Wildlife sanctuary
The City Council has opened the door to yet another privatisation on the Park Lands.
The "Team Adelaide" majority faction on Council pushed through a motion during a late-night sitting of Council on Tuesday 14 July 2020.
After being ridiculed on 7 July 2020 for wanting to set up a koala hospital in the Park Lands (see Channel Seven News story below), the Deputy Lord Mayor Cr Alex Hyde doubled down.
He has now led his majority faction on the Council to violate their own Park Lands Management Strategy.
The City Council will now start advertising for "Expressions of Interest" from non-profit organisations, to set up an ill-defined "wildlife sanctuary" at some unidentified location.
Park Lands are Open Green Public. A wildlife sanctuary in the Park Lands (even if run by a non-profit organisation) would not be open land. It would not be publicly run. It would be an another privatisation of public land.
No part of the Park Lands Management Strategy authorises this sort of private use for YOUR Park Lands.
This Channel Seven News story (above) on 7 July 2020 led the Deputy Lord Mayor to change tack, but double down on his apparent ambition to alienate more Park Lands.
You can ask Cr Hyde and his factional colleagues to get their heads out of their Park Lands "privatisation burrow":
Deputy Lord Mayor Hyde: a.hyde@cityofadelaide.com.au
Councillor Hou: s.hou@cityofadelaide.com.au
Councillor Couros: M.Couros@cityofadelaide.com.au
Councillor Abrahamzadeh: A.Abrahimzadeh@cityofadelaide.com.au
Councillor Khera: J.Khera@cityofadelaide.com.au
Councillor Knoll: F.Knoll@ityofadelaide.com.au
