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14 July 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
BREAKING NEWS - Over 13,000 SIGNATURES AND ...

The campaign to protect Adelaide's heritage Park Lands has reached a major milestone, securing 13,500 physical signatures. This achievement officially triggers the 10,000-signature threshold required to prompt a Parliamentary Committee inquiry in the Legislative Council.

Spurred by growing community concern over state-backed development projects on public green spaces, the grassroots movement relies entirely on paper petitions distributed by volunteers across South Australia.

"This is bigger than any one person; this is a movement," said City Councillor Keiran Snape. "The fight for our Park Lands isn't a local, city-centric issue, it is a South Australian-wide demand for transparency."

With over two weeks remaining before the petition closes, organisers have set a new stretch target of 18,000 signatures to further strengthen the call for an independent parliamentary inquiry.

BREAKING NEWS - Over 13,000 SIGNATURES AND COUNTING!
6 July 2026
Shane Sody
Newsletter: 06 July 2026

APA’s newsletter: 06 July 2026

Newsletter: 06 July 2026
29 June 2026
Thilina Gunasekara
DRIVING RANGE DEVELOPMENT: THE COMMUNITY ...

What isn't the Government telling us about John E. Brown Park? While a new driving range has been confirmed, the Government has not answered basic questions about parking, fencing or when detailed plans will be made public. With around 185 trees expected to be removed, the community deserves transparency before work begins, not after.

DRIVING RANGE DEVELOPMENT: THE COMMUNITY DESERVES ANSWERS ABOUT JOHN E BROWN PARK
13 June 2026
Shane Sody
Newsletter: 14 June 2026

APA’s newsletter: 14 June 2026

Newsletter: 14 June 2026
9 May 2026
Shane Sody
Different excuse - same threat

Premier Peter Malinauskas has come up with a new excuse to try to justify what he says would be 585 trees to be destroyed in your urban-forested golf course Park, i.e. Possum Park / Pirltawardli (Park 1 of your Adelaide Park Lands).

Different excuse - same threat
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28 September 2024

Volunteering with Christina

Guest User
28 September 2024
Volunteering with Christina

Former Sydneysider Christina Tilston recently began as one of our volunteers, helping with admin and taking beautiful pics on our Guided Walks.

We've put Christina in the hot-seat for a volunteer profile.

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Shane Sody
27 September 2024

Sport buildings consultation (again!)

Shane Sody
27 September 2024
Sport buildings consultation (again!)

The City Council is consulting for a second time, about how it manages sports buildings on your Park Lands.

How does the new policy deal with the tension between the demands of community sport, and the public interest in "Open, Green, Public" Park Lands?

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Shane Sody
26 September 2024

Areas to protect?

Shane Sody
26 September 2024
Areas to protect?

The State Planning Commission is seeking your advice, on (among other things) what parts of Greater Adelaide “should be protected from future development.”

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Shane Sody
25 September 2024

Battle for the big grass mug

Shane Sody
25 September 2024
Battle for the big grass mug

It’s not brass, it’s grass! Get your tickets for a fun-filled evening at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, on Wednesday 9 October.
This one-time-only Park Quiz will support the coming Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize. You don’t need to be an expert, because the experts will be on stage! But there will be an interactive audience challenge.

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21 September 2024

Chihuly in the Botanic Garden

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21 September 2024
Chihuly in the Botanic Garden

The Adelaide Botanic Garden in your Park 11 will be even more popular than usual over the summer months, with a display of vibrant, large-scale glass sculptures complementing the flora.

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19 September 2024

What Bird is That? Australasian Grebe

Guest User
19 September 2024
What Bird is That? Australasian Grebe

In the latest instalment of our What Bird is That? series, we’re looking at something that looks like a duck, but isn't. It's a bird that dramatically changes its appearance during breeding season.

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15 September 2024

Pleased to meet you, Samantha

Guest User
15 September 2024
Pleased to meet you, Samantha

Samantha Buttery is passionate about a few things: photography, painting, family, and your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
13 September 2024

Sports buildings plan secrecy

Shane Sody
13 September 2024
Sports buildings plan secrecy

The Adelaide City Council has invoked secrecy provisions in the Local Government Act to prevent you reading a report about proposed ratepayer funding for sports building replacements in your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
13 September 2024

Be a citizen scientist - log biodiversity

Shane Sody
13 September 2024
Be a citizen scientist - log biodiversity

For four days this month, you can play a part in the annual “Great Southern Bioblitz” - recording biodiversity in your Open, Green, Public Adelaide Park Lands, and elsewhere.

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Shane Sody
13 September 2024

Tearing up the rule book

Shane Sody
13 September 2024
Tearing up the rule book

If you wanted to build a new house, a shed or a carport, you would need to comply with planning rules.

However if you are the State Government, and you want to build on the Adelaide Park Lands, you have no such constraints.

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Shane Sody
11 September 2024

Park Quiz

Shane Sody
11 September 2024
Park Quiz

Tickets are selling fast for the quirky and curious Park Quiz, on 9 October, in support of the Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.

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9 September 2024

Know Your Park Lands Plants: Tiny Star

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9 September 2024
Know Your Park Lands Plants: Tiny Star

In our series Know Your Park Lands Plants, we're looking this time at a small native flower that has been identified so far, in only one Park within your Adelaide Park Lands. It's a Tiny Star.

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Shane Sody
5 September 2024

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Shane Sody
5 September 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

There are several unrelated construction projects either under way, or recently completed in your Park Lands.

Opinions will differ about which ones are good, or bad, or ugly. See the pics to make up your mind.

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Shane Sody
31 August 2024

Entries Open - Prize pool still growing

Shane Sody
31 August 2024
Entries Open - Prize pool still growing

Entries have opened for the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.

A prize pool of at least $37,500 is guaranteed, for artists in at least seven categories.

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Shane Sody
29 August 2024

Peppercorn rent still secret

Shane Sody
29 August 2024
Peppercorn rent still secret

The Chief Executive of the State Department of Environment and Water has refused to reveal the peppercorn rent paid by an Adelaide charity, for a one-hectare produce garden in your Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
29 August 2024

They Have Got to be Kidding

Shane Sody
29 August 2024
They Have Got to be Kidding

Only a few weeks after the biggest campaign of tree destruction ever seen in your Park Lands, the State Government now boasts that it is protecting urban trees!

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Shane Sody
28 August 2024

End the Whack-a-Mole Game

Shane Sody
28 August 2024
End the Whack-a-Mole Game

Trying to defend your Adelaide Park Lands is like playing the arcade game “Whack-a-mole”.

We've contacted State MPs, to try to stop Park Lands attacks from popping up.

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Shane Sody
25 August 2024

How Much Has Been Lost?

Shane Sody
25 August 2024
How Much Has Been Lost?

City Council administrative staff have been researching the answer to a simple question: How much of your Park Lands has been lost, since the election of the Malinauskas Labor Government in March 2022?

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23 August 2024

Frog spotting

Guest User
23 August 2024
Frog spotting

As Kermit the Frog once said "it’s not easy being green”.

It’s also not easy for frogs to be seen. But they are here, in your Adelaide Park Lands.

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Shane Sody
17 August 2024

Rare imagery of former "Koala Farm"

Shane Sody
17 August 2024
Rare imagery of former "Koala Farm"

ABC-TV archivists have unearthed a rare 1956 home video of a long-forgotten former tourist attraction in your Adelaide Park Lands.

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