shelf is the Council’s bi-monthly library newsletter that will keep you connected with all the latest literary updates across the Council’s three libraries. Whether you’re a seasoned reader or just exploring the world of books, this newsletter is your go-to source for everything library and literary! Each edition...
Plant a tree and we’ll help cover the cost
22/04/2025
Please note this offer has closed. To view the final round of the Tree Incentive Program — now including plants, visit: Green Connections - Native Tree & Plant Vouchers It’s well-known fact that trees play an important role in our communities, delivering a range of social, environmental and economic advantages....
Home Delivery Library Service: Bringing the library to you
16/04/2025
We know it isn’t always possible to pick up your favourite books or next reads from the Library so that’s why we bring the Library to you! Perhaps you’re recovering from surgery, living with a disability, experiencing a short-term illness or facing mobility challenges that prevent you from accessing your...
A positive step towards improved road safety in our City
16/04/2025
The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is committed to improving road safety, promoting sustainable transport and improving community well-being We also recognise that traffic speed directly impacts the liveability and safety of our streets. In an effort to address this, the Council began investigations into lowering the speed...
Greater Adelaide Freight Bypass
13/03/2025
Adelaide is unique among Australian capital cities in that the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s heavy vehicle network, the primary arterial route, moves through residential neighbourhoods and directly past schools, preschools, homes, aged care facilities and churches, exposing vulnerable community members as well as motorists, cyclists and pedestrians to unnecessary risk....
St Peters Fair cancelled due to extreme heat
13/03/2025
Due to the extreme heat forecast for Saturday 15 March, and in the interests of patron, staff and supplier safety, the annual St Peters Fair has been cancelled. St Peters Fair is a much-loved feature on the Council’s annual events calendar so we recognise this will be disappointing, but safety...
Playground upgrades coming to Broad Street Reserve, Marden
17/02/2025
We are upgrading the playground equipment at Broad Street Reserve, Marden, to create a more accessible and engaging space for the community. The new features will include: multi-age play unit swing with a sling seat seesaw rocker and spinner. These additions are designed to provide a range of play options,...
Cr Sue Whitington steps down from Eastern Health Authority Board after 25 years
06/02/2025
After almost 25 years of continuous service on the Eastern Health Authority (EHA) Board, Cr Sue Whitington elected not to renominate for her position as one of two Elected Members representing the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters. At its meeting on Monday 3 February, Mayor Robert Bria offered...
Introducing Userway accessibility tool on the Council's website
06/02/2025
At the Council, we are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive online experience. To support this, we have added the Userway Accessibility Tool to the Council’s website, designed to improve its usability for all users. Key features of the Userway Accessibility Tool: font size adjustment – change the text...
Meet a Volunteer
29/01/2025
Amoriette Pérez moved from Chile to Adelaide in January 2023 with her husband and son. A qualified psychologist with a Master's in Educational Psychology, she quickly embraced the change and settled in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters. Amoriette now volunteers as an Aged Care Volunteer Visitor at...
Australia Day Awards: Celebrating local people and their achievements
28/01/2025
On Saturday 26 January, Mayor Robert Bria officially welcomed 41 new Australian citizens to the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters as part of the Council’s Australia Day celebrations. “To the candidates for citizenship here today, this ceremony marks the beginning of a new chapter your own life,” said...
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