Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority
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Annual Adelaide Park Lands Community Forum - Free Coffee and Plant Giveaway
What do the Adelaide Park Lands mean to you?
Join us in our upcoming Community Forums to share your thoughts, ideas and questions about the future of the Adelaide Park Lands.
Come along to help share the future of our cherished Park Lands and enjoy a free coffee and plant giveaway on us!
- Saturday, 31 August, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16)
- Wednesday, 18 September, from 11:00am to 1:00pm at Hindmarsh Square / Mukata
- Thursday, 3 October, from 9:30am to 11:30am in Mistletoe Park / Tainmuntilla (Park 11)
- Wednesday, 9 October, from 10:00am to 12:00pm in Lefevre Park / Nantu Wama (Park 6)
The City of Adelaide has long recognised the value of the Adelaide Park Lands to the city, state and its inhabitants. Since 2005 the Park Lands have received protection when the State Government passed the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005 (SA).
This does four main things:
- defines the Adelaide Park Lands Plan
- requires a management strategy for the Park Lands
- establishes seven statutory principles for the management of the Park Lands
- establishes the Adelaide Park Lands Authority – as an advisory body to the City of Adelaide and the State Government.
The role of the Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority
The Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority (Kadaltilla) is the principal advisor to both the City of Adelaide and the State Government on the protection, management, enhancement, and promotion of the Adelaide Park Lands.
Kadaltilla is established pursuant to section 5 of the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005 (SA) and operates as a subsidiary of the City of Adelaide, pursuant to section 42 of the Local Government Act 1999 (SA). Kadaltilla acts in accordance with its Charter and as set out in the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005 (SA).
The inaugural meeting of the Authority was held on 7 February 2007 and its first full financial year of operation was 2007–2008. On 11 May 2023, the Minister approved a change to Kadaltilla’s Charter so that it would be branded as the ‘Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority’ (Kadaltilla).
Kadaltilla is a traditional Kaurna word meaning Green place / Green lands / Parklands.
The City of Adelaide and the State Government of South Australia are committed to protecting and enhancing the Adelaide Park Lands for the benefit of all South Australians.
The City of Adelaide, on behalf of its communities of the City of Adelaide and the State, is committed to ensuring that Kadaltilla delivers maximum benefit for the future of Adelaide’s Park Lands as the City of Adelaide’s defining feature.
Kadaltilla was established to undertake the following Functions, as set out in the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005 (SA):
- To undertake a key policy role with respect to the management and protection of the Adelaide Park Lands
- To prepare, and as appropriate, to revise the Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy in accordance with the requirements of the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005 (SA)
- To provide comments and advice on any management plan prepared by the Adelaide City Council or a State Authority under the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005 (SA) or the Local Government Act 1999 (SA) that relates to any part of the Adelaide Park Lands; and to monitor and, as appropriate, to provide comments, advice or reports in relation to the implementation or operation of any such plan
- To provide comments or advice in relation to the operation of any lease, licence or other form of grant of occupation of land within the Adelaide Park Lands
- On the basis of any request or on its own initiative, to provide advice to the Adelaide City Council or to the Minister on policy, development, heritage or management issues affecting the Adelaide Park Lands
- To promote public awareness of the importance of the Adelaide Park Lands and the need to ensure that they are managed and used responsibly
- To ensure that the interests of South Australians are taken into account, and that community consultation processes are established, in relation to the strategic management of the Adelaide Park Lands
- To administer the Adelaide Park Lands Fund
- To undertake or support other activities that will protect or enhance the Adelaide Park Lands, or in any other way promote or advance the objects of the Adelaide Park Lands Act, 2005 (SA)
The City of Adelaide manages approximately 80 per cent of the Park Lands, with the remaining 20 per cent (which includes the Botanic Garden and Botanic Park) managed by the South Australian Government.
Kadaltilla Board
Kadaltilla is chaired by the Lord Mayor of Adelaide and has four members appointed by the Council and five members appointed by the state. Current membership is as follows:
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Dr Jane Lomax-Smith AM
Presiding Member
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Ms Elinor Walker
Deputy Presiding Member
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Ms Allison Bretones
Retired Manager Open Space and Recreation
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Ms Justyna Jochym
Chief Executive Officer, Festival City Adelaide
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Councillor Keiran Snape
South Ward Councillor
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Mr Ashley Halliday
Architect / Urban Designer
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Ms Stephanie Johnston
Heritage and Urban Planner
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Mr Craig Wilkins
Climate and Nature Consultant
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Mr Ben Willsmore
Landscape Architect (Past President AILA SA)
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Ms Mitzi Nam
Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation (KYAC) Chairperson
Meetings
The Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority meets monthly on a Thursday in the Colonel Light Room of the Adelaide Town Hall. Meetings start at 4:30 pm.
View the Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority agendas and minutes
If you have any questions regarding the Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority, see our page on public involvement at meetings.
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