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https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sou ... 251c3a4806

Holdfast Bay’s mayor says the Jetty Rd redevelopment project was going ‘flawlessly’ despite multiple business closures

Multiple businesses have now closed amid the Jetty Rd redevelopment, despite the mayor saying to date there “had not been one single issue” in the upgrade.

Glenelg’s mayor is insisting the Jetty Rd redevelopment is going “flawlessly” despite multiple businesses being forced to close in what an industry expert says is “disgraceful” for traders.

Independent Supermarket Retailers Guild chief executive Colin Shearing has slammed the $40m redevelopment of Jetty Rd that has been attributed to businesses closing down, and others reducing operating hours.

He said the Holdfast Bay Council’s lack of consultation, and its involvement in the Jetty Road Mainstreet Committee, had “intimidated” business owners and “almost surreptitiously” prioritised the council’s intentions over the impacts they may have on businesses.

Mayor Amanda Wilson “completely rejected” the allegation and said all members of the committee “even went out for a drink” after the last meeting.

She said the upgrade had been going “flawlessly” and to date there “had not been one single issue”, but the project’s successes had been “completely lost in the hysteria”.

The Jetty Road Mainstreet Committee is made up of 13 members, including nine business owners, two independent members and two councillor representatives.

The committee’s chair, Gilia Martin – who is the owner of Attitudes Boutique – said allegations of intimidation were “unfounded”.

“We care about traders, we’re made up of landlords, traders, councillors who are going to be listening to conversations and advocating for Jetty Rd,” she said.

“We’re a subsidiary of the council. We have to abide by all of the rules and regulations of the council.”

Mr Shearing said Jetty Rd businesses were facing a “war zone” – with the further closure this week of Yiros Shack Cafe.

“The perception is that this is a bureaucratic building disaster. If (the council) had been consulting right from the get-go we wouldn’t see this disaster unfolding before us,” he said.

“Business knows what business wants, and councils will never understand that. (Councils) need to facilitate the process, they should be roads, rates, rubbish and have these very intelligent business owners getting into a committee and taking the lead.

“Businesses should be going to the council and saying ‘hey guys, this is what we’ve come up with’, and ‘this is why we think this won’t work’; at the moment that’s never happened.”

Ms Wilson said everyone should “be excited” about the Jetty Rd redevelopment which would “be finished really, really soon”.

She said “people think (the project) is chaotic” but “it’s not at all”.

“It’s so well managed,” she said.

“All of the shops are open and this weekend we’re going to start opening up for outdoor dining.”

Yiros Shack Cafe, Loud Cow Bar and Grill and Vodafone Glenelg have all permanently closed.

[am Bays]

Darwin mates posting on socials drinking beers, out in the backyard.

Cyclone what gammon cyclone??

NT mob are different!

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Everton’s Idrissa Gueye sent off for slapping a team mate

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I've made this mistake several times

Councillor’s reason for why he tried to bill taxpayers beer he ‘skolled’ at Adelaide strip club
A councillor has apologised after attempting to bill taxpayers for a “20-minute” trip to a strip club – insisting it was a “genuine mistake”.

David Wu
November 26, 2025 - 9:22AM

A Perth councillor has been forced to apologise after he tried to bill taxpayers a beer he drank at a well-known strip club while on a business trip interstate.
City of Joondalup councillor Nige Jones was in South Australia for a council-funded conference earlier this year and claimed he could not go to sleep one night.
So, Mr Jones went out in search for an alcoholic beverage that he said might help him doze off. He walked into the first bar he saw, “two-minutes” from his accommodation.
“Went in there, got a beer, and then a few minutes later a girl walked out skimpily dressed and I realised what’s going on so I skolled (the drink) and went,” he told 6PR radio station.

The venue he wandered into was Crazy Horse Revue, located on Hindley St, in Adelaide’s CBD.

It describes itself as “iconic” and “one of Australia’s best strip clubs on offer”.

Asked by host Oliver Peterson how he did not realise it was a gentleman’s club, Mr Jones described the “whole street as seedy” and that he simply wanted a beer.

The councillor, who was due to fly out the next morning, said he was entitled to claim back meals and drinks on work trips and has always been honest with his expenses.

On August 26, he handed over his receipts from the conference for reimbursement, but he did not realise he included the one from the strip club.

“I didn’t actually receive the reimbursement, the council picked up on it straight away,” Mr Jones told 6PR.

“I wouldn’t have claimed it … I just got all my receipts from the trip and put the receipts in and they obviously picked up on that and I explained what happened.”

The Perth councillor also insisted he had “proof” he did not stay at the strip club long, as he moved onto another venue “not shortly after”.

“It’s not like I stayed there and enjoyed the girl on the podium,” he continued.

Asked by the host if he went to strip clubs “regularly” in his private life, Mr Jones said “my wife would kill me”.

He also conceded it was “definitely” not where a councillor should be and issued an apology to the City of Joondalup’s rate payers for his actions.

Mr Jones was censured by the council earlier this month after a complaint was lodged.

The report said the councillor did “not meet the standards expected as outlined in the Code of Conduct”, pointing to his reimbursement of an alcoholic beverage from a strip club.

He was ordered to complete a three-hour “ethical decision making” education course, which is booked in for March, and submit a written reflection of his actions.

The latter was received within one week.

Mr Jones said he has been left embarrassed by the saga after it went public, but maintained it was a “mistake” and he left the strip club once he realised the nature of the venue.

“It was 20 minutes max in there. If I was a pervo (pervert) I would’ve stayed longer,” he said.

Peterson joked the councillor could be the prime minister one day, after Kevin Rudd admitted to visiting a gentlemen’s club in New York City on a drunken night out in 2003.

At the time of the taxpayer-funded trip, he was shadow foreign affairs minister and representing Australia at the United Nations.

The story surfaced in 2007 and Mr Rudd issued an apology, confirming he visited the venue but said he could not remember the night because he “had too much to drink”.

Mr Rudd – Australia’s current ambassador to the US – went on to win the federal election later that same year and became the 26th Prime Minister.

“No, mate, I’ve got no political aspirations – especially after this,” Mr Jones said.

“I take the consequence on the chin. I realise it was compromising the City of Joondalup now. If I could see my time again I wouldn’t of put the receipt in, but I did.

“I did it in kind of innocence, because I didn’t think I was up to no good.

“I was just looking for a late beer. I was in an area that I’m not familiar with, you know, I’m not familiar with Adelaide at all.”

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Would you not just ditch the receipt as soon as you've realised your "mistake"?

[Pseudo]

Would you not just ditch the receipt as soon as you've realised your "mistake"?

I'm guessing he did that with the receipt for the lap dance, and didn't realise he had a seperate receipt for the beer...

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[Jimmy_041]

Would you not just ditch the receipt as soon as you've realised your "mistake"?

I'm guessing he did that with the receipt for the lap dance, and didn't realise he had a seperate receipt for the beer...

The one problem with the Equestrian Club is (mind you this is secondhand info) their receipts actually say "Crazy Horse Revue" at the top and on your credit card.

Many a punter has been caught by accounts

[wenchbarwer]

Cash.

Cash is king.

Allegedly.

[Jimmy_041]

Cash.

Cash is king.

Allegedly.

The drunks always get caught out because the "entertainers" have a credit card facility........

[wenchbarwer]

Cash.

Cash is king.

Allegedly.

The drunks always get caught out because the "entertainers" have a credit card facility........

Hope it's Tap and Go these days, don't want to be swiping your card in any slot...

[Spargo]

He was ordered to complete a three hour “ethical decision making” educational course…
F#ck off

“It was 20 mins max in there. If I was a pervo (pervert), I would’ve stayed longer.”
You mightn’t be a perv but you’re certainly a wanker. And since when does going to a strip club make you a pervert?
What a f#cked world we live in…

[Jimmy_041]

He was ordered to complete a three hour “ethical decision making” educational course…
F#ck off

“It was 20 mins max in there. If I was a pervo (pervert), I would’ve stayed longer.”
You mightn’t be a perv but you’re certainly a wanker. And since when does going to a strip club make you a pervert?
What a f#cked world we live in…

I can see how he made the mistake
There's nothing at the front that screams strip joint
I've made that mistake many times when I'm pussed