Liana Webster

Liana Webster covers how businesses, attractions and community projects reshape daily life, with a consistent focus on openings, upgrades and awards that change what locals can experience on the ground. Her stories track the ripple effects of investment and innovation, whether that is a bakery reclaiming a national title, a vacant building becoming a new venue, or public funding refreshing community facilities.

Business openings and redevelopments

Much of Webster’s coverage follows new businesses and redevelopments from announcement through to opening, showing readers what is coming and how existing spaces are being reused. She reports on hospitality launches such as the reopening of a historic CBD coffee house as a high-end espresso, aperitif and wine bar, spelling out the concept, trading hours and location details. She applies the same lens to leisure and lifestyle developments, including a huge trampoline park and electric go-kart track moving into Elizabeth’s old Holden factory, emphasising how large industrial sites are being converted into family-friendly attractions. Her pieces often highlight creative re-use of buildings, such as Strathalbyn’s old ambulance station being transformed into a combined hairdresser and day resort for dogs, where she explains how multiple operators share and activate the site.

Awards, recognition and business momentum

Webster frequently writes about businesses at moments of recognition or growth, using awards and milestones as a news hook. In her story on an Adelaide bakery taking back Australia’s best sausage roll title after a strong sweep of awards, she focuses on how national recognition reflects the quality of a local operator and draws attention to South Australian producers. She also covers business-facing events designed to build capability, such as an AI workshop where Showcase SA teams up with nbn and Microsoft to deliver productivity-focused training for small and medium enterprises, outlining ticketing, pricing and eligibility for small businesses. This pattern of coverage shows her interest in both consumer-facing success stories and the behind-the-scenes efforts that help businesses modernise and expand.

Community funding, infrastructure and public projects

Alongside individual businesses, Webster reports on projects funded or supported by government and community bodies that shape public spaces and services. She covers grants and funding rounds such as South Australian veterans projects sharing a $138,000 boost for memorials, school displays and regional restorations ahead of Anzac Day, explaining the types of initiatives supported and the communities involved. Her work also includes stories on new playgrounds and recreational infrastructure, including coverage of a coastal playground featuring a giant climbable blue swimmer crab structure promoted to industry audiences as a case study in play design. In these pieces she combines practical information — locations, dates and facilities — with a clear sense of how public investment turns into tangible amenities for families and local groups.

Events, culture and storytelling with a business lens

Webster’s archive shows regular coverage of festivals, cultural events and history storytelling that intersect with tourism, venues and local operators. She writes about literary and arts programming such as the new Constellations festival, created to fill the gap left by the cancellation of an established writers’ event, setting out the timing, the spread of venues and the broader role it plays for the local literary community. She also highlights program strands within larger festivals, including history events like a session on the bizarre true story of Australia’s butterfly heist that saw 3,000 specimens vanish from museums including in Adelaide, connecting a compelling narrative to a live event with ticketing and venue specifics. Across these stories she positions cultural programming as part of a wider ecosystem that supports venues, hospitality and local tourism.

Service-focused, detail-rich format

Across her work for Glam Adelaide, Webster writes in a service-oriented style that gives readers enough detail to act on a story. Her articles consistently include where and when information, opening dates, addresses and operating hours, whether she is writing about a coffee bar, a trampoline park or a one-off festival event. She often foregrounds what is new or changing — a venue reopening with a new concept, a factory site gaining a different use, a playground adding a distinctive structure — and then anchors that in concrete logistics. The recurring format is concise news and lifestyle pieces, built around openings, launches, funding announcements and event programs, aimed at helping readers discover new places to visit and understand the business activity behind them.