Thilina Gunasekara
​​​Have your say on the proposed MotoGP circuit

The State Government is consulting on its proposed MotoGP circuit in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi — including permanent construction and the removal of more than 400 trees.

Submissions close 11.59 pm, Sunday 20 September.

We’ve put together a simple guide on how to make a submission, what you might raise, and a template to help you get started.

Find out how to have your say.

​​​Have your say on the proposed MotoGP circuit
Thilina Gunasekara
Adelaide's Park Lands Keep the City Moving

The Adelaide Park Lands aren’t just green space – they’re a vital part of how students, workers and recreational cyclists get around our city. 

Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority says the Park Lands provide around 59 kilometres of continuous walking and cycling paths, connecting major precincts through routes including the Adelaide Park Lands Trail and River Torrens Linear Park. 

And there’s an economic benefit too. Walking and cycling in the Park Lands generates an estimated $196 million in annual economic value, through direct health, transport and environmental benefits. 

As Bike Adelaide Chair David Elliott writes, safe, connected Park Lands paths are critical to cycling in Adelaide – and to keeping our city moving. 

Adelaide's Park Lands Keep the City Moving
Thilina Gunasekara
Secret State: It Took a Court Case to Reveal ...

It took a Federal Court case to find out what the State Government is actually planning for John E. Brown Park. 

A two-storey driving range, 108 car parks, up to 400 metres of netting, an 18-hole mini-golf course, retail facilities, new roads, water tanks and other infrastructure — all on public Park Lands. 

These are significant changes, yet despite repeated questions, the community has had no meaningful opportunity to see or comment on the plans. 

Why did it take a court case for South Australians to find out what is being proposed for their Park Lands? 

Secret State: It Took a Court Case to Reveal Plans for John E. Brown Park
Thilina Gunasekara
MotoGP Deemed Too Dangerous for Street Circuits ...

“MotoGP has not raced on a street circuit since 1982, and the reason for that was that riders kept dying.” As Adelaide plans to bring MotoGP back onto city streets, safety concerns could have profound consequences for the surrounding Park Lands. 

MotoGP Deemed Too Dangerous for Street Circuits Since 1982
Thilina Gunasekara
Sophie's story. Young People Love Park Lands ...

For 16-year-old Sophie, the Adelaide Park Lands are more than a park — they’re her backyard, her running track and part of her home.

Sophie's story. Young People Love Park Lands Too!

"Plant to Protect" Sunday 9 July

"Plant to Protect" Sunday 9 July

Your Park Lands Need your support on the morning of Sunday 9 July.

On that morning, please help us plant up to 4,800 of these Park Lands supporters into the grass of Denise Norton Park/ Pardipardinyilla (Park 2).

“Plant to Protect” - to show how many people have signed up for a win-win: demanding both a new Aquatic Centre on a brownfield site; and to fully protect this Park.

Totally wild

Totally wild

Rewilded parts of your Adelaide Park Lands have been in the spotlight recently, after a successful community effort protect an area that had been targeted for destruction.

SA rewilding facilitator Tiffany Schultz speaks to APA’s Carla Caruso about the need for “flourishing ecosystems” in your Park Lands and beyond.

One Threat averted - others remain

One Threat averted - others remain

Efforts to protect and restore your Adelaide Park Lands will now be stepped up, after a huge three-month community effort finally convinced the State Government not to attack your Park Lands with a gigantic police barracks.

It remains to be seen whether this was merely an act of political expediency, or whether the State Government has had a change of heart, and will now start to Love Your Park Lands at other locations.

Read the room, Premier

Read the room, Premier

Premier Peter Malinauskas has been urged to consider the level of community support for your Open, Green Public Adelaide Park Lands before settling on a site to build new police barracks.

A thousand Park Lands supporters “provided cover” last Sunday for one of the threatened sites. Can you see yourself in the video?