Thilina Gunasekara
Impacts on community health of the MotoGP in ...

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. 

Impacts on community health of the MotoGP in the Adelaide Parklands/Pakapakanthi
Thilina Gunasekara
A Tale of Two Cities: A Sporting Nation Needs ...

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. 

A Tale of Two Cities: A Sporting Nation Needs Green Space
Thilina Gunasekara
Fumes or plumes? Why not bird tourism?

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. 

Fumes or plumes? Why not bird tourism?
Thilina Gunasekara
When is consultation ‘real’, and when is it BS? ...

Premier Peter Malinauskas says the election settled whether his Government’s controversial Park Lands projects will proceed. Consultation can change the details, but not the decision. But what happens when some of the most contentious details were never put before voters? 

When is consultation ‘real’, and when is it BS? Premier explains his Park Lands mandate.
Thilina Gunasekara
Beyond the Moto Sports Sugar Hit: World ...

The Premier claims the economic benefits of the MotoGP justify the destruction of the Eastern Park Lands.  But international experience suggests World Heritage listing of the Park Lands will generate greater returns. 

Beyond the Moto Sports Sugar Hit: World Heritage Is Adelaide’s True Long-Term Economic Winner

"Urgent Action" plea for trees

"Urgent Action" plea for trees

Just weeks before State Government-contracted chainsaws are set to start tearing down dozens of mature trees in your Adelaide Park Lands, a Labor-chaired Parliamentary Committee has urged the opposite.

The Committee’s recommendations will be seen as an embarrassment to the State Government as it prepares to attack two sites within your Open Green Public Park Lands.

Demolishing a "sense of place"

Demolishing a "sense of place"

Our contributing cultural historian, Dr Noris Ioannou, laments the upcoming demolition of heritage-listed police barracks and historic olive trees in your Park 27.

Dr Ioannou argues that destruction of these landmarks will prevent future South Australians from being able to step back in time and see life through the eyes of those from the past.

Place to reflect

Place to reflect

Members of the Stolen Generations now have a dedicated space in the city to reflect and connect, with a Place of Reflection opening last month in Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka (Park 14).

At the centre of the space is a bronze sculpture, created by renowned Ngarrindjerri weaver Aunty Yvonne Koolmatrie and South Australian designer Karl Meyer.