A 38-storey office tower has been approved for Festival Plaza, part of Park 26 of your Adelaide Park Lands.
But the Save Festival Plaza Alliance says the fight is not over.
Senior Adelaide University academics say the SA Government used legislation to bypass normal planning assessment and public scrutiny of the North Adelaide golf course redevelopment.
Read what they found — and why the Adelaide Park Lands Association is calling for cast-iron protection against the future sale, privatisation or permanent alienation of our public Park Lands.
Wild olives can be environmental weeds. But that doesn’t make Adelaide’s historic, managed olive groves disposable.
The 1872 grove in King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina (Park 15) is threatened by the proposed MotoGP circuit.
But, we can control invasive olives and protect our living heritage.
Meet Dorothy Dunne — APA’s Membership Officer, lifelong nature lover and passionate Park Lands advocate.
From growing up beside Crown land to guerrilla planting, Trees for Life and years of activism, Dorothy has never been afraid to speak her mind. Now approaching 80, she remains as passionate as ever about protecting the Park Lands as free, peaceful public spaces for everyone.
Meet one of our essential Park Lands warriors.
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.
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.
Premier Peter Malinauskas can capture the economic benefits of the LIV Golf tourism drawcard, while also protecting trees and public access to your Adelaide Park Lands.
How? By choosing an alternative site to build a new championship golf course; or upgrade an existing one. Here’s our third suggested alternative option, for the Premier to consider: Links Lady Bay at Normanville.
Going, going …..
The end of the financial year means the end of your opportunity to purchase from the remaining, stunning art works, exhibited at the 2025 Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.
Our virtual exhibition gallery, and the instant tax write-off for a business purchase, are both set to end on 30 June.
More than 120 prominent South Australians, including a former Premier, have signed an open letterdemanding an immediate halt to the proposed 38-storey Walker Corporation tower on your Festival Plaza, behind South Australia’s Parliament House.
The final approval for what’s been dubbed a Festival Plaza “monster” will be considered in a city meeting room on 11 June.
So far, reservations from planning, heritage, Park Lands and community activists have been unable to persuade the Government to re-think its push for a 38-storey takeover of your community land.
Premier Peter Malinauskas can capture the economic benefits of the LIV Golf tourism drawcard, while also protecting trees and public access to your Adelaide Park Lands.
How? By choosing an alternative site to build a new championship golf course. Here’s our second suggested alternative option, for the Premier to consider.