Labor, Greens back Helen Mayo Park against Premier’s threatened stadium

 Labor, Greens back Helen Mayo Park against Premier’s threatened stadium

The SA Labor Opposition has joined with The Greens with commitments to protect Adelaide riverbank Park Lands from the current re-zoning threats of the Marshall Liberal Government.

The pledges throw a spotlight on the City Council, which in September took the politically-controversial step of offering to collaborate with the Liberal State Government in its push to confiscate Open Green Public Park Lands.

Heritage-list a bitumen heat sink?

Heritage-list a bitumen heat sink?

APA has been lobbying since 2009 to have the Adelaide Park Lands declared a State Heritage Area.

Despite a positive recommendation from the State Heritage Council in 2018, the State Government has kept the idea on "pause" now for almost three years. So it is with a sense of amazement that we read of a new push to heritage-list not the Park Lands, but a patch of bitumen that has been despoiling one Park for the past few decades.

"Ridiculous" - bureaucrat slams Govt Park theft plans

"Ridiculous" - bureaucrat slams Govt Park theft plans

The head of a State Government agency trying to make Adelaide “greener” and “wilder” has urged community groups to be "shouting from the rooftops" about the Government's "ridiculous" plans to turn over 70 hectares of river-front Adelaide Park Lands for development.

Professor Chris Daniels advocates “re-wilding” the River Torrens which puts him in conflict with Government plans for massive new “Riverbank” buildings on Open Green Public Park Lands.

Save Helen Mayo Park - Picnic Rally

Save Helen Mayo Park - Picnic Rally

Enjoy live music, coffee, and a picnic lunch, as the decision-makers stake out positions: a Park or a Stadium on the Torrens Riverbank?

Helen Mayo Park - part of the world-unique, National Heritage-listed Adelaide Park Lands - is threatened by the Premier's proposed $660 million stadium - what he calls the "Riverbank Arena"..

Come and show that you #LoveYourParkLands, to send a message to the Premier.