Have you seen a rabbit-sized rodent along the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari in your Adelaide Park Lands?
The elusive rakali, better known as a native otter or water rat, won’t hang around and pose for photos!
CONTENTS
1. Editorial: From the President: The Movement to Stop the Chop Is Growing
2. Members are Ready for Battle: Park Lands Association Forum
3. Park Poetry - Flying foxes (Fruit Bats)
4. Pic of the Month – Dr Bird Nerd
5. Charles Sturt and Prospect Council Join the Campaign for Your Lands
6. The Pen Is Mightier than! 28,000 signatures and counting
7. The First Hints of Spring: Guided Walk Through Red Gum Park / Karra Wirra
8. OPINION: Time to Debunk Some Misinformation
9. SE City Residents Raise Concerns About Proposed MotoGP in the Park Lands
10. The Mosquito vs the Elephant: Save Festival Plaza Update
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.
Do you have an umbrella? Do you Love Your Park Lands? If so, we need you on Sunday 4 June, to provide “cover” for the threatened biodiversity of Golden Wattle Park / Mirnu Wirra (Park 21W).
With hundreds of others, use your umbrella to signal to the State Government that there is community “cover” for Park Lands, and that new Police barracks must go on a non-Park Lands site.
The State Government is holding urgent discussions with the Police Commissioner and others to try to head off growing public anger at its proposed massive attack on your Park Lands for new Police barracks.
The Government is feeling the heat, after a 2,000 signature petition arrived at Parliament House, and the Legislative Council looks set to launch a Select Committee of Inquiry into mis-management of your Park Lands.
The Premier, Peter Malinauskas and the Member for Adelaide, Lucy Hood are both offering opportunities to give your opinion, face-to-face, about their Government's series of Park Lands attacks.
These meetings represent opportunities for you to speak up, on behalf of your Open Green Public Adelaide Park Lands.
Take the artists’ advice: it’s so much better to see the 2023 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize finalists in person at the Festival Centre exhibition, than it is to browse the pics on-line.
Twenty-three artists are sharing in artwork sales (so far) of more than $35,000, but the exhibition must close at 4pm on Sunday 7 May.
South Australia’s history will come alive before your eyes - in your Adelaide Park Lands and elsewhere - during the month-long History Festival in May.
Multiple sites within your Park Lands and multiple event organisers are following advice from History Trust chair Elizabeth Ho to “keep the SA history flame alive”.
Divert your attention; deny the obvious; refuse to acknowledge your views: these are just some of the tactics being used by Government MPs to avoid admitting that they are attacking your Park Lands.
We’ve unpacked the weasel words, the half truths and the falsehoods that disguise their obvious lack of Park Lands love.