Living in Adelaide’s northern suburbs hasn’t stopped St Columba College students Alexa, Emily, and Olivia from speaking up for the Park Lands. Through conversations with fellow students, they collected sixty-eight petition signatures and shared why these spaces matter to their generation.
Sue Wincott shares the delight of spotting her first Australasian Grebe at Victoria Park/Pakapakanthi (Park 16). With adults diving nearby and a tiny youngster on its nest among the reeds, this memorable introduction to the wetland and the birdlife that makes it special.
What will the proposed MotoGP mean for community health? Margaret Brown looks beyond the economic arguments to the potential impacts of increased noise, air pollution, traffic congestion, tree loss and the disruption of green space. She argues that the health costs of bringing more motor racing into the Adelaide Park Lands deserve much greater scrutiny.
Australia loves sport. But should major sporting events come at the expense of our public green spaces? In Brisbane and Adelaide, communities are fighting to protect precious park lands from major developments. Different governments, different projects, but remarkably similar battles.
As the South Australian Government pushes ahead with plans to bring MotoGP to Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi, a leading birdwatcher says the State could be overlooking another growing tourism opportunity, one that depends on protecting our natural environment rather than building racetracks through it.
As the deadline approaches for entries to the 2023 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize, some words of advice have come from someone who’s learned how to succeed, with works inspired by your Park Lands.
$20,000 first prize-winner from 2021, Dan Withey has offered his thoughts to those hoping to emulate his success this year.
Deputy Premier, Susan Close, has stopped short of offering any timeline for long-delayed action to list your Adelaide Park Lands as a State Heritage Area.
More than four years after a State Heritage Council recommendation, the State Government is still relying on the same tired excuses for its failure to act.
It’s possible for a single artwork to win more than one prize in this year’s Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize. Categories include young artists, digital artists, First Nations artists, new (emerging) artists and others.
With 16 prizes on offer, and a total of $50,000 in prize money, your art work could win, if it INSPIRES.
Your Adelaide Park Lands are listed as a National Heritage place, but until now that has afforded them zero protection from a stream of State Government assaults.
However, Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has signalled that might be about to change, under a proposed new Federal Environment Protection Agency.
Cognitive dissonance is a mental conflict that occurs when your actions and beliefs are at odds with each other. You believe something, but act as if you don't believe it.
A Labor-controlled Parliamentary Committee has started looking at how "to improve the resilience and longevity of trees comprising the urban forest." But will the Committee look at the actions of the Labor State Government?
