It is the largest-ever theft of your Park Lands.
The State Government is “re-zoning” your Open Green Public land and it will not be resisted by the City Council.
There is plenty of evidence about:
the importance of protecting mature trees, and any city’s tree canopy;
that South Australians want to see their Adelaide Park Lands protected;
that the international LIV Golf tour is financially unsustainable and on the brink of collapse.
Yet the State Government refuses to see.
Butterfly conservation advocates say a rare Chequered Copper Butterfly colony “will not survive” in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) if the State Government goes ahead with plans for a Grand Prix motorcycle circuit alongside its habitat.
No tree in your Adelaide Park Lands is significant enough to be safe from State Government plans to bulldoze Parks for temporary, elite FIFO sports events.
A rally on Saturday 28 February might be your last opportunity to prevent irreversible losses within a massive 90 hectares of your Adelaide Park Lands.
The long-awaited skate park in Gladys Elphick Park / Narnungga (Park 25) has been hit by construction delays and its completion has been pushed back until early next year.
With new funding offered by the Federal Government, the City Council has revised the skate park design and added a new feature, a mini-bowl, with work on the site expected to re-start soon.
The Government's "Venue Management Corporation" has been dragged into a political fight over your Open Green Public Park Lands, apparently exceeding its powers.
The Venue Management Corporation is embroiled in political debate by spruiking what amounts to a Liberal election policy to confiscate two and a half hectares (six acres) of Park Lands.
A steering committee is preparing to engage communities in Thebarton, Mile End and North Adelaide to spark ideas for re-greening a neglected part of Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli (Park 27) off Port Road.
It's hoped that the southern part of this temporary car park can be re-purposed as a green meeting place for commuters and locals.
A former Adelaide Council election candidate, whose flagship policy was making the River Torrens swimmable again, has tentatively supported a pitch for a natural swimming pool in the river.
Business SA has put forward a proposal to build a swimming area in the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri, using treated river water.
A Melbourne-based property developer has laid out his vision for taking away part of your Open Green Public Park Lands, for his dream $40 million sports stadium.
Multi-millionaire Ross Pelligra wants your land and a taxpayer subsidy to build a baseball stadium for his franchised team, the Adelaide Giants.