The campaign to protect Adelaide's heritage Park Lands has reached a major milestone, securing 13,500 physical signatures. This achievement officially triggers the 10,000-signature threshold required to prompt a Parliamentary Committee inquiry in the Legislative Council.
Spurred by growing community concern over state-backed development projects on public green spaces, the grassroots movement relies entirely on paper petitions distributed by volunteers across South Australia.
"This is bigger than any one person; this is a movement," said City Councillor Keiran Snape. "The fight for our Park Lands isn't a local, city-centric issue, it is a South Australian-wide demand for transparency."
With over two weeks remaining before the petition closes, organisers have set a new stretch target of 18,000 signatures to further strengthen the call for an independent parliamentary inquiry.
What isn't the Government telling us about John E. Brown Park? While a new driving range has been confirmed, the Government has not answered basic questions about parking, fencing or when detailed plans will be made public. With around 185 trees expected to be removed, the community deserves transparency before work begins, not after.
A ghost story within North Adelaide Golf Course – part of Possum Park/Pirltawardli (Park 1) – is one of the tales in a new book.
APA’s Carla Caruso consults a “paranormal investigator” to see whether the truth is “out there”
Father and son team Ted and Nate Jennings last week led a fascinating Guided Walk through an environmental trail, wetlands, past historic grave sites, and rare native bush tucker plants in G.S. Kingston Park / Wirrarninthi (Park 23)
Biodiversity, animal sculptures and historic ruins were all on display during the APA Guided Walk in 1 August, as Carla Caruso reports
“Animals at Play” is a landmark feature within the Glover Playground in Lefevre Park / Nantu Wama (Park 6) in North Adelaide.
APA’s Carla Caruso has tracked down its South Australian creator, Anthony “Ant” Martin to find out more about these animals at play, who watch over the children who play in the playground.
Michael Harvey is the new and tenth director of the Botanic Gardens of South Australia and State Herbarium.
APA’s Carla Caruso spoke to Mr Harvey about how he envisages the Adelaide Botanic Garden co-existing with the so-called “Lot Fourteen” in Park 11, and the recent “Illuminate Adelaide” event.
The City Council is undertaking a long-overdue revision of its “Community Land Management Plan” for your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands. It’s released, for community consultation, a draft of the "General Provisions" (the over-arching framework).
The document includes a proposed "dog management map" which indicates areas where dogs would be permitted either on-lead or off-lead.
The State Government has unveiled the full scope of its plans to build over an enormous part of your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.
The scale of the Park Lands assault is unprecedented. A vast area of Park 27 would disappear under the Government's plans to build a new Women's and Children's Hospital, multi-storey car park and associated new roads on the Park Lands that you love.
A commemorative public artwork, dedicated to those affected by domestic violence, is one step closer to being created in your Adelaide Park Lands.
The Place of Courage project, backed by the non-profit Spirit of Woman organisation is expected to be built in Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli (Park 27) next to the model boat pond.
The State Government's recently-foreshadowed attacks on three Park Lands sites has raised doubts about its current push to have Adelaide declared a National Park City.
The State Government is like the fabled pushmi-pullyu in Doctor Doolittle, with two heads pointing in opposite directions. Its spin doesn't match its actions.
