00:02Trees cut down, habitats lost. Protesters gathered at the North Adelaide golf course
00:08for a second day, concerned about what's happening behind the fences.
00:13Undoubtedly wildlife will be lost. It's happening right now, we can hear the chainsaws.
00:17I was crying most of the night last night thinking about it.
00:21The small group of protesters returned as work escalates on the redevelopment, but the
00:26government says trees are inspected for wildlife before they're cut down and animals are being
00:32rehomed.
00:33We take this very seriously and that's why we've got four fauna experts on the ground
00:38every day through this process.
00:42585 trees are going. The government says that's a small portion of the more than 9,000 on the
00:48site and it's pledged to plant three for every one that's removed. But there are concerns
00:53from some quarters that the golf course is just one of several incursions into parklands.
00:59Giving Peter Malinowskis and Labor more control over the parklands is a bit like giving Count
01:05Dracula the keys to the blood bank. They keep sinking their teeth in.
01:09If you look around our city, some of the most used parts of our parklands is where we have
01:13been able to invest so make sure that people can utilise our parklands as well.
01:17The Greens are concerned about the impact a new MotoGP course will have on the eastern
01:22parklands, along with the new Women's and Children's Hospital being built in the west.
01:28Advocates for the parklands say the number of developments shows there's a problem with
01:33how the parklands are governed. They're calling for an overhaul that would require more checks
01:38and balances before any major changes are made.
01:41The governance of the Adelaide parklands is not working. We've had issue after issue around
01:48loss of the parklands.
01:50Colonel Light's vision, a well-worn battleground.
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