Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority
Conserving, promoting, and enhancing our precious Adelaide Park Lands.
The Kadaltilla / Adelaide Park Lands Authority (Kadaltilla) is the principal advisor to City of Adelaide and the State Government on the protection, management, enhancement and promotion of the Adelaide Park Lands.
Both 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.
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.
Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy (APLMS)
Kadaltilla is responsible for preparing and maintaining the Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy (APLMS). The APLMS sets the strategic, projects, and planning considerations that will be used by Kadaltilla, City of Adelaide, the Government of South Australia, cultural institutions, and community stakeholders to guide decision relating to the Adelaide Park Lands.
Kadaltilla's role
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)
Key documents
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:
Dr Jane Lomax-Smith AM
Presiding Member
Ms Elinor Walker
Deputy Presiding Member
Ms Allison Bretones
Retired Manager Open Space and Recreation
Ms Justyna Jochym
Chief Executive Officer, Festival City Adelaide
Councillor Keiran Snape
South Ward Councillor
Mr Ashley Halliday
Architect / Urban Designer
Ms Stephanie Johnston
Heritage and Urban Planner
Mr Warwick Keates
Landscape Architect
Ms Kirsty Bevan
Chief Executive Officer, Conservation Council of South Australia
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.
State Government projects
Background
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 Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005 (SA):
- defines the Adelaide Park Lands Plan
- requires an Adelaide Park Lands 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 City of Adelaide is also required under section 196 of the Local Government Act 1999 (SA) and section 19 of the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005 to prepare and adopt a management plan for community land. A Community Land Management Plan sets out Council’s approach to using and managing community land on behalf of the community.
The inaugural meeting of the Authority was held on 7 February 2007 and its first full financial year of operation was 2007–2008.
In 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.
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