Govt accepts some of the Jury’s verdict
A website centralising activity and event information across Adelaide will be launched later this year as part of the State Government’s response to its Citizens’ Jury report.
People and organisations will be able to add their own events and promote them to the entire community.
The website, called SocialActive, was spawned by the State Government’s Unleashed open data competition.
“Adelaide has a lot of events and activities to offer, but the information regarding them is scattered,” the Jury wrote in its report.
“The Jury feels that the vibrancy of Adelaide could be greatly enhanced by the creation of one central source of event and activity information”.
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A recommendation to have a single “smart ticket” which would work for both public transport and multi-storey car parks has also been picked up and is “being explored”.
The ticket would possibly make it easier for people to drive their car to a public transport hub and then catch a bus, train or tram for the rest of their journey.
“The potential for a ‘smart ticket’ system that accommodates payment of parking fees and public transport tickets is being explored, particularly for circumstances where car parks are government-owned,” the Government’s response says.
The Government will also consider strategies to link event tickets and public transport more closely – similar to the way the Footy Express currently works, with a game-day pass incorporating the cost of a bus ticket.
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“Joint ticketing arrangements are part of the long-term strategy for managing and funding special event services across Adelaide and the Government will continue to work with major event organisers to look at ways in which ticketing options for major events can be delivered.”
Recommendations adopted also include a one-off $100,000 funding injection to Encounter Youth’s alcohol-safety-promoting Green Team, plus a new roundtable of government and community groups to talk about night-time safety, and a proposal to collect and research injury data from night-time assaults, similar to models already operating in other states.
Premier Jay Weatherill told InDaily perhaps the most important function the Citizens Jury had played was helping to “restore peoples’ faith in the democratic process”.
“The overarching thing is I think a new way of doing democracy,” he said. “Almost every single one of the jurors I spoke to said that’s why they were doing this, and that’s what they got out of it.”
The 40-person Jury was a collaboration between newDemocracy, the Australian Centre for Social Innovation and the State Government.
The panel was asked to look at improving the CBD’s safety and vibrancy, and considered a range of information before releasing their report and recommendations in October.
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